SectionB2a-2e
Tolearntotalkaboutimportantpersonaltraitsinafriend.Tolearntowritesomethingaboutyouandyourfriends.Tolearnnewwords:serious,necessary,should,aslongas,bedifferentfrom,infact,thesameas…Objectives
Whichislonger,theyellowoneortheredone?Theyellowoneislongerthantheredone.Warmingup
Whichisbigger,themouseortheelephant?Theelephantisbiggerthanthemouse.[‘bɪgə]
Whichissmaller,themouseortheelephant?Themouseissmallerthantheelephant.
Whichisheavier,thefoxorthebird?Thefoxisheavierthanthebird.
Writethecomparativeformsofthefollowingadjectives.Thenusethemtowritefivesentencesaboutyouandyourfriends.popular____________funny________quiet________friendly________shy___________serious____________outgoing___________smart________hard-working__________________morepopularquietershyer/shiermoreoutgoingfunnierfriendliersmartermorehard-workingmoreserious2a
Thinkaboutfoursentencestodescribethesameordifferentthingsbetweenyouandyourbestfriend.Onesentenceshouldgivethefalseinformationandtheotherthreeshouldgivethecorrectinformation.Theclasswillguesswhoshe/heisandwhichsentencegivesthefalseinformation.Let’splayagame!
Sample:MyfriendDavidismorehard-workingthanme,butIamfunnierthanhim.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________writetherestsentencesbyyourself.
Shouldfriendsbethesameordifferent?Readaboutwhatthesepeoplethink.Underlinethecomparativewordsandphrasesinthepassage.Mymothertoldmeagoodfriendislikeamirror.I’mquieterandmoreseriousthanmostkids.That’swhyIlikereadingbooksandIstudyharderinclass.MybestfriendYuanLiisquiettoo,sowe2b
enjoystudyingtogether.I’mshysoit’snoteasyformetomakefriends.ButIthinkfriendsarelikebooks—youdon’tneedalotofthemaslongasthey’regood.
It’snotnecessarytobethesame.MybestfriendLarryisquitedifferentfromme.Heistallerandmoreoutgoingthanme.Webothlikesports,butheplaystennisbetter,sohealwayswins.However,Larryoftenhelpstobringoutthebestinme.SoI’mgettingbetterattennis.Larryismuchlesshard-working,though.Ialwaysgetbettergradesthanhedoes,somaybeIshouldhelphimmore.
Idon’treallycareifmyfriendsarethesameasmeordifferent.Myfavoritesayingis,“atruefriendreachesforyourhandandtouchesyourheart.”MybestfriendCarolisreallykindandveryfunny.Infact,she’sfunnierthananyoneIknow.Ibrokemyarmlastyearbutshemademelaughandfeelbetter.Wecantalkaboutandshareeverything.Iknowshecaresaboutmebecauseshe’salwaystheretolisten.
Matchpeoplewiththeiropinions.Agoodfriendislikeamirror.Friendsarelikebooks—youdon’tneedalotofthemaslongasthey’regood.Mybestfriendhelpstobringoutthebestinme.Atruefriendreachesforyourhandandtouchesyourheart.JeffGreenHuangLeiMarySmith
Fillinthechartwiththeinformationgiveninthearticle.
NameOpinionThesameashis/herfriendDifferentfromhis/herfriendJeffGreenHuangLeiMarySmithAgoodfriendislikeamirror.Theyarequietandstudyhard.Jeffisquieterandmoreseriousthanmostkids.It’snotnecessarytobesame.Theybothlikesports.LarryismoreoutgoingandtallerThanHuangLei.Shedoesn’tcareifherfriendsarethesameasherordifferent.Carolisfunnierthananyone.
1.Jeffislessseriousthanmostkids.2.JeffandYuanLiarebothquiet.3.Jeffthinksitiseasyforhimtomakefriends.4.HuangLeiistallerthanLarry.FTFFArethefollowingstatementstrue(T)orfalse(F)?2c
5.HuangLeiisn’tasgoodattennisasLarry.6.LarryworksharderthanHuangLei.7.Marythinksherfriendsshouldbethesameasher.8.CarolbrokeherarmlastyearandMarymadeherfeelbetter.FTFF
Howdoyouandyourfriendscomparewiththepeopleinthearticle?Writefivesentences.I’mdifferentfromJeffbecauseI’mlouderthantheotherkidsinmyclass.MybestfriendissimilartoLarrybecauseshe’slesshard-workingthanme.2d
Whichsayingisyourfavorite?Whichfrienddoyouthinkaboutwhenyoureadthissaying?Why?Tellyourpartneraboutit.2e1.Agoodfriendislikeamirror.
