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必修一Unit 1 FriendshipUsing languageTeaching goals教学目标Reading of Using the language on WBTarget language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语culture, part of, settle, selfish, solve, one anotherb. 重点句子A friend in need is a friend indeed.We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.A good thing in life is the encouragement of a friend.I think friendship is more important than anything else in my life.Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy．One of the best ways to keep friendship is to return it.In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago, aloha had a very special meaning. It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace.People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea.Ability goals能力目标a. Discuss different ways of showing friendship.What are different ways of showing friendship in Hawaii?How do you show friendship to visitors?What is the first / following / third way of showing friendship in Hawaii?b. Guess the meaning of the words.Aloha, lokahi, kokua, ohana, leic. Discuss the questions about the passage.Why do many different peoples call Hawaii their home?How can people in Hawaii live in peace?How do people in Hawaii get on with one another?d. Teach the Ss to read a poem and get them discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship.Learning ability goals学能目标Enable the Ss to get to know about different ways of showing friendship.Teaching important points教学重点Talk about different ways of showing friendship.Teaching difficult points教学难点a. Discuss the answers to the questions.b. Teach the Ss to read a poem and get them discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship.Teaching methods教学方法Fast reading.Dealing with comprehension questions.Discussion.Student-centered vocabulary learning.Teaching aids教具准备A projector, a computer and a recorder.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step I RevisionFirst, show the question about the text and the target language on the screen and ask the Ss to discuss it; then ask some of them to retell the text and give some comment, at last get them to answer the question about what different ways of showing friendship are in Hawaii.T: Last class we have learned the story about the Jewish Anne, her family and her diary. The writer exposed the cruel control of the Nazis, while proposing a sharp question to the whole society, under control of the powerful Nazis, what attitude on earth did the wide oppressed people take? Now I’ll give you a couple of minutes to discuss it.Show the question and the target language on the screen.If you had been Anne, what have you done at that time?Discuss what attitude on earth the wide oppressed people should take towards the powerful Nazis,choosing inactive and passive waiting for death, or uniting actively to face the reactionaries andfight against them bravely?Talk about agreement and disagreementI think so. I don’t think soI agree. I don’t agreeThat’s correct. That’s exactly my opinion.You’re quite right I don’t think you are right.I quite agree with you.I’m afraid I don’t agree / disagree with you.Of course not. I’m afraid not.T: Are you ready? Now, I’ll ask some of you to give your opinions?S1: Where there is oppression, there is resistance. I think she shou ldn’t give in the evil power of the Nazis. She should devote herself to revolutionary struggle, like Liu Hulan. She joined the Chinese Communist Party and died bravely for the revolution career.S2: I don’t agree with you. Under the control of the powerful Nazis, she was too weak to rebel against them.S3: I d on’t t hink you are right. She could try to find the organization to unite with more Jewish to fight for their freedom and human rights.S4: You’re qu ite right. Choosing inactive and passive waiting for death was helpless to change the Jewish fate. On the contrary, it only brought them much more miserable life.S5: I agree uniting actively to face the reactionaries and fight against them bravely. All the Jewish should learn from Karl Marx, who was also a Jewish and founded the Communist Party. Its aim is to lead all the oppressed working people to seize political power through revolutionary struggle.S6: I think wars and cruelty will bring incomparably grave disaster. We should not only love peace, hate wars, but also we can join the struggle against all the reactionaries in order to cherish and safeguard the peaceful and stable political situation.T: Well done! I advise you to join the League and agree to and fully support the leadership of the Communist Party from now on. Unite with the whole world people who love peace in order to abolish all the thoroughly and realize the international communism in the end.Teacher shows the retelling work.T: Now, I’d like you to retell the text according to the chart. Volunteer!Ss: ...Step II Pre-readingAsk the students to read the quotation from Ani Di Franco and repeat the meaning of these sentences.T: Today we are going to learn more about friends and friendship. Please look at the screen, there is a quotation from Ani Di Franco. Read it carefully and then tell me your understanding to her words.The Ss are encouraged to give their own interpretation of the words.Ss: In my opinion, friends here is a