Unit 1 Friendship（I）

if you are standing beside a group of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they are discussing. but if you don’t, you shouldn’t feel afraid to say, for example, “that sounds interesting, what is it about?” once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to others.

find one person you have something in common with, and once you become friends with him, his friends will start talking to you too.

good luck!

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iv. writing assessment

1. can you give xiaodong some good advice?

2. i s your letter well developed?

3. are your ideas well organized to the point?

4.           do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing?

5.           do you get a good mastery of complex structures of language?

6.           what kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? what can you do to avoid such mistakes?

v. further applying

here are some proverbs about friends and friendship. read them carefully and pay attention to the sentence stress and intonation. then write a passage. choose some you agree and explain why. then choose some you disagree and explain why.

a friend in need is a friend indeed.

friends are like wine, the older, the better.

when you meet your friend, your face shines—you have found gold.

a friend to all is a friend to none.

the same man cannot be both friend and flatterer.

the best mirror is an old friend.

false friends are worse than open enemies.

walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

friendship cannot always stand on one side.

the friendship that can end is never real.

with clothes the new are best, with friends the old are best.

■you may also have the students complete the task as homework after class.

unit 1 friendship（iv）

part tw teaching resources (第二部分：教學資源)

section 1: background reading on friendship

friendship quotes

i. questions about friendship

1.what is the main problem in friendship? (leaving someone out)

2.how do you keep a friend? (treat someone like you want to be treated)

3.what is a good friend? (somebody whom you can depend on)

4.what if your friend said they wouldn’t be your friend if you were another person’s friend? (that “friend” would not mind if she were really your friend.)

★ “true friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”--- charles caleb colton