Unit One

Book One

guessing words: fair and upright truthful; not lying,

cheating or stealinghonest

without fear; having courage

brave

loyal

true and faithful to someone or something having or showing knowledge and good judgment

wise smart skillful; clever; intelligent

(of a man)good-looking; of pleasing appearance. (of woman)having a fine figure; vigor and dignity

handsome

Some useful proverbs and idioms about friends

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend is easier lost than found.

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

A friend without faults will never be found.

Class-activity:

Use the words kind/honest/brave/loyal….and make sentences by using

Sb is…, because…

Listening

Listen to three arguments between friends and required to

1) write down the problems2) suggest possible solutions

Speaking

Read aloud the following people and fill in the form. Talk about what they likes or dislikes Decide who could be friends and give reasons for your

decisions.

Song:Auld Lang Syne

   Now VOA Special English presents a special program for New Year's Eve. That is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne. It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words Auld Lang Syne mean old long since. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a song book three years later. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington's Saxophone quartet. One of the 4 musicians in the group is VOA's Rich Kainfaite. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very happy New Year. This is Shep O'neal.

Song:Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance ( 熟人 , 朋友 ) be forgotAnd never brought to mindShould auld acquaintance be forgotAnd days of auld lang syne For auld lang syne( 忆往时 , 令人怀念的过去 )My dearFor auld lang syneWe'll take a cup of kindness yetFor auld lang syne

友谊地久天长 《魂断蓝桥》主题曲

Like and dislike

Likes: enjoy doing sth. love/like doing sth. be fond of doing sth/sth. be into

sth.(classical/rock/pop/folk/light/ American country music)Dislike: hate doing sth. dislike doing sth. don’t like doing sth. don’t enjoy doing

Some difficult language points

1.I don’t enjoy singing, nor do I like computer. (= I don’t like computer either.)Eg: I don’t know what happened to her,________ I care. I’m not fond of rock music, ________I fond of dancing. I don’t like playing football,_________ she He can’t do it, _________I. I never saw him again, ________ I hear from him.

nor do

nor am

nor does

nor can

nor did

2. Rock music is OK,and so is skiing. so (adv.) 用在肯定句后，内容与主句一致

表示某一现象也适合另一人和事，用倒装句语序。表示“也如此”

eg: She likes dogs, so does he. I have finished my homework,________he. We are working now, _______ they.

so has so are

摇滚乐不错，滑雪也不可错。

Decide who could be friends and give reasons for your decisions.

Examples: A. I’m sure John and Steve could be friends,because

they both like reading.B. I’m not so sure about that,because John said that he

likes reading, but he also said that he likes football, Steve said that he thinks football is boring.

A. Perhaps John and Sarah could be friends. Because they both like reading and playing football. Sarah said

that she doesn’t like computers. John doesn’t like computers either.

Talking Wb- P85

Be bold enough!

Consolidation

1. Use the language in the text to make a self introduction in the group.

2. Analyse the result and report in class. I’m sure A and B could be friends, because… also I’m sure C and D could be friends because…..

Homework:1. Tick out all the new words and

expressions learned in this part. Then learn them by heart and write a diary by using some of them.

2. Preview the reading part.