【正文】 . I cut out the paragraph in this article. 我刪除了這篇文章的一個段落。 development 7. Look for differences and similarities between things __________ pare v. 比較 pare …with… 比較；對比 . How does your new house pare with your old one? 你的新房子和舊房子比起來怎么樣？ paring 2d Read the article again and answer the questions. 1. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join afterschool activities? Yes, she does. She thinks that afterschool activities are good for the children’s future. 2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? What’s her opinion? No, she doesn’t. She thinks that people shouldn’t push their children so hard, and they should let their kinds be kinds. 3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say? Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says that afterschool activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that children should have time to relax and think for themselves, and that it’s more important to have happy children than successful children. do you think of afterschool activities? In my opinion, if the kids really like the activity such as basketball, they can go to these classes. They may have some fun as well some skills. I don’t agree that some parents push the kids to take these activities. Discuss the questions with your partner. 2e 2. What should you do to relax? There are a lot of ways to relax. I’d like to listen to music or play sports to relax. But my friend, Eric would like to sleep a lot and eat some nice food. 1. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. 他們中許多人學習考試技巧，因此就能夠進入好的高中，隨后一所好大學。Giving advice I’m a little bit shy. I’m afraid of speaking in front of people. What should I do? You should be more confident. You should play sports with your friends after class. I left my homework at home. You should tell it to your teacher. You could call your parents and ask them to bring it to school. What’s wrong with the girl? She’s too stressed out. What should she do? Can you give her some advice? Why not hang out with her friends? She could play