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Vocabulary Warming-up
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Unit OneFriendship
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Warming up
1. Is friendship very important? Why?
2. Do you have friends? What kind of
friend do you like?
kind
honest
brave
patient
responsible
friends
generous
helpful
humorous
hard-working
clever
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Are you good to your friends?Read and see the
results.
4-7 points You are not a good friend. You either
neglect your friends needs or just do what he
wants you 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 friends needs and feelings.
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• Try to strike a balance between your friends
  needs and your own responsibilities.
• 13 pointsWell done! You are an excellent friend
  who recognizes that to be a good friend you need
  to balance your needs and your friends needs.

So think about what is friendship?
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Word Game
faithful / friendly/ fair
F R I E N
reliable / respectful / responsible
interesting
everlasting / eternal /equal / encouraging
nice
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D S H I P
different / devoted
sharing / sincere
helpful / honest
incredible / independent
polite / patient / punctual
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Proverbs about friend and friendship

• A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• Friends are like wine the older, the better.
• When you meet your friend, your face shines you
  have found gold.
• A friend to all is a friend to none.
• The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer.
• The best mirror is an old friend.

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The qualities of a person who can be a friend of
others easily

• honest, friendly, helpful, kind, brave,
  open-minded, generous, patient, good-tempered,
  trustworthy, careful, full of love, caring,
  responsible, interesting, easygoing,
  warm-hearted, selfless, intelligent, dedicated

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The qualities of a person who cannot be a friend
of others easily
selfish, tricky, dishonest, bad-tempered, mean,
impatient, narrow-minded, noisy, lazy, gossipy
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Debate
1. Have you made any friends over the
Internet? Do you have any e-pals?
2. Do you agree that we should make
friends over the Internet? Why or why not?
Sample answers Yes,I think so./No, I dont think
so. I agreebecause we can / I dont agree
because / In my opinion / I think, believe, feel
that its bad for us to
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3. Does a friend always have to be a person? Tell
us about your unusual friends.
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What's your best unusual friend?
Do you regard a diary as your friend? Why or why
not?
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Homework

• Prepare the new words before learning the
  reading.
• Search and collect the sayings about friendship.
• Do the exercises on the page 41.