Module 3 Unit 5 Reading Problems and advice.

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1 Module 3 Unit 5 Reading Problems and advice

2 Complete these statements with the words in the box below
Complete these statements with the words in the box below. Change the form of the words as necessary. conscience purchase regret queue tough miss After the exam, the student ________not having studied the night before. The football player had a clear shot, but he _______ the goal, causing his team to lose the game. regretted missed

3 3. The two boys argued all day about who was _______, Jackie Chan or Jet Li.
4. The wife reminded her husband to make a _______ of milk on his way home from work. 5. The woman had a guilty __________ after she ate a cake instead of staying on her diet. 6. Everyone stood in a _______ to buy fireworks for the Spring Festival. tougher purchase conscience queue

4 Complete the news article with the words in the box
Complete the news article with the words in the box. Change the form of the words as necessary. accidentally temporarily grumble smash at this point behaviour mean to guilty

5 temporarily behaviour smashed guilty mean to grumble accidentally at this point

6 What do you know about…? Discuss with your classmates the problems in the pictures below. Then match the advice in the box to the picture by writing the advice in the blanks.

7 give it to the police build a fence tell the owner
____________________ build a fence tell the owner ______________ ______________

8 What should you do? Just walk by the money as if you did not see it.
Pick up the money and donate it to Project Hope. Pick up the money and stand waiting for the person who lost it. Pick up the money and give it to a policeman. Pick up the money and use it to buy some books.

9 What should you do? Keep the dog as your pet. Just drive the dog away.
Raise a dog of your own to keep watch over garden.

10 What should you do? Ask your parents for help to solve the problem.
Go away and pretend you had nothing to do with it.

11 Skimming Letter 1 is probably about a flowerpot falling _____ a flat.
a. inside b. outside 2 Letter 2 is probable about ______ the underground. a. riding b. bad behaviour on Letter 3 is probably about how a rude checkout assistant ____. a. made a mistake b. changed into a polite one b b a

12 Scan the excerpts to answer the following questions.
Scanning Scan the excerpts to answer the following questions. In Letter 1, who did the police question? ________________________________ In Letter 2, who did the tough guys bully? In Letter 3, how much extra money did the writer keep? Everyone in the high-rise. A young boy. ₤ 10.

13 Ask and answer: Have you ever encountered a problem and difficulty handling it by yourself? If you don’t know how to deal with a problem, who do you turn to for advice? Why do you turn to that person? Have you ever done something that you regret? If so, have you thought of doing something to make up for it?

14 Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
What are the problems they are seeking advice for?

15 Listen to the tape of Letter 1 and answer the questions.
1 Who knocked a flowerpot from the window of a new high-rise flat? 2 Was anyone hurt by the flowerpot? 3 What did the police do to a neighbour’s son?

16 Listen to the tape of Letter 2 and fill in the blanks.
travelling home Last night, while _______________ on the underground, I saw three ___________ enter my almost empty carriage. They ________ beside a young boy who was travelling alone and began to tease and ________. Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat, but that did no good. They just followed him and ___________________. The boy was _________________. At this point, I stopped looking and _________ at my station, feeling sorry for the boy. I ____ not helping him, but not being Superman and ____________, what could I do? Should I…? tough guys sat down bully him continued their bullying obviously frightened got off regret hating violence

17 Use your knowledge of these words and the context to guess the meanings of the underlined words. Don’t use the dictionary. I visited a close friend in her new, high-rise flat. High-rise refers to a very tall building. The checkout assistant at my usual supermarket is always rude. Checkout refers to the place where you pay for things at a supermarket. I gave her a fifty-pound note to pay for a two-pound purchase. Pound refers to unit of British money. She accidentally gave me an extra twenty-pound note in my change. Note refers to a piece of paper money.

18 A few days ago, the checkout assistant at my usual supermarket a fifty-pound note to pay for a six-pound purchase. grumbling, and she gave me an extra ten-pound note. Went back to tell her and to correct the error. Barked…let me wait in the queue Left …with.. and a clear conscience. When? About whom is the story? How much did I give to her What was she busy doing? How much did I get more? What did I do then? How about her? What was the end?

