Unit1Friendshipwriting1.Whocalledme?2.Whydidhecallme?3.WhatdidIaskhimtodo?“sendmeanE-mailtotellmeyourproblem?”YouaskedhimtosendyouanE-mailtotellyouhisproblem.MailboxDearMiss.Chen,Iamwritingtotellyoumyprobleminthenewschool.Iamnotverygoodatcommunicatingwithpeople.AlthoughItrytotalktomyclassmates,Istillfindithardtomakegoodfriendswiththem.SoIfeelquitelonelysometimes.Idowanttochangethesituation,butIdon’tknowhow.Iwouldbegratefulifcouldgivemesomeadvice.yours,XiaodongWhatisXiaodong’sproblem?Heisnotgoodatcommunicatingwithpeopleandfindsithardtomakefriendswithclassmates.Let’sthinkaboutthewaystochangethesituation.BrainstormIdeasWhy1togoandtalktopeoplestandingontheirown1Thatpersonmaybelonelytoo.Youtwomaybecomefriends.2toaskpeopletheirlikesanddislikes2tofindclassmateswiththesameinterests3…3…HowtomakesuggestionsBrainstormWhynot…?Youshould…You’dbetter…Howabout/Whatabout…?Itwouldbeagoodideaif…Isuggest….Mysuggestionis…Ifyoudothis,…Inthisway/Thisway/Thatway,…Bydoingthis,…Then,…DearXiaodong,changeifyoutakemyadvice.Iamsorrytoknowthatyouarehavingtroubleinmakingfriends.However,thesituationiseasytoHerearesometipstohelpyou:First,whynot…?Ifyoudothis,...Second/Secondly,youcan/should…Then/Thatway,...Thirdly/Finally,itwouldbeagoodideaif…Bydoingthis,…Yours,CherryWritingIhopeyouwillfindtheseideasuseful.Iamlookingforwardtohearingfromyou.Check&improve•Formoftheletter•Tense•Sentencestructure•Subject-verbAgreement•Word(spelling)&Expression•PunctuationHomeworkP46writingtaskchooseoneandwriteashortstoryorexplanationaboutit.HomeworkJennyisaseniorschoolstudent.Recentlyshehasreceivedmanylettersfromaboyinherclass.Theboywantsto“makefriends”withher.Shehasnoideahowtodealwiththematter.Couldyouwriteheralettertohelpherdowithitproperly?breezeok@163.comRedundancy:WhenIgothome,Ifedthecats,thenIfedtherabbitsandbirds,thenIfedthefish,andfinallyIfedthedog.Repetition:Anyrightthatisavailabletoanysinglemanshouldbeavailabletoanywomananywhereintheworldatanytime.•Ihadgotacold.So,assoonasIgothomeandgotupstairs,Igotchangedoutofmywetclothesandgotsomemedicineoutofthecupboard(橱柜).•Youarethewrongpersonforthewrongjobatthewrongtime.(G.W.Bush)DearXiaodong,Somepeopleliketalkingwithothers,butsomepeopleareshy.Ifyoufallintothesecondgroup,itcanbehardtomakefriends.Butyoucanchangethesituation.Whatareyouinterestedin?Ifyoulikebasketball,forexample,youcouldtalkwithsomeofyourclassmateswholikebasketball.Theeasiestwaytostarttalkingtopeopletofindsomethingyouhaveincommon.Ifyouarestandingbesideagroupofyourclassmates,jointheirdiscussionifyouknowsomethingaboutthesubjecttheyarediscussing.Butifyoudon’t,youshouldn’tfeelafraidtosay,forexample,“Thatsoundsinteresting,whatisitabout?”Onceyoustarttalkingtooneperson,itwillgeteasiertotalktoothers.Findonepersonyouhavesomethingincommonwith,andonceyoubecomefriendswithhim,hisfriendswillstarttalkingtoyoutoo.Goodluck!Yourssincerely,Mr.Zhang