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My friends
Lesson 2: A story of friendship
Unit 4
Learning aims
通过阅读，理解故事内容并能复述出该故事
掌握本课时的重点单词和短语：argument, hit , decide, bath, sudden, could, trouble, breathe, luckily, save, flat, stone, someone, hurtful, wind, blow, erase, keep on, all of a sudden等；
能讲述朋友间问题处理的正确之道
New Word
argument / ɑ ɡjum nt/ n. 争论；争吵
hit /h t/ v.（用手或器具）击，打
decide /d sa d/ v. 决定；选定
bath /bɑ θ/ n. 洗浴；浴缸
sudden / s dn/ adj. 突然的
could /k d/ aux. 能够
trouble / tr bl/ n.困难；麻烦；问题
erase / re z/ v. 清除；擦掉；抹去
New Word
breathe /bri / v.呼吸；呼出
luckily / l k li/ adv.幸运地
save /se v/ v.救；挽救；储蓄；保存
flat /fl t/ adj.平滑的；平坦的 n.公寓
stone /st n/ n.石头；石块
someone / s mw n/ pron. 某人
hurtful / h tfl/ adj.伤感情的
wind /w nd/ n. 风；气流
blow /bl / v. 吹；破裂　n. 猛击；打击
Lead-in
What are “friends”
Activity 1
Pre-reading
Let’s talk
Do you know any stories about friendship What are they
Share one with the class.
Activity 2
Skimming
Read the title and the picture, skim the story and answer the question.
What’s the story about
It’s about friendship.
Activity 3
While-reading
Read the story and write true (T) or false (F).
Lee and Jim were good friends. One day, they were going through a desert.
On the way, they had an argument. And Lee hit Jim. Jim felt hurt. He said nothing but wrote in the sand, “Today, my best friend hit me.”
They kept on walking and got to a small lake. They decided to take a bath. They jumped into the lake. But all of a sudden, Jim couldn’t move. Something caught him in the water. He had trouble breathing. He cried, ‘‘Help!” Luckily, Lee heard him in time and saved him. Jim wrote on a flat stone, ‘‘Today, my best friend saved my life.’’
Lee asked him, ‘‘You wrote in the sand then and you write on a stone now. Why ”
“When someone does something hurtful, we should write it down in the sand. The wind can blow it away. When someone does something good for us, we should write it down on a stone. No wind can erase it.”
A Jim hit Lee and Lee felt hurt. ( )
B Jim couldn’t breathe in the water and then Lee saved him. ( )
C Jim told his friend, “Today, my best friend saved my life.” ( )
D Jim wrote about Lee’s help on a stone. He wanted to remember it. ( )
F
T
F
T
Read the story and write true (T) or false (F).
A Why did Jim write “Today, my best friend hit me” in the sand
Because Lee saved him.
Because he wanted to forget it.
Because he hated Lee very much.
B What does this story tell us
The wind can blow everything away.
There are no arguments between friends.
We should forgive others and remember to be thankful to others.
√
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Read the story again and tick the correct answers.
Read Para.1~2, answer the questions.
1 Where were they
2 What did Jim write in the sand after Lee hit him
They were in a desert.
He wrote, "Today, my best friend hit me.".
Read Para.3~5, answer the questions.
1 What happened to Jim when they were bathing in the lake
Jim couldn’t move because something caught him in the water, and he had trouble breathing.
2 How did Lee help Jim in the lake
Lee heard Jim’s cry for help and saved him.
3 What did Jim write on the stone, and why
He wrote, "Today, my best friend saved my life." He wrote it on a stone because good actions should be remembered forever, unlike hurtful ones, which should be forgotten like writing in the sand.
4 What lesson does the story teach us about friendship
We should forgive hurtful actions but always remember kindness.
Language points
1. Past Simple Tense (一般过去时)
The story uses the past simple tense to describe completed actions in the past.
Examples from the text:
They were good friends. (be → was/were)
They had an argument. (have → had)
Lee hit Jim. (hit → hit, irregular verb)
Jim wrote in the sand. (write → wrote)
2. Transition Words (过渡词)
The story uses transition words to show the order of events.
Examples from the text:
One day... (开始故事)
On the way... (描述事件发生的地点)
But all of a sudden... (表示突然的变化)
Luckily... (表示好的结果)
Additional Examples:
First, we went to the store. Then, we went home.
He was tired, but he kept running.
3. Direct Speech (直接引语)
The story uses quotation marks (“ ”) to show what the characters said.
Examples from the text:
Jim wrote, “Today, my best friend hit me.”
Lee asked, “Why ”
Additional Examples:
She said, “I love ice cream!”