2.Friendsarelikebooks-youdon’tneedalotofthemaslongasthey’regood.
3.Mybestfriendhelpstobringoutthebestinme.
4.Atruefriendreachesforyourhandandtouchesyourheart.
1.That’swhyIlikereadingbooksandIstudyharderinclass.That’swhy+句子“这便是为什么……”、“这就是……的原因”（固定的句式）►That’swhyhewaslatethismorning.这就是他今天早上迟到的原因。Languagepoints
2.…youdon’tneedalotofthemaslongasthey’regood.字面意思：只要朋友好，你并不需要许多→(朋友)不在多而贵在好aslongas（固定搭配）连接句子，表示“只要……”►Wecantalkaboutthisaslongasyouwant.只要你想(谈)，我们就可以谈谈这事。►It’sfineaslongasyou’rehappy.只要你高兴就好。
3.Idon’treallycareifmyfriendsarethesameasmeordifferent.此句中if不是“如果”的意思，而是“是否”的意思►Idon’tcareifhelikesitornot---I’mcoming!我不管他喜欢还是不喜欢—我会来的！►CanyoutellmeifI’mright,Mr.Green?格林先生，您能告诉我我是否正确吗？宾语从句作care宾语
4.Atruefriendreachesforyourhandandtouchesyourheart.hand引申为“帮助；援助”heart则为“情感；感受”►Canyougivemeahand?你能帮我一把吗？►Themovietouchedtheheartsofallthepeopleatthecinema.这部电影令所有在场的观众动容。
5.Iknowshecaresaboutmebecauseshe’salwaystheretolisten.bethere：(1)“在别人需要帮助时，刻准备伸手相助”(2)“随叫随到；不离……左右”(3)bethere+forsomebody►MyparentswerealwaysthereformewhenIwasgrowingup.在我成长的过程中，我的父母总是随时给予我帮助。
6.Mybestfriendhelpstobringoutthebestinme.bringout（习语）“使显现；使表现出”bringoutthebest/worstinsomeone“把某人最好/最坏的一面表现或显露出来”►Takealookatyourfriendships.Dotheybringoutthebestinyou?审视一下你的友谊，他们让你表现出最好的自我了吗？
7.I’mquieterandmoreseriousthanmostkids.seriousadj.严肃的；稳重的常用短语：beseriousabout对……认真eg:OurEnglishteacher,MissZhangisveryserious.Weshouldbeseriousaboutourjobs.
I.翻译句子。1.她很风趣，而且比我更外向。但是，我们都喜欢做相同的事情。Sheisveryfunny,andmoreoutgoingthanIam. Butwebothlikedoingthesamethings.2.那就是我喜欢读书的原因。That’swhyIlikereadingbooks.Exercises
3.我的老师总能让我表现出最好的自我。Myteachercanalwaysbringoutthebestinme.4.在我有困难的时候，我的好朋友莉莉随时都能给我帮助。MybestfriendLilyisalwaystheretohelpwhenI’mintrouble.5.只要能做到这一点她就可以万事大吉。Aslongasshedidthis,allwouldbewell.
6.我们不知道老师会不会参加班会。Wedon’tknowifourteacherswillattendtheclassmeeting.7.充满爱与灵魂的故事往往能打动人们的心。Astorywithloveandsoulcanalwaystouchtheheart.8.你为何不伸出援手？Whyyoudon’treachformyhand?
中考链接Asmiddleschoolstudents,we_____followthepublicruleswhereverwego．wouldB.shouldC.mightD.could句意为“作为中学生，无论去哪我们都应该遵守公共规则。”B
1.Writeaboutthethingsthatarethesameanddifferentbetweenyouandafriend.2.Previewthenewwordsandexpressions.Homework
