Friends and Friendship

Friends and Friendship Helen 2008.9.4

友谊地久天长 Should auld (old) acquaintance (friend) be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, For the sake of auld lang (long) syne (shine)… ?

Can you describe one of your good friends to us? And tell us why you like to be with him/her. (epals, pen pals) • Her/His name is… • She/he likes…and dislikes… • Her/his dream/ambition is… • We got to know each other…(where and when) • Usually we … together • I like to be with her/him because …

To have a good friend, we need to be a good friend． Are you good to your friend? Now let's do the survey.

upset ignore calm … down have got to be concerned about walk the dog loose to become quiet after nervous activity to be worried about unhappy and worried to take no notice of have to do free, not tied up to take a dog for a walk Warming Up • Match the word or expression with its meaning.

Work out your score: 1. A 1 B 3 C 2 2. A 1 B 2 C 3 3. A 1 B 2 C 3 4. A 3 B 2 C 1 5. A 0 B 6 C 0

Results: 4-7 points:You are not a good friend. You either neglect your friend’s needs or just do what he or she wants you to do. You should think about what a good friend needs to do. 8-12 points: You are a good friend but you sometimes let your friendship become too important, or you fail to show enough concern for your friend’s needs and your own responsibilities. 13+ points: You are an excellent friend who knows that to be a good friend you need to balance your needs and your friend’s needs. Well done!

Important Points 1. Add up your score and see how many points you get. add up 把…加起来 add up to + 数字总计达到… add to 增加，增添 add A to B 把A加到B中 Please these numbers. The cost 1000 dollars. His story our happiness.

2. Your friend can’t go until he/she finishes cleaning his/her bicycle. until ( till ) / not … until 一直到…才 I didn’t go to sleep until my mother came back. She waited until he came back. 一直到11点我才完成作业 I didn’t finish my homework until 11o’clock.

3. You had to pay to get it repaired. get sth. done=have sth. done 请别人做某事(非亲自动手) get sb. to do sth = make sb. do sth = let sb. to do sth. = have sb do sth 让某人做某事上周我去城里剪头发了 Last week I went to the town to get/have my hair cut.

4. Your friend went to school very upset. upset v. disturb 使…心烦意乱 adj. feeling disturbed 只做表语坏天气使他心烦意乱。 The bad weather upset him. The bad weather made him upset.

5. Ignore the bell and go somewhere to calm your friend down. Ignore v. pay no attention to 忽视 Calm adj. quiet, not anxious 安静,沉着 v. (make sb.) calm calm sb. down 使某人平静下来 Stay calm! 保持安静。

6. …you’ve got to go to class. have got to = have to Guess British English Vs American English

7…you are concerned about him/her … As far as I’m concerned 据我所知 concern vt. 担心；关心 concerned adj. 担心的，关注的 A. be concerned about/for 为…担心 B. be concerned about/with 感兴趣，关注 The President总统 is deeply concerned about the issue事件. You were more concerned about how the girl had dressed than in what the speaker was saying.

8. While walking the dog, you were careless and it got loose and was hit by a car. walk the dog 遛狗 When, while, before, after 主语一致，省主语+be loose adj. not tight 松开的 Her brown hair was loose about her shoulder. 她的棕色长发披散在肩上。

9. You will take the dog to the vet and pay for the bill. Vet n. a doctor for animals 兽医 Pay sb the bill / money Pay for sth. / sb. 他付给那个男人1000美元买那台电脑 He paid that man 1000 dollars for that PC.

10. …asks you to help him/her cheat in the exam … cheat v. 作弊，骗取 cheat sb (out) of sth 骗了某人的某物他们骗了那老妇人的钱。 They cheated the old woman (out) of her money.

Homework • Ex 1 on P3 • Learn the phrases by heart, and prepare for the dictation. • Preview Reading on P2, and find out difficult sentences(用括号表示).

Friends and Friendship