情境题 ＞＞ 从方框中选出恰当的单词，并用其适当形式完成句子
[张林拟邀请教育专家王先生莅临本校开展专题讲座，并为此向王先生发送了一封邀请邮件。]
honour, reply, benefit, cost, date
1. This educational speech will
cost
us nothing but will bring us a lot of fun.
2. We will truly
benefit
from your excellent speech.
3. It is our great
honour
to listen to your speech here.
4. The
date
of the speech is April 4.
5. We are looking forward to your
reply
.
答案：1. cost
2. benefit
3. honour
4. date
5. reply
写作目标
本单元的写作话题是“沟通与交流”，属于新课标“人与社会”主题范畴中的“社会服务与人际沟通”这一主题群，涉及子主题“良好的人际关系与人际交往”。常见的写作任务是描述自己在与他人沟通中遇到的问题和困难，针对别人的沟通问题提出改善的建议或解决问题的方法等。
素材积累
开头句
1. What’s the best way to communicate in this situation?
在这种情况下，最好的沟通方式是什么？
2. It’s important for us to communicate with our friends.
与我们的朋友沟通对我们来说很重要。
中间句
1. If you want to solve the problem, a face-to-face talk usually works the best.
如果你想解决问题，面对面交谈通常效果最好。
2. Pay attention to your body language.
注意你的肢体语言。
结尾句
1. If you really work at it, you will find having conversations much easier.
如果你真的用心练习，你会发现与人交谈变得容易得多。
2. Communicating better can make our friendship stronger.
更好地沟通可以使我们的友谊更加牢固。
答案：
典例探究
“A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.”这句谚语让我们体会到了朋友的珍贵之处。沟通交流是我们收获珍贵友谊的重要途径之一。那么我们该如何与朋友沟通，让友谊长存呢？请你根据所给提示，以“How to Communicate with Our Friends”为题，写一篇英语短文。
注意：
(1)包含以上所有提示，可适当发挥；
(2)文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名；
(3)词数:不少于80词(已给出部分不计入总词数)。
How to Communicate with Our Friends
A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
[审题指导]
1.体裁:说明文;人称:第一人称;时态:一般现在时
2.写作要点:①引出话题,表明写作意图。②重点介绍与朋友沟通的具体建议。
[谋篇布局]
答案：How to Communicate with Our Friends
A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. It's very important for us to keep a precious friendship, and proper communication is one of the best ways to get on well with our friends. But how should we communicate with our friends? Here is my advice.
First, we should trust our friends. If we have disagreements, we need to talk about our problems honestly instead of hiding them. Second, we should learn to share with our friends. We can share not only our joy, but also our trouble and different thoughts. Third, we should help each other when our friends meet difficulties. A small favor can make our friendship much closer. Last but not least, we should be good listeners, and carefully hear what our friends want to express.
All in all, if we do these things, we will get along very well with our friends and our friendship will last for a long time.
解析：
这是人教版八年级上册的话题写作题，写作要求如下：1. 体裁为说明文，使用第一人称、一般现在时行文；2. 内容需要覆盖提示词trust（信任）、share（分享）、help（互助），可补充符合主题的合理沟通技巧，比如认真倾听等内容；3. 行文结构按照谋篇布局分为三部分：首先点明友谊的珍贵，引出和朋友良好沟通的重要性；其次分点逐条给出具体的沟通建议；最后总结做法的意义，点明这样做能让友谊长久。写作要贴合八年级词汇难度，避免超纲表达，词数达标，不出现真实个人信息。
