【正文】 . I think most of you have good friends, right? Ss: Yes, of course. T: Now that almost everyone has good friends, why do we need friends? S: I think friends are important to all of us, because we need to help each other. S: In my opinion, we also need someone to care and understand and to share sorrow and happiness. S: I believe that everyone needs a friend to be true to us whether near or apart. T: Quite right. No one can sail the ocean of life singlehanded. Everyone needs friends. In our daily life, if we have friends, we can live a happy life. Friendship is very important to us and knowing how to get along with others is also an important part of life, so we must learn how to get along with others, especially with friends. Now let?s have a discussion about getting along with friends. Step II Wele to the unit Let the students talk about some proverbs about friends and friendship and then answer some questions about the topic. T: OK! Now I will show you some illustrations and proverbs about friends and friendship. Let?s look at the four illustrations and read the proverb under each one. I?d like to divide you into four groups, each group focusing on one illustration. You can use your mon knowledge and experience to describe each illustration and tell us what the proverb means in your own words. Now I?d like to give you five minutes to discuss the illustrations and proverbs. Ss: Yeah! Show them on the screen. While the students are discussing, move around to help them if necessary. T: Time is up. Are you ready? Ss: Yes. T: Who?d like to tell us something about the first picture and the first proverb? S: Let me have a try. In the first picture, two girls are talking and drinking happily and the clock tells us that they have been doing so for three hours. They are absorbed in the conversation. So the proverb “Friends are thieves of time.” means when you spend time with your friends, you always feel how time flies. T: Very good. Group 2, what about your description? S: From Picture 2 and the proverb “The best mirror is an old friend ”, we can know that an old friend is like a mirror, because an old friend is the one who knows almost all about you. Only he or she knows you most, especially your strength and weakness. T: You are quite right. We should treasure our friendship with friends, especially with old friends. Now whose turn is it to give your description? S: It?s our turn. As a group leader I?d like to give our description of Picture 3. A rich man who wants to make friends thinks that he can buy a person?s friendship with money. But he is mistaken. Friendship can?t be bought by money. Even though you buy it with money, the kind of friendship is temporary, not lasting. So I think that if you can buy a person?s friendship, it?s not worth having. S: I agree with him. As we know, money is quite different from friendship, which is a kind of valueless treasure in the inner world, while money just stands for a necessary which has no relationship with friendship. Even though some people believe that money can buy everything, it cannot buy or guarantee friendship and happiness. Money makes a man weled everywhere, but he can?t make true friends. In my opinion, being on the opposite side of a business deal from a friend or relative can ruin a good relationship and damage their friendship. T: What do you think of their description, boys and girls? Ss: Very wonderful! T: Just now they told us how to make friends. OK, it?s time for Group 4 to show your opinions on Picture 4. S: From Picture 4, we know that the hearts of the two friends are linked to each other. Aristotle once said “A true friend is one soul in two bodies.” They have a lot to share with each other and do a lot of things together. Their friendship is treasured in their hearts and their thoughts are always near. They share sorrow and happiness. Therefore we understand how to get along with friends and keep friendship from the proverb “True friends have hearts that beat as one.” T: Is there any other proverb about friends and friendship? S: Yes. I know a popular saying “ A friend in need is a friend indeed.” It means the best friend is the one who helps you when you are really in need of help. I agree with the proverb. Friendship means having people who you know will help you if you are ever in trouble. He should be ready to help you especially when you have trouble. If he doesn?t try his best to help you, he?ll be too selfish to others. If so, you can draw a conclusion that he is not a true friend. T: Well done! All of us, including me, should be aware of the importance of getting along with friends and friendship. The following part is to deal with the questions on Page 1. T: Now please look at the slide show. And discuss these questions with your partners. Then I?ll ask some of you to report your work. Are you clear? Show the three questions on Page 1 on the screen. After the students? discussion, let them report their work. T: Now who?d like to answer the first question? Any volunteer? S: Let me try. I have a best friend. I nearly do everything with my best friend: study, read, watch TV, surf the Inter, play sports and listen to music. If I have a problem, he is always there to help me. We have a lot in mon and share happiness and sorrow. Our friendship is good to both of us. With my best friend I feel I am not lonely at all and I am the happiest person in the world. So I think he is my best friend forever. T: Quite right. Next question? S: We can share secrets with, tell jokes to, and talk about our interests as well as our worries with each other. Of course, everyone has his own personality. Sometimes we may quarrel with each other but we can understand and five each other, thinking more of the other. If such things do happen, we make up as soon