Lesson 4 First Impressions第一课时导学案

Unit 13 Lesson 4 First Impressions (Reading)教案

Step1 Free talk

Have you ever met someone you didn’t like, who later became your friend?

Or

Have you met someone you liked but later didn’t like?

Step 2 Fasting-reading

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What is the name of “I”?

Jane. ☆

What is the name of my best friend?

Jenny. ☆

What was my first impression of my best friend?

She was noisy, selfish, and literary.

Step 3 Careful-reading

Task 1: Multiple choice

(1) Why was the writer full of anxiety that day?

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B

) A. Because she wanted to meet her best friend. B. Because there was an important oral exam coming near. C. Because she was annoyed and upset. D. Because she heard someone singing behind her. (2)What was Jane’s last straw? (

C

) A. More and more people were in the library. B. Jenny was also in the library. C. She heard someone singing behind her. D. She had to study for the science exam. (3)Jenny telephoned to_____ (

D

)

A. make an apology to the writer B. confirm whether the telephone number was right C. tell the writer who she was D. tell the writer she could bring her textbook around to her (4)When the writer met Jenny at the convenience store, she felt ______(

D

) A. grateful

B. upset C. guilty

D. both A and B (5) From the passage we know___ (

A

) A. the first impression is not always reliable. B. the first impression is important. C. it is important to give others a good first impression. D. how to give others a good first impression.

Task 2: Read quickly and decide whether the sentences are T or F ?

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1. When I heard someone singing, I become happy.

F 2. I thought the singing girl selfish.

T 3. I left my textbook at the library because of anger.

F 4. I didn’t return to get my book because I was too tired and upset.

F 5. Jenny brought the book to my home and we had a good time.

F 6. Jenny is friendly and humorous.

T

Step 4 Post-reading：Fill in the blanks.

The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of (1) anxiety. I was trying to do some (2) revision for an important oral exam in the local library and people kept (3) disturbing me. The last (4) straw was when I heard someone who was a tall girl about the same age as me singing behind me. At that moment, I thought she was inconsiderate and (5) selfish. I was very angry and left. Only when I got home did I realize that I left my most important textbook behind because I left the library in such a hurry. I was so (6) upset that I almost cried. Just then, a girl called Jenny phoned me and told me she could bring it around for me. It was a surprise that the girl who I met was the one I had shouted at for singing. I felt so (7) guilty and (8) apologized several times for my rude behavior. We got along really well and ever since then we’ve been best friends. From the experience I know that first (9) impression is untrue sometimes and we can’t (10) judge a person only by first impression.

Step 5 Summary

Summarize the main idea of the whole text with about 30words.

提示：作者给我们讲述了这样一个故事：詹妮是一位十分善解人意而又友好的女孩，作者第一次见到她是在市图书馆，她给作者留下了一个很坏的第一印象。然而，最后她成了作者最要好的朋友。

The writer tells us a story that she first met Jenny, a very sensitive and friendly girl in the local library. She left a bad first impression on the writer. However, she became the writer’s best friend later.

Step 6 Homework

Find out some useful phrases and underline the difficult sentences in the passage. - 2 -