全新版大学英语综合教程第一册Unit2.ppt

Warm-up Activities weather friend Halloween Warm-up questions  Listen to the song and answer the questions What is a fair weather friend? According to the song, what are friends for? Halloween Halloween Related Questions Presentation of the text speed reading Detailed reading Focus of the text speed reading of the text Scan Text A and decide which of the following statements is the theme. 1. One should keep in touch with his friends. 2. Never delay expressing your true feelings to a friend. 3. A true friend will stand by you forever. 4. Late is better than never. Correct Answer: The following questions are what the narrator asked the cab driver. Put them in the right order. Part Division of the Text detailed reading of the text be lost in/lose oneself in: be absorbed in available: adj. or something: used when you are not very sure about what you have just said  go ahead: continue; begin (sometimes followed by with + n. ) estimate estimate, evaluate value estimate, evaluate value not much of a: not a good  keep up: continue without stopping  practically: adv. almost, but not completely or exactly  kind of/sort of:  (“kind of” is esp. AmE, “sort of ” esp. BrE) a little bit; in some way or degree (used before v. or after a link verb) a couple of: a few; more than one but not many come up: urge: vt. try very hard to persuade  postpone: vt. delay (usu. followed by n./gerund)  postpone delay  hang out:  awful: adj. (used to add force) very great; very bad or unpleasant choke up: become too upset to speak Highlight of the Text Reading Strategy: Skimming Read through the passage quickly in order to get a general idea of its content. Skill to Be Developed Appreciate that spoken English is much more informal than written English In-class activities talking about friendship Discussion  Reinforcement Proverbs and Quotations Test of the Unit Homework Review what has been learned and finish all the excises for Text