Knowledge aims:

1. Get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions: reason¡¡list¡¡share¡¡feeling¡¡Netherlands¡¡German¡¡series¡¡outdoors¡¡crazy¡¡nature¡¡purpose¡¡dare¡¡thunder¡¡entirely¡¡power¡¡according¡¡trust¡¡indoors¡¡share. . . with. . . go through¡¡hide away¡¡set down¡¡a series of¡¡be crazy about¡¡on purpose¡¡in order to¡¡in one’s power¡¡face to face¡¡according to

2. Help the students to find the words and phrases that they find most difficult and help them to understand.

Ability aims:

Help the students develop their reading ability and learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming, scanning and so on.

Emotional aims:

Enable the students to realize the importance of friends and friendship, value the friendship between friends by learning the reading text and tell true friends from false friends in their lives.