1. Warming up & Listening

2. Story
A young deer and a wise old crow lived together in the wood. Pam, the deer had little experience of the world, but Rob, the crow, knew all the ways of the other animals. One day, Pam saw Puk, a fox, come out from a tree towards her. “I need a friend,” said Puk hungrily.

3. “I’ll be your friend,” replied Pam
“I’ll be your friend,” replied Pam. They went for a walk together in the field where Puk knew there was a trap. Pam was caught in it and could not move. Puk watched the farmer arrive with his knife to finish off Pam.

4. Rob flew down to the field and said to Pam, “Lie down, and pretend you are dead.” Seeing Pam motionless, the farmer undid the trap. “Run!” shouted Rob and away Pam went. Back at home, Rob said to Pam, “You know a true friend by his acts not his words.”

5. Talk 1. What does the story tell us? Do you
know other stories about friendship?
2. Do you think that friendship is important in our life? Why?
3. What quality do you think a good friend should have? For example, should he/she be kind, honest, smart, funny or anything else?

6. Other words modest (谦虚的) reliable (可信赖的) open (坦率的) talkative (善谈的)
Positive:
patient (耐心的) careful (仔细的)
modest (谦虚的) reliable (可信赖的)
open (坦率的) talkative (善谈的)
energetic (积极的) tolerant (容忍的)

7. generous (大方的)
humorous (幽默的)
well-educated (受过良好教育的)
self-respected (自重的)
easy-going (随和的)

8. Negative:
selfish (自私的) rigid (刚硬的)
dull (迟钝的) careless (粗心的)
proud (骄傲的) tricky (狡猾的)
simple-minded (头脑简单的)

9. ·I think a good friend should (not ) be …
·In my opinion, a good friend is someone who …
1 .I think a good friend should be
2. In my opinion, a good friend is someone who is
3. In my opinion, a good friend should not be …
patient, reliable and tolerant
open, humorous and easy-going
selfish, dull or proud

10. Listening
※ Can you tell me some of the common problems among teenagers?
Some of the common problems include forgetting friends’ birthday, not keeping promises, letting out friends’ secrets and so on.

11. Listening
※ What do you usually do to solve them?
Maybe we can have a heart-to-heart talk with our friends to ask for forgiveness.

12. Situation 1: late for football practice
Keywords
Situation 1: late for football practice
Situation 2: forget to tell you, without
asking, not return things
on time
Situation 3: I think it’s broken

13. 1. What are they arguing about?
2. What do you think they should do to solve their problems?

14. Situation 1:
I think Peter should try to get there on time next time.
Situation 2:
I think Ann should ask for permission first if she wants to borrow something from others and she should return things in time.

15. Situation 3:
I think Adam can ask his uncle to mend it and he should be more careful with borrowed things.

16. Listening Text
Situation 1
A: Hi, Peter.
B: Hi, Jim.
A: Peter, I’m not happy about this This is the third time you are late for football practice! You have to do something about this.

17. B: Yh, I’m sorry, Jim. What’s the big deal
B: Yh, I’m sorry, Jim. What’s the big deal? So I’m a few minutes late, what difference does it make?
A: What difference does it make? We have to wait for you. Look, everybody
is here and ready to play. We don’t
like waiting for you. Please try to be
on time in the future.
B: Ok, I will try.

18. Situation 2 A: Hi, Ann. Have you seen my calculator?
B: Hi, Mary. Oh, I forgot to tell you. I needed a calculator yesterday and I borrowed yours. I hope you don’t mind.

19. A: What? You borrowed my calculator
without asking? How could you do
that? You always do this, borrowing things from me without asking. And then you don’t return things on time either.
B: I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were so upset about it.

20. Situation 3
A: Hi, John.
B: Hi, Adam. How’s it going?
A: Pretty good. I have something I need to tell you.
B: Ok, what’s up?
A: Well, you know I borrowed your CD player yesterday.

21. B: Yes?
A: Well, un, I think it’s broken.
B: What? Broken! What happened?
A: I didn’t do anything. I was just listening to some music when suddenly it stopped. I can’t make it play again.

22. B: Hm, that’s strange. I’ve never had any problems with it before
B: Hm, that’s strange. I’ve never had any problems with it before. Are you sure you didn’t do anything to it?
A: Yeah, I just listened do it. But don’t worry. I’ll ask my uncle to fix it when he comes back.

23. 1. Problem:
Friends get angry with each other when they try to talk about something difficult.
Solution:
Try to understand your friend/ Try to talk about the problem in a different way.

24. 2. Problem:
Friends don’t know how to apologize.
Solution:
Start by telling each other that you are sorry and take it from there. A simple apology is often enough.

25. 3. Problem:
Some friends don’t know how to keep secrets.
Solution:
Keep your secrets to yourself.

26. Listening Text
Everybody needs friends. But being a good friend can sometimes be hard work. Learning how to solve problems in a friendship can make you a better friend and a happier person.

27. A common problem between friends is that they don’t know how to talk to each other about difficult things. When they do talk, they often get mad with each other. What can they do?

28. Well, it takes time to learn how to communicate well, and it is important to understand why a friend gets angry with you when you say something.

29. If you know what it is that makes your friend angry, then you can try to talk about the problem in a different way. Another problem that many friends have to deal with is what to do after one of them gets angry or upset.

30. If friends get angry with each other and say something bad because they are angry, they often find it difficult to apologize after the quarrel.

31. The best way to apologize after a quarrel is simply to start by telling each other that you are sorry and then go from there.
A simple apology is often enough and is a good starting point.

32. What about friends who can’t keep a secret
What about friends who can’t keep a secret? Sometimes it seems impossible to keep a secret from becoming a rumor that everyone knows.

33. Shouldn’t a good friend be able to keep a secret
Shouldn’t a good friend be able to keep a secret? Perhaps, but it is not always that easy to keep a secret, and telling a secret to someone will often put them in a difficult situation-they may have to lie to other friends to keep the secret.

34. The best way to make sure that a secret doesn’t become a rumor is simply to keep it to yourself-don’t tell anyone.

35. Homework 1. Write a short introduction about one of your best friends.
2. Describe one of the problems between you and one of your friends and how it is solved.

36. Thank you !