broad sense, which means all people around us could be our friends, as long as we have something in common to share with each other.Step III ReadingThis reading passage is about friendship in Hawaii. After the first reading, let the Ss do Ex 1 on P45. Show the passage chart on the screen. Guide the Ss to guess the meaning of the words according to the reference expressions from the context. Then, let them talk about the questions on Page 45 after reading the text again.T: Last time I asked you to prepare for the reading task on Page 44 and think about what different ways of showing friendship are in Hawaii. Now read the passage quickly and try to find the three signs of friendship in Hawaii, and then decide what each of the following words means in the language of the Hawaiians. Fill the chart at last.Show the passage chart on the screen.T: While filling the chart, please look for the reference expressions from the context, such as “mean, meaning, that is, or the punctuation, like round parentheses ( ) or quotation marks “” you may know the meanings of the words. Check the answer with the whole class.T: Now let’s talk about the questions on Page 45 with your partners.A few minutes later.T: All right. Who’d like to answer question 1?Ss: 1. The first wa y is to use the word “aloha”, which means “to be with happiness”2. The second wa y is to use the word “lokahi”, which means “oneness with all people”3. The third way is to use the word “lei”, which is a garland of flowers worn around the neck.4. Because all the visitors and natives in Hawaii are all unselfish and friendly like one of the members of a big family like a paradise.5. People in Hawaii are all unselfish and friendly, living in peace.6. Their actions are gentle. They solve the problems with understanding.7. Can you find similar things in your hometown? How do you show friendship to visitors?Sa: Yes, as we know, China is an old cultural country with a long history. The Chinese people are very hospitable. As the citizens of Taiyuan, we are also very polite to visitors.Sb: We also use many polite words to welcome visitors to show our friendship. For example, “Welcome to Taiyuan.” “It was a pleasure to meet you. Hope you can visit here again.” “Good bye and have a good trip/journey/voyage/flight.”Sc: Like Hawaiians, w e treasure friendship, too. Wherever the visitors come from, we’ll treat them like our family and make them feel as comfortable as they would if they were at home. We usually show them around Taiyuan, visit some famous places of interest like Jinci Temple, Shanxi Provincial Museum, Mianshan Pavilion, Temple of Twin Pagodas.Sd: When they visit here, we usually invite them to the big hotel to taste our local flavor. When they leave, we also give them our native product as a gift, such as Fen liquor and preserved apricot.Step IV Further-readingHere is a supplementary reading ma terial on the screen, a poem named “Friends”. Read it carefully and then do some comprehension exercises with their partners. At last, get the Ss to discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship. Ss are encouraged to give their own opinions freely with the target language.T: Till now, we have learned two passages about friends and friendship. Have you really caught the meaning of friends and friendship? Here is a supplementary reading material on the screen, a poe m named “Friends”. Read it carefully and prepare to do some reading comprehension exercises with your partners and teach them about rhyme.Show the poem and the exercises on the screen.T: (A few minutes later,) Stop reading, please. First of all, who can tell me what rhyme mean?S: Rhyme is sameness of sound between words or syllables, especially the endings of lines of verse.T: Exactly. For rhyme, the most important thing is that the sound is the same. Would you like to give us an example?S: Clime && time, ball & fall, poor & door.T: Are all of them right?S: No, the sounds of poor & door are not the same.T: Very good! Sometimes the letters may be the same in English spelling, but words may still not thyme. How about this poem? Who’d like to come to the blackboard t o write down the pairs of words that rhyme?S: (On the blackboard) lift & gift, grace & place.T: Who can add more similar rhyming words?S: (On the blackboard)Homey & money, inner & winner, brown & clown, book & cook mouse & house, sound & pound, page & sage, test & rest.T: Well done! What’s the main idea of the poem?S: It tells us what kind of people a real friend should be.T: Quite right! Now l et’s read the poem together with the tape, paying more attention to the right rhythm.The Ss are doing some reading aloud.T: Now, l et’s d iscuss the real meaning of friend and friendship in groups of 4. Please give your opinions frankly and actively.T: Now, I want to know how you think of the meaning of friends and friendship. Who can give your opinions for the whole class?S1: I think so. Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy. We can live without a brother, butnot without a friend. It is very difficult to find a better definition of friendship. But I think one of the best ways to keep friendship is to return it.S2: In my opinion, everybody needs friends, someone you can share the bad times as well as the good times with. Someone you can turn to for help or advice, or someone who can assist you when you are trouble. This is a friend. S3: I agree with a friend in need is a friend indeed. A good thing in life is the encouragement of a friend. