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主  持  人：祖瑞 正高级教师，江苏省特级教师，任教于江苏省南京市将军山中学

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Everyone has friends. On the road of life， we need not only the company of family members， but also the encouragement and help of friends. Only with friends can we have a perfect life.

About friends， we usually think that those who can face difficulties together are true friends. When we are in trouble， friends will help us out. When we are down， our friends cheer us up.

Most of our friends are human beings， but we also make friends with animals and even things. For example， many of us have pets， and we all have favourite objects such as a lucky pen or a diary. Chuck has an unusual friend. Who or what is it？ Read and verify your prediction.

In the movie Cast Away（《荒岛余生》）， Tom Hanks plays a man named Chuck Noland. Chuck is a businessman who is always so busy that he has little time for his friends. He is a successful manager in a company that sends mails all over the world. One day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes（坠毁）. Chuck survives the crashes and lands on a deserted island. On the island， Chuck has to learn to survive all alone. He has to learn how to collect water， hunt for food， and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult challenge is how to survive without friends. In order to survive， Chuck develops a friendship with an unusual friend—a volleyball he calls Wilson. Chuck learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realizes that he hasn’t been a very good friend because he has always been thinking about himself. During his five years on the island， Chuck learns how to be a good friend to Wilson. Even though Wilson is just a volleyball， he becomes fond of him. He talks to him and treats him as a friend. Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow， and that it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he should have cared more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson， he understands that friendship is about feelings and that we must give as much as we take.

Tasks

1. Read and pay attention to the expressions in bold. Try to understand  the meaning of the word “survive”.

2. About friends， we usually think that those who can face difficulties together are true friends. 句中的畫线部分是一个宾语从句，做think的宾语，而宾语从句中的黑体字部分又是定语从句，修饰先行词those，意思是“能够一起面对困难的（那些人）才是真朋友”。（剩余3196字）

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