1、B3U1Developing ideasAfter an English testRead for main ideaScan through the article.(2min)What is the definition of white lies?Para.2:most of the lies we tell are“white lies”:little lies that we tell to protect others from the truth.Activity 1Read for structure How does the author organise the text?
2、ConclusionP1-4P5-7P8What question does the writer want to answer?To what extent can we justify telling white lies?to show or prove sth.is right,reasonable or necessaryRead for details How does the author organise the text?ConclusionReason 1To make others _.Examples Someones cooking _.Someones haircu
3、t _.AnalysisPerhaps we lie to protect ourselves _.Activity 3feel bettera meal that we dont like,but we say its delicious.is awful,but we say its great.from thedisappointment and anger of othersRead for details How does the author organise the text?ConclusionReason 2_.Examples_.Analysis Perhaps your
4、friend wants _.Perhaps they need to know _.Activity 3To give encouragementYou say your friends singing is wonderful,despite thinking your cat can sing betterthey should look some frank commentsfrom you so that they can improvefor a different hobbyRead for details How does the author organise the tex
5、t?ConclusionReason 3_.Examples_.AnalysisPerhaps your parents _.Activity 3To protect others from bad newsYouve had a bad day,but you hide your tears andlie to your parents that your day was“fine”would want to listen to you and understand your feelingsRead for details How does the author organise the
6、text?ConclusionEven white lies may have results we cannot predict.So _.Activity 3we should not tell lies even if they are white lies.Honesty is an important value and lying is wrongTelling white lies is not right.Read for detailsRead the last paragraph aloud.Why is Para.8 a better wrap-up than a sim
7、ple statement?ConclusionTelling white lies is not right.Paragraph 8Read for detailsPara.1Oh,what a tangled web we weave,When first we practice to deceive!Para.8Going back to Walter Scotts lines,we may find.echoIt represents a complicated situation,in which once we tell a lie,we have to continue to t
8、ell more other lies in order to cover the previous ones.Whats your understanding of the lines?Read for languageWhy does the writer repeat the questions?Would your friend trust you if he found?How would you expect if you only?How would you feel if you?To empathise&To make it easier for readers to con
9、sider/accept his opinion.Post-reading:Make a mini speechIs honesty always the best policy?ConclusionState your opinion.Support your opinion with examples.End with your conclusion.P8_(write)more than two hundred years ago,these lines by编织错综复杂的人际关系网weave a tangled web撒谎tell a lieWrittenweave-wove-wove
10、ntanglev.to twist sth.into an untidy mass 使纠缠;纠结;乱作一团 tangle(sth.)upn.混乱;争执;缠结的一团tangled adj.说出真相tell the truthP8用安慰自己comfort oneself with保护不受protect from sth.Weve all surely had the experience of someone _(cook)a meal for us that we dont like.大多数the majority ofOr if a friend asks us _ we think of t
11、heir new haircut,we say“Its great!”绝大多数majorminorminority(极)少数adj.主要的adj.次要的n.少数;少数民族the vast/great/overwhelming majority ofa(small/tiny)minority ofcookingwhatP9But _ what extent can we justify telling white lies?to extent To a certain extent,we are all responsible for this tragic situation.He had c
12、hanged to such an extent that I no longer recognised him.To some extent what she argues is true.The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and,to a lesser extent,wildlife.The book discusses the extent to which family life has changed over the past 50 years.to在多大程度上?在多大程度上?在一定程度上在一
13、定程度上=so much 在某种程度上在某种程度上其次其次=how muchP9Say for example that your friend asksto suggest or give sth.as an example or a possibility比方说;假设比方说;假设You could learn the basics in,lets say,three months.比方说,三个月你就可以掌握基本知识。Lets take any writer,say(=for example)Dickens我们随便举一个作家为例,比如说狄更斯Say you lose your job:wha
14、t would you do then?假设你把工作丢了,那你怎么办呢?P9You of course say that its wonderful,despite secretly _(think)that your cat can sing better.后者the latter提前in advance此外,而且moreover前者the formerthinkingbesides,furthermore,whats more,in addition,/additionally,on top of that,P11dilemma/dilem/n.a situation which makes problems,often one in which you have to make a difficult choice between things of equal importance(进退两难的)窘境,困境聚集在一起gather together保暖to keep warm理想距离ideal distance成功不互相伤害manage not to hurt each other面临左右为难的困境to face a dilemma处于进退两难的困境to be in a dilemmaHomework&Teaching Plan