【正文】 share your happiness and sorrow. S: I don?t agree. Even though you have a good friend, you can?t tell him all your personal matters. You must learn to deal with them by your own. T: All right. I see, you have different ideas. Well, what are your opinions on “Your friendship is as important as your relationship with your family”? (The third pair) S: I would like to argue that friendship is less important than relationship with family. Family is the most important part in our lives. S: I agree with my partner. Friendship will never take the place of the relationship of family. But I also think it is very important in our life. In my opinion, they are not the same and can?t be pared. T: Well done. Now, do you have any idea about “It takes time to really get to know someone and find out what they are like”? (The fourth pair) S: Yes, I think it?s right. Knowing a person needs time. S: I don?t think so because I have a best friend. The first time we met, we both thought it?s as if we had known each other for quite a long time. T: That’s true. “ Everyone feels shy and lonely at some time in their life.” Your ideas? (The fifth pair) S: That depends. Different people have different dispositions. S: But we are sometimes in a position where we?re helpless and sad. No one can avoid it. T: Well done. Then e to the next: “To make friends easily, you need to be very kind.” Is that right? (The sixth pair) S: Absolutely. We must be kind to each other. S: Yes, I feel the same. Kindness is the basis of making friends. T: Right. Then the last one: “To make friends easily, you need to be able to chat about unimportant things.” Do you think so? (The seventh pair) S: I agree. We can make friends via chatting. When we know each other well, we can tell some personal matters or something important for us. S: But I don?t think so. Marx and Engels were close friends and all that they talked about were important things. But I agree that for our mon persons, chatting unimportant things makes it easy to make friends. T: You’re all great. You have your own opinions on friendship. That’s very good. Did you notice some phrases in the statements just now? Ss: Yes. You stressed them while reading. And we also can find them in Activity 3. T: Oh, you’re so smart. Tell me the phrases and make sentences with them. S: “ Make friends” . He?s good at making friends. S: “Get to know”. I suddenly get to know that she is a cheater. S: “ Personal matters” . It?s my personal matters, and none of your business. S: “Close friend”. Close friends can help you a lot when you are in trouble. T: Wonderful. You’ve developed a good habit to gather information. Now let’s learn some words about relationship. Look at Activity 2 and match the meanings with the words in the box. Then make new sentences based on the words. The first one? Ss: “ Relationship” . Relationship is important to everyone. T: Good. Then the next? Ss: “ Shy” . She?s shy when she meets strangers. T: Right. Then came to the third one. Ss: “ Trust” . Trust yourself, you?ll be the winner. T: Wonderful. How about the next? Ss: “Friendship”. I value our friendship very much. T: Brilliant boy. The next one? Ss: “ Chat” . He?s chatting with his friends happily. T: Oh, a happy scene. We’re ing to the last. Ss : “Lonely”. He felt lonely while studying abroad. T: Good job. Step III Function and Speaking T: By what you did just now, I believe you’ve known much about friendship. We’ll start a new part now. You all have friends, don’t you? Ss: Yes, we do! T: Well, you must be eager to tell the class about the story between your friends and you, right? I’ll give you a chance. Work in pairs and talk to each other about your best friend using the questions in Activity 2 on page 28, according to the steps in Activity 1 on page 27. A few minutes’ 1ater, I’11 ask some of you to present the oute of your ideas in the form of telling stories to the class. OK? The students will start to have a talk in pairs, while the teacher goes among them to see if they have any questions and directs the students’ activities. A few minutes later. T: Are you ready? Ss: Yes. T: Who want to be volunteers? Ss: (The first pair) Les us have a try. Possible stories: 1. My best friend is my classmate. What is special, we have been in the same class since primary school. We know each other very well and we often have the same feeling. After all, we have stayed together so long. We sometimes quarrel about small things but not long we apologize to each other. We’re just like sisters. 2. I met my best friend all by accident. One day I was playing basketball on the ground, suddenly I hurt my feet and they bled. They were nearly killing me. Fortunately, a boy crossed by and sent me to the hospital in time. My feet were cured and a good friend is also made. I value our friendship very much. He is a kind hearted boy and I hope our friendship will last forever. T: Very good and wonderful! Thank you and sit down, please! Show the information in the listening text on page 25 for the students to do the pair work. T: Now let’s switch roles to act as a reporter and Liao Mei. By questioning and answering, we’ll learn more about their friendship. Let the students make the interview as being told and then check the work. Sample dialogue 1: A: When did you first meet each other? B: We met each other about nine years ago. A: How are you getting on? And how about your friendship now? B: We get on very well all the time and the friendship between us hasn’t changed a little. We treat each other just like family members. A: Have you ever quarreled? B: Yes, We have quarreled seriously three times. But each time we have made up and bee best friends again. A: A firm friendship! Thank you. Sample dialogue 2: A: What do you two have in mon?