Unit 1

Getting along with others

What do you think the phrase “get along with” means?

It means “have a friendly relationship with other people”.

Do you get along with your others?

I have never really got along with my cousin. We argue about everything.

Can you get along with your cousin / deskmate?

Do you know August 1 is International Friendship Day ( 国际友谊节 )?

What did you do on August 1?

How many good friends do you have?

Do you think it is important to have a good relationship with others? Why?

Friends are helpful.

Friends are good company.

To cope with stressful situations in life.

To show my concern for other people.

To let other people share my happiness.

To share my worries and secrets in my inner world.

Why do we need friends?

good friend

kind

honest brav

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generous

loyal

helpful

handsome

selfless

patient

funny

friendly

humorous

What do you think a good friend

should be like?

There are four pictures in the textbook. Look at the illustrations and read the proverbs under each one. What do you think the proverbs tell us about friendship and getting along with others?

Friends are thieves of time.

It means that when s________ with a good friend, we feel happy and r______ and almost forget the e________ of time.

tayingelaxed

xistence

The best mirror is an old friend.

It means that an old friend k_______ you very well. He/She can help point out your a___________ and d_____________.

nows

dvantages isadvantages

If you can buy a person’s friendship, it is not worth having.

It means that true friendship is p_________. It is i___________ for a person to buy it with money. It is b______ on t______, respect, l_______, s_______ feelings and so on.

ricelessmpossible

ased rustoyalty hared

True friends have hearts that beat as one.

It means true friends are willing to share their h_________ and s________ with each other.

appiness orrow

A friend is a second self.

A faithful friend is hard to find.

A friend is easier lost than found.

Without a friend, the world is a wilderness

Better without gold than without friends.

知音难觅

朋友乃第二个自我

宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友

得朋友难，失朋友易

没有朋友，世界成了荒野

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难朋友才是真朋友。

真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。

Look at some other proverbs

about friendship. Can you

translate them into Chinese?

Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.

Better without gold than without friends.

Without confidence there is no friendship.

A man who has friends must show himself friendly.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友。

没有信任就没有友谊。

要有朋友，必须以友谊待人。

Famous quotations about friendship

★ True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. --- Charles Caleb Colton

★ A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. ---Walter Winchell★A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself. --- Lysha

★ The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships. --- Abraham Lincoln★Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

--- Samuel Taylor Coleridge★Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together.

---Kristina Kentigian ★ Friends are the sunshine of life.

---John Hay

Story telling

Tell a story which happened

between you and your best

friend.

Enjoy a song, Cry on My Shoulder.