Unit 1 Friendship

Period 2Reading

Look at the pictures and the heading Look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about.and guess what the text might be about.

Lead-in

They stayed on the top floor, with They stayed on the top floor, with curtains drawn so as not to attract curtains drawn so as not to attract unwanted attention.unwanted attention.

2. Now observe the text carefully to find out:• how many parts it contains• what the different parts are about

It contains two parts. One part is one page of Anne’s diary, the other one is the background knowledge about Anne and her diary.

Pre-reading

Background: World War II

In Nazi Germany, Jews were required to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing.

Jews being rounded up by Nazi soldiers

and forced to leave home.

Polish Jews on their way to a Nazi death camp

Jews in a concentration camp（集中营）

A mass grave

The remains of Jews

（幸存者）The Holocaust（大屠杀）

Victims

of the gas

chambers

（毒气室）

Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank wasa German-Jewish teenager who wasforced to go into hiding during theHolocaust (大屠杀 ).

II Fast reading

1. Read the first part of the reading section and answer these questions:

• Who was Anne’s best friend?

• When did the story happen?Her diary―Kitty.

During World War II.

Skimming

Skimming

The time of the story

The place of the story

The heroine of the story

The heroine’s best friend

The length of time they hid away

The date of the diary

during World War II

in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Anne Frank

her diary—Kitty

25 months

Thu., 15th June, 1944

女主人公

Fast reading

3. Join the correct parts of the sentences.

1.Anne kept a diary because

2.She felt very lonely because

3.They have to hide because

4.Anne named her diary

Kitty because

A.she couldn’t meet her friends.

B.Jews were caught by Nazis and put away.

C.she could tell everything to it.

D.she wanted it to be her best friend.

1.Anne considered her diary as her best friend because she was afraid of being laughed at.

2. Anne named her diary Kitty because she could tell everything to it.

3. Anne and her family began to hide away in July, 1942 and were caught in June, 1964.

Scanning

F

F

F

she couldn’t meet her friend

wanted it to be her best friend

1944

4. Anne had been indoors too long, so she had grown crazy about nature.

5. Like most people, Anne liked to set down a series of facts in her diary.

6. It can be inferred that people didn’t dare to make friends with the Jewish people during that time.

Scanning

T

F

T

Unlike disliked

1. Why did Anne and her family have to hide?

A. Because they lived in the Netherlands.B. Because it was during World War II.C. Because they were Jews.D. Because they hated German Nazis.

III Careful Reading

2. Which of the following words can replace “spellbound” in Anne’s diary?

A. lonely B. interestedC. bored D. crazy

Careful Reading

spellbind (spellbound, spellbound) vt. 迷住；迷惑

3. According to Anne, a person cannot be your true friend if he/she fails to _____.

A.give you freedomB. make you happyC. win your trustD. save your life

Careful Reading

4. How did Anne feel as she was looking out into the night sky?

A. She was afraid of being found but was eager to touch the outside world.B. She was so excited that she forgot everything.C. She was too nervous to enjoy the beauty of nature.D. She was sad and lonely so she would not do it again.

Careful Reading

Careful reading

Anne’s feelings as she was looking out at the night sky

eager

excited

anxious

sad

lonely

earnest

crazycalm

Retelling

I lived in ___________in the ______________ during _____________. My family were ______, so we had to ___________ for a year and a half in order ________________ by the German Nazis. During that time I wasn’t able to go ________ for so long that I had ______________ about everything to _______ nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon ___________ by myself.

Amsterdam NetherlandsWorld War II

hide awayJewish

not to be caught

outdoors grown so crazy

do withat midnight

Retelling

But I didn’t _______ open the window to see the night ___________ because I was afraid of being discovered by the Nazis.

I felt very _______ without seeing my old friends. So I had to make a new friend --_____________, whom I could tell _________ to. Sadly, at last my family was discovered and caught by _______________ sometime later.

dare toface to face

lonely

my diary Kitty everything

the German Nazis

1. Underline the useful expressions of Anne’s Best Friend.(preview language points.)

2. Retell the story yourself in the third person.

VI Homework