(通过歌曲表演、介绍自己的好朋友，好朋友配对等活动让学生自己总结出好朋友的含义。并通过狮子和老鼠的图片来激发学生的学习兴趣，为新课的学习打下伏笔，知道朋友还有一个更高层次的含义，希望通过故事能找出这层含义。)
实例二
T: This lion wants to make friends with other animals. You know, we must introduce ourselves before making friends, if you are the lion, how will you introduce yourself?
T: Is this lion always happy? Look! How is the lion now? What can the lion say?
Ss: It says: I am afraid, who can help me?
T: Who is coming? How is the mouse?
Ss: The mouse is coming. He is brave.
T: Who is brave? ______ is brave, because ___________ .
Ss: The_________ is brave,
She can help sick people.
The_________ is brave,
He can catch the thief.
The _________is brave,
He can put out the fire.
T: The mouse is brave, what can he do?
Ss: The mouse bite the net. He helps the lion.
T: What can the lion and the mouse say?
Ss: The lion says ‘ Thank you , little mouse!’ The mouse says ‘You are welcome. We are friends now!’
(教师只是课堂中的主导，学生才是课堂的主体。根据课文内容，我提出了几个线索型的问题后，让学生根据所提问题到故事中通过学习寻找答案。在寻找答案的过程中，我还请同学们发挥想象，想想狮子和老鼠都会说些什么，把原来简单的故事进一步的进行丰富，使学生能在学习的基础上学会拓展，综合运用语言的能力的到充分的发展。而且通过思考之后，学生的情感得到了强化，对课文的理解也就更深刻了。）