Unit 1 Fiendship.pptVIP

Unit 1 Friendship 宁夏大学新华学院文法外语系 Teaching Agenda Teaching Procedures Part I Lead-in ACTIVITY 1 LISTENING Listen to the following passage and understand its main idea. Before that, please check (√ ) the words and phrases that you know. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box. Many people will walk in and out of your life; but only true friends will (1) in your heart. Friends are our truest (2) . How many times have they: Made us laugh when we felt like crying over a bad mistake? Made us feel loved when our boyfriends (or girlfriends) (3) with us? Gave us the courage to go back to school or to change careers? Like armor, good friends make us almost invincible, (4) warding off the blows life occasionally deals us. Because of their steadfastness, we see setbacks for what they are: temporary. Because friends accept us for who we are, we gain the confidence to dream great dreams, and to make them real. Friends (5) our days with their twisted humor, their honest answers, and their ability to bear our gloating when we beat them at golf or tennis. We can even trust them with our most embarrassing (6) ! What a relief it is for us to reveal our true selves to someone! It is no wonder, then, that medical researchers have found that those who have friends tend to be happier, healthier, and live longer than those who do not. In fact, friendship has numerous physical and spiritual benefits. ACTIVITY 2 VIEWING Enjoy the song Trouble is a Friend sung by Lenka and try to translate the underlined sentences. Trouble is a friend, but trouble is a foe, oh oh And no matter what I feed him he always seems to grow, oh oh He sees what I see and he knows what I know, oh oh (3)So don’t forget as you ease on down the road He’s there in the dark, he’s there in my heart He waits in the wings, he’s gotta play a part Troubl