外研2019版-必修1-U4课文全文-Friends-forever-Vicent-Ingles

Unit4FriendsforeverWhenI’msadandfeelinglow,AndworriesareallIknow,Justhearingyousay“Hello”Fillsmewithacheerfulglow.WhenI’mawayinplacesnew,Withnofamiliarfacesinview,ItgivesmepleasuretothinkofyouAndtheadventureswe’vebeenthrough.Whenlifeseemslikeonelongnight,Andnothingisevergoingright,There’sjustonesuredelight:Friendship,likesunrise,warmandbright.CLICKFORAFRIENDS?1.Howwouldyoufeelifmovingtoanewtownmeantlosingofyourfriends?Whatiftheonlywayofgettingnewfromfarawayfriendswaswritinglettersthattookagestobedelivered?Thiswashowthingsworkednotverylongago.Thankstoadvancesintechnology,howwemakefriendsandcommunicatewiththemhaschangedsignificantly.2.Nowadays,wecanmovearoundtheworldandstillstayintouchwiththepeoplethatwewanttoremainfriendswith.Socialmediatoolsletusseewhatourfriendsareuptoandmaintainfriendship.Allyouneedisawi-ficonnection.3.Thedigitalagealsoenablesustofindpeoplewhoshareourinterests,suchascollectingmodelcarsorplayinganunusualinstrument.Whateverourhobbies,theInternetcanconnectuswithotherswhoalsoenjoydoingthem,eveniftheyliveontheothersideoftheworld.4.Butwhenyou“friend”peopleonline,doesthismeanthattheyreallyareyourfriends?5.Itdepends.6.Ifpeoplealwaysexchangetruepersonalinformationonline,thenyes,thesefriendshipscanberealandmeaningful.Butweneedtokeepinmindthatwhatweseeonsocialmediaisoftennotthewholetruthaboutaperson.7.Onsocialmediasites,peopletendtopostonlypositiveupdatesthatmakethemappearhappyandfriendly.Butsmilingphotoscanhiderealproblems.Rememberthesaying:ontheInternet,nobodyknowsyou’readog.Ayoungpersoncouldbeold;awomancouldbeaman;wecouldevenbesharingourinformationwithcriminals.8.Butthisdoesn’tmeanthatweshouldthrowthebabyoutwiththebathwater.Althoughtechnologyhaschangedthewayweacquirefriends,themeaningoffriendshipandourlongingforfriendsremainthesame.AsAristotlesaid,noonewouldchoosetolivewithoutfriends,evenifhehadallothergoods.Attributiveclauses1.Rewritetheunderlinedsentenceswiththat,which,who,whomorwhose.Lucyismyfriend.Shehasahearingproblem.Whenshefirstcametomyschool,sheseemedlonely,butwesoonbecamefriends.Atfirstitwasdifficulttocommunicatewithher.So,Ilearntanewlanguage.Itallowsmeto“speak”withmyhands.Lucyisasmartgirl.Herideasarealwaysinspiring.Isometimeshaveproblems.Ican’tsolvethem.Whenthishappens,IalwaysaskLucyforhelp.Lucyisagoodlistener.Ienjoysharingmomentsofmylifewithher.2.Completetheonlineforumpostwiththat,which,who,whomorwhose.Walkinggroupwelcomesnewmembers!WalkandTalkisagroup___meetseverySunday.Itisfreetojoin.WalkandTalkisperfectforanyone___weekendsneedsomeexcitement.Weareallteenagers___lovewalkingandmakingnewfriends.Wewantyoutojoinus!Thenextwalk___isopentonewmembersison22July.Youcanalsobringyourfriends.However,anyone___youbringmustbeover12yearsold.Comealongandjointhefun!Keywordsoffriendship3.Readtherecipeandworkoutthemeaningofthewordsinbold.FriendshipsoupLikeanygoodsoup,Thiswon’tfailtomakeyousmilewhenyou’refeelingdown.Allyouneedtogetstartedisaboxoflove.Pouritintoapotandmixitwithfivegramsofsmiles.Next,add:Twocupsoftrust,Onespoonofencouragement,Threespoonsofhelpfulness,Threecupsofsimilarinterests,Oneglassofcomfort,Twodropsofpatience,Onebagofpassion,Onepieceofgenerosity,…andasliceofhumour!HelpingourfriendsTheword“friend”comesfromtheOldEnglishword“freond”,meaning“thelovedone”.AccordingtoastudyfromYaleUniversityandtheUniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiegoin2014,goodfriendareoftengeneticallysimilar.Infact,goodfriendscanshareupto1%ofthesamegenes-asmuchaswemightsharewithourgreat-great-greatgrandparents!LearningtolearnWhenyoumakeasuggestion,uselessdirectlanguagethanyouwouldtomakeastatementorgiveanorder.Thismakesitcleartotheotherpersonthatyouaregivingthemachoice.Forexample,youcanbeginwithexpressionssuchasWhydon’twe…?Howabout…?Oruseapasttensetodistanceyourselffromthesuggestion:Iwaswonderingwhether…DevelopingideasWilliamSydneyporter(1862-1910),whosepennamewaso.Henry,wasaworld-famousAmericanshortstorywriter.Inhisstories,heoftenfocusedontheeverydaylifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCityatthattime.Hisstoriesarebestknownfortheirsurpriseendings.LearningtolearnReadthecompleteshortstory“AfterTwentyYears”andothershortstoriesbyO.Henry,suchas“theGiftofthemagi”and“TheLastLeaf”.Thisway,youcangetadeeperunderstandingofhisworksandthesurpriseendingtohisstories.AfterTwentyYearsTheshortstory“AfterTwentyYears”issetinNewYorkonacold,darknight.Mostpeoplehaveleftworktogohome,andthispartofthecityisnowquiet.Apolicemanwhoischeckingtheareaseesamanoutsideashop.Hegoesuptothemanandfindshehasascaronhisface.Theyhaveachatandthemanstartstohellhisstory.“Twentyyearsagotonight,”saidtheman,“Idinedhereat‘BigJoe’Brady’swithJimmyWells,mybestchum,andthefinestchapintheworld.HeandIwereraisedhereunNewYork,justliketwobrothers,together.IwaseighteenandJimmywastwenty,thenextmorningIwastostarfortheWesttomakemyfortune.Youcouldn’thavedraggedjimmyoutofNewYork;hethoughtitwastheonlyplaceonearth.Well,weagreedthatnightthatwewouldmeethereagainexactlytwentytearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome.Wefiguredthatintwentyyearseachofusought