1、Unit 4 Friends foreverLesson 1 Click for a friend?Warm-up IListen to two songs about friends(one is in Chinese and the other one in English).Ask students the following questions:1.Do you have any friends?2.How many friends do you have?3.Who is your best friend?4.What do you do with your friends?5.Ho
2、w do you maintain your friendship?6.How do you communicate with your friends?Warm-up IIListen and read the poem.Answer the questions.1.What is the poem about?2.Who would you send this poem to and why?Watch the video and answer the questions.1.Which poem is mentioned in the video?2.What idea does the
3、 poem maily express?3.What other poems do you know on the same topic?Vocabulary(单词)familiar adj.熟悉的 adventure n.历险，奇遇 prefer v.更喜欢 lost track of 不了解.的情况 deliver v.传递，传送 thanks to 归功于.多亏了.advance n.进步，进展 significantly adv.重大地，显著地 social media 社交媒体 maintain v.保持，维持 tend v.易于做某事 criminal n.罪犯 acquire v
4、.获得，得到Pre-readingLook at the questions about friendship and choose your answers.1 How do you prefer to make friends?a.Joining a club to meet people who share the same interests.b.Using a social app.c.Through other friends.d.Posting a friends wanted notice online.e.Taking part in community activities
5、.2 How do you prefer to communicate with friends every day?a.Talking face to face.b.Using social networking apps.c.Writing letters.d.Writing emails.e.Telephoning each other.3 How do you stay in touch with faraway friends?a.Using social networking apps.b.Writing letters.c.Writing emails.d.Telephoning
6、.e.Visiting friends whenever possible.While-readingSkimming I1.Read the passage quickly and find out the general idea of it.2.Read the passage again and find out the authors opinions about online friendship.3.Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1)To prove that making friends was easier
7、 in the past.2)To illustrate how it is better to make friends online.3)To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.4)To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.While-readingSkimming IITry to find the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1 Ways of makin
8、g friends in the pastParagraph 2-3Ways of making friends at presentParagraph 4-8The advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.While-readingScanningRead the passage carefully and find out the detailed information.Complete the diagrams in Activity 4 on page 40.Ways of making friendsPeople
9、lost track of their friends after 1_.The only way to stay in touch was 2_.Its easy to 3_with social media tools.Online,people can easily make new friends with those who 4_.Online friendship:real or not?It can be real if people 5_ online.It might not be real because social media doesnt present6_,and
10、people tend to 7_.Key:1.moving to a new town 2.writing letters 3.maintain friendships 4.share their interests 5.exchange true personal information 6.the whole truth about a person 7.post only positive updatesPost-readingThink and Share1.Why does the author say“But this doesnt mean that we should thr
11、ow the baby out with the bathwater”?Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese?Because although technology has changed the way we acquire friends,the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same.I know other similar saying,such as,everything has two sides.2.Do you prefer to m
12、ake friends online?Why?I dont prefer to make friends online.Because although its interesting to know a stranger through the Internet,only a few of us have succeeded in getting a real good friend in this way.Most of us have been cheated.Some of us even have committed crimes with the friends online.So we should be careful of making friends online.SummarySummarize what we have learnt today.Homework1.Recite the words and expressions on Page 37-39.2.Retell the story on your own words.3.Think it over about how you make friends and write a short passage.
