Reading Book1 Unit2 Huang Zhiwen.ppt

1、Unit 2 Friendship,Text A All the Cabbie Had was a Letter 黃智文 ,Brainstorming,What comes to your mind if you are asked the meaning of friendship? Tell the teacher as many related words as possible (they can be nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.).,What does friendship mean?,perpetual ppetjul a. 永恒的,永久的 dur

2、able djurbl a. 耐久的 n. 耐用品 enduring indjuri a. 持久的,忍耐的 genuine denjuin a. 真正的,真實(shí)的,誠(chéng)懇的 everlasting ,evl:sti a. 永恒的,持久的,無(wú)止境的 intimate intimit a. 親密的,私人的,秘密的,Related questions to the text (6 min),Do you think friendship is important to you? Why? Do you have a lot of friends? Why or why not? Can you desc

3、ribe one of your best friends to us ? (Your description includes: how long you have known each other, where he/she is now, what he/she does now, what kind of person he/she is, why he/she is your best friend, etc.),Characters in this story,I Foster (the author) The cabbie Tom The friend of the cabbie

4、 Old Ed,Discuss the following questions in pairs (8 min),What did the author and the cabbie talk about? What happened to the cabbie? How did the cabbie feel? What did the author decide to do after the talk?,Main Idea of the Text,Language Study of the Text,Most of the text is actually a re-creation o

5、f the conversation between a taxi driver and the narrator. Therefore it provides ample examples of how English is spoken in daily life by native speakers. In spoken English sentences tend to be short and simple. Some sentences are incomplete, for example: (Is the letter) From a child or maybe a gran

6、dchild? Para 5 (You) Went to school together? Para 9 (I) enjoyed talking with you. para 32,Language Focus in the Text,Line 5: He sounded as if he had a cold or something. Line 12: Come to think of it, it might just as well have been family. Line 15: I am not much of a hand at writing. Line 17: But I

7、 take it hes someone youve known quite a while? Para 15: I am sorry, it is no fun to lose any friend. Line 34: I should have kept in touch. Line 40: Thats pretty personal. Line 67: usually some news about our families, you know, what the kids were doing, who moved where, a new grandchild, things lik

8、e that but never a real letter or things like that. Line 71: Your friendship over the years has meant an awful lot to me. Line 87: I guess I should have written it sooner.,Have you learned these phrases by heart?,be lost in doing sth.= lose oneself in doing sth. 專心致志于 or something 諸如此類的事情 know/learn

9、 sth. by heart 記住， 能背出 kind/sort of 有點(diǎn)兒， 有幾分 might as well 不妨， 盡管 lose touch with sb. 與某人失去聯(lián)系 keep in touch with sb.與某人保持聯(lián)系 hang out 閑蕩， 徘徊 every now and then 有時(shí)候 choke up 哽噎得說(shuō)不出話 in the distance 遙遠(yuǎn)的 right away 馬上,Role play,Act out the dialogue between the writer Foster and the cabbie Tom. For the f

10、irst time, act out the dialogue in your own words. After that, please spend 2 minutes reading the text before you act out the dialogue again. For the second time, you should try your best to use the original words spoken by the two characters in the text. (You can refer to the Chinese translation of

11、 the dialogue so that you wont miss any information),Scene Foster: 你出車嗎？ Tom: 對(duì)不起， 我在讀一封信。 Foster:我不著急， 你接著把信讀完吧。 Tom: 我已經(jīng)讀了好幾遍了。 我想我都能背出來(lái)了。 Foster: 家里寄來(lái)的信總是意味深長(zhǎng)的。至少對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)是這樣， 因?yàn)槲依鲜窃谕獗疾?。是孩子還是孫子寫來(lái)的？ Tom: 不是家里人， 不過(guò)， 想起來(lái)， 也可以算是一家人了。埃德老伙計(jì)是我最老的朋友了。實(shí)際上， 我倆過(guò)去總是以老朋友相稱就是說(shuō)， 當(dāng)我倆見(jiàn)面的時(shí)候。我這個(gè)人就是不大會(huì)寫東西。 Foster: 我看大家寫

12、信都不那么勤快了。我自己就是這樣。我看， 你認(rèn)識(shí)他挺久了吧？ Tom: 差不多認(rèn)識(shí)了一輩子了。 我倆小時(shí)候就一起玩， 所以我倆友誼的確很長(zhǎng)了。 Foster: 一起上學(xué)嗎？ Tom: 都一起上到高中呢。 事實(shí)上，我倆從小學(xué)到高中都在一個(gè)班里。 Foster: 保持這么長(zhǎng)友誼的人可真不多見(jiàn)啊。,Writing a Personal Letter,A personal letter usually consists of three parts: the salutation the complimentary close the signature P.S. = postscript,Liste

13、n to an interview about friendship,What does friendship mean to you? Mr. Brooks is being interviewed on the subject of friendship. Mr. Brooks : I consider friendship to be one of the most important things in life. They say a friend in need is a friend indeed. Thats partly true. But a real friend sho

14、uld also be able to share your happy moments - without feeling jealous. A good friendship is one where you accept and forgive faults, understand moods, and dont feel hurt if a friend doesnt feel like seeing you. Of course, honesty is an essential part of any relationship. We should learn to accept o

15、ur friends for what they are.,Reporter: As a married man, do you find your friendships are only with other men? Mr. Brooks: Of course not! Both my wife and I have men and women friends. Although family life is fulfilled, it isnt enough! Both my wife and I get tremendous satisfaction from our friends

16、, married and single, male and female - and we both have our separate friends too. Reporter:You must have a full life! Mr. Brooks:We certainly do! And as I say, our friends give us a lot of pleasure. After all, friends should not be people with whom you kill time. Real friendship, in my opinion, is a spiritually developing experience.,Assignment,You are expected to finish the following exercise: Page 43 - 1 Page 44- 2 Page 45- II Page 47 -1, 2 Page 49 - II Translation You can