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. Friends are very important to any person.S4: That’s exact ly my opinion. The meaning of friendship is respect, which is the base of the friendship. If you do not respect others, they will not respect you either. And they are not fond of you. For example, a teacher thinks his students as immature and forces them to finish their homework which he assigned. When they can not finish them in time, he blames them loudly in front of their classmates. The students will become afraid of their teacher. There will be no friendship between them. If you want to make friends to others, respect them first.S5: I quite agree with you. Real friendship is a rare and precious gift, strong, stable, yet fragile, and never to be taken for granted.S6: That’s corre ct. Friendship, in my mind, means having people who you know will help you if you are ever in trouble. I think it’s also people who you feel you can actually tell things to and they will listen. I think friendship is more important that anything else in my life.T: Well done. I quite agree with you. I wish all of us make a lot of faithful friends and keep our real friendship forever.Step V HomeworkCollect materials to prepare an English party or an English paper on friendship.Prepare for the langua ge study, reviewing the word they’ve learnt in this unit.。
Unit 1 FriendshipUsing language 教学设计I. Teaching aims:1.To master the following phrases:have trouble with; get along/on with sb./sth.fall in love (with sb.) ; join in2. Do the listening ,speaking and the writing one by one.II. Teaching methods:Listening and speakingIII. Teaching materials: listening parts on Page 6IV. Teaching procedures:Step 1 RevisionCheck the answers to the homeworkStep 2 Lead inI think most of you have many friends , maybe you have some trouble with your friends, what will you do and what would you do if you are misunderstood by others?Question: What was upsetting Lisa?Step 3 Deal with the phrases appeared in the letters.Step 4 ListeningBesides you Lisa also asks Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers for help. What advice does Miss Wang give to Lisa? Let’s liste n to what she says.1. Listen again and fill in the blanks on Page6 Ex22. Listen for 3 times and do Ex3. (just try, but not the task must do)☆LISTENING TEXTDear Lisa,There is nothing wrong with you and this boy being friends and studying together．And no matter what other students say, it is possible for a boy and a girl to be just good friends．Ending your friendship with this boy would be a stupid thing to do．Not only would you lose a good friend, but you would also lose someone who is helping you with your studies．Teenagers like to gossip, and they often see something that doesn't exist．Perhaps they can't understand your friendship with this boy．But that's no reason to throw it away．You should feel sorry for those students who have never enjoyed such a friendship．My advice is to ignore your gossipingclassmates．That way you will show them that you are more grown up than they are．Yours,Wang FeiStep 5 Post-listeningDo you agree with Miss Wang’s advice?Discuss it in small groups.Step 6 Assignments1.2.Finish your opinion to Miss Wang’s advice.3.Talk with your classmates about the friendship betweenLisa and her friend.。
Unit 1 FriendshipPeriod 6Using Language(Listening and Writing)整体设计从容说课This is the sixth teaching period of this unit. We can first review some important language points the students learned in the last several periods. The emphasis of this period should be laid on listening and writing. They are expansion of the topic of the text. Listening is about Lisa’s problem of making a friend with a boy. She asks Miss Wang for advice. Through listening and exercise, students learn how to give advice and the s kill of giving advice. And also let them think about the problem of boy’s making friends with girls and girls with boys. And then design a task to ask students to give advice according to the different problems to develop their ability to solve the problems. All of these lay the foundation for the next task—writing. In this way, students feel that they have information to put out. And writing makes for the improvement of students’ writing ability, strengthening their comprehension of friendship.The two letters, listening and letter writing prepare students to further talk about friendship, especially the problems with misunderstanding, a nd unfriendliness, thus strengthen students’ abilities to practice language, discover, and solve problems.教学重点Develop t he students’ listening ability, especially listening to and understanding key word s and speakers’ intention and attitude.教学难点Develop the students’ writing skills by reading, discussing and writing a letter to give advice on friendship.