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Unit 13 People
Lesson 4
First Impressions
Pre-reading
1. Do you trust the first impression?
Why?
2. What is your first impression on
your best friends?
3. Have you ever met someone you
didn’t like, who later became your
friend?
First Reading
1. True or false?
1. When I heard someone singing, I
became happy. ( F )
…annoyed … upset … I turned
around and glared at the person
who was singing.
2. I thought the girl singing selfishly .
( T)
3. I threw my textbook at the girl
because of anger. ( F )
I picked up my books, glared at
her and whispered angrily,
“ Thanks to your noise … selfish”.
4. I didn’t return to get my book
because I was too tired and upset.
( F)
… as the library was closed.
5. Jenny brought the book to my
home and we had a good time.
( F)
…I invited her back to my
apartment for a quick cup of tea.
6. Jenny is friendly and humourous.
( T)
2. Choose the best answers.
1) Where did the writer first
meet her best friend? B
A. In the school library.
B. In the local library.
C. At the convenience store.
D. At the writer’s apartment.
2) What was the writer’s first
impression on her best friend? D
A. She was a lovely, friendly and
outgoing girl.
B. She was hard-working and good
at singing.
C. She liked reading and was a
literary type.
D. She overreacted in the library
and was very selfish.
3) Put the following in the right order. C
① The writer met Jenny at a convenience
store.
② The writer left her textbook behind in
the library.
③ The writer went to the library to do
some revision for an exam.
④ The writer invited Jenny to her
apartment for a cup of tea.
A. ①②③④ B. ③④②①
C. ③②①④ D. ①④②③
Second Reading
1. Answer the questions.
1) Where does the story take place?
In the local library.
2) What kind of books does Jenny like?
Poetry / Poems.
3) What exam was Jane studying for?
An important oral exam.
4) What was the last straw for Jane?
She heard someone singing 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 overreacted in
the library? Have you ever experienced
a similar situation when you were
studying?
2. Use the reading strategies and
underline important words in the
sentences below.
Example 1 = pleased, singing
1)Jane was pleased when Jenny
started singing.
2) Tennyson must be a famous poet.
3) Jane first saw Jenny near
“English literature” 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.
3. Find the relevant parts of the text and
identify important words. Then decide
if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Example 1 = pleased, singing
1)Jane was pleased when Jenny
started singing. F
2) Tennyson must be a famous poet.
T
3) Jane first saw Jenny near
“English literature” section. T
4) Jane was upset that she had
left her book in the library. T
5) Jane didn’t feel that it was
F
necessary to apologise.
4. Find words from the text to
replace the expressions in italics.
1) I looked angrily at the person who was
singing. glare at
2) I was full of worry the first time I met
my best friend. anxiety
3) I sighed with relief and felt I would like
to thank her for it. was so grateful to her
4)I couldn’t stop laughing at this. couldn’t help
5)After making sure that I was, Jenny said
that she had noticed … confirming
6) … she was very interested in what she
was reading. I quickly looked at the
book’s cover. glanced at
7) She’d asked a person who works in a
library to get my phone number from
their place where they keep information.
librarian
files
8) I felt so bad about behaving rudely.
guilty
9) … who was willing to forgive my bad
things. rude behaviour
10) I was trying to do some studying for an
important spoken exam. revision oral
5. Complete the paragraph with the
correct form of the following words.
glance, annoyed, recognise, concentrate,
disturb, whisper, glare, selfish, grateful
Janet was 1)____________
concentrating on writing
an essay when a noise 2)__________
disturbed
her. She 3)__________her
brother’s
recognised
whistling. “Shh,” she 4)__________,
whispered
glancing
5)__________at
him quickly.
The noise didn’t stop. Janet
6)__________
at him angrily.
glared
“Please stop it, Simon. You are being
very 7)__________
,” she said. But
selfish
still he didn’t stop. Janet was now
very 8)__________.
annoyed Just then her
father called Simon out of the room.
grateful
Janet smiled, feeling 9)__________
to her dad.
Paraphrase
1. The fact that she looked like a
sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If
anything, it made me even angrier.
