UNIT 1 : FRIENDSHIP
READING
Period 1+2 : Reading.
I. Essensial Knowledge : Kiến thức cần thiết .
- Students need to be equipped the following knowledge to achieve the comprehension of unit one ‘s reading .
+ Grammar : - The present simple tense.
- The present continuous tense.
- The simple future tense.
- The basic use of modal verb.
- Relative clause / adjective clause.
+ Vocabulary : A quite big amount of vocabulary should be obtained by students in advance.
II. Aims - Kiến thức cần đạt được.
- After this lesson, students are able to :
+ Predict the meaning of new vocabulary in a specific context.
+ Recite the poem properly in terms of rhythm and tone.
+ Apply the new vocabulary to answer the question in task 3.
III. Vocabulary . Nội dung cần ghi chép
+Be incapable + of + V-ing: unable to do something
e.g. I am incapable of telling lies.
+Lasting (adj) /'la:stiŋ/ : continuing to exist for a long time or forever
+Unselfish: not selfish
=> unselfishness (n)
+Constant (adj) describes a companion or friend who is faithful to you
=> Constancy (n)
+Loyal (adj) /‘lɔiəlti/ : firm and not changing in your friendship, faithful
=> Loyalty (n)
+Sympathy (n) /‘simpəθi/ : support and agreement
+Pursuit (n) /pə‘sju:t/ : when someone tries to get, achieve, or find something in a determined way
IV. Exercises : Classwork.
Task 1 : Fill each blank with a suitable word/ phrase
1.Good friendship should be based on ……………. Understanding.
2. The children seem to be ……………………… working quietly by themselves.
3. He is a(n) ……………. man. He always helps people without thinking of his own benefit.
4. A(n) ………………………..is a person one simply knows and a(n)…… is a person with whom one has a deeper relationship
5. You cant always insist on your own way- there has to be some …
6. Despite many changes in his life, he remained …………… his working principles.
7. He started to get ………..when he told him that she had been to Britain for many times..
Task 2. Which of the choices A, B, C, or D most adequately sums up the ideas of the whole passage?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Conditions of true friendship.
C. Features of a good friend.
D. Friends and acquantainces.
Task 3 : Answer the questions .
1./ What is the first quality for true friendship and what does it tell you?
- Unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his/ her own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. (para. 2)
2./ Why are changeable and uncertain people incapable of true friendship?
- Because they take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they soon get tired of it, and they feel the attraction of some new object. (para. 3)
3./ What is the third quality for true friendship and what does it tell you?
- Loyalty. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them (para. 4)
4./ Why must there be a mutual trust between friends?
- Because if not, people cannot feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets .(para.5)
5./ Why can’t people who talk too much keep a friend long?
- Because they cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’(para.5)
6./ What is the last quality for true friendship and what does it tell you?
- Sympathy. Where a mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible. (para.5)
Task 4 : Discuss the question : “ Why do we ned to have friends?”
Students work individually.
V. Homework. Bài tập về nhà.
Bài tập rèn luyện :
1./ Match the clues below with the appropriate qualities.
A column :
+Two – sided affair, give and take, care of other’s needs, wish..
+The quality of staying the same and not change
+No suspicions, the quality of being faithful in your support
+The belief that sb/sth is good, sincere
B column :
+Constancy
+Loyalty
+Trust
+Unselfishness
2./ Read the passage again and choose which statement is wrong or right.
1. A close friend shares joy and happiness with us.
2. Close friends must share common interests.
3. It takes time to have good friendship.
4. We cannot go out and choose a friend easily.
5. Friendship may be changeable through the time.
6. You may not have a close friend if you are sociable.
7. We often feel easy when with a close friend.
3./ Prepare vocabulary for the speaking and listening section.
- crooked :…………………………….
- quick-witted :………………………
- humorous : ……………………….
- studious :…………………………..
- keenly interested in Mathematics :……………………….
- Apartment building : …………………………
- guitarist : ……………………………………
- around : ………………………………………
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