ReadingHowAmericansViewFriendship

Unit1FriendsandFriendship,Talkaboutfriendsandfriendship.,LookingAhead,Enlargeyourvocabularybyusingsuffixes:-ship,-lyand-able.,Practiseusingmodalverbsmust,may,should,willandhaveto.,Learntoaskforandgiveadvice.,Writeastoryaboutfriendsandfriendship.,Afriendisasinglesoulintwobodies.Aristotle,什么是朋友？是一个灵魂孕育在两个躯体里。,Workingroupstofindsomeadjectivestodescribeafriend.Writethemdownonthelinesbelow.Thefirstfewhavebeendoneforyouasexamples.,Thinkingofasmanywordsaspossibleaboutacertaintopicmayhelpyoumemorisewordsandenlargeyourvocabulary.,Afriendissomeonewhounderstandsoursilence.awatchthatbeatstrueforalltimeandneverrunsdown.theonewhocomesinwhenthewholeworldhasgoneout.apersonwhoremainstrueandfaithfultousforourwholelives.,Readthefollowingdefinitionsof“friend”andseewhetheryouagreeordisagreewiththem.Giveyourreason(s).,Inmyopinion,afriendis_,Nowworkinpairstoprovideyourowndefinitionof“friend”.Herearesomewordsthatyoumayuse.,1)IntheUnitedStates,friendshipcanbeclose,strong,andreal,yetfadesawayinashorttimeassituationschange.2)IfafriendshipstopsinAmerica,itcanneverbeginagain.3)Americanfriendlinessisalwaysanofferoftruefriendship.4)FriendshipinJordanisalifelongaffair.5)FriendshipbetweentwoAmericansdevelopsslowly.,Readthefollowingstatesmentsandguesswhethereachofthemistrue(T)orfalse(F),andpredicthowAmericansviewfriendship.,T,F,F,T,F,A.Americanpeoplethinkfriendshipshouldbealifelongaffair.B.Americansusetheword“friend”inaverygeneralwayandexpectfriendshiptofadeawayinashorttimeassituationschange.C.Americansviewfriendshipassomethingveryimportantandfriendsshouldspendasmuchtimeaspossiblewithoneanother.D.Americansthinkthatfriendshipcanneverbeginagainafteritstops.,ReadthetextanddecidewhichofthefollowingstatementsbestsummariseshowAmericansviewfriendship.,Readthetextagainanddecidewhethereachofthefollowingsentencesistrue(T)orfalse(F).Correctthefalseone(s).,1)SteveandYaserfirstmetintheirhistoryclassatanAmericanuniversity.2)Whenthetermwasover,SteveseemedtobelessfriendlytoYaserthanbefore.3)YasercouldnotunderstandwhyStevechangedhisattitudetowardhim.4)IntheeyesofAmericanpeople,friendsmaybeeithercloseorcasual.,T,F,T,T,5)Friendshipplaysamoreimportantroleinsomeculturesthaninothers.6)InAmericanculture,friendshipmeansastronglifelongbondbetweentwopeople.7)InAmerica,friendshipmaydisappeargraduallyassituationschange.8)Thesametwopersonswillactasstrangersyearslateriftheymeetagain.,T,F,T,F,WorkwithyourpartnertodescribethedevelopmentofthefriendshipbetweenSteveandYaserbyusingthewordsandphrasesinthebox.,Nowwritedownyourdescriptioninyourexercisebook.Youmaybeginlikethis:,SteveandYaserbegantheirfriendshipinachemistryclassatanAmericanuniversity.YaserwasastudentfromJordan,where.,1)IfyouwereYaserorSteve,whatwouldyoudointhiscase?2)Howdoyouunderstandthethemesentence“Afriendisasinglesoulintwobodies”?3)DoesChinesecultureholdthesameviewoffriendshipasAmericanculture?Giveexamplestosupportyouridea.,Workingroupstodiscussthefollowingquestions.,view的用法：1）n.