1、Resisted; frustration; fluttered; jerked; restless; haltingly; gratefully; thoughtlessReading Three1-7 FTFFTFTAdministrative; meekly; hysterical; requisition; deposit; severeConfronted; spluttered; irate; bogus; purchaseReading four1-6 FTTTFT1.How often does this seriously affect peoples communicati
2、on and make them fail in building good relationships?2.Every time parents and children disagree with each other, specialists often explain that “generation gap” is the reason.3.We are not sure whether the term is an acceptable explanation because the word “generation” is used, but the other word “ga
3、p” can be applied when analyzing peoples different opinions.4.Specialists in communication immediately challenge this belief and view it in a different way.5.A speaker may not speak as fast as the listener can think.6.Because they have free time to spend by themselves, the listeners probably think o
4、f other things and no longer concentrate.7.As peoples interests vary, when the topic does not attract them, the listeners stop listening.8.If the speaker does not give a good impression because of his looks or other matters, the listener would probably refuse to follow what the speaker says.Check yo
5、ur vocabulary A1.give rise to2.arise from3.imply4.facilitate5.sound6.carry away7.gesture8.exercise9.tune inCheck your vocabulary Bdisposal; distractions; facilitate; resort; skip; contributes; deserted; solutionPost-readingA.Through several incidents in childhood, Mary learned from her father how to
6、 listen to others criticisms, hear the truth in the criticisms, and respect her own opinion. When she grew up, she did her Daddy advised and made achievements in her career.B.1-5 DBDABUnit Two Little children, headache; big children, heartache.(Italian Proverb)In terms of problems that children give
7、 to their parents, big children are far troublesome than little children. Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers. (William Galvin)Mother Nature has designed everything for us. She gives us twelve years to establi
8、sh a close and affectionate parent-child bond before they become troublesome teenagers who keep giving us headaches. Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. Virginia Satir, The New Peopl
9、emaking, 1988Adolescents are not frightening creatures. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are properly not so sure themselves. (Virginia Satir)Reading OneCheck your compression A1-6 TFTTFFCheck your comprehension B1.to be independent/ independence
10、/ freedom/ their own lives2.primitive/ simple/ tribal way3.become adults4.frustrated, rebellious, restless5.became/ were furious6.the house keyshelter; sit up; rein; adapt; primitive; puberty; lenient; worked outReading two1-6 FFTTFT1-5 ACAACCheck your comprehension A1-5 TFTFT1.One child sits in a c
11、hair and sticks out his/her leg so that another one running by is launched like a space shuttle.2.Several children run to the same door, grab the same handle, and beat each other up, ignoring the fact that there are other doors available.3.In restaurants, small children cast their bread on the water
12、 in the glasses the waiter has just brought.4.A child uses a chair to slip to the floor.5.They yell at each other with one sticking his/her foot inside the door and waving it around, and the other being disgusted but refusing to close the door.1.You have decided to give up the joys of producing copi
13、es of some great art pieces at your own ease in order to instead produce copies of yourselves, who keep you on the edge of desperation.2.“Well,” I said, searching deep inside myself to give a paternal suggestion, “The best way is to close your door.”3.And we decided to have children not for the reas
14、on of making my wife look older.4.We did not plan to lose the days when we went shopping after enjoying a comfortable brunch together on fine Saturdays.intimate; confess; make up; ceaseless; yell; paternal; rewardingReading Four1-4 DADB1-6 TTTFFTmanipulative; thrives; squeaked; sabotaged; penetrated
15、; suffocating; juggle; personaCheck your vocabulary B.nasty; sting; addiction; sneak; lease; rigidtactics; unconditional; verge; encounter; franklyPost ReadingB. 1-8 TTTF FTFTUnit Three Beauty more than bitterness makes the heart break.(Sara TeasdaleBeauty is good and of value. But the pursuit of be
16、auty at the cost of other things may cause even bigger trouble than what pain and hardship will bring about. There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.(Francis Bacon)Any beautiful thing is not perfectly proportional. Some deviation from standard is not only allowe
17、d but also necessary for beauty to show its characteristics. If you get simple is beauty and nought else, you get about the best ting God invents.(Robert Browning)Simple beauty is the best thing that you can be awarded of all the things in the world.Robert Browning (7 May 1812 12 December 1889) was
18、an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.Reading one1-7 TTFTTFF1.Some people prefer black hair, but other people like brown hair more.2.You have been so greatly influenced by the environment you are i
19、n that you tend to look at beauty that way.3.Womens magazines, advertisements and the media all focus their topics on appearance and looks, and they keep warning you about the harm and risk of bad breath, sweat, being too fat or too thin.4.The image you form about yourself may be very inaccurate.5.G
20、ood looks shouldnt exactly follow the model of any particular individual.1.They were 202 primary school students, most of them aged eight and nine.2.Children as young as seven were unhappy with their bodies and nearly one-in-three girls and boys wanted to thinner.3.It was “worrying that a number of
21、the children have these sorts of beliefs and attitudes,” and that there are more children with early-onset anorexia, which “is usually a lot more difficult to treat and usually a lot more severe,” though only a minority would go on to develop an eating disorder.4.Ms. Thomas said children needed to l
22、earn that any body shape was acceptable and they should be proud of their body.5.He felt sad and guilty as a professional on the eating disorder research program.Check your comprehension B indictment; predisposes; purge; specialist; dietary; nominated; onsetReading three1-5 CCDAC1-5 FFFTTperused; pr
23、evious; desperately; convince; belittle; complimented; elated; addicted1-6 FTFFTFpeck away; stand out; mould; advance; release.from; normality; hailedB. 1-5 CACCDUnit four Sleep is better than medicine.(Proverb)Good health relies more on a good nights sleep than on medicine. A dream is a wish your h
24、eart makes, when youre fast sleep.(Disney World advertisement)A dream reflects what you really feel in your subconscious world. A light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved
25、 a coward.(Lord Chesterfield 1694-1773, British Statesman, Author)When one refrains from having a big supper, enjoys a good nights sleep, and wakes up to a beautiful morning, he/she will feel like a hero. But if the same person eats too much in the evening, not sleeping well throughout the night, and wakes up to rainy morning, he/she may suffer from a lack of confidence.1.By sleeping in total darkness during t
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