教学方法1. Task-based teaching and learning2. Cooperative learning3. Discussion教具准备A tape recorder and other normal teaching tools三维目标Knowledge aims:1. Get the students to learn the following new words and useful expressions.teenager get along with fall in love advice questionnaire quiz editor communicate habit2. Get the students to know how to write a letter to offer advice.Ability aims:1. Enable the students to listen and understand the listening materials.2. Enable the students to write a letter to offer advice on friendship.Emotional aims:Develop and improve the students’ ability to help others solve such problems as how to communicate with people, how to make and be good friends, and so on.教学过程设计方案（一）→Step 1 RevisionHave a dictation about new words and expressions:ignore calm cheat loose concern suffer purpose entirely teenager trust hide away set down according to face to face go through a series of in order to walk the dog get along with add up→Step 2 Reading and listening(on Page 6)1. Lead-inTalk freely with the students to lead in the listening topic. Just like the following:Do you remember what Ann’s best friend is? Is it a man or a thing?Guess what my best friend is. (Say something about music, pets or plants. )So you see a man can make friends with anyone and anything.Then boys, would you like to make friends with girls? Girls, would you like to make friends with boys? What kind of girl would you like to make friends with? And what kind of boy would you like to make friends with?If you see a boy classmate makes a friend with a girl, will you say something about them behind? (If no, you are kind. If yes, you are a gossiper. )If you are that boy or girl, would you like to be gossiped about?2. ReadingRead the letter. Lisa has such a problem. She is asking you for help. What advice will you give? Youare given 2 minutes to discuss in groups and then offer your group’s opinions.3. ListeningTell the students:Besides you, Lisa also asks Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers for help. What advice does Miss Wang give to Lisa? Let’s listen to what she says.Listen for 3 times and do listening exercises. A fourth time for checking.4. Post-listeningTell the students:Do you think Miss Wang’s advice is helpful? Now suppose you are editors of Radio for Teenagers, here are some problems for you to offer advice.Show the following on the screen. Tell the students they can choose any problem as they like to write down their advice.1. I don’t have enough pocket money.2. I’m not satisfied with my appearance.3. My desk mate has lost a reference book, she thinks that I’m a thief.4. I wor k hard but I hardly make progress.5. I want to travel to Wu Zhen Town with my fiends this weekend, but my parents don’t allow me to go.6. I don’t like the way Mr. Li teaches us English, so I’m not interested in English any longer.7. My mother has just given birth to my little brother. I’m worried that the baby will rob me of my parents’ love and even everything.8. I quarreled with my best friend 3 days ago. Up to now, we ha ven’t said a word to each other.9. I’d like to be monitor, but at the same time I doubt whether I have such ability.10. I’m often late for school. The teacher is so angry that he threatens that if I’m late again, I will be dismissed.Ask several students to report their advice.→Step 3 Writing (on Page 7)1. Pre-writing1)Read a letter from a student named Xiaodong. Go through the directions on Page 7.2)Brainstorm with a partner about ways to change the situation. Make a list of the ideas and give reasons.3)Decide which are the best ideas and put them into the right order.2. While-writingAsk the Ss to write a letter to Xiaodong and give him some advice.Suggested steps:1)Read the sample and the expressions.2)Begin to write the letter to Xiaodong.3)Revise your lette r by yourself.4)Exchange your writing paper with your partners and correct the mistakes you have made.5)Get back your own writing p aper and write the letter again.3. Post-writingHave a discussion in groups.1)Can you give Xiaodong some good advice?2)Is your letter well developed?3)Are your ideas well organized to the point?4)Do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing?5)Do you get a good mastery of complex structures of language?6)What kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? What can you do to avoid such mistakes?Choose some students’ writing paper and show them in the class. Ask the Ss to correct the mistakes together and also learn from some good writings.→Step 4 WorkbookWriting task (on Page 46)1. Read the proverbs, explain them and ask the students to choose some they agree with and some they disagree with and explain why.2. Discuss with their partner and then write a passage according to the sample story and “Analyzing the structure”.→Step 5 Ho mework1. Finish off the workbook exercises.2. Write a short passage ab out your friend.板书设计Unit 1FriendshipListening and Writingnew words and expressions writing stepsteenager get along with fa ll in love advice questionnaire quiz editor communicate habit1. Make a list of the information.2. Begin to write the letter.3. Revise your letter.. . .活动与探究Get the students to hold a group writing competition out of class. Ask them to describe one of their friends—their appearance, personality, ho bbi es, etc. This activity makes for the improvement of students’ writing ability, strengthening their comprehension of friendship, and also developing their cooperative spi rit and sense of competition.Sample description:I have a few good friends, but I thi nk Miki is my best friend. We both read a lot and we’re very interested in films. We spend a lot of time watching videos and talking about films and books. She works hard. She is very helpful. Whenever I am in trouble, she will help me out. . .。