视野；风景；见解Thehousewashiddenfromourviewbytrees.Iwouldliketohearothersviews.【扩展】常见view短语：comeintoview进入视野disappearfromview从视野里消失get/haveaviewof看beonview在陈列pointofviewon/about对的观点inonesview某人认为takeapoor/seriousviewofsb./sth.不重视/重视某人的看法2）v.考虑；认为Futuredevelopmentwillbeviewedwithinterest.Viewedfromtheoutside,thecompanyseemedalargeone.,1.HowAmericansviewfriendship美国人的友谊观,1)greet(1)vt.问候；致意；欢迎Hegreetedmeonthestreetwithafriendlytaponmyshoulder.Thenewlymarriedcouplegreetedtheguestswithsmilesatthegateoftherestaurant.(2)greetingn.问候；招呼；欢迎；祝贺birthdaygreetings生日问候send/exchangegreetings致以/互致问候offergreetingstosb.向问候theseasonsgreetings圣诞节问候,2.HealwaysgreetedYaserwarmlybeforeclass.SometimesheofferedtostudywithYaser.他课前总是热情地与亚瑟打招呼，有时还主动和亚瑟一起学习。,2)offer的用法：v.提供(1)offersth.提供某物Sheofferedarewardforthereturnofherlostchild.Thecompanyhasofferedahighsalary.(2)offersb.sth./offersth.tosb.向某人提供某物Weofferedhimalift,butherefused.MrSaoYifuofferedalotofmoneytodifferentschoolsalloverthecountry.(3)offertodosth.主动提出做某事Whenhewasfightingagainsttherobber,everyoneofferedtolendhimahand.Itsveryniceofyoutooffertodressmeup.,attitude与to/toward搭配成为attitudeto/towards，意为“对待的态度”。e.g.Peopleshoweddifferentattitudestothereforminthiscompany.人们对公司的改革表现出了不同的态度。WhatisyourattitudetowardstheUSAinvadingIraq?你对美国侵略伊拉克的态度是什么？另外，注意下列表达法：sourgrapeattitude酸葡萄态度waitandseeattitude观望态度,3.YaserwashurtbySteveschangeofattitude.史蒂夫态度的改变伤害了亚瑟。,Complain作动词表示“抱怨；抗议；发牢骚”。如：Peoplecomplainabout/atthetrafficjaminthecity.Complain的名词是complaint，用作不可数名词，表示“抱怨；不满；抗议”；用作可数名词，表示“控告；投诉；不满的理由”。e.g.Theroadworkscausedmuchcomplaintamonglocalresidents.Wevereceivedalotofcomplaintsabouttheelectricdrierfromcustomers.,4.“Stevesaidwewerefriends，”Yasercomplained“史蒂夫说过我们是朋友，”亚瑟抱怨道,1)confusevt.使混乱Thecurrentsituationconfusedtheindividualinvestors.2)confuse的现在分词和过去分词形式都可以用作形容词。由现在分词构成的形容词表示“使混乱/不解的”，由过去分词构成的形容词表示“（被修饰词/主语）迷惑不解的”。theconfusingproblem令人难解的问题theconfusedstudents被搞糊涂了的学生【归纳】类似的表达：surprised,surprisinginterested,interestingastonished,astonishingfrightened,frighteningexcited,excitingdisappointed,disappointing,5.Yaserisalittleconfused.亚瑟有点搞不懂了。,1）share(1)vt.分担；分享sharesth.分担/分享Letssharethelastminuteofourlives.sharesth.withsb.与分担/分享Thegreatscientistsharedtherewardwithhiscolleagues.sharesth.among/betweensb.在中分担/分享Theirsuccesswassharedamongthewholenation.(2)vi.分担；分享，与in连用。Idliketoshareinthecostwithyou.Dontyoubelieveafriendlikemeistoshareinyoursorrow?,6.Whenthesharedactivityends,thefriendshipmayfade.当共同从事的活动结束时，友谊可能就会淡去。,(1)vi.fade(away)用于（花、草）枯萎；（颜色）褪去；（声音）消失；（感情）淡薄等。Willthecolourofthecoatfade(away)?Sheisfadingfastaftershegottoknowhercancer.(2)vt.使枯萎/褪去/消失/淡薄等。Timecaneasilyfadeourtoughnessof