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课件网) Unit 4 Friends forever To read for the main idea of the passage. To read for detailed information and figure out author’s purpose in writing the passage. To talk about your feelings and experiences about communicating with online friends. To write a passage to introduce your ways of making new friends. To learn some key words and expressions. P38 Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers. 1. How do you prefer to make friends □ Joining a club to meet people who share the same interests. □ Using a social app. □ Through other friends. □ Posting a “friends wanted” notice online. □ Taking part in community activities. 更喜欢 2. How do you prefer to communicate with friends every day □ Talking face to face. □ Using social networking apps. □ Writing letters. □ Writing emails. □ Telephoning each other. 平南县朝阳高级中学 3. How do you stay in touch with faraway friends □ Using social networking apps. □ Writing letters. □ Writing emails. □ Telephoning. □ Visiting friends whenever possible. 1. Now work in groups and find out the most popular answers. Share your group’s result with the class. You can use the percentage to mark your answers, and then compare your group’s result with the whole class. 2. Do you have a pen pal If so, what do you think of him / her 3. Have you ever made friends through the Internet What effect has it had on you Read the title and look at the picture, then predict what this passage is mainly about CLICK FOR A FRIEND 平南县朝阳高级中学 CLICK FOR A FRIEND 一键交友？ How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of your friends What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered This was how things worked not very long ago. Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly. 如果搬到一个新的城镇意味着与朋友失去联系，你会作何感想？如果唯有通过写信和漫长的等待才能得知远方朋友的消息，你会怎样？直到不久之前，现实情况还都是这样的。然而，得益于技术的进步，我们结交朋友和与朋友沟通的方式发生了很大的变化。 CLICK FOR A FRIEND 一键交友？ Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships. All you need is a wi-fi connection. 如今，我们可以一边环游世界，一边仍与我们希望与之维持友谊的人们保持联系。通过社交媒体工具，我们能了解朋友所做之事、维持彼此间的友谊。而这一切只要有无线网络即可实现。 CLICK FOR A FRIEND 一键交友？ The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world. 数字时代还可以帮我们找到志趣相投的人———例如收集汽车模型或演奏不寻常的乐器。不管我们的 ... ...
