资源描述
The first to speak for the affirmative is the "affirmative leader" (正方一辩), while the "negative leader" (反方一辩) is the first to speak on the other the Pro side, the Con side Unit 1
Getting along with others
Period one
Welcome and Reading
Teaching Aims:
u To practise students’ speaking ability by talking about friendship and encouraging students to express a different view and understanding of it
u To improve their reading comprehension skills by learning two letters written to an advice columnist of a teenage magazine and how to understand the feelings and emotions in a text.
u To learn how to get along with others and gain some insight into the problems that can exist between friends.
Step 1 Free talk
If you hope to develop true friendship between you and others, how should you act toward him or her?
A true friend is someone who_is______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
---is trustworthy
---is honest
---is loyal to you
---is selfless
---accepts your differences
……
Step 2 Talk about the pictures and try to understand the meanings of the four sayings
Picture 1:
1.What are the two girls doing there?
2. How long do they spend speaking to each other?
3. Do you think they enjoy each other’s company?
4.What do you think ‘Friends are thieves of time’(朋友是时间的窃贼)really means?
It means that when staying with a good friend, we feel happy and relaxed and almost forget the existence of time.
Picture 2:
1.What do you use a mirror for?
2.Do you think your friends should tell you what they really think of you?
3.What do you think ‘The best mirror is an old friend.’ (老朋友如同最好的镜子)really means?
It means that an old friend knows you very well. He/She can help point out your advantages and disadvantages.
Picture 3:
1.What is the taller boy doing? Why does he do so?
2. Do you think the shorter boy should take the money? Why?
3. Do you think it possible to buy friendship?
4.What do you think ‘If you can buy a person’s friendship, it is not worth having. ’ (如果你能买到一个人的友谊,那么这种友谊就根本不值得拥有.)really means?
It means that true friendship is priceless. It is impossible for a person to buy it with money. It is based on trust, respect, loyalty, shared feelings and so on.
Picture 4:
1.What do you think ‘True friends have hearts that beat as one.’ (真正的朋友心心相印)really means?
It means true friends are willing to share their happiness and sorrow with each other.
Enjoy some other sayings about friends.
Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.没有朋友,世界成了荒野
Better without gold than without friends.宁可没有金钱,不可没有朋友。
Without confidence there is no friendship.没有信任就没有友谊。
A man who has friends must show himself friendly.要有朋友,必须以友谊待人。
Step3 Lead in (Reading)
1.Do you have a best friend?
2.How do you get on with your friend?
3.What may lead to a broken friendship?
---having little in common
---lacking trust
---there being conflict of interest
---being jealous of each other
---being indifferent to each other
---being hostile to each other
…
Step4 Understand the title“Secrets and lies”
Go through the whole letter to find out what the secret is and what the lie is.
Secret: Sarah got a D in a surprise Maths test.
Lie: Hannah denied having let out the secret.
Step5 Read the letter again, and try to answer the following questions:
(1) Why do you think Sarah and Hannah could be good friends before?
(2) Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they weren’t going to be friends any more?
(3) What might have caused their friendship to break?
Keys:
(1) They were like each other and had much in common.
(2) Because she thought Hannah had told everyone how badly she had done in the Maths test.
(3) Sarah didn’t trust her friend. Hannah may have betrayed her friend. Sarah and Hannah lacked communication.
Step6 Read “reading strategy”: reading to understand feelings and
A letter to an advice columnist usually includes:
1) Descriptions of problems
2) Descriptions of feelings
Emotions : angry, proud, upset, excited, surprised, ashamed, sad, puzzled, worried.
Identify Sarah’s feelings
1.我感到被我最好的朋友汉娜背叛了。
I feel betrayed by my best friend Hannah.
2.数学小测验之后,我的口气听上去想必很是自鸣得意。
I must have sounded very proud of myself after the math(s) text.
3.我感到非常羞愧,这么简单的小测验没能及格,我正真是笨极了。
I felt so ashamed, I must be really stupid to fail a simple math quiz.
