1、外 研 版 必 修第一册 Unit 4 Period 1Starting out&Understanding ideas(I)教学目 Lead-in视频：视频：Auld Lang Syne学习目标学习目标123To get familiar with the topic by listening and reading the poems;To understand the text,get the authors purpose in writing the passage;To understand the meaning of expressions in the context,ana
2、lyze the structures and internal logic of the argumentative essay.目标一目标一:To get familiar with the topic by listening and reading the poemsActivity 1:Listen and read the poem.Answer the questions.1 What is the poem about?2 Who would you send this poem to and why?Tell the class about him/her.1 Friends
3、hip2 Your own ideas.Activity 2:Watch the video in the Lead in and answer the questions.1 Which poem is mentioned in the video?2 What idea does the poem mainly express?3 What other poems do you know on the same topic?1 Auld Lang Syne is mentioned in the video.2 It mainly reminds people to remember an
4、d value old friendships.3 Your own ideas.Activity 1:Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers.目标二目标二:To understand the text,get the authors purpose in writing the passage.1 How do you prefer to make friends?Joining a club to meet people who share the same interests.Using a social
5、app.Through other friends.Posting a“friends wanted”notice online.Taking part in community activities.2 How do you prefer to communicate with friends every day?Talking face to face.Using social networking apps.Writing letters.Writing emails.Telephoning each other.3 How do you stay in touch with faraw
6、ay friends?Using social networking apps.Writing letters.Writing emails.Telephoning.Visiting friends whenever possible.Find out the most popular answers in your group.Share your groups result with the class.Activity 2:Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph.Para.1Para.2P
7、ara.3Paras 47Para.8A Today its easy to keep in touch with friends.B We should take an unprejudiced attitude to online friendship.C Its difficult to judge whether it is a true friend online.D Technology has changed the way of making friends.E Today its easy to find friends who share our interests.Act
8、ivity 3:Read the passage and find out the authors opinions about online friendship.But this doesnt mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.Activity 4:Read the passage carefully and finish the following tasks.Task 1:Read paragraph 1-3 and answer the questions.1 Why does the author a
9、sk questions in paragraph 1?2 How does the digital age benefit us?3 What does“they”in the last sentence of Paragraph 3 refer to?A.People moving to a new town.B.People on the other side of the world.C.People with the same hobbies with us.D.People moving around the world.1 To introduce the topic.2 We
10、can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with.Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships.The digital age also enable us to find people who share our interests.3 BTask 2:Read paragraph 4-7 and answer the qu
11、estions.1.How can we judge if online friendship is real?2.The sentence“On the Internet,nobody knows youre a dog.”means_A.Its difficult to know about true personal information on the Internet.B.On the Internet people often offer false personal information.C.People like to make fun of one another on t
12、he Internet.D.It is necessary to dress up as a dog when surfing the Internet.1 The real friend online always exchange true personal information online.2 ATask 3:Read paragraph 8 and find out the meaning of the sentence,try to translate it into Chinese.“this doesnt mean that we should throw the baby
13、out with the bathwater.”We shouldnt throw something valuable away with something unwanted.Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends,the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same.这并不意味着我们应该因噎废食、弃沙抛金。Activity 5:Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.
14、1.To prove that making friends was easier 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.Activity 6:Complete the diagrams with expressions fr
15、om the passage.People 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_.PastPresentmaintain friendshipswriting letters share their interestsmoving to a new townWays of making fr
16、iendsIt can be real if people5_ online.It might not be real becausesocial media doesnt present6_,and people tend to 7_.exchange true personal information Online friendship:real or not?post only positive updatesthe whole truth about a personActivity 7:Critical thinking1 Do you think social media is b
17、eneficial to making friends?2 How to keep safe in chatting online?1 Yes,I think so.We can come across some people with similar interests on social media.At the same time,we can keep in touch with friends with the help of social media.2 Keep our personal information such as name,address,telephone num
18、ber and pictures secret.外 研 版 必 修第一册 Unit 4 Period 1Starting out&Understanding ideas(II)目标三目标三:To understand the meaning of expressions in the context,analyze the structures and internal logic of the argumentative essayActivity 1:Find the important words,phrases,and language points you want to share
19、 their usage to your partner.Discuss in groups and then share with the class.1.How would you feel if moving to a new town mean losing track of your friend?如果搬到一个新的城镇意味着有朋友失去联系，你会做何感受？keep/lose track of:to have/not have information about what is happening or where sb/sth is 了解/不了解的动态；与 保持/失去联系track:n
20、 踪迹v to follow or find someone or something by looking for evidence that shows where they have gone.追踪Eg:1)It is important to keep track of current affairs.2)modern methods of tracking polar bear populations2 What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters?如果从远方的朋友那里得到消
21、息的唯一途径就是写信会怎么样What if:what would happen if?要是怎么样？What about:used to make a suggestion=how about 怎么样？_they talked a long time about a painting that you werent that interested in?要是长时间谈论一幅你不那么感兴趣的画会怎么样？_having lunch at that new restaurant?去那家新餐厅吃中午饭怎么样?What if What about 3.We stay in touch with the pe
22、ople that we want to remain friends with.和那些我们想要保持朋友关系的人保持联系。stay/keep/be in touch with sb 和某人保持联系（状态）get in touch with sb 和某人保持联系（动作）lose touch with sb 和某人失去联系（动作）be out of touch with sb 和某人失去联系（状态）Even when the two girls went to different colleges at the age of 18,they _through email and still sta
23、y best friends.kept in touch 4.Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships.社交工具使我们了解到朋友们在忙些什么并使我们维持友谊。be up to:(informal)to be occupied or busy with 忙于做某事be up to还有“从事，忙于；到为止；达到；胜任；取决于”等意思。Eg:1)What shall we do tonight then?Its up to you,whatever you want.2)I ca
24、n take up to four people in my car.3)John was fired because he wasnt up to his work.4)Social Media tools let us see what our friends are up to.5)She continued to care for her father up to the time of his recovery.5.As Aristotle said,no one would choose to live without friends,even if he had all othe
25、r goods.正如亚里士多德所说：没有人会选择没有朋友的生活，哪怕他拥有了其他财富。as sb.say/says/said,意为“正如某人所说”。该句中As Aristotle said为非限定性定语从句，其中as指代后面的主句。As Chairman Mao said,he who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.Activity 2:Analyze the passage structure.structureLead-in(para1)Agreement(para2-3)Disagreement(para4-7)Authors opinion(para8)学习总结学习总结1 Can you share your opinion about making friends online?2 Do you catch the usage of the words and phrases from the passage?
