Reading 1
Anne’s Best Friend
Unit1. friendship
young
clever
friendly
smiling
lovely
Lead-in
Anne’s
father
Anne’s
Frank
Anne’s mother
《安妮日记》
安妮·弗兰克1929年生于德国的法兰克福。1933年
希特勒上台后,安妮一家逃往荷兰,安妮当时年仅四岁。
1940年5月,安妮在荷兰的生活受到反犹法令的限制,
她的父亲将她藏到他工作处的一个建筑物里。安妮在那
里私密藏身两年,一直坚持记日记。1944年,安妮被
发现后送往集中营。1945年3月安妮被害。她的父亲战
后将爱女的日记出版,很快在全世界流传。
Background
Pre-reading
No. There are many things.
eg: a dog, a cat, a dictionary, a
computer, a toy, a car, a mobile
phone, a TV set …
Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II.
Her family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by
the German Nazis.She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five
months before they were discovered. During that time the only true
friend was her diary. She said,“I don't want to set down a series of facts
in a diary as most people do,but I want this diary itself to be my friend,
and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in
the hiding place since July 1942.
Task 1 Read and find who was Anne’s best friend?.
Her diary Kitty
Fast reading
Read fast and fill in the form below.
The time of the story
The place of the story
The heroine of the
story
Anne’s best friend
The length of time they
hid away
The date of the diary
World War II
Netherlands
Anne
Diary
Two years
Thursday 15, June, 1944
Reading method
when where
who what
why
how
Read the diary again and match the idea with
eachbparagraph.
Reading
Anne's two unforgettable experiences at night while she
was in the hiding place.
It's no pleasure looking through these any longer
because nature is one thing that really must be
experienced.
Anne has grown so crazy about everything to do with
nature.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Read the passage again and answer the following
questions.
• 1 About how long had Anne and her family been in the hiding
place when she wrote this part of her diary?
• 2 How did Anne feel about nature before she and her family
hid away?
• 3 Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature?
• 4 Why did Anne no longer just like looking at nature out of
the window?
Summary