4.后来,我假装高兴。Afterwards, I pretended to be cheerful.
5.我是如此的失望,以至于我都想要哭了。
I was so upset that I felt like crying.
6.我非常生气,径直走到汉娜的跟前
I was so angry that I went straight to Hannah
Step7 Read the second letter “A friendship in trouble”
Answer the following questions
1.Why did Andrew shout at Matthew after the match?
He thought Matthew played badly and did not try hard enough. As a result, they lost the game.
2.What did Matthew think about losing the match?
He thought it was not his fault.
3.How did Andrew feel after the horrible argument?
He felt really guilty
4. How did Matthew become after the horrible argument?
He became quiet and looked sad
Step8 Solve problems
Work in a group of four, and try to finish the following task:
1. Suppose you are the columnist, what advice will you give Sarah and what to Andrew? Choose one of the topics and try to think of as much advice as possible.
2. Finish Exercise E on page 5 and get to know what advice the magazine advice columnist actually gives to Sarah and Matthew.
Step9 Give all the students the following advice on how to mend a broken friendship:
1. You have to talk to your friend. When there is no one around, have an honest talk.
2. If your friend doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.
3. Always remember there are three steps to being friends again:
Tell your friend how you’re feeling;
Say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that;
Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
Step10 Homework
Read the text again and underline useful phrases and sentences
Period Two
Language Points
Teaching Aims:
u To master the usage of important words, phrases and sentences structures by translating and reciting.
1.I feel betrayed by…(L2)
betray vt. 出卖,泄露;辜负,对……不忠;流露(情感)
betray sb/sth (to sb) 泄露消息(给某人);(向某人)出卖某人
betray oneself 暴露自己的本性
He betrayed my secret to all his friends.
Judas betrayed Jesus to his enemies to in the last dinner.
我们永远都不能背叛我们的祖国we can never betray our country.
他脸上的表情显示他很生气。The expression on his face betrayed his anger./that he is angry.
2. Other children say we are no fun.(L4)
fun [u]有趣的人/事;乐趣 funny adj. 滑稽的有趣的
have fun doing干……很愉快
what fun多么有趣
和你交谈很愉快。It’s great fun talking with you.
遇到这么多新朋友是多么愉快的事啊! What fun it is to meet so many new friends!
用have fun; just for fun; make fun of填空
The children are having so much fun. I don’t want to call them inside.
We drove all the way to the beach, just for fun.
People make fun of her because she wears such strange clothes.
3. I must have sounded very proud of myself after the quiz, saying how easy it was and how I was sure to get a good grade. (L8)
Hannah must have told my classmates about my grade after promising not to. Everyone must have been laughing behind my back! (L 19-20)
She said that someone must have been spying on us in the washroom. (L 25)
1)must have done肯定已经做了……,对过去的推测,情态动词后接完成式。类似的结构有:本能够做到却没能做到could have done
不可能已经做了……can’t/couldn’t have done
也许已经做了……may /might have done
本应该做却没有做到should have done
本不应该做却做了shouldn’t have done
本没有必要做而实际上却做了needn’t have done
本没有必要做而实际上也没做了didn’t need to do sth.
线路很忙,肯定有人在打电话。
The line was busy; someone must have been using the telephone.
----The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned. (NMET 05, 江苏)
----oh, dear! She ______ a lot of difficulties!
A. may go through C. ought to have gone through
B. might go through D. must have gone through
若对现在的推测,则在情态动词后直接加动词原形。注意:表推测时,must只用于肯定句,can不用于肯定句,may不用于疑问。
The news must be true.
---Can the news be true?
---It can’t be true.
他可能在来这里的路上。He may be on the way here.
2)现在分词短语可在句中作状语,表时间、结果、原因、伴随、方式等。
His parents died, leaving(leave) him an orphan.
Not knowing(know) her phone number, he looked it up in the number book.
