1. Unit 3 Tell me about your friends.

2. I. Lead-in A true friend is, as it were, a second self. –Cicero (ancient Roman statesman and philosopher) fair-weather friends 不挟长 [ 不倚仗自己年长 ] ，不挟贵，不挟兄弟而友。友也 者，友其德也，不可以有挟也。 Mencius: Latinized name of Meng-tzu/Mengzi/Meng the Master (The New Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary) Confucius 君子与小人 : man of virtue, mean person 醴 (lǐ) ： sweet wine

3. III. Listening In Task 1: The Picture 尽管我们的生活方向各不相同，友谊的纽 带仍将我们紧密联系在一起。 友谊帮助我们度过种种磨难，也丰富 / 装 点了人生的精彩。 这是那种历经争执、变迁、分离而持久弥 新的友情。

4. III. Listening In Task 1: The Picture It reminds me of the good time we’ve shared and the support their friendship still gives me today. Even though our lives have gone in different directions, the bond we created has kept us close. Our friendship has carried me through a lot of difficult experiences, and has enriched the good ones. It is the kind of friendship that outlasts disagreements, changes, and separation.

5. We update each other about what’s been going on through text messaging, Facebook, and Twitter. text messaging: texting Facebook: a social networking website Twitter: micro-blogging, tweets

6. III. Listening In Task 3: What destroys friendship? Retell the story. repeat a bit of gossip [U] spread a rumor [C, U] repair the damage pluck its feathers to her dismay undo the wrong What is done cannot be undone. 覆水难收。

7. IV. Speaking Out Congratulating Model 1 3. Guess what! What’s up? I’ve got the most wonderful news!

8. Model 2 Why, Nicole! You look so excited. You look like you’re on cloud nine/on top of the world! You’re all smiles today. What’s up? I can’t believe it!

9. That’s great! / How wonderful! Congratulations! Thanks. I’m so excited. I really worked hard though. / I worked on it day in and day out. You deserve it. I’m very happy for you.

10. Model 3 What’s wrong? Oh, no! That’s terrible! Is he all right? / How’s he now? (I hope) he’ll be fine. Hope so. / So do I. / Same here. IV. Speaking Out Sympathizing

11. P. 38 表达意外 Bad luck! / Too bad! Terrible! What a pity/shame! 表达难过 I’m so sorry. 不知道说什么。 I don’t know what to say. 感同身受 I understand how you feel. I can feel for you. 鼓励 You’ll be all right. You’ll get over it.

12. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Thanks a million. Many thanks. Special thanks go to …

13. V. Let’s Talk Sentences … losing one parent is bad enough, but losing them both on the same day … I’ve saved some up from my part-time job. More than anything else, it will take her mind off her tragedy. I was wondering, could we organize a fund-raiser for her? … but getting the whole school involved may not be a good idea.