book6_module3_introductionandlistening.ppt

Brain-storming： The qualities of a good friend should have. Listening Now listen to the tape, and then we will answer the following questions according to the passage. 1. Why has Liao Mei never felt lonely? 2. Where did the two girls meet? 3. Where did they live? 4. What do we learn about the girls’ parents? 5. Why did the two girls quarrel? 6. Where is Liao Mei’s college? 7. How many friends has Liao Mei lost touch with? 8. Why has she lost touch with them? Part1 My name is Liao Mei and I’m 20 years old. I’m an only child, and my friendships are very important to me. Ever since I was a kid, my parents always made sure that I had other children to play with, so I never felt lonely. I’ve also been very lucky because I’ve always had a best friend, someone who I’ve been really close to. My best friend since the age of 11 was a girl called Wang Chaosu. We met at secondary school. We’d both just started there. I remember meeting her for the first time. I was walking home from school and she was going the same way. So we walked home together and discovered that we lived very near each other. We got on with each other immediately. We’re two of a kind, Wang Chaosu and I –we’re both quite lively. We found that we shared a lot of the same interests. She loved all kinds of sport and so did I. We soon became best friends. We used to go around to each other’s houses all the time. Our parents got on very well too. But having said this, I must say that Wang Chaosu and I quarrel from time to time. We had a really serious quarrel when I was 16. I became friendly with two girls that she didn’t get on with, and I stopped seeing her for a while. It wasn’t a nice thing to do and I regret doing that now. Wang Chaosu was really hurt. She didn’t talk to me for about six moths. But then we made up and became friends again. Part 2 Wang Chaosu and I stayed best friends up to the age of 18, but then we both went to different college