I have a good friend
Pre-reading |
l Who is your best friend? l Do you like animals? l Do you have any pets? l Do you think animals can also be our best friends? Why? |
While-reading |
An animal friend
One of my friends has a large German ____________________ name is Jack. The dog is very clever. Every Sunday afternoon, my friend takes Jack for a walk in a park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time, and he talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk, but the visitor didn’t leave. Jack became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor didn’t notice it at all. Finally, Jack went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.
German sheepdogs aren’t the only clever dogs. Another clever dog is a Seeing Eye dog. He helps blind people walk around the streets and do many other things. We call these dogs Seeing Eye dogs because they are the “eyes” of blind people and they help them to ‘see’.
Word box | worried adj. 担忧的 visitor n. 访问者
| several adj. 几个 notice v. 注意 |
A Vocabulary
█ Fill in the blanks with the words or expressions in the passage
1 — You look _________. What’s wrong?
— I lost my pet dog yesterday.
2 Tony ___________ a poster on the wall.
3 Three days _________, we got to Lijiang.
4 Jane is the __________ student in the classroom.
5 Mr Johnson _______ like the shirts in that shop _____________.
B Comprehension
█ Tick True or False
|
| True | False |
1 Jack takes a walk in a park with his owner every day. |
| n | n |
2 Jack came to sit in front of the visitor in order to ask him leave at once. |
| n | n |
3 The underlined word “sheepdog” is a kind of dog. They can be trained to control sheep. |
| n | n |
4 Jack held the visitor’s hat in his mouth to please him. |
| n | n |
5 Seeing Eye dogs can help blind people walk here and there. |
| n | n |
Post-reading |
A discussion
How do you like pets?
Have you got any pets at home? What are they?
How do you look after them?
What do the pets do every day?
A friend in need?
Pre-reading |
l Do you often ask your friends for help? l What do your friends often help you with? |
While-reading |
Fanny and Ethel work in the same office, and they are neighbours at home. Fanny is a careless girl, and she often loses things. Then she usually goes to Ethel to borrow more from her. Ethel is a kind girl, but she sometimes gets tired of lending things to her friend.
One Saturday afternoon Fanny knocked at Ethel’s front door again. When Ethel came to open it, Fanny said to her, “Oh, hello, Ethel. Please lend me a bag. I’ve lost mine. I’m going to the shops, and I feel very foolish when I haven’t got anything in my hand in the street.”
Ethel laughed and answered, “Well, Fanny, go down to the end of the garden. You will find a nice trolley there. Take that when you go down to the shops. Then you will have something in both of your hands.”
Word box | neighbour n. 邻居 careless adj. 粗心的 lose v. 丢失 get tired of 厌倦 | lend v. 借出 foolish adj. 愚蠢的 trolley n. 手推车 |
A Vocabulary
█ Find the opposite of the following words in the passage
1 clever ____________ 2 careful ______________
3 find _____________ 4 borrow ______________
5 cry _______________ 6 bring ________________
B Comprehension
█ Choose the best answer.
1 Fanny and Ethel _____________
A) live together B) work in the same office C) are both careless
2 Fanny liked borrowing things from __________ very much.
A) the other people B) her neighbours C) Ethel
3 Ethel ____________ to lend things to her friend.
A) is always ready B) doesn’t like C) sometimes doesn’t want
4 Fanny wanted to borrow ____________ from Ethel one Saturday afternoon.
A) a bag B) a trolley C) a bag and a trolley
5 Which of the following is NOT true?
A) Ethel had no bags, so she lent Fanny the trolley.
B) Fanny wanted to go shopping.
C) Ethel didn’t want to lend a bag to Fanny.
Post-reading |
Situational dialogue
You want to borrow a book from your friend and tell him/her that you will give it back to him / her in a week.
You can use these words and expressions:
A Letter from Friend
Pre-reading |
l Do you often write to your friend? l How often do you write to your friend? |
While-reading |
Dear Jack,
How are you? I have been in the USA for six months. I like the life here. I have a few friends. I don't have much homework. There are a lot of sports at my school, but I don't like sports at all. I like the food very much. I eat a lot of different kinds of food every day. I like cola very much. I don't drink water. I drink cola instead. I'm enjoying my life here. The sad thing is that sometimes I get ill. I don't know why. My parents say I must go on a diet and do more sports. Must I?
Yours,
David
Word box | life n. 生活 not … at all 根本不 | instead adv. 取而代之 go on a diet 节食 |
A Vocabulary
█ Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions in the word box
1 If you want to keep healthy, you must _________________.
2 The children in Shanghai live a happy _____________ now.
3 Sorry, I _____________ like the film ______________.
4 The skirts are in ____________ colours.
5 They didn’t go to park; they went shopping _________.
B Comprehension
█ Answer the questions
1 How long has David been in America?
___________________________________________________________________
2 David has to do a lot of homework, doesn’t he?
___________________________________________________________________
3 What is there at David’s school?
___________________________________________________________________
4 Which does David like better, cola or water?
___________________________________________________________________
5 Why do David’s parents want him to go on a diet?
___________________________________________________________________
Post-reading |
Write a letter to your penfriend to tell him / her your school life in China.
Unit 2 I have a good friend
Passage 1
A Vocabulary
1 worried 2 noticed 3 later 4 only 5 doesn’t … at all
B Comprehension
1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T
Passage 2
A Vocabulary
1 foolish 2 careless 3 lose 4 lend 5 laugh 6 take
B Comprehension
1 B 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 A
Passage 3
A Vocabulary
1 do more sports 2 life 3 don’t … at all 4 different 5 instead
B Comprehension
1 Six months.
2 No, he doesn’t.
3 A lot of sports.
4 Cola.
5 To keep healthy.