= It didn’t have an effect on me that she
looked like a sensitive friendly girl. If
there was something different, it made
me even angrier.
虽然她看上去是一个敏感、友善的女
孩子，但这并没有用，反而令我更加
恼火。
2. It was only when I got home two
hours later that I realized I’d
forgotten it and there was nothing I
could do as the library was closed.
= When I got home two hours later, I
knew I’d forgotten it and I couldn’t
do anything as the library was
closed.
直到两个小时后我回到家时才发现，
可是已经无济于事了，因为图书馆已
经关门了。
Summary
Fill in the blanks with information
from the text.
Para.1- Para. 3:
Jane’s first __________
impression on Jenny.
Jane was concentrating
___________ on getting
preparation for an important exam
when a girl was singing loudly, which
made her very annoyed
_______ and think the
girl very rude and ________.
selfish
Para. 4 - Para. 6:
help and ___________.
forgiveness
Jenny’s _______
Jane left her important ________behind.
textbook
Not only did Jenny ______
help her bring it
round, but she ________
forgave Jane’s rude
behavior.
Para. 7:
friendship between the
The true _________
writer and Jenny.
They’re very much ______,
alike ______
trust and
______
tell everything to each other.
Post Reading
1.Have you ever experienced a
similar situation?
2. Do you believe “fall in love
at first sight?”
Language Points
1. I was getting more and more annoyed and
of course, the more upset I got, the less I was
able to concentrate.
我越来越烦躁，当然了，我越不高兴，就越
难集中精力。
more and more 越来越……。如：
He became more and more interested in
playing tennis.
他越来越喜欢打网球。
E-commerce has become more and more
popular. 电子商务越来普及。
2. I turned around and glared at the
person who was singing.
我转身怒视着那个哼唱的人。
glare at 怒视。如:
The fighting men were glaring at each
other.
两个打斗的男人愤怒地对视着。
The angry father glared at his son.
愤怒的父亲瞪着儿子。
3. The fact that she looked like a
sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If
anything, it made me even angrier.
虽然她看上去是一个敏感、友善的女
孩子，但这并没有用，反而令我更加
恼火。
1）句中that 所引导的是一个同位语从
句。
紧跟在名词之后并说明该名词是指何
人何物的词语称为同位语。
Mr. Wang, the father of one of my coworkers, is 94 years old and is still
healthy.
王先生，我同事的父亲，今年94岁了还
很健康。
句中的the father of one of my coworkers, 是Mr. Wang 的同位语。
注：同位语从句与定语从句在结构上很
相似，但同位语从句是用来解释先行词，
表示其内容的；而定语从句则是用来修
饰先行词，说明其性质和特征的。
I made a promise that if anyone set
me free I would make him very rich.
我许下一个诺言：谁能还我自由，
我就使他很富有。
（同位语从句）
The mother made a promise that
pleased all her children.
母亲许了一个使孩子们全都非常高
兴的诺言。
（定语从句）
2）if anything 如果有什么不同的话。
如：
If anything, my new job is harder than
my old one.
如果有什么不同的话，我的新工作
比原先的工作更累了。
No, it isn’t better; it’s worse if
anything.
没有好起来，如果有什么不同的话，
那就是更糟糕了。
4．If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person
who was willing to forgive my
shortcomings, I would never have
experienced such true friendship.
珍妮要不是如此体贴，如此宽容，我
就永远不会享受到如此真挚的友谊。
本句中使用了虚拟语气。虚拟语气表
示的事情并非事实，因此需要使用与
陈述语气不同的动词形式。在表示现
在或未来的虚拟条件句中，谓语形式
如下（斜体部分）：
1)表示现在或未来的虚拟形式。如：
If I were you, I would teach him a good
lesson.
我若是你，我就要好好教训他一顿。
（我不可能是你。）
2)表示过去的虚拟形式。如：
If the weather had been nice yesterday,
we would have gone for the picnic.
如果昨天天气好的话，我们就去野餐
了。
（事实是昨天天气很坏。）
Homework
1. Complete Exercise 6 on page 15.
2. Writing and speaking