全新版大学英语第一册Unit Two.ppt

friendship A friend in need is a friend indeed. Nothing is better than a loyal friend. Friendship is like wine--the older the better. A bosom friend afar brings distant land near. Friendship is to be strengthened by truth and devotion. What is your criterion of making friends? Hints: honest; loyal; be ready to help; to share mutual interest and understanding… How do you communicate with your friends? Hints: e-mail; QQ; telephone… Do you often write letters to friends? How often do you write letters to them? Hints: frequently , sometimes , rarely , never Unit two Outline Background Structure Analysis Text Analysis Questions background Halloween(万圣节前夕) It is on the night of 31 October “trick or treat” 万圣节： All Saint’s Day / All Hallow’s Day Cloth and Mask Skim the text and find out how many questions the author asked the cabbie and what were the latter’s responses. a. Is your cab available? -Yes. b. Is the letter from a child or a grandchild? -No, Ed was my oldest friend. c. He’s someone you’ve known quite a while? -All my life. d. Did you go to school together? All the way through high school. e. Is he dead? He died a couple of weeks ago. f. Did you two work at the same place? - No, but we hung out together when single, later we grew more distant. g. The letter must have made you feel good, didn’t it? - ( The driver said something that the narrator couldn’t understand.) i. I thought your friend was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom? The letter was not from Ed to me, I am Tom. It’s a letter I wrote to him before I knew he’s died. So I never mailed it. Structure Analysis Paras.1-20: From the conversation with the cab driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keeping in touch with his old friend. Paras.21-35: Through reading the letter, the author knew more about a life long friendship between the cab and his old friend. Paras.36: The driver’s experience impressed the author profoundly and made him deep in thought. Text Analysis 1. be los