19 Use the information in the excerpts to decided if the statements below are true. For true statements circle T, and for false statements circle F. In Letter 1, a girl knocked over a flowerpot and did not tell anyone. Someone was injured by the accident caused in Letter 1. In Letter 2, the three young men were being friendly to a young boy. The writer of Letter 2 was frightened by the tough guys. The checkout assistant in Letter 3 gave a customer an extra ₤10 note. The customer gave the money back. ( ) T F

20 A teacher questioned the letter writers about why certain things happened. Suppose you are the letter writers. Answer the questions below, starting each answer with Because, or write I do not know if appropriate.

21 Letter 1 Because no one was hurt.
Why did you say nothing before you left for the cinema with your friend? ____________________________________ Why did the police take a neighbour’s son to the police station? 3. Why did your friend say nothing to the police? Why did you write to the counsellor? Because no one was hurt. Because the police thought he was guilty. Because she was frightened. Because I had a guilty conscience.

22 Letter 2 I do not know. Because it was my station.
5 Why did the tough guys begin to bully the boy? ____________________________________ 6 Why did you get off the train? 7 Why didn’t you help the boy? I do not know. Because it was my station. Because I did not know what to do.

23 Letter 3 8 Why was the checkout assistant grumbling? ____________________________________ 9 Why did you go back to speak to the checkout assistant? ______________________________________ 10 Why was your conscience clear when you left the shop? I do not know. Because I discovered that she had accidentally given me too much change. Because I did my best to correct my error.

24 Important sentences

25 It smashed to the ground below, narrowly missing some children at play.
花盆落到楼下的地面上摔得粉碎。 narrowly missing是现在分词短语作伴随状 语，此处意思是“勉强错过；差一点就砸到 了……”；narrowly “差一点；勉强” 如： On that street corner, Jane’s car narrowly missed a cyclist. 在那个街角，简的汽车差一 点撞上一个骑自行车的人。

26 2. …so we said nothing and left the cinema as planned
as planned “按原定计划”, 可看作是连词as后省略了主语it和助动词had been, 这种省略现象在状语从句中很常见，省略的前提是从句中的主语必须和主句主语一致，或者从句的主语是it, 且从句中的谓语动词含有助动词be, 如： If (it is) taken good care of, the bird can live for as long as five years. 如果照料得好，这种鸟的寿命可以长达五年。

27 3. After questioning him, they let him go temporarily.
在询问他之后，他们暂时放他回家。 (1) after doing…是介词带动名词结构，在句中作状语, “在做了… …之后”， 如： After searching the house, the police found the hostage. 在搜查了整个房子后，警察找到了这名人质。 (2) question在此是动词，“询问，质问”，如：Who gave you the right to question me about my personal business? 谁给你权力来问我的私事？

28 4. Though no one was hurt, I have a guilty conscience and … 虽然没有人受伤，但我觉得内疚，而且……
a guilty conscience “问心有愧”，反义词组：a clear conscience “问心无愧”

29 5. Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat, but that did no good. 他们的行为过于恶劣，小男孩只好坐到另一个座位上，但是还是无济于事。 do no good “不起作用”，在此结构中good是名词，意思是 “益处，作用”。如： These volunteers have done a lot of good for society. 这些志愿者为社会做了许多好事。

30 6. I regret not helping him, but not being Superman and hating violence, what could I do? 我后悔没能帮他，但我不是超人，又憎恨暴力，我能做什么呢？ regret “后悔，遗憾”，后可接动名词和动词不定式，接动名词时，意“对（发生过的事情）感到后悔或遗憾等”；接动词不定式时，意思是“遗憾地要告知（尚未发生的事）……”。如： He regretted having mentioned that at the meeting. 他很后悔在会上提了那件事。

31 7. On discovering the error, I went back and tried to to tell her
on doing… 这是一个 “介词＋动名词”的结构，意思是 “一……就……”，一般用在句首，如： On seeing the headmaster come in, the students immediately stopped chatting. 一看到校长进门，学生们立刻停止了聊天。 8. That did it! 够了！ 这是一句口头用语，意为“某人不能再忍受下去了”。

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