in-class_reading_Unit_4_2010精品.pptVIP

Frenchwomen laugh at the idea that “women can’t be friends”. Like ties of kinship, ties of friendship are meant to be permanently binding. 法国女人对“女人不能成为朋友”这种观点嗤之以鼻。 像亲情纽带一样，友谊的纽带也应该是永远联系在一起的。 Meeting after a long interval, friends are like a couple who begin to dance again when the orchestra strikes up after a pause. 久别重逢的朋友们就像是一对随着乐队休息片刻后又翩翩起舞的舞伴一样。 And between friends there is inevitably a kind of equality of give-and-take. 朋友之间必然存在着一种互谅互让的平等关系。 The difficulty when strangers from two countries meet is not a lack of appreciation of friendship, but expectations about what constitutes friendship and how it comes into being. (Line 6) 结交一个来自异国的陌生人，困难不在于双方不懂得友谊的重要，而在于对友谊的内涵以及建立友谊的期待不同。 A friend is someone who draws out your own best qualities, with whom you sparkle and become more of whatever the friendship draws upon. Your political philosophy assumes more depth, appreciation of a play becomes sharper, taste in food or wine is accentuated, enjoyment of a sport is intensified. ( Line30) 朋友是这样的人：他会使你充分发挥你的最佳品质，跟他在一起你会生气勃勃，并能把加深相互间友谊的一切表现得更加出色。你的政治思想更加深邃，对戏剧的鉴赏力更加敏锐，品评美食美酒的能力更强，从运动中得到的乐趣更多。 Assignment Write an essay entitled “ On Chinese Friendship” based on what we have discussed today. Choose only the most distinctive features to write. I. [ TOEFL作文题目] Directions: You will have thirty minutes to plan and write an essay on the topic given below. Use the first few minutes to read the topic carefully and think about what kind of essay you will write. You may use the space immediately below the essay topic to make notes. Write your essay on the lined pages that follow. You will have enough space if you write on every line and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer. II. [ IELTS作文题目] You should spend no more than 40 minutes on this task. Some people th