Unit1 Good friend

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So many people around us, not alone.

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have friends,few difficulties,happy

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If you were alone on a deserted island, how would you feel?

angry, desperate, lonely, hungry, worried, hopeful, happy, afraid etc.

Search for something to eat and some place to live in , Try to get in touch with the family or government etc.

And what would you do in order to survive?

• I think that _________would be the most useful, because I could use it to _________, to __________, and to ___________.

• I also think that _________________ would be useful, because I could use it to ________, to __________, and to_____________________________.

a knife

cut woodkill animals cut the meat

a box of matches

make fire cook foodstay warm and keep wild animals away

Which of the items in the box would be the most useful to you on the island ? List the three most useful items and explain why.

a knife, a mirror, a radio, a gun a frying pan, a hammer, a book, a saw, an umbrella, a rope a compass , a box of matches

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1.What happened to Chuck one day?

2.Who is Wilson?It’s a volleyball, Chuck’s unusual friend.

He is on a flight when suddenly his plane crashes and he lands on a Deserted island.

of Chuck is?1.Please give the main idea of

each paragraph

Para.1

Para.2

Chuck Noland, a successful businessman, lands on a deserted island after a plane crash.

Chuck has to learn basic survival skills in order to cope with his loneliness, and develops a friend- ship with a volleyball he calls Wilson.

Para.3

Para.4

Five years’ life with Wilson on the island teaches Chuck the importance of having friends and being a good friend.

Human friends and unusual friends are important in our life. Friends and friendship help us understand who we are and how we should behave.

1.What things must Chuck learn to survive on the island?

2.What does Chuck learn about himself when he is alone on the island?

3.What kind of person Chuck is?

1.What things must Chuck learn to survive on the island?

He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, make fire and live without friends.

2.What does Chuck learn about himself when he is alone on the island? He has learnt a lot about himself. For example, he has come to realize that friendship is important in his life, that he hasn’t been a good friend, and that he should care more about his friends.

3.What kind of person Chuck is?

The clue

Before the crash

After the crash

A successful businessman

Has little time for friends

The most difficult challenge

Learn and understand the friendship

Choose the best answer:

1.Chuck is a successful businessman because____.

A. he always has to send mail all over the world

B. he often flies around the world

C. he hates to spend much time with his friends

D. he doesn’t have any friends

2.Chuck develops a friendship with a volleyball on the island____.

A.because he likes playing volleyball

B. in order to learn from “him”

C.in order to share happiness and sorrow with someone else

D. in order that he can live more happily

3.chuck learns that ___during his stay on the island.

A. he can survive alone

B.Wilson is his real friend

C. hi will die lonely without Wilson

D. he needs someone to talk to

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Chuck learns a lot from Wilson.

B.Chuck has ever been thinking more

of himself than about his friends.

C. Chuck has always been good to

his friends.

D. Wilson also treats Chuck as a good friend.

5. From the story we know that____.

A. we need friends when we are alone

B. friends can take more than we do

C. we should care more about our friends anyway

D. staying alone without friendship

is a challenge.

1.imagine v.+n./ doing sth./that clause Imagination n.

Imagine those wounded children in the Iraq War.

I can hardly imagine living alone on a deserted island.

His imagination is very rich.

2. Survive v. Survivor n.

survive the war/ the shipwreck

Of the five people in the car accident, only one survived.

3.share (in) sth.

sth. (out) among /between sb.

sth. with sb.

4.crash Vt./Vi./n.

crash one’s car into the iron railings A plane crashed near the South Pacific. in the air /plane crash

4.fun n.

It’s fun to do sth for /in fun have fun make fun of

5. for example (=for instance) such as 6. in order (not) to do

so as (not) to

in order that

so that (so…that )

7.desert v. (the city/his friend) deserted adj. (island/street)

8. should have done

9. care about

care for

Einstein didn’t care about money at all.

He cares for the sick child.

10.alone (adj./adv.)/ lonely

Chuck lived alone on the lonely island.

We have no idea why he left the company. Tom alone knows the secret.

Correct the sentences:1.We can’t imagine these fat men

to climb a high mountain?2.The teacher lonely knows which

student took the first place.3.--He went to France but didn’t

stay long. --So did my brother.

climbing

alone

So it was with/It was the same with

4.It’s a fun to go skiing in winter.

5.So as to pass the exam, he studied hard.

6.So that we can get a good job , we learn Japanese by ourselves.

7.He spent all his free time caring about the sick old man.

In order to

In order that

for

1.Imagine that four people are in an airplane that is going to crash .One is a policeman, one is a doctor, one is a teacher, and one is a scientist.There is only one parachute. Decide who should get the parachute and explain why.I think the scientist should get the parachute. Because the scientist is of greater value than the other three persons to the world.

2 what do friends teach us?

The ways of life,how to face the difficulties,to be happy,etc.

3.Does a successful man or woman need friends?

4.The text talks about “ giving” and “taking”. How do friends give and take?

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1.—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?---I don’t know____.

A. nor don’t I care B. nor do I care C.I don’t care either D. I don’t care also

2.---David has made great progress

recently. ---____, and____. A. So he has, so you have B. So he has, so have you C. So has he, so have you D. So has he , so you have

3.He is a kind person , loyal ___all his friends.

A for B with C to D on

4.He hates ___, but is fond ___others.

A. being made fun , to make fun of

B.being made fun of,of making fun of

C. to make fun of, to make fun at

D. to make fun, of making fun

5.If you don’t go to the meeting, ____.

A. so will I B.neither will I

C. I won’t, too D. I don’t , either

6.That naughty boy plays all day long. He has to be made ______by his parents.

A.study B. studying

C. to study D .to be studying

7.This is really an exciting game. _____the game?

A. Who do you think will win B .Whom you think will win C. Do you think who will win D. who do you thin to win8.It’s brave ___him to fight with the

enemy. A. at B. to C. for D.of

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• Background information on the reading :The film Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks, depicts a man’s struggle with solitude and his journey towards self-knowledge. The film shows us how Chuck, a busy manager who never has “enough time,” ends up on an island with nothing but time. He manages to survive on the island and he realizes the importance of friends and friendship. The text, summarized below, describes his experience and the lessons he learns from his unusual friend, a volleyball he calls Wilson.

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