Lesson 21 Friends and friendships Content Focus on

Lesson 21 Friends and friendships 沈阳师范大学 吴娜

Content Focus on useful expressions for personality Practice questions on friends &friendship Listen to conversation

What makes a friend? Someone who is helpful? Someone who is kind?

Who is your friend in and outside of school? People in your class Mum Head Teachers Neighbours Dad

Listen to conversation 1 The candidate thinks that the best way is that your friend…you to someone. 2 The candidate once had his friend lend him…. 3 The candidate thinks because of competition people don’t want to … or help each other.

A Recipe for Friendship You will need: ¡ a pinch of happiness ¡ one handful of kindness ¡ two spoonfuls of gentleness ¡ three cups of sharing ¡ a teaspoonful of helpfulness ¡ four heaped tablespoons of laughter ¡ a bowl of smiles ¡ a sprinkling of cheerfulness ¡ and stir in some love. Method: ¡ Mix all these together. Then you will have the perfect friend.

Helpful Language- Personality What is your favorite color? Look at the chart below and see what personality type you are.

ho eo ne w F in d s o m appreciative honest independent cautious impatient sensitive competent impulsive 1. A(n) ……… person is one who quickly gets annoyed if they have to wait for someone. 2. A(n) ……… person is helpful and kind and knows what other people need. 3. A(n) ……… person always writes a note to thank someone who gives them a present. 4. A(n) ……… person always does thing well. 5. A(n) ……… person is not easily influenced by other people. 6. A(n) ……… person avoids taking risks. 7. A(n) ……… person can always be trusted. 8. A(n) ……… person does things without planning or considering what might happen.

Friend confident in his/her abilities － handsome or beautiful － trustworthy －outgoing － timid －punctual－ intelligent － rich or well off － artistic abilities － possess athletic abilities － well traveled － creative－ speaks English well － loves to tell stories －interested in the same things － interested in different things － from the same social background －from different social background － rather reserved － ambitious－happy with what he/she has Best Friend Undesirable Friend

Helpful vocabulary-comment adverbs

disappointingly generously honestly interestingly logically obviously personally statistically surprisingly wisely 1 Although there would appear to be a lot of blue cars on the road, from the point of view of percentages, silver is more popular. 2 In my opinion, I can’t see any reason for not eating blue food. 3 Matt gave a lot of money to help redecorate the children’s playroom. 4 If A = B, then it follows that B = A. 5 I was very interested to find out that read is a lucky colour in China. 6 You are, it goes without saying, wrong in thinking all animals can see in colour. 7 It’s a pity but very few people went to the exhibition on the history of colour. 8 To be frank, I think driving a red car would make you more likely to have accidents than driving a black one. 9 You may not know this but 8% of men are colour blind. 10 Tania, in what was a very good decision, decided to apply to study biology rather than art.

Discussion questions 1 Do you think you can tell what someone’s personality type is by the color they normally wear? 2 In China , do any colors have a particular significance? 3 What do you think is the role of color in your lives?

Helpful Phrases 1 I haven’t thought about it before, but it seems that… 2 …plays an important role in… 3 On the whole… 4 As a rule… 5 For the most part… 6 Generally …

Discussion questions-possible answer 1. 2. 3. I haven’t thought about it before but I guess, yes, it may be possible to tell someone’s personality by looking at their clothes. For example, if you wear black all the time, it probably means that on the whole you are a gloomy type of person, very pessimistic, but also that you are probably very strong -willed. In my country, people generally wear white for weddings and black for funerals. Red is used for danger and wedding traditionally. I think that, as a rule, color plays an enormous part in our lives. What would the world be like without color? Very sad and grey. We need color to help cheer us up, to clam us, to make us happy. For instance, I have heard that some prisons have been painted pink and green in order to put the prisoners in a better mood.

Review 1 Personality useful language 2 My best friend Listening 3 Long lasting friendship speak out

Think before you speak Who are your friends in school? ¡ Why are they your friend? ¡ Do you have the same interests? ¡ Does your friend help you when you find something difficult? ¡ When you are feeling sad, does your friend cheer you up? ¡

Assignment 1 What makes a good friend? 2 Can men and women be friends? 3 4 Should married people have friends of the opposite sex? How long is your longest friendship, and why has it lasted so long?