Lecture 2

friendship

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Tasks TodayUnit 2 Text AVocabulary skills

Assignments

True Friends

There are many peoplethat we meet in our lives

but only a very fewwill make a lasting impression

on our minds and heartsIt is these people that we will

think of oftenand who will always remain

important to usas true friends

Some lines of friends and friendship

FriendshipGod sends us many blessingsfrom the heavens up above,

He gives us peace and gladnessand the dear ones that we love.

 He cheers us with the shinning sun

and He makes the flowers growHe gives us beautiful rainbowsand the special faith they show.

 He gives the gift of friendshipwhile He teaches us to share

And He blesses us with special friends

so we can show how much we care.

Unit 2 Text A

Friends should be

honest

generous

sensitive

compatible

straight-out selfless

sympathetic

concerned

considerate

faithful

forgiving

1. What was the cab driver doing when the author wanted to take the taxi?

2. Why did the driver repeat that he should have kept in touch with Old Ed?

3. Why did he begin the letter with ‘old friend’?

4. How was the friendship between the driver and Ed established and maintained over the years?

5. Who wrote the letter to whom ?

6. What did the author decide to do when he arrived at the hotel?

Unit 2 Text A

Part I (1-20)

Part II (21-35)

Part III (36)

The driver regretted failing to keep up correspondence with his old friend Ed..

There was lifelong friendship between the driver and Old Ed.

The driver’s experience urged the author to reach for his pen.

Text Structure

Para 1-5Para 1-5Driver’s Driver’s actionsactions

must have been lost tap on the must have been lost tap on the windshieldwindshield

looked up at askedlooked up at askednodded settled intonodded settled intoshook head guessedshook head guessed

My actionsMy actions

Dialogues Tom and I

Author:

Driver:

available, mean a lot; on the road; keep up correspondence, it is no fun; tough, things come up

know it by heart, it might just as well have been family, not much of a hand at writing, kind of lose touch, should have kept in touch

Adverbs of state or Adverbs of state or condition condition (driver)(driver)

completely finallycompletely finallyapologetically apologetically alreadyalready

actuallyactually

Part II Tom and Ed

have been meaning to, have postponed, Halloween, Hallowmas (All Saint’s Day)mean an awful lot to me

Words from Tom to Ed in the letter

A series of my A series of my actions actions beganbegan

askedaskedcontinuedcontinuedskipped skipped

totohanded backhanded backtook my suitcasetook my suitcaseI thoughtI thought

Probably the author felt…Probably the author felt…

moved /touchedmoved /touchedintrospectiveintrospectivebe urgedbe urgedilluminatedilluminated

Part IIIPart III

Key words in context estimate; appraise, evaluate, value

1. We his income at/to be about 8000 a year.

2. "The research project has only been under way for three months, so it's too early to its success."

3. It would be unwise to buy the house before having it .

4. Some of us peace and comfort very highly. Others pleasure and excitement.

estimated

evaluateevaluate

appraised

valuevaluevaluevalue

Correspondence; correspond; correspondent ; corresponding

1. As her private secretary he has access to all her .

2. I'm handing you over now to our home affairs .

3. Imports in the first three months have increased by 10 per cent compared with the period last year.

4. The written record of our conversation doesn't with what was actually said.

5. We've with each other for years but I've never actually met him.

Key words in contextKey words in context

correspondencecorrespondence

correspondentcorrespondent

corresponding

correspond

corresponded

1. He wasn’t sure, but he felt sorry for her.

2. It’s too late to go to the movies, so we watch TV.

3. I thought I heard Mom say Marin saved a child from drowning .

kind of /sort of; might just as well; or something

kind of /sort of

might just as well

or something

Key words in contextKey words in context

homeworkhomework

1. Unit 2-B, Unit 51. Unit 2-B, Unit 5 ；； 2.2. 预习预习 Unit 4Unit 4 3.3. 《奠基篇》《奠基篇》 Unit 2 Unit 2 词汇部分词汇部分

witches and ghosts Play ‘trick or treat’

Halloween culture

‘We will play a trick on you unless you give us a treat’

Trick or treat? Give us a

treat, or we will play a

trick!

We are Mr. Pumpkin Lanterns

Dress up as witches