Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.

Section B 2 3a-Self check

Revision Introduce Jeff Green, Huang Lei and Mary Smith to your classmates. Jeff Green is quieter than most kids. He likes reading and studies harder in class. He’s shy so it’s not easy for him to make friends. He thinks friends are like books — you don’t need a lot of them as long as they’re good. His best friend Yuan Li is quiet, too. They enjoy studying together.

Huang Lei is quite different from his best friend, Larry Huang Lei is quite different from his best friend, Larry. Larry is taller and more outgoing than him. Larry is much less hard-working than Huang Lei. They both like sports, but Larry plays tennis better, so he always wins. Larry often says, “My best friend helps to bring out the best in me.”

Mary Smith’s favorite saying is, “A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” Her best friend Carol is really kind and very funny. In fact, she’s funnier than anyone she knows. Mary broke her arm last year but Carol made her laugh and feel better. They can talk about and share everything.

Lead-in Can you say some saying about friends? A good friend is like a mirror. Friends are like books — you don’t need a lot of them as long as they’re good. A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. A brother may be not a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

Writing Wang Lingling and Liu Lili are best friends. Look at the chart on page 23 and compare them. 3a 写作指导： 1. 分析词汇，可分为长相，爱好，性格及学习品质。 2. 注意句子结构，介绍发型时，has … hair；介绍爱好时，likes …；其他可用 be + 形容词。 3. 适当运用 and 及 but。

Example: Wang Lingling’s best friend is Liu Lili. They are both tall, but Wang has long straight hair, Liu has short straight hair. Wang Lingling likes reading, but Liu Lili likes sports. They are both popular in class. They’re both outgoing.

Wang Lingling is serious. Liu Lili is funnier than Wang Lingling Wang Lingling is serious. Liu Lili is funnier than Wang Lingling. Wang is more hard-working than Liu, but Liu is smart.

Make notes about two of your friends Make notes about two of your friends. One friend should be similar to you; the other friend should be different. 3b A friend who is similar to me A friend who is different from me Name: tall and thin funny and popular likes reading is good at soccer quiet and serious speaks loudly hard-working smart has good grades a good listener

3c Write two paragraphs describing your friends. Example: My friend A is quite similar to me. We are both tall and thin. We are both quiet and serious. We like reading together. We are hard-working in class, so we often get good grades.

My friend B is different from me My friend B is different from me. She’s funnier and more outgoing than me. She always speaks loudly. She is good at soccer. She’s smart and she’s a good listener.

Read the job ad. Then compare two of your classmates Read the job ad. Then compare two of your classmates. Decide which classmate is better for the job. 4 Student Helper Wanted! The English Study Center needs a weekend student helper for primary school students. You must:

be a middle school student have good grades in English be good with children be outgoing Call the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information.

A: So who do you think should get the job, Jenny or Jill? B: Well, Jenny is smarter. I think she should get the job. A: Jenny is smarter, but I think Jill is more outgoing.

Discussion 下列招聘要求，应当需要什么样的性格或爱好的人呢？ have good grades in English → be good with children → be outgoing → smart, clever, hard-working, likes reading … friendly, kind, funny, likes playing games outgoing, speaks loudly, likes sports

hard-working, run fast, quiet, serious, jump high, smart Put the words in the correct columns in the chart. Self check hard-working, run fast, quiet, serious, jump high, smart What people are like What people can do hard-working run fast quiet jump high smart serious

Can you add more words or phrases in the chart? What people are like What people can do study harder funny play the guitar better outgoing get up early friendly popular sing more clearly

2. Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the words in brackets. 1. My brother is _______ (funny) than me. He makes people laugh a lot. 2. I’m outgoing, but my best friend is a lot _____________ (outgoing) than me. 3. My brother is as ________ (serious) as my sister. They both like to study. funnier more outgoing serious

4. My cousin can run ______ (fast) than me. She is taller than me, too. 5. Jim is __________ (friendly) than Tom, so Tom has more friends than Jim. faster friendlier

3. Think of your best friend 3. Think of your best friend. Write down two ways in which you are similar, and two ways in which you are different. My best friend and I are both outgoing. My best friend and I can run very fast. My best friend can sing better than me. My best friend is less hard-working than me.

Language points 1. make sb. + v. “让（使）某人做某事”。 e.g. It makes me feel very shy. 这件事让我觉得很害羞。 make sb. + adj. “让（使）某人……” e.g. The boy’s words make his father happy. 男孩的话让他的父亲很高兴。

make sb. + n. “让（使）某 人成为 ……” e.g. My father wants to make me a doctor. 我父亲想让我成为一名医生。 2. 可修饰形容词或副词比较级的词或词组： much, a lot, a little, a bit 等。 e.g. My cousin is much taller than me. 我表哥比我高得多。

Jenny is a little more hard-working than Mary. 詹妮比玛丽更努力一点。 Linda is a lot funnier than anyone I know. 琳达比我所了解的其他人都更滑稽的多。 My sister is a bit more serious than me. 我姐姐比我更稳重一点。

想一想你的好朋友与你在什么地方相似，在哪些地方不同。请用英语写出三条相似之处与三条不同之处。

Thank you!