【文章內容簡介】 rd group is our teachers. Listening and Reading 3. What they have learnt from each group of people Friends: “the importance of friendship.” Parents and grandparents: “we thank you for the love you have shown us during our years at junior high school. For making a home where we feel both safe and relaxed, and where we can prepare ourselves for our schooldays.” Teachers: “we can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience, and gift of knowledge which you have offered us.” Read and answer the questions about the style of the speech. ’s the purpose of the speech? a) To thank people. b) To say sorry. c) To look forward to the future. d) To describe personal achievements 2. Which words can you use to describe the tone? careful excited humorous moving polite proud thankful silly troubled warm worried 仔細的 激動的 幽默的 感人的 有禮貌的 驕傲的 感激的 傻的 麻煩的 溫暖的 擔心的 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 3. Which words and phrases do you often find in speeches? a) I wish you success for the future. b) We’ll always stay in touch. c) Sometimes you’ve been strict with us. d) We promise that we’ll never fet … ? Read again and pay attention to the words marked in the questions. Try to answer the questions. 1. “…so please five me if it shows!” What does it refer to? 2. “A life without old friends is like a day without sunshine.” So in other words, what are old friends like? Her nervousness (she is nervous). Sunshine. 3. “How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made…” So do we know how many? 4. “We can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience…” So what should we do instead? 5. “I couldn’t say it better myself.” What does it mean? No, we don’t. Say thank you. That they will meet strangers who will bee friends in their new schools. Language points 1. it’s time to do sth 該做 … 做 … 的時間到了 It’s time to start our work now. it’s time for sb to do sth 該是 … 做 … 的時候了 It’s time for me to stop to prepare the meal for our family. 2. at the end of … 在 … 的末尾 /結束的時候 At the end of this year we will have a party to celebrate the ing year. 相關短語 : in the end 最后 end …with 以 … 結束 例 : In the end, he won the prize and became famous all over the world. Please end the article with a simple sentence. 3. Others will go on to senior high school… go on doing He went on washing the dishes in the kitchen. He went on to wash the dishes after answering the phone. He went on with his homework. 繼續(xù) … go on to do go on with sth. 繼續(xù)手頭做的事情 繼續(xù)做原來間斷的事情 繼續(xù)手頭做的事情 4. stay in touch 保持聯系 =keep in touch with sb get in touch with sb 與 … 取得聯系 we have kept in touch with him for years, but last month he moved without informing us. we got in touch with each other three years ago. 5. thank sb for sth/doing sth. 為 … 感謝 … They thanked their parents for bringing them up. 6. prepare for sth. 為 … 做準備 I have to prepare for the text ing new week. prepare sth 準備