______the programme, they have to stay there for another two weeks.
A. Not completing B. Not completed
C. Not having completed D. Having not completed
3)不定式的内容可承上文省略,to不可省。另外,不定式to后be动词或不定式的完成式要保留have。
小男孩想在街上骑车,但他妈妈不同意。
The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him not to.
我想知道你为什么不按讲的做呢?I wonder why you didn’t do as told to.
中国不再是过去的中国了。China is no longer what it used to be.
---You ought to have finished your work.
---Yes, I know I ought to have
4)spy n. 间谍;密探[C] 暗中监视,暗中侦察[U]
她喜欢间谍的冒险。 She liked the adventures of a spy.
vi.当间谍;暗中监视;刺探[(+on/upon/into)]
我们监视那个人。 We spied on the man.
vt. 暗中监视;侦察出
他派出一个小分队暗中监视敌人的行动 He sent out a party to spy the enemy.
察觉,发现spy sb.doing sth.发现……在做……
他第一个发现一条鲨鱼的三角形鳍向我们游来。
He was the first to spy a shark coming towards us.
我们发现一位陌生人在拐角处闲荡。We spied a stranger hanging around the corner.
4. Afterwards, I pretended to be cheerful. 后来,我假装高兴。
pretend vt.vi. 假装,装扮,扮作
pretend to do sth./that
我进门时,他假装正在看一本书。When I went in, he pretended to be reading a book.
5 I admitted how badly I had done.( line 13)
] admit vt. / vi. 承认(事实,过失);准许进入(场所);准许……的入场 / 入学 /入会;可容纳 admission n.
admit ( doing ) sth. 承认做了某事
admit + that clause 承认做了……
admit to sth. 承认某事
admit… to be…承认……是……
admit sb. to / into .=sb.be admitted into/to准许某人进入……,被……录取
Five students in the senior high school were admitted to /into Beijing University.
他承认他有罪。He admitted his guilt. =He admitted that he was guilty.
你承不承认你打破了窗户?
Will you admit having broken the window?
=Will you admit that you have broken the window?
这个礼堂可容纳1000人。This hall can admit 1,000 people.
6. I was shocked to find a piece of paper on my desk that said,‘stupid Sarah got a D’say=read ……上说/写着
我发现一块告示,上面写着:“不准停车”。
I found a sign which read/said ‘NO PARKING’.=reading/saying ‘NO PARKING’
当我回到家时,我发现门上钉着一张便条,通知我下午去开会。
When I returned home, I found a note pinned on my door saying that I should go to attend a meeting that afternoon.
7. I don’t think I can truly forgive her.
forgive vt.(forgave ,forgiven)原谅,宽恕
forgive sb.for doing sth.
forgive sb.sth.
forgive one’s doing sth
她终于原谅了他错过她的生日派对。At last she forgave him for missing her birthday party.
如果你道歉,老师可能会原谅你的迟到。
If you apologize, the teacher may forgive your being late.
thank /excuse /blame/scold/admire/praise/charge sb. for doing sth.
翻译成中文:_______________________________________________
apologize to sb.for (doing)sth.______________________________
congratulate sb.on sth._________________________________
envy sb. sth._________________________________
8 trouble v./ n. 麻烦,苦恼,忧虑
trouble sb. with sth. 麻烦某人某事
trouble sb. to do sth. 麻烦某人做某事
trouble to do sth. 麻烦做某事
那些学生总是问一些让他们老师头疼的难题。
Those students always trouble their teachers with some difficult problems.
我可以麻烦你把那本书递给我吗?
Could I trouble you to pass the book to me?
