Transcript Unit 5
Unit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship presentation •Why Do We Need Friends? •My Best Friend •The Meaningful Things I Have Done for My Friends Structure Analysis Part I: Prelude, where the author reveals what kind of film the woman has seen. Part II: Introduction, where the author advances the double standard of friendship Part III: Body, where the distinctions of two types of friendship are detailed. Part IV: Conclusion, which summarizes the fundamental difference between. Part I Prelude • Expressions to Be Learned: cosmic fragile Part I Prelude Paraphrase: • Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of friendship. → Step by Step it gave an all-sided view of the complex structure of friendship. Part I Prelude • Questions for review: 1. What movie did the women see? 2. What was the theme of the movie? Part II Introduction • Expressions to Be Learned: drastic bond pick on sb inherit contrast Part II Introduction Paraphrase: • This wasn’t just another binge…cinema verite. →This was not simply a shift from one fashion to another, but a truthful description of friendship. Part II Introduction • Questions for review: 1. What were the movies seen by the women during the year? Why are they mentioned here? 2. How about the shift mentioned in the text? 3. Do you agree there are differences in the friendship between men and that between women? Part III Body • Expressions to Be Learned: border on count loathe restrain moan Part III Body -some: adj. (same) the same as; having the tendency eg: burdensome irksome meddlesome quarrelsome tiresome troublesome wearisome wholesome Part III Body Paraphrase: • Buddies hang tough together; friends hang onto each other. → Buddies hold on together in face of adversity; friends cling tightly to each other for emotional support. Part III Body Questions for review: 1. What is the difference between buddies and friends? 2. What are the conditions of men becoming buddies and of women becoming friends? 3. What point does paragraph 13 intend to illustrate? 4. What is the point put forward in paragraph 14? 5. What is the point of paragraph 15? 6. What point does the example in paragraph 16 illustrate? 7. Why was the woman shocked by men’s description of friendship? 8. What is the point of paragraph 18? 9. Do you agree with the author when he counts for why buddies try to keep the worst from each other? Part IV Conclusion • What is the distinction between the two types of friendship? • Find out the equivalent expressions of “friend” in the text • Do you agree with the author as for the difference between, why?