Unit 2 Friendship
Section I Listening and Speaking
I Teaching Objectives
1. To grasp the main teaching objectives of Unit
2.
2. To listen to questions and a conversation about friendship and a passage about how
to make friends.
3. To improve Ss’ speaking ability by sharing views on friendship. Lead Ss to the
theme of Unit 2.
4. To study the new words and expressions of Text A.
II Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Introduce the main teaching objectives of this unit briefly. And lead Ss to the theme of this Unit.
Step 2 Listening Practice
梦见乘电梯1.Play the recording of Practice A---Making proper respons, Ss try to choo the
best answer to the questions they hear.
Questions：1) How often do you write to your best friend?
2) How do you like your new friend?
3) What does your best friend look like?
4) How long have you been friends?
5) What do you usually do with your friends?
Key: A B C C B
2.Play the recording of Practice B---Short conversation, Ss try to choo the best
answer according to what they have heard.
Questions：1)What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
2) Where does Mike work now?
3) What language can Jessica speak?
4) Where does Jessica teach now?
5) When did they met last time?
Key: A B D C A
3.Play the recording of Practice C---Dictation, Ss try to fill in the blanks in the
passage according to what they have heard.
Before listening, teacher may help students to get familiar with some words (Both pronunciation and Chine meaning) to get better performance.
Words and phras: in touch with; club; association; similar; neighborhood; favorite; make friends; movie star
And teacher may consider to introduce some English idioms related to friendship to students.
Example: A friend in need is a friend indeed
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
Key: put, sport, interests, newspaper
Step 3 Speaking Practice---Discussion
1.Encourage the students to take turn to speak in the discussion in pairs. And
encourage them to have their own ideas.
2.Hints for the three questions discusd.
1)The easy ways to make friends include:
A. joining a club,
B. playing a sport,
C. planning things to talk about,
D. finding out what’s new in the newspaper,展开想象的翅膀
E. listening to the top CDs and share your impressions with others,
F. learning about what’s new with your favorite TV or movie star.
2)Tips for making friends:
A. Learn from people at school or work who em to have lots of friends. Obrve
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how they make and keep friends, but don’t copy them.
B. Don’t be afraid to show people what you are really good at. Talk about the
things you like and do best. Don’t hid your strong points.
C. Be a good listener.
D. Try to make friends with the kind of people your really like, respect, and
admire -- not just with tho who are easy to meet.
E. Treat your friends as you would like him or her to treat you. Be loyal, caring,
and supportive.
Step 4 New W ords and Expressions of Text A
服装跟单员1.operator n.电话接线员
Root: operate v. 操作，运转
< Our model is easy to operate and maintain.
这个型号的机器很容易操作和保养。
2.discover v.发现
< Columbus discovered America in 1492.
哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。
New oil fields have been discovered. 发现了新油田。
Derivative:discovery n. 发现
Syn. disclo / reveal / find / learn
3.device n. 装置
工资争议
< It is an accounting device. 这是一种记账装置。
He designed a device to water the garden.
他发明了一个给花园浇水的装置。
Syn. instrument / equipment / machine / tool
4.amazing adj.令人惊奇的
Root: : amaze v. 使吃惊
Derivative:amazed adj. 吃惊的，惊奇的
5.sympathy n.同情
< Out of sympathy with tho who are rich in material life but poor in spiritual
life. 出于对穷人的同情，她积极参加慈善活动。
in sympathy with 同情；同意
< He is in sympathy with their beliefs. 他支持他们的信仰。
Derivative: sympathetic adj.同情的，有同情心的
sympathize vi. 同情，表示同情；同意
< Most people sympathized with the workers’ strike.
大多数人同情和支持那次工人罢工。
< n. 瞬间，片刻
< This is a great moment. 这是一个伟大的时刻。
at the moment 目前，现在
< He is not in the office at the mome nt; nobody knows where he has gone. 他
现在不在办公室，没人知道他去哪儿了。
in a moment 一会儿，不久；立即，马上
< Dinner will be ready in a moment.晚饭一会儿就好了。
the (very) moment () = as soon as 一...就...
他一出场，所有的观众都站起来了。
v. 安慰
< He lived in comfort(n.). 他过得很舒服。
A friend is someone who can comfort（v.）you (=give you comfort) when you
need it. 朋友就是在你需要时能安慰你的人。
comfortable adj. 舒适的飞机延误赔偿标准
< We have a comfortable new residence. 我们有了一个舒适的新居。
Ant. comfort(n.) --discomfort(n.)
comfortable (adj.) -- uncomfortable (adj.)
8.belong vt. 属于
< According to the will, the hou belongs to his daughter.
根据遗嘱，这幢房子归他女儿。
belong to 属于，是...的一员
< Wheat, maize and oats belong to the grain group.
小麦，玉米及燕麦都属谷类。
< Friendship means a lot to me. 友谊对我来说很重要。
Derivative: meaning n. 意思，意义
meaningful adj. 有意义的
< This word has different meanings when ud in different ntences. 这个单词
在不同的句子中有不同的意思。
What he said is meaningful. 他说的话意味深长。
10.ud to 过去常常（做）
< people ud to believe that the earth was flat.
过去人们认为地球是平的。
be/ get ue to doing 习惯做...
e,g. I have got ud to getting up early even on weekends.同胞的意思
即便是周末我也习惯早起。
III Assignment: 1. Review the words and expressions.
2. Preview Text A, Unit 2
Unit 2 Friendship
Section II T ext A My Friend，the T elephone Operator
I T eaching Objective
1. To read a story about friendship on telephone.
2.To build up vocabulary relating to friendship.
II T eaching Procedures
Step 1 Warm-up Discussion
Give the Ss some hints and let them freely express their ideas before leading them to the text which is about a friendship between a boy and a telephone operator who never meet.
Free T alking:
1). Do you have many friends? How did they become your friends?
2). When you are making friends,what are the factors you will take into account?Why?
2. T ext-related Information:
Friendship: Friendship is cherished by people in all cultures and there are a large number of idioms and proverbs related to it in every language.Here is a list of English idioms of this kinds.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
A friend to all is a friend to none. / A friend to everybody is a friend
to nobody. 滥交友者无朋友。
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。
Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
Books and friends should be few but good.
读书如交友，应求少而精。
豹子英文
Even the best friends must part. 朋友虽好，总有一别。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
Fal friends are wor than open enemies.
虚假的朋友比公开的敌人更坏。
Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇，老友情深。
Step 2 Read T ext A
1. Students are required to Text A within 10minutes. After reading,