别劳驾来帮助我搬这个很重的箱子。
Don’t trouble to carry the heavy box for me.
in trouble =get into trouble 处于困境中/ 困难中
ask for trouble 自找麻烦
make trouble for 制造麻烦,捣乱
take the trouble to do sth. 费神地/ 不辞辛劳地做
trouble sb. with / about sth. 使某人因某事烦恼
have trouble in doing sth./with sth.干某事有困难
9.The other team was superb and we really had to focus.(L34-35)
focus vt.,vi.集中注意力于……,(使聚焦)n. 焦点
focus on 集中,关注
focus one’s attention/efforts/energy/mind on集中注意力、努力、精力、心思于
讨论集中在三个主要问题上。The discussion focused on three main problems.
the focus of ………的焦点
bring /throw sth into focus使某事成为关注的焦点
奥运会使北京成为世界关注的焦点。
The Olympics have brought Beijing into focus of the world.
10.He said it wasn’t his fault if he couldn’t play as well as me and that I shouldn’t talk to him in this manner.
1)If there are two object clauses in one sentence, that is used at the beginning of the second object clause and cannot be left out.
她告诉我们她现在正忙,等会儿将会帮我们。
She told us she was busy and that she would help us later.
他允诺我他将会早点到家,并将会为我买些花。
He promised me he would be home early and that he would buy me some flowers.
2)in a …manner 以……方式
good /bad manners有/无礼貌
ill-mannered/well-mannered有/无礼貌的
It’s bad manners to make a noise whole eating.
11.I cannot help wondering if she wants Peter to be his best friend instead of me. (Line 50)
(1)cannot help doing sth.情不自禁做某事
(2)can’t help (to)do sth.无法帮助做某事
(3)cannot help but do sth.不得不做某事=can’t but do sth./can’t choose but do sth./have no choice but to do sth./have to do sth.
想起那个笑话,我情不自禁笑了。When thinking of the jokes, I can’t help laughing.
我在家不能帮妈妈做家务。I can’t help my mum to do the housework for.
他是这样一位大公无私的人,你不得不尊敬他。
He is such a selfless man. You cannot help but respect him.
12….if she really is your best friendyou should apologize for blaming her.(P5)
blame vt责备,指责
blame sb. for (doing) sth.因某事而责备某人
blame sth. on sb. 把某事归咎于某人
be to blame for应受指责,应负责(不用于被动语态)
许多孩子害怕讲英语时犯错误而受责备。
Many children are afraid of being blamed for making mistakes in speaking English.
不要总把失败归咎于他人。有时候该怪你们自己。
Don’t always blame your own failure on others. Sometimes you yourself are to blame.
. I feel it is your husband who______for the spoiled child.(2002年上海高考)
A. is to blame B. is going to blame C. is to be blamed D. should blame
13. I’m sure that, before long, you will be back playing football together.(P5)
before long不久以后,很快 long before 很久以前
It was +一段时间before…过了……才
It will be +一段时间before…要过……才
It was not long before..不久就
It will not be long before…不久就
不久他就回家了。It was not long before he came home
我认识你之前很久就认识他了。I knew him long before I knew you.
我们已经等得不耐烦了,希望公共汽车马上来。
We were tired of waiting and hoped the bus would come before long.
七、书面表达(满分20分)
时下,很多学生带手机上学。为此,某英语报在你校组织了一场讨论。讨论的主题是:中学生是否有必要带手机去学校。请你根据下表提供的信息,给报社写一封信,客观地介绍所讨论的情况。
大多数同学认为
大多数老师认为
你的观点
可方便与家长、同学联系;是一种时尚。
中学生年龄尚小,还不能自控;用手机玩游戏,发短信浪费时间;容易引起攀比。如需打电话学校里有各种电话可供使用。
追求时尚可以理解,但学习是首要任务。
注意:1. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。
2. 词数:120左右。
3. 参考词汇:攀比:vie with 在校园内:on the campus
Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether it is necessary for middle school students to carry mobile phones to school.
__________________________________________________________________________
Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether it is necessary for middle school students to carry mobile phones to school.
The majority of the students think that it is more convenient for them to keep in touch with their parents and classmates if they have a mobile phone. And what’s more, it’s a fashion.
However, most teachers think that middle school students are not old enough to control themselves. It is a waste of time for students to play
展开阅读全文