comic strips

plot: the main events in a story.

eg. The music in the film was

good, but the plot was

foolish.

The characters have strong personalities .

The personalities come across in the pictures.

What are they like?

personality1. They became good friends though their personalities are different.

2. Kelvin and Kate don’t get along well because their personalities are different.

个性 , 性格

come across

2. I came across an old friend I hadn’t seen for ages.

1. He is a good speaker. His main points come across very clearly in his speech.

表现得清楚明白，贯穿……始终；偶遇，碰到

Some rules

1. Some frames can be left without borders to add variety.

2. Frame sizes are varied to make the strip more interesting

3. The stories is mainly told in the pictures, but there are bubbles for speech and thoughts.

New words and phrases

plot effect

personality thoughts

frame

border

variety

bubble

come across

be varied

come to life

at the top

a line of text

person n.

personal adj.

personally adv.

personality n.

vary v.

variety n.

various adj.

varied adj.

thought(s) n.

think v.

thoughtful adj.

thoughtless adj.

Exercises:

vary various variety varied

1.The shape of the vases are _______ to fit into different shelves.

2.The _______ of food at the party made me very happy.

3.There are _______ ways to get to the station.

4. The weather _______ from day to day.

varied

variety

various

varies

person personal personally

personality

1.I will thank them ____________.

2.It’s not strange that they are good friends because they have the same _____________.

3.It’s against the laws to read other people’s _________ letters.

personally

personalities

personal

think thought thoughtful

thoughtless

1.It was very ____________ of her to keep us waiting so long.

2.After much _________, he decided not to buy the car.

3. What do you _________ of him?

thoughtless

thought

think

Oral workRead the text after the tape

Memorize the most important words and phrases

Get to know the story on P97 before class

Written workCopy the new words and phrases