Friendship Unit 1 Warming up and reading

Enjoy a song, Seasons in the Sun, of Westlife

Are you good at making friends? Do you have friends? What are the special qualities of your best friends? What do you want from a friend? What do you do for your friends? Free talk

good friend kind honest brave generous loyal helpful handsome selfless patient funny friendly humorous What do you think a good friend should be like?

Some proverbs about friendship A friend in need is a friend indeed. A life without a friend is a life without the sun. A man who has friends must show himself friendly. All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Friends are helpful. Friends are good company. To cope with stressful situations in life. To show my concern for other people. To let other people share my happiness. To share my worries and secrets in my inner world. Why do you need friends?

CJ 7 Totoro What else can be your friend besides a person? Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or not?

Do you know this girl?

Anne Frank born in 1929, in Germany

1933 moved to Amsterdam

from 1940, hidden in a building for two years, writing the diary

1944 discovered and killed the next year

Her diary was published after the war.

Background This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe. If any persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland.

Families were separated and transported in trains. For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation or fresh air. To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends. This diary was written during the time when Anne and her family moved to escape from being killed by Nazis.

1. Read and answer the questions. Who was Anne’s best friend? When did the story happen? Her diary - Kitty. During World War II. Fast-reading

The time of the story The place of the story The heroine of the story Anne’s best friend The length of time they hid away The date of the diary World War II Netherlands Anne her diary--Kitty over two years Thursday 15, June, Fill in the form below.

Match the words or phrases and their meanings. go through set down a series of on purpose outdoors write down several events or things that happen one after another outside a building not by accident; deliberately experience

at dusk face to face entirely dusty thunder completely; totally covered with a layer of dust to make or produce a loud noise directly facing each other the time of day immediately following sunset

1. What is a true friend like in Anne’s opinion? In Anne’s opinion, a true friend is a person whom you can trust. That’s to say, you can tell everything to this person. Careful-reading

2. What was an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary? She thought an ordinary diary was where most people like to set down a series of facts. But Anne wrote down her deepest feelings and thoughts in her diary. She told everything to her best friend --- her diary.

3. Why was she so crazy about things to do with nature? Because she had been indoors too long, she was so eager to see the outdoor world --- the blue sky, the singing birds, the beautiful flowers, the bright moon.

4. Why did she stay awake on purpose until very late one evening? Because she wanted to have a good look at the bright moon.

Discussion If you had to stay in a bedroom for a whole year, what would you miss most and what would you do to pass the time?

Summary 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

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

1.Review the text carefully and finish the summary. 2.Find out the important and difficult words and expressions to you.