Unit 1 Friendship

Step1.Listening.Ⅰ（SB Page 6）

Question: what would you do if you are misunderstood by others?

☆Read the text and find out the answer to the following question.

What was upsetting Lisa?

☆Listen to the tape and answer the following question.

Does Miss Wang advise Lisa to end the friendship with the boy?

☆Listen to the tape and find out the information to fill in the blank

1. Miss Wang says that there is nothing ______ in Lisa making friends with a boy and that it is _______ for a boy and a girl to be just good fiends.

2. Miss Wang says that teenagers like to ______ and that perhaps they can’t understand Lisa’s friendship with the boy.

3. Miss Wang says that Lisa’s ending the friendship with the boy would be a ______ thing to do.

4. Miss Wang says that there is no _______ for Lisa to throw away her friendship with the boy.

5. Miss Wang asks Lisa to ______ her gossiping classmates and show them that she is more ______ up.

☆Listen to the tape twice and finish the chart.

What Anne’s father thought What Anne thought

about being friends with peter She should be ______ to make friends with Peter. She was _____ to tell her father her friendship with Peter.

about talking to him every night He thought Anne must not talk to Peter _______. She wanted to ________ to talk to Peter.

about following her father’s ideas He thought Anne would _____ to stop seeing Peter. She thought her father was wrong.

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☆LISTENING TEXT

Dear 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 gossiping classmates．That way you will show them that you are more grown up than they are．

Yours,

Wang Fei

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☆Suggested answers to Exercise 2:

1　She says that there is nothing wrong in Lisa making friends with a boy and that it is possible for a boy and a girl to be just good friends．

2　She thinks that Lisa would lose a good friend who can help her with her studies．

3　She says that teenagers like to gossip and that perhaps they can't understand Lisa's friendship with the boy．

4　She asks Lisa to ignore her gossiping classmates．

ListeningⅡ （WB page41）

1　Read the incomplete passage to get prepared for the listening．

2　Listen to the passage and get the main idea．

3　Listen for the second time and fill in the gaps．

4　Check the answers in pairs．

5　Listen once again if necessary and check the answers with the whole class．

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☆LISTENING TEXT

Do you keep a diary? Is there anybody or anything so special to you that you would like to write it down? You may say to yourself,”I will put this away for now, but later in my life I will read it again and think about what happened to me when I was young．?Why do you wish to do this? Because you don't want to forget it, whether it is good or bad．You are afraid that you will not be able to remember what really happened or how you felt about it at the time．Most important, perhaps, you hope to keep your memories of the person, place or thing, especially if it changed your life．

That is why some of us put our thoughts into a diary．A diary is very personal．It is usually filled with writing that you want to keep only for yourself．In other words, you don't wish to share what you have written with anyone else．So, in a diary the writer and the reader are the same person - you．Sure, you might decide to share your secret thoughts and feelings with your best friend, but you will not read everything to her or him．A diary is often only interesting to the person who keeps it．Now you may have a better understanding of why Anne thought her diary a good friend to her．

ListeningⅢ

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Step4.ListeningⅣ Talking

☆LISTENING TEXT

Leslie Clark, a Canadian from Vancouver, arrives in China to do some business in Luoyang, Henan Province．Her company sells buses．During her one-month stay she meets many Chinese people: officials, engineers, businessmen, store-owners, shop assistants, students, teachers, road workers and bus drivers．Most of these people try to make friends with her．A few of them invite her to dinners with delicious food and drink．They take her to visit interesting places and to a mountain in the countryside．She is given a comfortable room in the best hotel in town．Some people invite her to be their guest in their homes．Leslie is asked whether she thinks Chinese people are friendly．"Yes," she says without a moment's thought,”I think Chinese are very friendly．?Everyone who asks her says that they are glad to hear it．However, when she got on the plane to fly home, another Canadian asks her,”S o, did you make any friends in China??Leslie replies, "Yes, I made some very good friends．But I'm really not sure about a few of the others, I think some of them just tried to be my friends for their own reasons．"

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Step5.ListeningⅤ LISTENING TASK

As we all know, students sometimes have difficult relationships with their parents．Anne was no different．She loved her father but she did not always follow his advice．She felt that he did not always understand her and was trying to protect her too much．She also wondered whether he worried too much about what other people thought．Anne felt she should be able to make her own friends and take responsibility for her choices．This was the problem she had with Peter．Her father felt she was too young to have a boy for a close friend．Anne felt Peter was the only person in the attic that she could talk to about her feelings．This listening passage describes how Anne tries to deal with this issue and the result of this conflict．

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☆LISTENING TEXT

On Saturday evening I asked Peter whether he thought I ought to tell Daddy about our friendship．When we'd discussed it a little, he decided that I should．I was glad, because it showed he was a good person．As soon as I got downstairs I went off with Daddy to get some water．While we were on the stairs I told him about Peter and my friendship．Daddy didn't reply right away and then he said,”I think you must be careful, Anne．We live so close together here．”O(jiān)n Sunday morning he called me and we talked about it again．“Anne, I have thought about what you said．I think you must not talk to him alone so often．This is a special situation．If you were outside like everyone else, you would see other boys and girls and you could do all kinds of other things．But here, you are a lot together and if you want to get away you can't．You see each other 24 hours a day - in fact all the time．? Then on Friday he showed he was not pleased with me．He had thought that after our talk on Sunday I would not go upstairs every evening．But I did not agree, so I continued to talk to Peter every evening．

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☆SPECIAL NOTE: Anne, in fact, continued to see Peter but her father was quite upset．She wrote her father a letter to explain how she felt about Peter．Anne said that Peter was the only person she felt comfortable talking to about her feelings．In the letter, she also told her father that she felt her parents didn't show enough love for her and didn't trust her enough．Her father told her that it was the worst letter he had ever received in his life．She had been loved and cared for, Mr Frank insisted．Furthermore, he told Anne that they were only thinking of what was best for her．Anne felt ashamed and cried．Yet, Anne's father allowed her to continue to talk to Peter．In return, Anne assured her father that Peter and her would remain just good friends．

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☆Suggested answers to Exercise 1:

What Anne's father thought What Anne thought

about being friends with Peter She should be careful to make friends with Peter． She wanted her father to be happy for her to have a friend．

about talking to him every night He was unhappy． She wanted to continue．

about following her father's ideas He thought Anne would agree to stop seeing Peter so often． She thought her father was wrong．

☆Suggested answers to Exercise 2:

1　Everyone needs a friend．Anne needs a good friend．

2　They can talk together happily and they are not doing anything wrong．

3　They are always with the family, so her father can watch over her．

Step6.Language focus

1. get along with sb.

get along with sth.

2. have (some) trouble with sb

have (some) trouble( in) doing sth.

3.end n./vt./vi.

4.fall in love with sb.