Lesson 4 First Impressions名师教学视频（文字实录）

Unit13

Lesson 4

First Impressions The aims of teaching

(1) To practise reading for inference. (2)To practise making opposites of adjectives using a prefix. Difficulty and Importance To practise talking and writing about one’s experience of meeting someone for the first time. Teaching procedures

Pre-Reading

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

Example The first time I met Tom, he seemed very bad-tempered!

Then…

While-reading I . Read the text and answer the questions. 1) Where does the story take place? In the local library 2) What kind of books does Jenny like? poetry 3) What exam was Jane studying for? An important science exam 4) What was the last straw for Jane? She heard someone humming behind her. 5) What kind of person do you think Jenny is? Friendly, warm-hearted, forgiving 6) How did Jenny get Jane’s phone number? She asked a librarian and got it from the library files. 7) Do you think that Jane over–reacted in the library? Have you ever experienced a similar situation when you were studying? You can answer this question according to your own experiences. II

Read the strategies and look at these true/false sentences. Underline important words&give reasons with key words

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Example 1 = pleased 1 Jane was pleased when Jenny started humming. 2 Tennyson must be a poet. 3 Jane first saw Jenny near the poetry section. 4 Jane was upset that she had left her book in the library. 5

Jane didn’t feel that it was necessary to apologize. Answers: FTTTF Post-Reading Complete the paragraph below with the correct form of the following words.

The day that I met my best friend for the 1. ______time, I was full of 2. ______.I was trying to do some 3. ______ for an important oral exam in the local library and people kept 4. _______ me. The last 5. ______ was when I heard someone who was a tall girl about the same age as me 6. ______ behind me .At that moment, I thought she as inconsiderate and 7. ______ .

Only when I got home did I realize that I left my most important textbook behind because I left the library in such a 8. ______ . I was so 9. _____ that I almost cried . Just then , a girl called Jenny phoned me and said she could bring it around for me . It was a surprise that the girl was the one I had shouted at for singing . I felt so 10. ______ and 11. _________ several times for my rude behaviour .

We got along really 12. ______ and ever since then we’ve been best friends . From the experience I know that first impression is untrue sometimes and we can’t judge a person only by first impression. Voice your opinion Are you a member of Appearance Association? What impresses you most when getting along with others? loyalty; honesty; kindness; calmness; perseverance; determination; friendliness…

Homework Write a passage about the first time you met someone.(120词左右）

Useful words:

can’t help doing sth

shortcoming

grateful

alike

glance

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