1、Unit 1 Knowing me Knowing you Developing ideas Little White Lies Teaching Objectives: To understand the whole passage by using various language skills. To deepen the understanding of the passage, and figure out the reasons why people tell white lies, then describe the right way of dealing with issue
2、s between people. To apply what they learned in the passage to their real life to make their relationship with people better .Activity 1 Read the picture on page 8 and answer the questions: Question 1: Who is doing better in the exam? Question 2: If you were student B, how would you like to response
3、?Activity 2 Read the passage and find out the meaning of “white lies”.A white lie is a little lie that we tell to protect others from the truth. Perhaps we comfort ourselves with the knowledge that most of lies we tell are “white lies”: little lies that we tell to protect others from the truth. comf
4、ort: v. 安慰knowledge: n. 知道，了解protect sb from (doing) sth:保护某人免受. Activity 3 Step 1: Finish Exercise 3 on page 10.IntroductionIntroductionMainbodyMainbodyConclusionConclusionReason 1Reason 1Reason 2Reason 2Reason 3Reason 3Understand the passage majority: n. 大多数awful: adj. 糟糕的frank: adj. 坦诚的predict: v
5、.预测,预知analysisn.分析conclusionn.结论You say your friends singing is wonderful, despite secretly thinking that your cat can sing better.despite: prep. 尽管，虽然。引导让步意义的短语结构。although：conj. 尽管，虽然。引导让步意义的句子结构。ironic and humorous tone: 讽刺幽默的语调It actually means that your friends singing is not good.Would your fri
6、end trust your opinion again if he found out you had lied about his “wonderful” singing? How would you expect others to truly understand your emotions if you only shared good news instead of bad? Moreover, how would you feel if you discovered that the people closest to you had been hiding the truth
7、from you?parallel interrogative sentences : 排比疑问句parallel sentences:排比句interrogative sentences:疑问句Would your friend trust your opinion again if he found out you had lied about his “wonderful” singing? How would you expect others to truly understand your emotions if you only shared good news instead
8、of bad? Moreover, how would you feel if you discovered that the people closest to you had been hiding the truth from you?1.Whats the answers to the qestions ?2.What does the author want to express ?emphasize the authors argument首尾呼应 Activity 3 EssayIntroductionIntroductionMainbodyMainbodyConclusionC
9、onclusion The aims and an overview of the passage. A series of paragraphs that explore and develop the argument. A summary of the ideas without any new materials here.Think & Share1 What does the “web” in the poem represent?Written more than two hundred years ago, these lines by Walter Scott remain
10、one of the most well-known excerpts of Scottish poetry: Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!Think & Share1 What does the “web” in the poem represent?Written more than two hundred years ago, these lines by Walter Scott remain one of the most well-known excerpts of Scott
11、ish poetry:line: n. 诗歌诗歌Walter Scott: an British author excerpt: n. 摘录摘录,引用引用Think & Share1 What does the “web” in the poem represent?Written more than two hundred years ago, these lines by Walter Scott remain one of the most well-known excerpts of Scottish poetry:written:1. What is the subject(主语)
12、of this sentence?2.Whats the relationship between “these lines” and “written”?these linespassive voice被动语态 Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! tangled: adj. 复杂的 web: n. 蜘蛛网 weave：v. 编织 deceive v. 欺骗1 What does the “web” in the poem represent?“Web” represents a complic
13、ated situation, in which once we tell a lie, we have to continue to tell more other lies in order to cover the previous ones.啊！谎言一旦开始，我们就得编织一张多么复杂的网啊！Activity 4 Give a talk on the importance of honesty following the steps below. Explain what honesty is. Give reasons for the importance of being hones
14、t. Support your reasons with examples. End with your conclusionWhat is honesty? Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair and upright in act.Considered a virtue,it is admired in every country and every culture. So,it is important to be honest all the time . First,honestyisthekeyforpeopletoachi
15、evesuccessandcanhelppeopleliveahappylife.Anhonestpersonisapersonwhocanbetrustedandrespected.Peopledoliketomakefriendswithsuchpersonsbecausetheycanbetreatedsincerely.Meanwhile,employersalsolikesuchpersonsbecausetheyarewillingtodotheirworkseriously. Second,Ithinkhonestyisthebasementoftheeconomicdevelo
16、pment.Everyoneshouldknowthatyoushouldbeanhonestpersonbeforebeingasuccessfulbusi-nessman.Ifashopwanttodevelopbetterandlonger,itneedstoprovidethecustomers withthebestgoodsandservicewhichcanattractpeopletocomeagain.Inmyopinion,honestyistherealwealthwhichismorevaluablethangold.Henieoncesaid,“Lifecannotl
17、ieoutinbrightflower.”Soifwewanthaveabrightandfragrantlife, weshouldlettheflowersofhonestybloomfirst. Summary HomeworkThere is a Chinese saying:”Filial piety is the most important of all virtues” (百善孝为先). Please write an essay , whose topic is “filial piety”(孝顺)according to steps we talked above.Music timewhite lieThank You
