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Unit 3
Tell me about your friends
Lead-in Watching and
Discussing Brainstorming Oral Assignment
Contents
Lead-in
Work in groups, discuss the following questions and then share your answers with the whole class.
Lead-in
Questions for groups 1 and 2:
1. Who is your best friend? What makes this friend so special?
2. What does friend mean to you? What do you think of “A friend in need is a friend indeed”?
Questions for groups 3 and 4:
3. Have you ever quarreled with a friend? Why?
4. Your friend is having trouble in his schoolwork and asks to copy yours. What should you do?
Lead-in
Questions for groups 5 and 6:
5. Do you have any long distance friendships? How do you manage to maintain them?
6. Should students make friends on line? Why?
Lead-in
Keys >> T means trust R means respect A means affection V means virtue E means enjoyment L means laughter
Brainstorming
A. How do you understand friendship? Some define it as TRAVEL, each letter standing for a word that is closely related to friendship. Can you figure out what the six letters refer to respectively?
Brainstorming
B. What are your criteria for making friends? Please work in groups and arrange them according to their importance. You may add more items that you think important.
looks
age
personality
ability
habit
intelligence…
background
social status
achievements
interests and hobbies
self-reliance
kind heart…
Brainstorming
actual behavior
the way he/she speaks
being on the same wavelength
the same ideas and beliefs
mutual support and understanding
shared experiences and emotions
accept one another as equals
learn from each other
make allowances for…
confident
forward
friendly
honest
open-minded
sympathetic
considerate
generous
tolerable…
Describing
Figure fat/overweight thin/bony plump slender slim
Stature tall short strapping small of medium height
A. Work in groups and take turns to describe one of your classmates to your partners. One member sketches according to your description and the others guess who this classmate is.
Hair color dark red black auburn brown blond grey
Describing
Hair style long short straight curly ponytail baldheaded brush cut
Shape of face oval narrow chubby square bony
Complexion
fair
pale
tan
dark
yellow
white
A. Work in groups and take turns to describe one of your classmates to your partners. One member sketches according to your description and the others guess who this classmate is.
Watching and Discussing
Now watch a clip of the American TV series FRIENDS. After that work in groups of 4 and have a discussion. Then finish the following tasks.
Main characters: Phoebe, Monica and Amanda
Watching and Discussing
1. What does Monica plan to do to cut out Amanda?
2. What secret does Amanda tell unconsciously?
3. How does Phoebe manage to make up with Monica?
Task 1. Answer the following questions after you watch the video clip.
Video Clip
See
You
Next
Time!