1. Unit 1 Friendship Period 2 Reading

2. I Pre-reading 1. Look at the pictures and the title of the reading passage. Guess what it might be about. Anne’s best friend

3. 2. Now observe the text carefully to find out: how many parts it contains what the different parts are about It contains two parts. One part is one page of Anne’s diary, the other one is the background knowledge about Anne and her diary. Pre-reading

4. Background: World War II In Nazi Germany, Jews were required to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing. Jews being rounded up by Nazi soldiers and forced to leave home.

5. Polish Jews on their way to a Nazi death camp Jews in a concentration camp （集中营）

6. A mass grave The remains of Jews （幸存者） The Holocaust （大屠杀） Victims of the gas chambers （毒气室）

7. In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Many European Jews lived in countries that Nazi Germany would occupy or influence. By 1945, nearly two out of every three European Jews had been killed as part of the "Final Solution," which was the Nazi policy to murder all the Jews of Europe. Recent research, by Professor Yisrael Gutman and Dr. Robert Rozett in the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, estimates the Jewish deaths at 5.59 – 5.86 million, and a study headed by Dr. Wolfgang Benz presents a range from 5.29 – 6 million. “ A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased. ” – Oct 16, 1946 Hans Frank (Governor of occupied Poland, convicted as a major Nazi war criminal in 1945)

8. II Fast reading 1. Read the first part of the reading section and answer these questions: Who was Anne’s best friend? When did the story happen? Her diary―Kitty. During World War II. Skimming

9. The place of the story The heroine ’ s （女主人 公） full name Her best friend The length of time her family hid away The time they started to hide 2. Fill in the form below: Netherlands Anne Frank her diary--Kitty over two years Fast reading Scanning July 1942

10. Fast reading 3. Join the correct parts of the sentences. 1.Anne kept a diary because 2.She felt very lonely because 3.They have to hide because 4.Anne named her diary Kitty because A.she couldn’t meet her friends. B.Jews were caught by Nazis and put away. C.she could tell everything to it. D.she wanted it to be her best friend.

11. Fast reading 4. Read the diary quickly to find out the main idea of the diary. Anne expressed _______________________after hiding for a long time. ______________________kept Anne spellbound. Skimming her feelings about nature Everything about nature

12. III Careful reading 1. Read the diary carefully and fill in the table. TimeNatureFeeling Before hiding After hiding blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers never felt spellbound darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds felt crazy

13. Careful reading Anne’s feelings as she was looking out at the night sky eager excited anxious sad lonely earnest crazycalm

14. How do you think he felt? Josef, a Jewish boy rescued （解救） during World War II Before he was rescued: After he was rescued:

15. IV Difficulties Pick out the difficult sentences from the reading passage. Discuss in groups of four and work out the meaning together.

16. Difficulties 1. I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. 2. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. 3. It was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face… 4. I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows.

17. Difficulties 1. I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. it’s because… grow/be crazy about… something/anything/everything to do with… 我不知道这是不是因为我很久无法出门的缘 故, 我变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无 比狂热。

18. 2. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. Difficulties 我记得很清楚，以前，湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的 歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未令我心迷神往过。 spellbind v. 吸引人；迷人 when 引导的定语从句（划线部分）修饰句 中的 time

19. Difficulties 3. It was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face… It’s the first time…that… 某人第一次做某事 face to face... 面对面 这是我一年半以来第一次面对面目睹夜晚。

20. 4. I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. hanging before very dusty windows 现在分 词短语, 修饰 curtains. 我只能透过肮脏的窗帘看大自然, 窗帘悬挂 在沾满灰尘的窗前。 Difficulties

21. V Summary 1. According to the information in the table below try to use the first person to retell the story: Whather diary What kindtold everything to WhenWorld War II WhereAmsterdam, Netherlands Whathid away so as not to be caught Anne’s best friend

22. TimeNatureFeeling Before hiding blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers never felt spellbound After hiding darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds felt crazy, held in their power Anne’s feeling Summary

23. Retelling I lived in ___________in the ______________ during _____________. My family were ______, so we had to ___________ for a year and a half in order ________________ by the German Nazis. During that time I wasn’t able to go ________ for so long that I had ______________ about everything to _______ nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon ___________ by myself. AmsterdamNetherlands World War II hide away Jewish not to be caught outdoors grown so crazy do with at midnight

24. Retelling But I didn’t _______ open the window to see the night ___________ because I was afraid of being discovered by the Nazis. I felt very _______ without seeing my old friends. So I had to make a new friend -- _____________, whom I could tell _________ to. Sadly, at last my family was discovered and caught by _______________ sometime later. dare to face to face lonely my diary Kitty everything the German Nazis

25. 1. Read the text again and review the meaning and usage of the key words and phrases: do sth. on purpose, in order to, face to face, hide away, set down, a series of, go through, dare, hold…in one’s power, no longer 2. Retell the story yourself in the first person. VI Homework