【導讀】“usedto加不定式”表示過去常常干某事，現(xiàn)在不在干了。“beusedtodoing”表示習慣于干某事。過去常害怕黑暗。

　　

【正文】 agreed that Martin was wasting his time. The head teacher said it was necessary to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his surprise, this phone call changed his life. “ It was exactly what I needed,” he said. “ My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was watching me, and would always take pride in everything good I do. That’ s when I decided to change. I realize that since my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.” Now Martin has really changed. He has been working hard, and is now a top student in his class. How was he able to change? His mother’ s love helped him to feel good about himself, and as Martin himself says, “ It’ s very important for parents to be there for their children.” After you read— copy all the underlined expressions into your notebook. Expressions from He used to cause a lot of trouble. a fifteenyearold boy, a problem child39。, a recent conversation with? , changed is life, give? many problems, after?’ s death, a few years ago, bee much more difficult, not afford to pay for? , not often at home, look after? , caused problems for? , not interested in studying, get into trouble with? , give up trying to help? , in the end, made a difficult decision, send? to a boys39。 boarding school, cause a lot of trouble, one day, leave the school, waste one’ s time, talk with? , called? , to one’ s surprise, change one’ s life, be no longer with? , watch ? , pride in? , be afraid of being alone, make? pay more attention to? , work hard, a top student in one’ s class, feel good about? Part 2: Teaching Resources(第二部分 :教學資源 ) I. List of simple adjectives Able, Afraid, Bad, Big, Brave, Bright, Careful, Careless, Cheap, Clean, Clear, Clever, Cold, Comfortable, Cool, Close, Dangerous, Dark, Dead, Deep, Dirty, Dry, Difficult, Early, Easy, Empty, Exciting, Expensive, Fair, Famous, Far, Fast, Fat, Free, Fresh, Fine, Flat, Full, Funny, Good, Great, Happy, Hard, Healthy, Heavy, High, Hot, Hungry, Important, Interesting, Kind, Late, Large, Lazy, Light, Long, Loud, Low, Lucky, Narrow, Near, Noisy, Old, Polite, Proud, Quick, Quiet, Rich, Sad, Safe, Strong, Sweet, Thick, Thirsty, Tidy, Useful, Warm, Weak, Whole, Windy, Retrieved II. List of emotions fear feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear), shock, phobia (fear of one thing) anger feeling angry. Another word is rage. You can be angry with yourself or with others. sorrow feeling sad. Other words are sadness, grief (a stronger feeling, for example when someone has died) or depression (feeling sad for a long time). Some people think depression is a different emotion see depression. joy feeling happy. Other words are happiness, glee (when something good happens to you. or something bad happens to someone else), gladness. disgust feeling something is wrong or dirty. acceptance feling happy with something. anticipation feeling happy because of something in the future. surprise how you feel when something happens quickly or when you did not think it would happen. III. Emotions are: Anger, opposite Calmness (not feeling excited) Friendship (Love), opposite Enmity (feeling hate) Fear, opposite Confidence (having no fear) Shame, opposite Shamelessness (shame: how you feel when you think you are wrong or stupid。 shamelessness: you do not feel shame, but others think you should.) Kindness, opposite Unkindness (kindness: when you are good to other people) Pity (when you feel sorry for other people) Indignation (feeling angry because something is not fair) Envy (how you feel when other people are luckier than you are) IV. Simple emotions discovery – confusion。 gain – loss。 surprise no surprise – expectation。 wonder surprise – monplace。 happiness – unhappiness。 amusement – weariness。 pletion – inpleteness。 courage timidity – cowardice。 pity – cruelty。 repentance lack of regret innocence V. Complex emotions pride modesty shame。 closeness detachment – distance。 plaint/pain doing OK – pleasure。 caution boldness – rashness。 patience mere tolerance – anger。 relaxation posure stress VI. Pure emotions fear nervousness – security。 togetherness – privacy。 respect – disrespect。 appreciation – envy。 love no love lost – hatred。 familiarity – mystery。 VII. Propositional attitudes attentive inattentive – avoiding。 alertness – exhaustion。 intent indecision refusal effort no real effort – repose。 hope – despair。 desire indifference – reluctance。 interest no interest repulsion VIII. Complex propositional attitudes permission – prohibition。 petence – inpetence。 obligation – freedom。 constraint independence resistance to constraint。 request negative request suggestion no suggestion – warning