2. Session 1 (90-100 minutes) Listen and Talk Read and Explore Passage A
Session Tasks
Listen and Talk
Read and Explore Passage A

3. Lead-in Dialogue Samples Communicative Tasks Listen and Talk

4. Lead-in Task 1 Catching the missing information
1. What kind of music do you like?
2. Which songs do you think reflect your dream
of love or friendship?
Task 1 Catching the missing information
Lead-in questions

5. Lead-in
Listen and read

6. Listen and complete friends.
Young people often dream of love and listen to love songs. One love song says “Love makes the world go round,” and another says “Love is all there is.” These words may _______too romantic. Love is important, but so are other_______________. That’s why we sing “Auld Lang Syne” to _______our 
friends.

7. Listen and complete What are your views of love and friendship, and
what do you ________of them in the future? Do you
know a song that _________your own dreams of love
or friendship? If a love song or rosy dream could
______in your relationships, what would it be?

8. Listen and check sound relationships honor friends.
Young people often dream of love and listen to love songs. One love song says “Love makes the world go round,” and another says “Love is all there is.” These words may _______too romantic. Love is important, but so are other_______________. That’s why we sing “Auld Lang Syne” to _______our 
sound
relationships
honor
friends.

9. Listen and check What are your views of love and friendship, and
what do you ________of them in the future? Do you
know a song that _________your own dreams of love
or friendship? If a love song or rosy dream could
____________in your relationships, what would it be?
expect
describes
come true

10. Exploring vocabulary
Work in pairs to pick out the words and expressions related
to the unit topic.
dream of
love song
sound romantic
rosy dream

11. Lead-in Task 2 Talking about pictures
Work in groups to talk about the pictures on Page 145. You may use the words and expressions you’ve
learned from the listening passage.

12. Dialogue Samples Dialogue 1 Meeting on Campus Lead-in question
What do you usually talk about with a new friend
of yours?

13. Dialogue Sample Study
Read the first dialogue in pairs and tell us Daniel’s problem in meeting a new friend, esp. a girl, and
what he says to Yu Feng.

14. What’s Daniel’s problem and what does he say?
Do I need an introduction?
Can you introduce me to them?
I’d feel a little outnumbered to approach them alone.
I’m not quite sure how to introduce myself to strangers in China.

15. What does Yu Feng say to him? How does he
introduce Daniel to his cousin?
My cousin Xia Lin is here, and she’s a freshman just like you. I could introduce you to her and some of her friends.
Oh, come on, man! China is not so traditional anymore. You can speak for yourself.
Oh, Xia Lin, I didn’t notice you beside me. This is my friend Daniel. He wants to meet you and some of your friends.

16. What do they say when Daniel and Xia Lin are introduced to each other?
Hi. I’m just a freshman. You call me Dan.
I’m a freshman, too, and so are all the other people in my group.

17. Listen and read Dialogue 1 Making Friends
Yu Feng:
a sophomore
Dan:
a freshman
Xia Lin:
a freshman
They are at a party where the sophomores are helping to welcome the new freshmen.

18. Listen and imitate Dialogue 1 Making Friends
Yu Feng:
a sophomore
Dan:
a freshman
Xia Lin:
a freshman
They are at a party where the sophomores are helping to welcome the new freshmen.

19. Dialogue Samples Lead-in question
Dialogue 2 At a wedding
Lead-in question
Have you ever attended a wedding of an American friend? How different do you find they are from us
at a wedding?
Reference
Wedding etiquette, procedure and so on.

20. Dialogue Sample Study
Read the second dialogue in pairs and speak out the sentences that show the differences in relationship between young people in China and America.

21. Which sentences?
Young people in America don’t always take time to become good friends before trying to decide if they’re in love.
People in China are more patient.
Maybe they (people in China) can deal with more complex relationships, with more room for both love and friendship.
They (relationships in China) last long time, too.
We (Americans) make new friends much more often, and may forget the old ones.

22. Listen and read Dialogue 2 At a Wedding Li Ping: Chinese student John:
Foreign student
Li Ping, a Chinese student
is talking to John, a foreign
student.

23. Listen and imitate Dialogue 2 At a Wedding Li Ping: Chinese student
John:
Foreign student
Li Ping, a Chinese student
is talking to John, a foreign
student.

