阅读教程二Unit 6.pptVIP

Friendship Unit 6 Pre-reading Interpretation of quotations pre-reading discussions: What’s your definition of a true friend? Compare your definition with the concept of friend in some poems. Interpretation of Quotations True fiendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. -- Charles Caleb Colton True friendship is like good health. We often do not appreciate its existence until we lose it. Interpretation of Quotations Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. -- Aristotle A good wish to make friends may come to our minds easily and quickly, but establishing a true friendship takes a long time and efforts, in the same way as a fruit slowly ripens. Interpretation of Quotations If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. -- Abraham Lincoln If you want to succeed in gaining the support and loyalty of a man with his dedication to your goal, you have to first prove to him that you are his true friend. Compare your definition with the concept of friend in some poems. Other proverbs 1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 2. Life without a friend is like death without a witness. 3. It is good to have friends, even in hell. 4. Better to tell the truth and comfort their cry, than to create pain when you tell them a lie. 5. Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when your wings have trouble remembering how to fly. 6. The best mirror is an old friend. 7. False friends are worse than open enemies. 8. Friendship multiplies joys and divides grief. 9. May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. Reading 1 Understanding Why did the author say that “it is enough for any man that he has the divine power of making friends”? What’s th