Our Trustworthy Friends

What a wonderful day today, isn’t it?

• What good things do you want to happen to your deskmate today?

• Wish him/her something …

Here are some new words we will use today at the lesson.

faithful adj. – always staying with and supporting a person,loyal

forlorn adj. – sad and lonely because of isolation

merciful adj.e.g. a merciful God

revengeful adj.e.g. I am not merciful, I am revengeful

kick v. – to hit or move sb./sth.

with your foot.

dilemma n. – is a problem involving a

difficult choice

commotion n. – great noice, agitation

debt n. – something that you owe to sb.

(money)

retaliate v – to react to sth unpleasant that

sb does to you by doing sth unpleasant in return.

punish v – to impose a penalty on for a

fault

• Do you have many friends?• What kind of friend are you?• Do you forgive your friends easily?• Let’s check. You will have to answer the questions of a

questionnaire. Be sincere.

WHAY IS YOUR SCORE?

Answer a Answer b Answer c

Question 1 1 pt 3 pts 2 pts

Question 2 1 pt 3 pts 2 pts

Question 3 1 pt 2 pts 3 pts

Question 4 3 pts 1 pt 2 pts

Question 5 1 pt 3 pts 2 pts

Question 6 1 pt 3 pts 2 pts

Question 7 1 pt 2 pts 3 pts

THE ANALYSIS

7 - 11: RevengefulYou really have a thirst for justice, and your favourite

proverb could be “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” But you are not Zorro, so you should think twice before you punish others for what they did. If you don’t want to end up having no friends at all, try no to retaliate too much.

12 - 17: UnderstandingYou are a kind person but you try to make people

understand where the limits are if they bother you. You don’t want to be taken for a fool: you are not ready to become a Mother Teresa.

18 - 21: MercifulYou are ready to forgive anything. That is cool because

you have got that laid back image and really don’t want to pick up fights, and you set good examples. But some people might take advantage of your kindness, so you had better choose your friends carefully.

Now read the dialogue ‘The Elephant and His Friends’.

• What is the main idea of this dialogue?• Why do some people prejudice others?

• What does this picture represent?• Work in groups to make up a story

to match the picture.

Now let’s read the story itself to see what happened in reality.On the left there are some words that might be new to you.

What is the moral of this text?

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

• Did you enjoy this lesson? Why?• Let’s see what you liked most?

Open your notebooks and put down your homework:Comment on the statement ‘The story of our world is a story that is still imperfectly known’.You can mention interesting facts about the relationship between animals and people.

Grade 9Unit IILesson 2

COBZAC ANASTASIAStudent of group 402 Major: HistoryMinor: English