Unit7

Friendship

Content-LearningObjectives-Starter-PassageA-PassageB-ReadingSkills-SupplementaryReading

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeabletoguessthemeaningofunknownwordsfromcontext;identifyandlearncomparisonandcontrasttechniquesemployedinthetext;appreciatebeautyindifferentways.

Starter-Whatdoyouthinkthefollowingstatementsaretalkingabout?...acceptyouaswhoyouare....believeinyou....callyoujusttosay“Hi.”...don’tgiveuponyou....envisionthewholeofyou....forgiveyourmistakes....giveunconditionally....helpyou.

Starter...inviteyouever....juststaywithyou....keepyoucloseatheart....loveyouforwhoyouare....makeadifferenceinyourlife....neverjudge....offersupport....pickyouup.

Starter...quietyourfears....raiseyoursprits....saynicethingsaboutyou....tellyouthetruthwhenyouneedtohearit....understandyou....valueyou....explainthingsyoudon’tunderstand....yellwhenyouwon’tlistenandzapyoubacktoreality.

PassageAFriendsisanAmericansituationcomedyaboutagroupoffriendslivingintheNewYorkCityboroughofManhattan.Friendsreceivedpositivereviewsthroughoutitsrun,andbecameoneofthemostpopularsitcomsofitstime.Theserieswonmanyawardsandwasnominatedfor63PrimetimeEmmyAwardsandhasmadealargeculturalimpact.Doyouknow?

PassageAWhataretheauthor’sstandardsinchoosingherbestfriend?Whatareyourstandard?StepbyStep

PassageADothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext?WriteTforTRUEifthestatementistrue,orFforFALSEifthestatementisfalse,orNGforNOTGIVENiftheinformationisnotgiveninthetext.Exercises

PassageATherearesomecoursesinhowtobeabestfriend,orhowtofindone.Thecriteria,intheauthor’seyes,fordecidingwhethersomeoneisagoodfriendare:nonstoptalking,identicalrefrigeratorart,acceptable