1、Unit 4 Friends foreverUnderstanding ideasCLICK FOR A FRIEND After the class, I will be able to：1.get the main idea of the passage and understand the writers opinions by observing and skimming; 2.develop and improve my reading skills like skimming and careful reading;3.express my opinions on online f
2、riendship and know how to protect myself when making friends online .Listen to a song and think about the questions below:1.How do you prefer to make friends ?2.How do you prefer to communicate with you friends?3.How do you stay in touch with faraway friends?Observe the title and the picture on page
3、 38 and 39 and fill in the blank.The author talks about _ friendship.Read the passage quickly and answer the following question (pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph and the “but” in the passage ).1.This passage is a _.A. Narration(记叙文) B. Exposition(说明文) C. Argumentation (议论文)总结：如何
4、快速找到段落的主旨？总结：如何快速找到段落的主旨？_2. Match the main idea of each paragraph .Fill in the blanks with proper words from the passage on Pages 38-39.CLICK FOR A FRIEND?The ways of making friends and communicating with them have changedMoving to a new town meant (1)track of our friends. The only way of getting n
5、ews from faraway friends was (2) that took ages to be delivered not very long ago. Nowadays, we can move around the world and still (3)with the people that we want to remain friends with. The digital age makes it easy for us to make friends with those who (4)our interests. Online friendship: real or
6、 notIf people always (5) true personal information online, these friendships can be (6). It might not be real because social media doesnt present the whole (7)about a person and people tend to (8) only good things that make them appear happy and friendly. How to treat making friends onlineThis doesn
7、t mean we should throw the (9) out with the bathwater. The meaning of friendship and our longing for friends (10)the same. Moving to a new town meant (1)track of our friends. The only way of getting news from faraway friends was (2) that took ages to be delivered not very long ago. Nowadays, we can
8、move around the world and still (3)with the people that we want to remain friends with. The digital age makes it easy for us to make friends with those who (4)our interests. Online friendship:real or notIf people always (5) true personal information online, these friendships can be (6). It might not
9、 be real because social media doesnt present the whole (7)about a person and people tend to (8) only good things that make them appear happy and friendly. How to treat making friends onlineThis doesnt mean we should throw the (9) out with the bathwater. The meaning of friendship and our longing for
10、friends (10)the same. 1.What disadvantages and advantages are there when making friends online?2. Show your ideas to the class. 1.The authors mainly discusses _ and _ of making friends online .2.We can get the main idea of a paragraph by reading the_ sentence of each paragraph, and sometimes the _se
11、ntence. Sometimes the topic sentence is behind the transitional words （转折性词语）,like _3.We should be _ when making friends online, and we should not provide(提供)_to the stranger we meet on the Internet. Read the text again and do the grammar cloze below.Thanks 1. new technology, ways to make friends 2.
12、 (change) a lot. In the past, we used 3.(letter),but now we use social media tools 4.(keep) in touch. The Internet can connect us with 5.(other) even if they live very faraway. However, does it mean that your friends on the Internet are all 6.(rely)?It depends. Remember 7. we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person. On social media sites people tend 8.(post)only good things. As the saying 9.(go),“On the Internet, nobody knows youre a dog. ”In spite of this, it doesnt mean we should throw the baby 10. with the bathwater.
