Period 4(Section B 1a-2e)

Teaching aims

　　1. mater the words: talented, truly, care, care about, serious, mirror, kid, as long as, necessary, be different from, both, though, bring out, grade, should, the same as, saying, reach, hand, touch, heart, fact, in fact

　　2. use the sentences freely:

　　① I think a good friend makes me laugh.

　　② For me, a good friend likes to do the same things as me.

　　③ And a good friend is talented in music.

　　④ You don't need a lot of them as they are good.

　　⑤ Larry is quite different from me.

Difficult point:

Improve the students' integrating skills

Important point:

Improve the students' listening ability

Teaching Steps:

　　Step1. Warming- up and revision

　　1. Daily greeting.

　　2. Check the homework. Let some Ss report what his/her father and mother are like.

　　Step2. Presentation

　　1. Show a maxim to Ss: A friend indeed is a friend in need.

　　Ask, what kind of things are important in a friend?

　　Step3. Reading and writing

　　Work on 1a:

　　1. Read each description to the class and ask the Ss to repeat.

　　What kind of things is important in a friend? Rank the things below 1-6 (1 is most important)

Ask different Ss to copy the six phrases on the Bb. Then read the phrases together.

　　2. Read each description loudly. In your opinion, which one is the most important? Please rank the things (1-6). You put a 1 after the thing that is most important to you, and put a 2 after the second most important thing and so forth. Now let's check which things are most important to you.

　　Work on 1b:

　　1. Well, every one of you has his own idea. Now please talk about what you think a good friend should be like in groups of four. First read the example dialogue, and then make your dialogue about friends using the phrases in activity 1a.

　　2. Ss try to write their own sentences.

　　Step4. Listening

　　1. Next you will hear an interviewer talking to Molly and Mary. What are they talking about? When I play the recording for the first time, you just listen carefully and give me the answer. Have you got it? Yes, they are talking about their best friends. Now look at the chart, and write the things that Molly and Mary like about their best friends. You can write only words and phrases. Let's check your answers.

2. T: Now let's work on 1c. Let's listen to the tape again and fill in the rest of the chart in 1c.