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n, because it remains being er an awfully er dark experience, and so it was it for me too, because when I39。t help thinking about these days where they punished me.4. I wouldn39。t think that works. That only makes you rebel.5. Well, there39。t at all agree with beating a child, but I do think sometimes a quick, short smack on the hand or arm is better than a long drawnout moan. It39。t really defend it when I, when I hit my child, I don39。s not … a terrible thing to do. I mean, what are the alternatives? You can shout at your child, you can try to sit down and reason with your child, which is incredibly difficult if you39。s quick, it39。s physical, but having said all that I still try not to do it.PartⅣ 填空題不傳原文PartⅤ: She doesn’t let me watch that much TV after school, which is really annoying because most of my friends watch Home and Away and Neighbors but I only get to watch one of them. I sometimes don’t — I mean I think that’s really unfair so sometimes I just watch both anyway.Mother: First and foremost, Louisa watches a fair amount of television whether she thinks she’s deprived or not, she must watch at least 45 minutes per day. And when I’m not around you know I know the child sneaks in a fair amount more than that. So she gets in a fair amount of television, certainly on the weekends. But I am of the opinion that television, very very very few programs will teach them anything. And I think when a child is under your care for 18 years it’s the parents’ responsibility to make sure that the input is of value, and I don’t think television, much television is of any value at all, I think reading a book and doing her piano lessons are far more valuable than watching crummy American soap operas.Questions for memory test:1. How many TV plays are mentioned?2. For how long a time does Louisa watch TV per day?3. Does Louisa try to get more time to watch TV?4. Which activities does Louisa’s mother think are far more valuable?B. My parents gave me a lot of free time. After dinner, during the week when I was say even 15 years old they would let me go out until ten o’clock and they would never ask where I went. I would smoke cigarettes and drink beer, at 15 years old I would hang out in the ... in the local pubs and these were type of things that I don’t think were too good for me at that time. I think my parents should have, you know, maybe at least showed an interest as to where I was going. They never even asked where I was going and they, they gave me a lot of free time, and I think that they, they felt that this was a thing that was being a good parent. But I think that teenagers are very native, and I was as a teenager very native, and I think I could have used a little more direction from them. These days a lot of parents think they should be lenient with their children, they should let them grow and experience on their own. And I think that’s what my parents were doing, I think there’s a Biblical saying”Spare the rod, spoil the child” and I think that really applies. And I think you need to direct especially young people. They can be thrown into such a harsh world, especially if you live in a city. I lived in a very small village and it was still a rough crowd that I found in that village. And my parent never asked questions, and if they only knew they would be shocked.Statements:1. When the boy was 15 years old, he could stay out until ten o’clock.2. At the age of 15, the boy was not allowed to smoke cigarettes or drink beer.3. The boy thought his parents were very good because they gave him a lot of free time.4. The boy lived in a very crowd city.Unit 4 Going to School (Ⅰ)Part Ⅰ Getting readyA The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.1. counselor: 2. make the grade: 3. quit: 4. term: 5. concentrate: 6. intelligent: 7. go to pieces: 8. strict: 9. requirement: 10. goodygoody: B A school counselor in a high school is trying to understand exactly what Sam39。t be able to do the exam tomorrow. I just don39。m ready. Counselor: You say that you don39。s exam ... what do you feel like right now? Sam: Well, I39。m going to have to quit the exam and, well, I guess I39。t make the grade on this course ... and I see him getting angry ... and, well, I start to feel I39。t feel ready for your exam, you feel anxious and you don39。d entered me for a chess petition and I got knocked out in the first match ... he was angry because he39。t ready to play in that league. Counselor: And now you are preparing to tell him that you39。s exactly it.C You are going to hear Mr. and Mrs. Thompson discussing their daughter39。s parents? Mr. Thompson: Er, yes. Are you her class teacher, Mrs. Daniels? Mrs. Daniels: Yes, that39。t actually teach Tracey, but I do see her every day before classes begin. Is there anything you want to ask me? Mr. Thompson: Well, yes, to be honest we39。t seem to be doing as well as she was. Mrs. Daniels: Well now, let39。s finding the work more difficult now that they39。t concentrating very hard in biology lessons. Mrs. Thompson: Oh, but she really likes biology and she’s so good at drawing. Mrs. Daniels: Yes, but even in art her teacher thinks she tends to spend too much time talking to her friends. In fact, several of her teachers have told me that she isn39。t had a single piece of geography homework from her all term. Mr. Thompson: Yes, we don39。t seem to be interested in school any more. Mrs. Daniels: I don39。s a very intelligent girl. In English her marks are well above the average and her teacher says she always has a lot to say in lessons. Mrs. Thompson: Yes, that39。s trouble. She talks too much. Mrs. Daniels: Well, nevertheless, oral skills are very important and if we can all guide her back to a more positive attitude to school work, she39。m very disappointed in her. She was doing so well, especially in English and French, and now everything see