1、Starting Out &Understanding Ideas Unit 4 Friends forever What if ? thanks to advances in technology significantly move around the world stay/keep in touch with sb. digital age 如果将如何呢？ 幸亏；由于 科技的进步 有重大意义地；显著地 满世界搬迁 保持联系某人 数字时代 such as connect.with. enjoy doing sth. even if on the other side of the wor
2、ld tend to do sth. appear 比如说 把和联系起来 喜欢做某事 即使 在世界的另一边 倾向于做某事 出现；似乎 Watch the video and answer the questions: 1.What is the video mainly about? 2.What poem is mentioned in the video? 3.What message does the poem mainly express? 4.What other famous poems do you know on the topic? Video Time 渭城曲 渭城朝雨浥轻
3、尘， 客舍青青柳色新。 劝君更尽一杯酒， 西出阳关无故人。 别董大 千里黄云白日曛， 北风吹雁雪纷纷。 莫愁前路无知己， 天下谁人不识君？ 赠汪伦 李白乘舟将欲行， 忽闻岸上踏歌声。 桃花潭水深千尺， 不及汪伦送我情。 While-reading 1. Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers. （1）How do you prefer to make new friends? Joining a club to meet people who share the same interests. Using a s
4、ocial app. Asking friends to introduce their friends to you. Posting a “friends wanted” notice online. Talking to strangers during a trip. Taking part in community activities. （2）How do you prefer to communicate with friends everyday? Talking face to face. Using social networking apps. Writing lette
5、rs. Writing emails. Telephoning each other. （3）How do you staying touch with faraway friends? Using social networking apps. Writing letters. Writing emails. Telephoning. Visiting friends whenever possible. 2. Do you have any other different ways to make new friends? Share with the class. 3. When you
6、 use a social app to make a new friend, do you think the person behind the screen is a real friend? Why or why not? Main purpose Choose the main purpose of the passage. 1.To prove that ways of making friends were better in the past. 2.To illustrate how making friends through the Internet is better.
7、3.To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends. 4.To discuss the benefits and problems of making friends online in an unbiased(公正的) way. Read the passage again and find out the authors opinions about online friendship. Whether people online are really our friends depends. On one
8、hand, if people always exchange true personal information online, then friendships can be real and meaningful. On the other hand, we should keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person. So be CAUTIOUS. Think and Share 1.What do you think the author means by“we should not throw the baby out with the bathwater”? Do you know of any similar sayings in China? 2.Do you prefer to make friends online? Why? 3.How does the author organize the passage? 1. 课后练习； 2. 翻译句子。 HomeworkHomework