1、Unit 4 Friends foreverHow would you feel if moving to new town meant losing track of your friends?What if the only way of getting news friend faraway friends was writing letters that toke ages to be delivered?1.Think about the purpose of the two questions in the first paragraph.To introduce the topi
2、c and to attract the reader.2.The meaning of“but”1.But when you friend people online,does this mean that they really are your friends?2.But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.3.But smiling photos can hide real problems.4.But this does
3、nt mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.A.To introduce something that is added to what you have just said.B.To introduce something that contrasts with what you have just said.C.To add something further in a discussion or to change the subject.CBBB3.How would you feel if moving t
4、o new town meant losing track of your friends?Paraphrase：How would you feel if you were out of touch with your friends because you moved to a new town?Mean doing sth 意味着做Lose track of 与失去联系 if 引导条件状语从句,moving to a new town作主语,losing track of your friends作宾语。4.How do you prefer to make friends?你更喜欢怎样
5、交朋友？preferprefer(doing)sth.更喜欢做某事更喜欢做某事prefer to do sth.更喜欢做某事更喜欢做某事prefer(doing)sth.to(doing)sth.喜欢喜欢胜过喜欢胜过喜欢prefer sb.to do sth.宁愿某人做某事宁愿某人做某事prefer to do sth.rather than do sth.宁愿做宁愿做而不愿做而不愿做【即学即练】将下面句子翻译成英文。1)我希望你别抽烟。Id prefer you not to smoke,please.2)我愿意步行,不愿意骑自行车。I prefer walking to cycling./
6、I prefer to walk rather than cycle/cycling.3)我更喜欢独自工作。I prefer working/to work on my own.5.The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests,such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument.数字时代也使我们能够找到志趣相投的人,例如收集汽车模型或演奏不寻常的乐器。enable v.to make it possible for someo
7、ne to do something,or for something to happen 使可能;使发生【归纳】enable sb.to do sth.使某人能做某事【拓展】enable vt.en-(使具有)+able disable v.dis-(使去除)+able 使残废,使失去能力 disabled adj.使有残疾的,失去能力的 unable adj.un(形容词否定前缀)+able 不能的,不会的用able的不同变形来完成下列句子。1)The terrible car accident made her become a/an _ person.2)Your words are
8、_ to move her into believing you.3)The Internet _ us to communicate with our friends at any time.disabledunableenables6.What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered?What if?1)用于提出假设时,意为“假若怎么办？”“要是会怎么样？”2)表示邀请或建议时，意为“如果怎么样？”“如果 如何？”What
9、if she finds out that youve lost her book?如果她发现你把她的书弄丢了怎么办？What if you join us for lunch?同我们一起吃午饭怎么样？7.Thanks to advances in technology,how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly.1)thanks to 归功于归功于,多亏多亏 e.g.Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.【
10、拓展拓展】常见的表示原因的短语还有常见的表示原因的短语还有:because of,as a result of e.g.We spent three hours waiting in the rain because of you!Many people are now homeless as a result of the civil war.2)advance adj.happening,done or ready before an event 预先的预先的,事先的事先的 n.the forward movement of something,or an improvement or d
11、evelopment in something 前进前进;进步进步,进展进展;发展发展 v.to go or move something forward,or to develop or improve something (使使)前进前进;使进步使进步,使进展使进展;使发展使发展;促进促进 in advance(=ahead of time)预先预先;事先事先;提前提前in advance of 在在之前之前make an advance in sth.在某方面取得进步在某方面取得进步adj.nan advance copy 样书样书advance planning/warning/boo
12、king预先的计划预先的计划/警告警告/订票订票1)如果你要来的话，请提前让我知道。If youre coming,please let me know in advance.2)昨天，她到得比其他人都早。She arrived in advance of everyone else yesterday.3)地震发生前没有事先的预警。There was no advance warning before the earthquake hit.8.Whatever our hobbies,the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy
13、 doing them,even if they live on other side of the world.No matter what our hobbies are,with the help of the Internet,we can find other people who enjoy doing the same things as us.It doesnt matter if they live on the other side of the world.whatever 不管什么even if 即使，纵然突出体现了网络交友地域限制的突破，强调了网络的便利。9.Soci
14、al media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships.1)be up to to be occupied or busy with 胜任,从事于【拓展】1)up to sth.(数量或水平)可达到2)up to sb.由某人决定；取决于某人3)up to doing sth.能胜任做某事10.Whatever our hobbies,the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them,even if they li
15、ve on the other side of the world.无论我们的爱好是什么，互联网总能把我们与那些喜无论我们的爱好是什么，互联网总能把我们与那些喜爱做同样事情的人联系起来，即使那些人生活在世界爱做同样事情的人联系起来，即使那些人生活在世界的另一端。的另一端。who引导定语从句引导定语从句,修饰修饰otherseven if 引导让引导让步状语从句步状语从句【拓展】wh-ever 意为“不管；无论”,引导让步状语从句,相当于no matter wh-。whenever,wherever,however,whatever,whoever,whichever等均可以引导让步状语从句。whatever 无论什么,不管什么Thank you
