1、Unit 4 Understanding ideaClick for a friendLearning Objectives（学习目标）:The students will be able to1.read for the main idea of the passage.2.read for detailed information and find the supporting evidence.3.learn some key words and expressions.Tick your answers.Now find out the most popular answers.Sha
2、re your groups result with the class.1Fast reading1.Whats the authors purpose in writing the passgage?A.To prove that making friends was easier in the past.B.To illustrate how it is better to make friends online.C.To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.D.To discuss the adva
3、ntages and disadvantages of making friends online.2.Read the passage quickly and get the main idea of each part.Para 1 The authors attitude to making friend onlinePara 2-3 Disadvantages of making friends onlinePara 4-7 Ways to make friends in the pastPara 8 Advantages of making friends online 3.What
4、s the genre of the passage?A.Narration(记叙文)B.Argumentation(议论文)C.Practical Writing(应用文)1.What does click refer to?Finding online.2.Why is there a question mark in the title?Its a question worth discussing.Read the title and the passage quickly.Answers the questions.Possible answers!Careful reading R
5、ead Para 1 and answer the following questions.1.How did people use to communicate with faraway friends?2.What disadvantage does it have?By writing letters.It takes a long time.Read Para 2 and 3 and finish the questions.Its easy to 1._ with social media tools.Online,people can easily make new friends
6、 with those who 2._.3.What does the phrase“up to”in paragraph 2 most probably mean?A.Referring B.Intending C.Proving D.Doingmaintain friendshipsshare their interests Read Para 4-7 and then finish the questions.It can be real if people 1._online.It might not be real because social media doesnt presen
7、t 2._,and people tend to 3._.exchange true personal informationthe whole truth about a personpost only positive updates Read Para 8 and answer the question.1.Whats the authors attitude towards making friends online?A.Positive B.Negative C.Objective(客观的)D.Doubtful(疑惑的)2.Why does the author say“But th
8、is doesnt mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater”?Because there are both advantages and disadvantages,and the author wants to remind us to treat them rationally(理性地)and wisely.DiscussionDo you prefer to make friends online?Why?Consolidation Thanks 1._ new technology,ways to make f
9、riends and how to communicate with them 2._(change)a lot.In the past,we 3._(write)letters,but now we use social media tools 4._(stay)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.
10、to have changed wrote to stay others reliable Remember 7._ we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.On social media sites people would like 8._(post)only positive 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 bathwaterwhatto postgoes out