新人教版必修一Unit1Friendship-UsingLanguage[优秀教案]第一篇：新人教版必修一 Unit 1 Friendship-Using Language[优秀教案]Unit 1 Friendship Period 6 Using Language(Listening and Writing)整体设计从容说课This is the sixth teaching period of this unit.We can first review some important language points the students learned in the last several periods.The emphasis of this period should be laid on listening and writing.They are expansion of the topic of the text.Listening is about Lisa’s problem of making a friend with a boy.She asks Miss Wang for advice.Through listening and exercise, students learn how to give advice and the skill of giving advice.And also let them think about the problem of boy’s making friends with girls and girls with boys.And then design a task to ask students to give advice according to the different problems to develop their ability to solve the problems.All of these lay the foundation for the next task—writing.In this way, students feel that they have information to put out.And writing makes for the improvement of students’ writing ability, strengthening their comprehension of friendship.The two letters, listening and letter writing prepare students to further talk about friendship, especially the problems with misunderstanding, and unfriendliness, thus strengthen students’ abilities to practice language, discover, and solve problems.教学重点Develop the students’ listening ability, especially listening to and understanding key words and speakers’ intent ion andattitude.教学难点Develop the students’ writing skills by reading, discussing and writing a letter to give advice on friendship.教学方法1.Task-based teaching and learning2.Cooperative learning3.Discussion 教具准备A tape recorder and other normal teaching tools 三维目标Knowledge aims: 1.Get the students to learn the following new words and useful expressions.teenager get along with fall in love advice questionnaire quiz editor communicate habit 2.Get the students to know how to write a letter to offer advice.Ability aims: 1.Enable the students to listen and understand the listening materials.2.Enable the students to write a letter to offer advice on friendship.Emotional aims: Develop and improve the students’ ability to help others solve such problems as how to communicate with people, how to make and be good friends, and so on.教学过程设计方案（一）→Step 1 RevisionHave a dictation about new words and expressions:ignore calm cheat loose concern suffer purpose entirely teenager trust hide away set down according to face to face go through a series of in order to walk the dog get along with add up →Step 2 Reading and listening(on Page 6)1.Lead-in Talk freely with the students to lead in the listening topic.Just like the following: Do you remember what Ann’s best friend is? Is it a man or a thing?Guess what my best friend is.(Say something about music, pets or plants.)So you see a man can make friends with anyone and anything.Then boys, would you like to make friends with girls? Girls, would you like to make friends with boys? What kind of girl would you like to make friends with? And what kind of boy wouldyou like to make friends with? If you see a boy classmate makes a friend with a girl, will you say something about them behind?(If no, you are kind.If yes, you are a gossiper.)If you are that boy or girl, would you like to be gossiped about? 2.Reading Read the letter.Lisa has such a problem.She is asking you for help.What advice will you give? You are given 2 minutes to discuss in groups and then offer your group’s opinions.3.Listening Tell the students:Besides you, Lisa also asks Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers for help.What advice does Miss Wang give to Lisa? Let’s listen to what she says.Listen for 3 times and do listening exercises.A fourth time for checking.4.Post-listening Tell the students:Do you think Miss Wang’s advice is helpful? Now suppose you are editors of Radio for Teenagers, here are some problems for you to offer advice.Show the following on the screen.Tell the students they can choose any problem as they like to write down their advice.1.I don’t have enough pocket money.2.I’m not satisfied with my appearance.3.My desk mate has lost a reference book, she thinks that I’m a thief.4.I work hard but I hardly make progress.5.I want to travel to Wu Zhen Town with m y fiends this weekend, but my parents don’t allow me to go.6.I don’t like the way Mr.Li teaches us English, so I’m not interested in English any longer.7.My mother has just given birth to my little brother.I’m worried that the baby will rob me of my parent s’ love and even everything.8.I quarreled with my best friend 3 days ago.Up to now, we haven’t said a word to each other.9.I’d like to be monitor, but at the same time I doubt whether I have such ability.10.I’m often late for school.The teacher is so angry that he threatens that if I’m late again, I will be dismissed.Ask several students to report their advice.