24. Communicative Tasks
Task 1
Making Friends
Task 2
On Relationships

25. Task 1 Making Friends
Situation: Daniel and Xia Lin have just met at a party for freshmen. Continue their conversation from the previous example until they become better acquainted and make up plans for further developing their friendship.
Role A
Role B
Daniel
Xia Lin

26. Work in pairs to do Task 1. Five minutes later some pairs of you are expected to role-play the task, and then the others will be invited to make comments on your performance. The comments should involve the presentation of the real-life situation and the English
you use for making friends.

27. A B Task 2 On Relationships
Situation: A Chinese student and an American student are talking about their friends and some of the differences between friendships in the two countries. They each have many questions. Think of some answers they might give.
Role A
Role B
An American student
A Chinese student

28. Work in pairs to role play Task 2 after class by imitating Dialogue 2
Work in pairs to role play Task 2 after class by imitating Dialogue 2. You may use the following tips.
Do you have a best friend or a special friend?
When and how did you first meet?
Have you made some new friends lately? How did you meet them?
Do you often exchange letters or s with your friends ?
Do you like to send (phone/computer) messages to your friends?
Do your friends enjoy group activities? Which ones do they like most?

29. Read and Explore
Passage A Freshman Friendship
Lexical Preparation

30. intimate acquaintance barely encounter
Exploring vocabulary
Do fast reading of Passage A and pick out the sentences containing the following target words and expressions.
intimate acquaintance barely encounter
replace motion principal summarize
incline recall far from occasionally

31. Read the following sentences with the target words and expressions and see how they are used in context.
1. Almost two years ago, I stood on a balcony, joined hands with my three most intimate friends and listened to one of them tell a story about four girls with different backgrounds and talents who left home and went to college at a mythical place called
Happy Valley. (Para.1)

32. 2. Three months can seem like a long time when you are leaving friends and acquaintances whom you have only known for a year. Your freshman year
3. Even if you have almost forgotten your freshman year roommates two years later, and barely recognize them when you encounter them in front of the gymnasium, you can never replace that year and the brand-new feeling that your first year of
moments are irreplaceable. (Para. 6)
college brings. (Para. 8)

33. 4. “That’s where we grew up,” she told him, motioning toward Atherton Hall, where the four of us spent our first two years at Penn State.
5. That dorm is where we learned and discussed the lessons of our freshman and sophomore years. I think the principal lesson I learned was the definition of true friendship. (Para. 11)
6. That lesson can best be summarized by something Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry
(Para. 10)
on. (Para. 12)

34. 7. They said no matter how far we drift apart or who
else we become friends with after college, we will
always incline to recall each other first whenever
8. The story Alisa told on that balcony is far from
9. And occasionally they would make it back to
reunions at that mythical valley and see their old
friends, laughing about the good times. (Para. 16)
we think of college. (Para. 12)
over. (Para. 14)

35. Further study
1. encounter v. meet or have to deal with (sth. bad, esp. a
danger or a difficulty); be faced with
Examples
I encountered an old friend in Rome.
The more dangers we encounter, the harder should we
push forward.
The young scientists encountered many difficulties
during their exploration.

36. Further study
2. replace v. take the place of; put back in the original
place
Examples
We’ve replaced the old adding machine with a
computer.
Nothing can replace a mother’s love and care.
When you have finished using the axe, please replace
it.

37. Further study 3. motion v. to signal with a movement, usu. with the
hand
n. (manner of) moving
Examples
He opened the door and motioned me to come in.
The object is no longer in motion.

38. Further study 4. summarize v. to make a short general statement of
the main points of (something longer
or more detailed)
Examples
His talk summarized recent trends in philosophy.
She summarized the aims of the new party in a
couple of sentences.

39. Further study
5. incline v. influence or encourage (someone) or tend to
incline to sth
incline to do sth
have a particular feeling, belief, etc.
Examples
I inclined to another point of view.
What he said inclined me to think that he will agree to
our plan.

40. Further study 6. recall v. bring back to the mind; order sb to return
(from a place)
Examples
I recalled seeing him.
As you may recall, he was in hospital then.
The ambassador was recalled from his post.

41. Using the vocabulary
Make sentences with the following words and expressions, three minutes later you’ll read your
compare … to even after far from
no matter how succeed in
sentences to the class.

