《Could I ask if you've mentioned this to her?》Friendship PPT课件

Free talk

Talking about friends:

Do you have any friends?

Who is your best friend?

Where is your best friend from?

What does he / she like?

Do you often make a telephone call with your friend?

Listen and choose the correct answer. 

1. Lingling wants to speak to Betty / Mrs King. 

2. Betty is in / out.

3. Betty’s friend / Mrs King’s friend works on the Friendship Helpline.

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Number the sentences in the order you hear.

a. I’m sorry, she’s not in at the moment.     

b. Is that Mrs King? 

c. Could I speak to Betty, please?                                 

d. May I have the number?          

e. Can I take a message?                        

f. Thanks so much.

Listen again check answers in pairs.

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Making telephone calls

Who is calling,  please?

This is Sally Maxwell speaking.

Is Chen Huan there?

Is that Chen Huan speaking?

Hold the line, please. 

Sorry. He isn’t here right now / at the moment.

Can I take a message?

I’ll call back later.

Pair work

Suppose you want to invite your classmate Lily to your birthday party. Make up dialogues:

Situation 1: Lily answers the telephone.

Situation 2: Lily is out. Her mother answers the telephone.    

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Listen and check (√) the sentences.

1. Lingling called to ask for advice about her schoolwork.           (     )

2. Lingling and her best friend are now in the same school. (     )

3. Lingling is happy to stay with her best friend. (     )

4. Lingling is having a hard time in the new school. (    )

5. Lingling gets help from the helpline. (     )

Read and answer the questions.

1. Why does Lingling call Friendship Helpline?

Because she has a problem with her best friend. She wants to get help.

2. What’s the problem?

Lingling’s best friend doesn’t like her to see her other friends.

3. What’s the reason for the problem the Friendship Helpline thinks?

Friendship Helpline thinks maybe her best friend doesn’t feel very sure of herself in her new school.

4. What advice the Friendship Helpline gives?

Try to find out whether she feels lonely without you. Be patient with her and explain to her that she can make friends with your other friends too. Try to introduce her to them.

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Language points

1. separate

separate  v. 使分开;分离;隔开。常与from 搭配。如：

Separate the bad apples from the good ones.

把坏苹果和好的分开。

England is separated from France by the Channel.

英吉利海峡把英国和法国分隔开。

We talked until midnight and then separated.

我们一直谈到半夜，然后才分手。

Nobody can separate Taiwan from China.

任何人也不能把台湾从中国分裂出去。

separate  adj. 独自的、独立的、各自的、分离的、分开的。如：

My little son wants a separate room. 

我小儿子想要个单间。

I want to listen to your separate opinions.

我想听你们每个人自己的看法。　

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2. explain

explain  v. 解释,说明

Can you explain why you were late?

你能解释一下你为什么迟到吗？

He explained his plan in detail. 

他仔细地说明了自己的计划。 

The lawyer explained the new law to us. 

律师向我们解释了新法律。 

“向某人说明某事”不用explain sb sth 结构,可用explain sth to sb 表示。 

After class, I remained to ask the teacher ______ that difficult sentence.

A. to explain me  B. to explain to me

介词引出间接宾语, 除了explain，还有 introduce，borrow。    explain sth. to sb. 

introduce A to B

borrow sth. from sb.

如果这个sth.较长（比如带个定语或本身就是一个名词性从句），为了句子的平衡，可将其后置成为：explain to sb. sth. (+定语），或explain to sb. that-从句。 

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Practice 

(      ) 1. —You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.

— Well, now I regret ______ that.

A. to do        B. to be doing

C. to have done    D. having done

(      ) 2. He regretted ______ his father yesterday.

A. having not seen     B. seeing not

C. not to see     D. not seeing

(      ) 3. I regret ______ that we have no news for you.

A. to say     B. saying

C. to have said    D. having said

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Exercises

Ⅰ.完成句子。

1. I don’t know w______ you like the flowers or not. 

2. Jack and Lily are _________ (同学). They often go to school together.

3. I don’t want someone to ask about my _______ (私人的) information. 

4. During the Spring Festival my parents and I visit our _______, for example, my cousins.

5. In China most children go to _______ primary schools instead of private ones.

6. There are a few ________ (外国人) in the university. 

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Ⅱ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空

1. Do you know if Sally Maxwell has _______ (arrive)?

2. I’m going to ask you some personal _________ ( question).

3. I’ve _______ ( hear ) that you play in your school orchestra.

4. Our last public concert will be here on Starsearch in a couple of ________ (month).

5. I asked your secretary if she ________ ( can ) come.

Ⅲ. 单项选择

(      )1. Can I _______ a message?

A. take     B. bring      C. carry    D. give

(      )2. I don’t know who ______.

A. will come   B. come    

C. comes     D. coming

(      )3. I asked your secretary ______ she could come.

A. that      B. /     C. what    D. if

(      )4. Can you tell ________?

A. where are you from           

B. where you are from   

C. where do you come from   

D. where do you come

(      )5. I have some ______ friends here.

A. closed    B. close    

C. near       D. nearly

《Could I ask if you've mentioned this to her?》Friendship PPT课件2 Words review helpline n. 服务热线 separate v. 使分开，分隔 adj. 分开的，单独的 explain v. 解释，说明 m..