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block n. 街區(qū);街段 K] Read the words and have the students repeat again and again until they can pronounce the words fluently and accurately. Write the words advantages and disadvantages on the board and ask students to explain them in their own words. Advantage is something useful or helpful, something likely to bring success, especially in petition. Disadvantage is the opposite of advantage. It means unfavourable condition or something that stands in: the way of progress, success, etc. Advantage and disadvantage are the opposites. Ask students to give some examples: ability→disability, trust→distrust. Read the instructions. Point out the blank lines under the words Advantages and Disadvantages below the interview. You will write your answers in these blanks. Read the first two sentences at the top of the article. Explain that the interviewer will talk to several teenagers. Get students to read the interview on their own quickly. When they have finished, ask if there are any words or sentences they don’t understand. If there are, explain them. Ask students to read the interview aga in and writ e the advantages and disadvantages. Check the answers with the whole class. Answ ers Advantages friends hang out there, always something happening, free concerts, fun to peoplewatch, I like to go in the music store, listen to CDs, look at books in the bookstore. Disadvantages air isn’t fresh, usually crowded, always spend too much money. Not