42. Assignment
1. Pair task
Role-play Communicative task 2 according to the topic and the situation of the task. Performance in class is necessary in the next session.
2. Individual tasks
Learn by heart the new words of Passage A.
Listen to and read Passage A aloud for at least two times.
3. Group tasks
Do the pre-reading exercise of Passage A in groups.
Analyze the structure of Passage A in groups.

43. Session 2 ( minutes)

44. Session 2 (90-100 minutes) Session Tasks
Role-playing of Communicative Task 2
Passage A Freshman Friendship

45. Role-playing
Role-play Communicative Task 2. First in groups and then to the class. Some pairs will be invited to make comments.

46. Passage A Freshman Friendship
Read and Explore
Passage A Freshman Friendship

47. How to Learn Consolidation Practice Language Focus Related Information
Warm-up Questions
Class Discussion
Content Awareness
Language Focus

48. Related Information 1. Roommates and Majors in American Colleges
Freshman roommates are usually assigned randomly,
with no attention to their majors, and may have little in
common with one another either academically or personally. They may take none of the same classes, and do not have to choose their majors the first year. In future years it’s very easy to change roommates, and in the junior or senior year it’s quite common for students to move to off-campus apartments. So there’s much less likelihood that freshman roommates will become
lifelong friends.

49. Related Information 2. American and Chinese Friendships
Americans are very adapt at making new friends, while Chinese people are very skillful at keeping their old friends. The main reason for this is that Americans experience more changes in their personal circumstances, such as changing jobs, moving to another town, or getting divorced. At any given time an American may have only a few close friends but many casual acquaintances. Over the course of a lifetime an American will probably have more friends than a Chinese person has but a Chinese person may have
more lifelong friends.

50. Related Information 3. Class Reunions
In many Western countries it is customary for the people who graduated from a college or school in the same year to gather periodically at the campus or in their hometown for a class reunion. It often includes parties, dinners, dancing, golfing, bowling, and other special events such as visits with former teachers. Reunions usually occur every five years, beginning five years after graduation. Certain reunions such
as the 10th, 25th, and 50th are often considered special,
and are more elaborate than the others.

51. Related Information 4. Alumni Association
The Alumni Association has been launched
with the aim of encouraging former students
to maintain links with the College and with
each other. The Association provides networking
and other benefits, and helps alumni to keep
up-to-date with courses and events through the
web pages, a regular newsletter and an annual
magazine.

52. Warm-up Questions
1. Was it hard for you to say goodbye to your friends at the end of high school?
2. How strong are your college friendships likely to remain in your adult life? Are they stronger than your childhood friendships or your relationships with future colleagues?
3. What kinds of friendships do you usually keep the
longest?

53. Content Awareness Reading task 1 Analyzing the passage structure
Work in groups to exchange your ideas of how many
parts Passage A falls into.

54. Analyzing structure Structure of Passage A Division Main idea
Paras. 1-3
Paras. 4-5
Four girls spent the last day of their freshman
year together, looking back on their freshman
friendship.
Three months was a long time for the four girls
to leave their new friends, whom they had only
known for a year.

55. Analyzing structure Structure of Passage A Division Main idea
Paras. 6-12
Paras
The four girls learned the definition of true
friendship from each other outside of the
classroom during the first two years of college.
The author believed that they would live all over the country and do the jobs they had dreamed
of after graduation, but whatever happened to
them, they wouldn’t forget their freshman
friendship.

56. Content Awareness
Reading task 2 Understanding the details of each part
Work in groups to discuss the following questions.

57. Content Awareness Questions for discussion (Paras. 1-3)
In what year of college was the author at the time
of the article?
Junior.
2. Where did Alisa tell her story?
On a dormitory balcony.

58. Questions for discussion (Paras. 1-3)
3. How did the four girls spend the last day of their
freshman year?
They went to the sandwich shop for the last lunch
of the semester, tried on each other’s clothes,
watched movies, and acted like they would never see
each other again.

59. Question for discussion (Paras. 4-5)
4. Why was it hard for the four girls to say goodbye at
the end of the freshman year?
Because they had become close friends by the end of
the year.

60. 5. How did the author think of college freshmen?
Questions for discussion (Paras. 6-12)
5. How did the author think of college freshmen?
They were changing and growing.
6. Where did Karen say she and her three friends
grew up?
In the dormitory Atherton Hall.
7. What was the most important lesson they learned
from each other outside the classroom?
The definition of true friendship.

