To practise reading for inference.
To practise making opposites of adjectives using a prefix.
To practise talking and writing about one’s experience of meeting someone for the first time.
Pre-Reading
☆ Have you ever met someone you didn’t like, who later became your friend? Tell the class.
Example The first time I met Tom, he seemed very bad-tempered! Then…
Reading
☆ Read the text and answer the questions.
1) Where does the story take place?
In the local library
2) What kind of books does Jenny like?
poetry
3) What exam was Jane studying for?
An important science exam
4) What was the last straw for Jane?
She heard someone humming behind her.
5) What kind of person do you think Jenny is?
Friendly, warm-hearted, forgiving
6) How did Jenny get Jane’s phone number?
She asked a librarian and got it from the library files.
7) Do you think that Jane over?reacted in the library? Have you ever experienced a similar situation when you were studying?
You can answer this question according to your own experiences.
☆Read the strategies and look at these true/false sentences. Underline important words.
Example 1 = pleased
1)Jane was pleased when Jenny started humming.
2)Tennyson must be a poet.
3)Jane first saw Jenny near the poetry section.
4)Jane was upset that she had left her book in the library.
5)Jane didn’t feel that it was necessary to apologise.
Answers: FTTTF
Post-Reading
☆Complete the paragraph below with the correct form of the following words.
glance, annoy, recognize, concentrate, disturb,
resist, whisper, glare, inconsiderate, grateful
Janet was 1) on writing an essay when a noise 2) her. She 3)
Her brother’s whistling. “Shh” she 4) ,5) at him quickly. The noise didn’t stop.Janet 6) the urge to scream and instead 7) at him angrily. “Please stop it, Simon. You are being very 8) ,” she said. But still he didn’t stop. Janet was now very 9) .Just then her father called Simon out of the room. Janet smiled, feeling 10) to her dad.
Answers: 1concentrating 2disturbed 3recognised 4whispered 5glancing 6resisted 7glared 8inconsiderate 9annoyed 10grateful
☆Vocabulary: opposites
●You can often make opposites of adjectives using a prefix.
Example able/unable, pleased/displeased, considerate/inconsiderate
Use prefixes to make opposites of the underlined words.
Peter is very organized and reliable. He is also sociable, sensitive and tolerant. He seems interested in or aware of other people’s feelings and is often kind. When you ask him for something, he is always sympathetic and helpful. I think he must be very satisfied with his life.
Answers: unreliable, intolerant, unaware, unkind, unsympathetic, unhelpful, dissatisfied
●Sometimes adjectives have a direct opposite.
Example old/young, short/tall
●Think of opposites for these adjectives:
Bad-tempered, generous, hard-working, nervous, shy, strong
Answers: good-tempered, mean, lazy, confident, out-going, weak
●Now use adjectives to write five sentences about yourself and people you know.
Example I am sometimes disorganized, but usually I am reliable.
Writing and speaking
☆ Make notes about the first time you met someone.
Who/when/where you met
Xiaoming (my new neighbour), last month, in the street
What he/she was doing
going into his house with his bike
what he/she said or did
asked about my family/showed me his cat
what he/she seemed like
cheerful, a bit shy
Language points:
1.The day that I met my best friend for the first time I was in a terrible mood.第一次遇到我最好的朋友那天，我情緒很壞。
in a …mood 帶著某種情緒。如：
Let’s discuss it in a calm mood.讓咱們心平氣和地討論這件事。
I am in no mood for that. 我可沒(méi)情緒。
2. I was getting more and more annoyed and of course, the more displeased I got, the less I was able to concentrate.我越來(lái)越煩躁，當(dāng)然了，我越不高興，就越難集中精力。
More and more 越來(lái)越…。如：
He became more and more interested in playing tennis. 他越來(lái)越喜歡打網(wǎng)球。
E-commerce has become more and more popular as people have discovered the advantages of online shopping.電子商務(wù)越來(lái)普及，因?yàn)槿藗儼l(fā)現(xiàn)了網(wǎng)上的購(gòu)物的好處。
3. I turned around and glared at the person who was humming.我轉(zhuǎn)身怒視著那個(gè)哼唱的人。
glare at 怒視。如
The fighting men were glaring at each other. 兩個(gè)打斗的男人憤怒地對(duì)視著。
The angry father glared at his son. 憤怒的父親瞪著兒子。
4.The fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t wipe the frown off my face however, if anything, it made me even angrier.她看起來(lái)是個(gè)善解人意的友善的女孩，但這并沒(méi)有拂平我緊皺的眉頭，而是平添了我?guī)追峙瓪狻?br />句中that 所引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)同位語(yǔ)從句。
緊跟在名詞之后并說(shuō)明該名詞是指何人何物的詞語(yǔ)稱為同位語(yǔ)。如：
Mr Wang ,the father of one of my co-workers, is 94 years old and is still healthy.王先生，，我同事的父親，今年94歲了還很健康。
句中的the father of one of my co-workers, 是Mr Wang 的同位語(yǔ)。
同位語(yǔ)從句與定語(yǔ)從句在結(jié)構(gòu)上很相似，但同位語(yǔ)從句是用來(lái)解釋先行詞，表示其內(nèi)容的；而定語(yǔ)從句則是用來(lái)修飾先行詞，說(shuō)明其性質(zhì)和特征的。如：
I made a promise that if anyone set me free I would make him very rich. 我許下一個(gè)諾言：誰(shuí)能還我自由，我就使他富有。（同位語(yǔ)從句）
The mother made a promise that pleased all her children.母親許了一個(gè)使孩子們?nèi)挤浅８吲d的諾言。（定語(yǔ)從句）
if anything 如果有什么不同的話。如：
If anything, my new job is harder than my older one.如果有什么不同的話，我的新工作比原先的工作更累了。
No, it isn’t better; it’s worse if anything.沒(méi)有好起來(lái)，如果有什么不同的話，那就是更糟糕了。
5．I couldn’t resist chuckling at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea.我止不住輕聲發(fā)笑，并邀請(qǐng)她到我的公寓里來(lái)喝杯茶。
resist doing 禁不住要做某事。如：
Look at those lovely dresses. I can’t resist buying one.看看這些漂亮的裙子！我真忍不住要買一件。
I could not resist laughing.我禁不住要笑。
6. We confide in each other and I trust her more than anyone else.我們相互信任，我對(duì)她比對(duì)任何人都信任。
confide in 信賴，講心話。如：
I confide in him. I don’t think he will deceive me.我信任他，我覺(jué)得他不會(huì)欺騙我。
Modern girls seldom confide in their mothers. 現(xiàn)代派的女孩很少信賴自己的母親。
7．If Jenny hadn’t been such a kind, forgiving person I would never have experienced such true friendship.珍妮要不是如此體貼，如此寬容，我就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)享受到如此真摯的友誼。
本句中使用了虛擬語(yǔ)氣。虛擬語(yǔ)氣表示的事情并非事實(shí)，因此需要使用與陳述語(yǔ)氣不同的動(dòng)詞形式。在表示現(xiàn)在或未來(lái)的虛擬條件句中，謂語(yǔ)如下（斜體部分）：
1)表示現(xiàn)在或未來(lái)的虛擬形式。如：
If I were you, I would teach him a good lesson. 我若是你，我就要好好教訓(xùn)他一頓。（我不可能是你。）
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