Presented at ETRC Fall school 2010 by Larisa Guidea, SPU "ion Creanga".

1. Our Trustworthy Friends

2. What a wonderful day today, isn’t it?
• What good things do you want to happen to
your deskmate today?
• Wish him/her something …

3. 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

4. merciful adj.
e.g. a merciful God
revengeful adj.
e.g. I am not merciful, I am
revengeful

5. kick v. –
to hit or move sb./sth.
with your foot.
dilemma n. –
is a problem involving a
difficult choice

6. commotion n. –
great noice, agitation
debt n. –
something that you owe to sb.
(money)

7. 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

8. • 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.

9. 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

10. THE ANALYSIS
7 - 11: Revengeful
You 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.

11. 12 - 17: Understanding
You 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.

12. 18 - 21: Merciful
You 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.

13. Now read the dialogue ‘The Elephant and His Friends’.
• What is the main idea of this dialogue?
• Why do some people prejudice others?

14. • What does this picture represent?
• Work in groups to make up a story
to match the picture.

15. 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.

16. What is the moral of this text?
A friend in need is a friend indeed.

18. • 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.

19. Grade 9
Unit II
Lesson 2

20. COBZAC ANASTASIA
Student of group 402
Major: History
Minor: English