61. Questions for discussion (Paras. 6-12)
8. What is the author’s advice to freshmen?
Her advice is to cherish those moments of the
freshman year.

62. Questions for discussion (Paras.13-15)
9. What kinds of careers did the author hope her
classmates would have?
Careers that require education.
10. What does the author imply in the last three
paragraphs?
Wherever they live and whatever jobs they take
after graduation, they won’t forget their freshman
friendship.

63. Reading task 3 Summarizing the passage
Work in groups to write a summary of Passage A with the
tips given.
four girls; with different backgrounds and different
talents; by the end of the freshman year; close friends;
the last day of the freshman year; look back on;
freshman friendship; hard to say goodbye; irreplaceable; grow up; in the dormitory; learn more outside the classroom; the definition of true friendship; wherever to go; whatever to do; after graduation;
Tips
remember the good times.

64. Reference
Four girls with different backgrounds and talents
became close friends by the end of the freshman year.
They spent the last day of the year, looking back on their freshman friendship. It was hard for them to say goodbye. The freshman year moments were irreplaceable. They believed that they grew up in the dormitory, where they learned more than they learned inside the classroom. The principal lesson they learned was the definition of true friendship. And they believed wherever they went and whatever jobs they took after graduation, they wouldn’t forget their freshman
friendship.

65. Class Discussion of Difficult Language Points
Read the passage again and see if there is any sentence
or word that you still don’t understand.

66. I had spent that day together just being freshmen
Do you understand?
I had spent that day together just being freshmen
Paraphrase
I had spent that merely doing typical things that
freshmen do.
Examples
We spent the day just walking in the park.
He spent the whole night watching TV.

67. ... saying goodbye at the end of the first year can feel
like saying goodbye forever.
Paraphrase
When you say goodbye at the end of the freshman
year it’s easy to imagine you’ll never see each
other again.

68. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable.
Paraphrase
You’re only a freshman once, so you should cherish this experience.

69. You may grow completely apart from the people
you spent your first year with...
Paraphrase
You may end your friendship with those people you spent your first year with...

70. ... comparing them to siblings at the end of your junior year as I did.
Paraphrase
feeling like they were my sisters ...

71. You will do a lot more growing up.
Paraphrase
You will experience many things before you become
mature.

72. ... Karen took her hometown boyfriend Kevin on
a tour around campus…
Paraphrase
Karen showed her boyfriend Kevin around the
campus.

73. And I have never had nor will ever have better
teachers than Alisa, Karen and Gabrielle.
Paraphrase
I learned more about friendship from these three friends than from anyone else.

74. That lesson can best be summarized by something
Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the
end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry on.
Paraphrase
The definition of friendship was the lesson that Alisa and Karen made clear to me when I was upset at the end of last semester and they gave me some friendly concern. (Note: “that lesson” refers to “the most important lesson” as described in the earlier
sentence.)

75. Consolidation in Class
Ex. 8 Simulated Translation
Read and compare in groups the English sentences in Ex. 8, paying attention to their italicized parts, and then translate the Chinese sentences by simulating the
structure of the English sentences.

76. Consolidation in Class
1.即使他已几乎忘记了那位姑娘的容貌，但是那位姑娘给
他留下的美好记忆是永远都无法替代的。
Reference
Even if he has almost forgotten the girl’s appearance, he can never replace the good
memories that the girl left on him.

77. Consolidation in Class
2.为了庆祝结婚25周年，他带妻子游览了巴黎。
Reference
For their 25th wedding anniversary he took his wife
on a tour of Paris.

78. Consolidation in Class
3. 我从未有过，将来也不会有比这更好的出国深造的机会。
Reference
I have never had nor will ever have a better chance than this one to go abroad for further
study.

79. Consolidation in Class
4. 他还远远不够资格做他申请的那份工作。
Reference
He is still far from being qualified to do the job
he has applied for.

80. Consolidation in Class
5. 每五年我们高中同学就会回学校聚会一次。
Reference
Every five years we would make it back to the class
reunion at our high school.

81. Assignment Individual task
1. Talk about the best friend and present it in the next class.
You can mention the following points:
2. Write a paragraph about what you have learned from the
friends you have made in college.
3. Do Exercises 2-7.
when and where you got acquainted
the special impression she or he left on you
the way she or he makes your life better or more interesting.