UNIT 1 FriendshipANNE’S BEST FRIENDActivity 1 Talking1 Why do we need friends? 2 Does a friend always have to be a person? Why ?3 Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?BackgroundBackground This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe. Ifany persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland. Families were separated and transported in trains. For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation( 卫生设备 ) or fresh air.To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends. Fast reading Read the first and second paragraph and answer the following questions:1 Who is Anne’s best friend?2 How long were Anne and her family in the hiding place before they were discovered? Read the letter and answer the following question: What is the main idea of the letter?Her diaryTwenty-five monthsAnne was crazy about everything to do with nature. (her love for nature)True or False 1 A friend would never laugh at you. 2 Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during the second world war. 3 She and her family hid away for 1.5 years before they were discovered. 4 She kept a diary as others did. 5 She was fond of nature. 6 She stayed awake in the night because she couldn’t sleep well. 7 She couldn’t go out as she liked. FTFFTFFRead and fill the following formTime Nature Feeling Before hidingAfter hiding blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers never felt spellbounddarkness, rain, wind, thundering cloudsgrew crazy Skimming1 Students skim the passage in 2 minutes to get the main idea :1. It exposed the crimes that the Nazis oppress( 压迫，欺压 ) the Jewish and make them suffering the extreme misery and hardship.2. It showed the common idea and wish of the whole world people, hating wars and terrors while longing for peace and freedom.skimming2 Summary of the text Main idea of Para. 1 Main idea of Para. 2 Main idea of Para. 3 Main idea of Para. 4Anne Frank made her diary her best friend. Anne’s family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. Anne hadn’t been able to be outdoors for so long that she’d grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. One evening, Anne stayed awake until half past eleven in order to have a look at the moon. Main idea of Para. 5 Anne was only able to look at nature through dirty curtains. Q1. How long had Anne and her family been in the hiding place when she wrote this part of her diary? Q2. How did Anne feel about nature before she and her family hid away?
