Unit 1 Title： Friendship Time: 50 minutes Objective: 1. Help the students improve their pronunciation and intonation 2. Grasp some key words and expressions related to friendship 3. Grasp some key words and expressions related to description of persons 4. Make students begin to think over the nature of friendship and the both sides of friendship, bad and good. Class activities: Step one: Retelling the “The Hospital Window” (5 minutes) Step two: group discussion→the students will be divided into different groups, 4-5 students in each group. The topics for discussion will be chosen from the followings (15 minutes) 1. do you have many friends? How important are they to you? 2. do you differentiate between your friends? How? 3. what is true friendship? What kind of friends do you think are true friends? 4. what kind of people do you want to make friends with? Why? 5. how do you make friends? 6. how can we keep friendship alive? 7. how valuable is friendship in a person’s life? 8. “in prosperity our friends know us, in adversity we know our friends” . Please comment. Step three: The representative of each group gives a speech about the topic discussed. Some words you may think useful in your oral english: Some words describing the character of persons able 有才干的，能干的； adaptable 适应性强的 active 主动的，活跃的； aggressive 有进取心的 ambitious 有雄心壮志的； amiable 和蔼可亲的 amicable 友好的； analytical 善于分析的 apprehensive 有理解力的； aspiring 有志气的，有抱负的 audacious 大胆的，有冒险精神的； capable 有能力的，有才能的 careful 办理仔细的； candid 正直的 competent 能胜任的； constructive 建设性的 cooperative 有合作精神的； creative 富创造力的 dedicated 有奉献精神的； dependable 可靠的 diplomatic...
