1. Listening(1): Listen and take down the things Holly and Maria like about their friends. What do they think a good friend should be like? Oral summary: “To Holly, a good friend should like to do the same things as she does/be popular/be good at sports. To Maria, a good friend should be a good listener/keep secrets.” Do you agree with them?

2. Listening(2): What else are they talking about? →Same things: “both”; Different things: “-er”/ “more ~”. →Listen again and take down the same things and different things between them.

3. Post listening: Compare you and your friend. List the same things and different things between you. Do you have more same things or different things? Should friends be the same or different?

4. Sharing personal experiences: A warming-up for listening task. T: You are sitting together with your friends today. What do you like about her/him?

3.　　　 Sharing opinions with T:

(1)Share T’s list: ①A good friend should be a good listener. ②A good friend shouldn’t be

a show-off. ③A good friend should be ready to help. ④A good friend should keep secrets.

(2) T’s wish: “I really want to find some friends here.” T’s questions: “Are you a good listener? …Can you keep secrets?” Ss answer and T decides if s/he can be her friend. Ss ask T questions according to their own list to see if T can be their friends.

2.　　　 Reporting: When one group reports, the other groups listen and add more to their own list. (2 groups report. Then other groups tell new points.)

(1)　　 Which one do your group not have? Take it down.

(2)　　 Why do you think so?

(3)　　 Reflecting: Read the list. Ask yourself: “Am I…? Do I …?” Are you a good friend yourself?

1.　　　 Listing: Ss work in group, listing the top four things that are important in a good friend. Each group gets ready to report their list to the class. When a group is ready to report, each member should say something.

2.　　　 Brainstorming: How do you feel when you hear the word “FRIENDS”? Can I be your friend? (Not beautiful enough?) Who thinks a friend should be …? What do you think a good friend should be like?

1.　　　 Finding partners: T shows 3 movie posters: SpongeBob, Winnie and Harry Potter. In each poster, Ss can only see SpongeBob, Winnie and Harry Potter. Their friends beside them are covered. →Ss guess who’s in the other half. →Patrick, Piglet, Hermione and Ron→ Because they are FRIENDS.

　 T: “Five years ago, I gave a lesson in No. 13 Middle School. Do you know how many students there were in one class at that time? …How big is your class now? …Is my English class smaller or bigger than yours, can you guess?...In my English class, Ss sometimes watch English movies.”

25.information　 n 信息，消息　不可数名词

(1) Call English Study Center at　 443-5667 for more information.需要更多的信息者请与英语学习中心联系。

(2) We have no information about where she has gone,

　 关于她去了什么地方我们一点消息了

24.primary　 adj　 初级的，小学的

(1) English Study Center needs a weekend teacher for primary school students .

(2) He had only primary education .