He shouted, “Be careful!”
4. Contrast with "but" (用but表示转折)
The word "but" is used to show a contrast between two ideas.
Examples from the text:
Jim felt hurt, but he said nothing.
Lee hit Jim, but later he saved him.
Additional Examples:
It was raining, but we still played outside.
She was tired, but she finished her homework.
5. Metaphor (比喻)
Jim compares writing in sand (forgetting bad things) and writing on stone (remembering good things).
Examples from the text:
"The wind can blow it away." (bad things should be forgotten)
"No wind can erase it." (good things should be remembered)
Additional Examples:
"Time is money." (Time is valuable like money.)
"Her smile was sunshine." (Her smile made people happy.)
One day, they were going through a desert.
一天，他们正在穿越一片沙漠。
go through 穿过
e.g. We went through the forest and arrived at the village.
我们穿过森林，到达了那个村庄。
【拓展】go through 的其他常见含义：
（1）经历；遭受
e.g. We all go through some periods when we feel sad or lonely.
我们都会经历一些感到悲伤或孤独的时期。
（2）仔细察看某物；检查某物
e.g. For children’s safety, parents must go through the instructions for the activities carefully.
为了孩子的安全，家长必须仔细阅读活动说明。
They kept on walking and got to a small lake.
他们继续往前走，走到了一个小湖边。
keep on doing sth.继续做某事
e.g. Keep on learning as long as you live.活到老，学到老。
【拓展】 keep的其他常见用法：
keep sb. doing sth.让某人一直做某事
keep sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事
keep sb./sth.+adj.使某人/某物保持……状态
e.g. The ups and downs of the story will keep you laughing from beginning to end.故事的跌宕起伏会让你从头笑到尾。
He had trouble breathing. 他呼吸困难。
“have trouble doing sth.做某事有困难”，相当于have problems/difficulty doing sth.。trouble 在此作名词，意为“麻烦；问题”，其前可用 some、no、much 等词修饰。
e.g. More than 70 million people around the world have trouble getting clean, safe water.世界上有超过七千万人难以获得干净、安全的水。
in time 及时 指恰好赶上,暗含匆忙之义。
on time 按时,准时 指依照规定或约定的时间。
Luckily, Lee heard him in time and saved him.
幸运的是，李及时听到了他的呼叫声并救了他。
in time 及时 on time 按时
When someone does something hurtful, we should write it down in the sand.
当有人做了伤人的事，我们应该把它写在沙子上。
“write sth. down=write down sth. 写下某事”，但当sth.为代词时，只能放在write down中间。
e.g. Could you please write down the price for me
可以请你把价格写下来给我吗？
I like this sentence. I will write it down.
我喜欢这个句子。我会把它写下来。
The wind can blow it away. 风可以把它吹走。
blow away 吹走
e.g. The strong wind blew away my hat.
强风把我的帽子吹走了。
Wang Mei: Hey, Li Ming. Yesterday, I read a story about two friends, Lee and Jim. They ________________ a desert.
Li Ming: What happened then
Wang Mei: They had an argument. Lee
hit Jim. And Jim _______it ______ in the sand.
Li Ming: Did they ________ walking or stop
Wang Mei: They didn’t stop. Then Lee saved Jim’s life. Jim wrote it on a stone.
were going through
wrote
down
keep on
go through keep on... blow away write... down
Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the phrases.
blow away
Li Ming: Why did Jim write in the sand first but on a stone later
Wang Mei: Because the wind can __________ the words in the sand but cannot erase the words on a stone!
Li Ming: Wow, that’s a good story. We should always remember friends’ help.
Activity 3
Post-reading
Pair work
When you have problems with your friends, what do you usually do Talk with your partner.
A: When you have problems with your friends, what do you usually do
B: When I have a problem with a friend, I try to talk with him or her.
Then we calm down and find a way to solve it together.
Summary
Key words
argument, hit , decide, bath, sudden, could, trouble, breathe, luckily, save, flat, stone, someone, hurtful, wind, blow, erase
Expressions
go through, keep on..., blow away, write... down
Exercise
1．On that day，I had an 　　　　 (argue) with my friends.
2．Do you have any trouble 　　　　 (learn) English
3．We decided 　　　　 (go) to the beach during the summer holiday.
4．One 　　　　 (hurt) word sounds like a sharp sword (利刃).
5．A car accident happened 　　　　 (sudden) on the street. 　　　　 (luck)，no one was hurt.
用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
argument
learning
to go
hurtful
suddenly
Luckily
Homework
1 Write a story about your friendship.
2 Retell the story in your own words

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