综合英语4-Unit5

slight
a. of small importance or onsideration; trifling: slight matters.微不足道小事

not in the slightest: not at all
slight
1) 她动不动就生气。 She takes offence at the slightest thing. 2) 你一点也没使我为难。 You didn’t embarrass me in the slightest.

的人生的一部分。
The purpose of the text
P69 Ex. I This text distinguishes two kinds of friendship: that between men and that between women.

Structural analysis
Unit 5
The Tapestry of Friendship
Warming-up

Do you keep in touch with your childhood friends? How? What do you need friends for?

What’s friendship?

budget
n. the amount of money needed or available for a particular purpose. a family budget 家庭收支预算 budget plan 分期付款 vt. plan the spending of budget one‘s time bi. save money (for a particular purpose) budget for the coming year adj. cheap a budget dress
budget
我们精打细算就能买辆新汽车了 If we budget carefully, we'll be able to afford a new car.

chase
n. [U] the act of pursuing someone or something.

After a long chase, we caught the thief.
About the text

This text is taken from Close to Home, which was published by The Boston Globe Company / Washington Post Writers Group in 1979.
Tapestry
Shared Reliability Support
Interests Shared Values Trust Honesty Respect Cooperation
Understanding
Sensitivity
Forgiveness
Tolerance
Friendship between Women

A woman didn‘t come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a girlfriend’s house. Then man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.

A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
Tapestry

F: R: I: E: N: D: S: H: I: P:
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
Friendly Respect Integrity Always treating people the way Encouraging Alwayswant them saytreat you. you Then, you will have hello would smile and to Nice whenshould assist good Doing something others F.R.I.E.N.D.S.H.I.P. for You greeting other people. Diversity someone up areoneneed. when when no in is looking. they Always lift notyourafriends' spirits Do be follower. Sincerity withAlwayssacrifice and actions. positive words character. Do not show consideration Always being courteous, Helpful Always respect others misbehave. pleasant, and never differences: for others. gender, abilities, culture, race, Individual Always speak and act genuinely. and ethnicity Politeness
Friendship between Men

A man didn‘t come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he slept over at a buddy's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed he was still there!
tapestry carpet用染色经线织成图案的地毯 tapestry satin 织锦缎 Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: the tapestry of world history. e.g. Such strange events are all part of life's rich tapestry. 这些怪事都是丰富多彩
cosmic
1) relating to the universe Physics is governed by cosmic laws. cosmic being 2) very great cosmic influence cosmic scandal
affecting
adj. inspiring strong emotion: moving. Departure is an affecting scene. 1) 他去世的消息使她深感悲痛。 She was deeply affected by the news of his death. 2) 这是一部关于一个病入膏肓的女人的感人戏剧。 It was an affecting drama about a woman with a terminal illness.
About the author

Ellen Goodman, is a Boston Globe Online columnist and a stylish writer with a humanizing touch on any issue, public or personal. She is widely acclaimed as a voice of sanity, and readers depend on her to help them make sense of their changing lives and relationships.
What can friendships give?
For
fun To share feelings To find understanding and support To feel needed and useful To be yourself
What Makes A Good Friendship?
Life is like an echo. What you give is what you will get. What you send is what you will receive.

The kinds of friendships
Same
Gender
Male-female

It can be divided into four parts. Main Ideas
what kind of film the woman had just seen. the double standard of friendship 1-2 the Prelude 3-6 the Introduction
Parts Paragraphs 1 2 3
the distinctions of the two types of 7-18 the Body friendship are detailed. 19 the Conclusion summary of the fundamental difference
About the author

Ellen Goodman She is an American original. Her abundant talents--intellect, wit, style, news judgment-set her apart with an élan uniquely her own. Her Pulitzer Prize winning commentary appears in more than 375 newspapers.
affect vt.
→
to make someone feel strong emotions [passive]
We were all deeply affected by the news of her death.
→
effect n.
to influence; to do something in order to produce an effect on someone or something
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Part I paragraph 1-2

What kind of film did the woman just see? What did she think of it?
Girlfriends

It is a believable relationship story of a young Jewish woman who is trying to make it on her own, coping with work, romance and friendship at the same time and has to accept the marriage of her best friend and roommate. It seemed almost revolutionary in 1978 when it was first released. It is a small movie that made a big splash with its focus on women's’ interior lives.