课前准备：
第一单元Text B
1 小组讨论
What do you think of friendship?
Can we build friendships beyond the confines of our closest acquaintances?
2课文理解
Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
▇ （Para. 1）
Q:What was the former belief of the author and his wife?
Q:What have changed their thinking?
▇ （Paras. 2-4）
Q:What does the author tell us about the regular bus driver?
Q:Why is teamwork far more important than knowing names in the author’sopinion?
▇ （Paras. 5-6）
Q:What do they usually do before the bus leaves the station?
Q:What do you know about the silent woman?
Q:Why does the factory securityguard close his eyes during his bus trip?
▇ （Paras. 7-9）
Q:What happened to the rotund gentleman one morning?
Q:Why did thepassengers feel a little pride when they think of the new-born baby of theMexican couple?
Q:Why doesthe author say that they hate to leave the meeting point without the Haitians?
▇ （Paras. 10-11）
Q:What is the onlything that the author and his wife feel sad about during their Sunday-morningbus trip for many months?
Q:What was the response of the silent woman when they greeted her in thefish restaurant?
Q:Why was the woman silent on the bus?
▇ （Paras. 12-16）
Q: What do you know about the family life ofthe silent woman?
Q:Why did she ride the bus on Sunday mornings?
Q:How did the author and his wifefeel about the dinner with the silent woman?
Q:What happened when they left the restaurant?
课中 Classroom activities：
1 Have a discussion in the lead-in part in your group. A or two representatives from each group will make a brief talk on behalf of the group.
2 Try to discuss those questions about Text A with your partner
