全新版大学英语第1册2单元 (原创) ----Friendship.ppt

Unit Two Friendship Text A All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter objectives grasp the main idea and the structure of the text (narration in chronological sequence); appreciate that spoken English is much more informal than written English; master key language points and grammatical structures in the text; conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. 1 WARMUP ACTIVITY 1.1 Pre-reading tasks 1.2 Survey Discussion 1.1 Pre-reading tasks Listen to the song Thats What Friends are For, and answer the following questions related to the song What is a fair weather friend? According to the song, what are friends for? Keys: one who is happy to stay with you when things are going well but leaves as soon as trouble arrives for both good times and bad times 1.2 Survey Discussion Do you often e-mail / write letters to your friends? frequently ? sometimes ? rarely ? never ? Are you missing me ,my friend ? How many kinds of friends do you have? Will you make friends like these…… Who you drink and play with Who you kill time with Who you overcome difficulties with Who you study and compete with Now tell us your choices. Do you often write letters to your friends? Why or why not? Your reasons for e-mailing/writing letters or not e-mailing/writing letters Summary: Sometimes we put off e-mailing because we think e-mails can wait until other matters are dealt with, or because we think a phone call will do instead. But sometimes, as you are to find in the text, we may leave it too late to e-mail. However, letters are the best in expressing our innermost feelings. 信内姓名地址 Part 2 Cultural Notes Now, in Britain and America, it’s a time when children have parties, dress up witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play “trick or treat”. Trick or treat is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. That