Unit 2 all the cabbie had was a letter

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Unit Two Text A

All The Cabbie Had Was A Letter

Warm-up Activities

In this unit we will learn something about friendship. So first of all, can you give a definition of the term “friend”? Or in other words, what kind of people you will call friends? Friend: In dictionary it says friend is person one likes and chooses to spend with.

proverbs about friends and friendship

A friend is need is a friend indeed. Everything is good when new, but friend when old. Friendship multiplies joys and pides grieves. Friendship is to be bought only by friendship. A friend to all is a friend to none. Company in distress makes the sorrow less. Friends are the nearest relatives.

Have you ever heard about a fair weather friend?

Fair weather means fine weather; it is a good day with sunshine. It is breezing. There are no dark clouds, no flashlight, and no thunder. Then, a fair weather friend is one who is happy to stay with you when things are going well but leaves as soon as trouble arrives.

Think Carefully

Then what is a true friend? What is the difference between a fair weather friend and a true friend?

True Friend

A true friend is one who will still stay with you when you find yourself in difficulty. And the American pop singer Dionne Warwick told us what friends are for in one of her songs titled that’s what friends are for. Let’s turn to page 275 to appreciate her song and think it over what friends are really for.

Do you Know Dionne Warwick

A Song For You

<That’s What Friends Are For>

Questions

How often do you write to your friends?

Can you give some reasons for writing or not writing to your friends?

(frequently, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never)

Sometimes we put off writing letters because we think letters can wait until other matters are dealt with, or because we think a phone call will do instead. But sometimes, as you are to find in this text, we may leave it too late to write, and letters are the best in expressing our innermost feelings.

Cultural Notes

Halloween万圣节前夕―万圣节：All Saint’s Day

Halloween is celebrated annually. It is on the night of oct.31st, when people once believed that ghosts could be seen. Now, in Britain and America, it is a time when children have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play “trick or treat”.

Trick or treat is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say “trick or treat”. This means that they will play a “trick”, or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a “treat”, e.g. sweets or money. Most people prefer to give treats rather than having tricks played on them.

Halloween

New words and expressions

available adj.可用的，有效的 (Syn. usable, obtainable) eg. We have already used up all the available space.

I am available in the afternoon.