→Step 3 Writing(on Page 7)1.Pre-writing 1)Read a letter from a student named Xiaodong.Go through the directions on Page 7.2)Brainstorm with a partner about ways to change the situation.Make a list of the ideas and give reasons.3)Decide which are the best ideas and put them into the right order.2.While-writing Ask the Ss to write a letter to Xiaodong and give him some advice.Suggested steps: 1)Read the sample and the expressions.2)Begin to write the letter to Xiaodong.3)Revise your letter by yourself.4)Exchange your writing paper with your partners and correct the mistakes you have made.5)Get back your own writing paper and write the letter again.3.Post-writing Have a discussion in groups.1)Can you give Xiaodong some good advice? 2)Is your letter well developed?3)Are your ideas well organized to the point? 4)Do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing? 5)Do you get a good mastery of complex structures of language? 6)What kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? What can you do to avoid such mistakes? Choose some students’ writing paper and show them in the class.Ask the Ss to correct the mistakes together and also learn from some good writings.→Step 4 WorkbookWriting task(on Page 46)1.Read the proverbs, explain them and ask the students to choose some they agree with and some they disagree with and explain why.2.Discuss with their partner and then write a passage according to the sample story and “Analyzing the structure”.→Step 5 Homework1.Finish off the workbook exercises.2.Write a short passage about your friend.板书设计Unit 1 Friendship Listening and Writing new words and expressions writing steps teenager get along with fall in love advice 1.Make a list of the information.questionnaire quiz editorcommunicate habit 2.Begin to write the letter.3.Revise your letter....活动与探究Get the students to hold a group writing competition out of class.Ask them to describe one of their friends—their appearance, personality, hobbies, etc.This activity makes for the improvement of students’ writing ability, strengthening their comprehension of friendship, and also developing their cooperative spirit and sense of competition.Sample description: I have a few good friends, but I think Miki is my best friend.We both read a lot and we’re very interested in films.We spend a lot of time watching videos and talking about films and books.She works hard.She is very helpful.Whenever I am in trouble, she will help me out...第二篇：《小狗包弟》教案_新人教必修一金太阳新课标资源网小狗包弟巴金金太阳新课标资源网金太阳新课标资源网鲜明的特质与基调。
必修一Unit 1 FriendshipUsing language(A letter from a student to the editor of The 21st Century)AimsTo listen to a letter about friendshipTo speak about a questionnaire about friendshipTo write advice about friendshipTo write a few lines describing a friendProceduresI. Warming up1. Read the letter to Miss Wang and find out what was upsetting Lisa.2. Listen to what Miss Wang says, and then answer the questions in Exercise 2.3. Listen to the tape again and try to spell out the missing words in Ex 3.II. Talking about designing a questionnaireWork in groups of four. Design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friends your classmates are. Ask the Students to use the quiz in the Warming Up as an example.Note: The students should be talking while they are doing the task. This provides the students with the opportunity to practise expressing thought and concern in matters of immediate concern and interest. Tell the students to follow these steps:Step1: In your group, come up with four situations among friends. Design four questions accordingly with three possible answers.Step2: Put the four questions together and form a questionnaire.Step3: Check the questionnaire through and try it out on your own group.Step4: Share your questionnaire with an other group and try each other’s questionnaires.1. Read the letter to the editor from Xiaodong and make sure you know what problem Xiaodong has.2. Discuss in groups of four. Think what advice you can give Xiaodong.3. Write your advice to Xiaodong as an editor individually.Sample writing:Dear Xiaodong,Some people like talking with others, but some people are shy. If you fall into the second group, it can be hard to make friends. But you can change the situation.What are you interested in? If you like basketball, for example, you could talk with some of your classmates who like basketball. The easiest way to start talking to people is to find something you have in common.If you are standing beside a group of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they are discussing. But if y ou don’t, you shouldn’t feel afraid to say, for example, “That sounds interesting, what is it about?” Once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to others.Find one person you have something in common with, and once you become friends with him, his friends will start talking to you too.Good luck!EditorIV. Writing assessment1. Can you give Xiaodong some good advice?2. I s your letter well developed?3. Are your ideas well organized to the point?4. Do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing?5. Do you get a good mastery of complex structures of language?6. What kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? What can you do to avoid such mistakes?V. Further ApplyingHere are some proverbs about friends and friendship. Read them carefully and pay attention to the sentence stress and intonation. Then write a passage. Choose some you agree and explain why. Then choose some you disagree and explain why。
