牛津初中英语三年级课文UNIT3

[00:08.78]Hobo,I've got aproblem.What is it,Eddie?I'm getting fat.
[00:16.93]Look at my stomach.Eating too much makesyou unhealthy.
[00:23.46]Running and swimmingare good at you.
[00:27.69]Maybe you're right.Good,I'll finish thefood for you then.
[00:34.64]一、ReadingA What should I do?Millie and Simon havesome problems.
[00:49.58]They wrote to afamous youth workerabout their problems.
[00:55.33]Here are theirletters.
[00:58.67]Dear Sigmund FriendI am a Grade 9student.
[01:05.41]I have a problem andI want to know howto solve it.
[01:10.87]I have lots ofhobbies.
[01:14.42]I love reading,writing poems,walking and shopping.
[01:20.38]At the moment.Painting is myfavourite hobby.
[01:25.32]However,I have a lotof homework everyday.
[01:30.57]I know it is veryimportant to workhard and hand in myhomework on time,
[01:37.44]but the problem isthat I spend so muchtime doing myhomework
[01:43.68]that I cannot findany time for myhobbies.
[01:48.33]I really feel badabout that.
[01:52.38]I need to do myhomework but I alsolike my hobbies.
[01:58.23]Very often,I justcannot decide whento do my homework
[02:04.16]and when to spendtime on my hobbies.
[02:08.31]Should I focus¹ on myhomework and give upmy hobbies?
[02:13.88]This problem has mademe very unhappy.
[02:18.53]Can you please teachme how to achieve abalance between thetwo?
[02:24.48]I hope to hear fromyou soon.Best wishesmillie
[02:30.54]Dear Sigmund FriendMy name is Simon.
[02:36.29]I am a Grade 9students and I amcrazy about football.
[02:42.43]I love watchingfootball,readingabout football,
[02:48.10]and of course,playing football.
[02:52.15]However,my love offootball has becomea big problem now.
[02:58.10]I'd like your advice.I always playfootball with myfriends
[03:05.44]at school or in thepark after school.
[03:10.30]We like staying outlate to playfootball.
[03:14.56]Very often,we playfor three hours andwe just forget whento stop.
[03:21.82]My parents don't likethis and ask me tocome home before 6p.m.
[03:29.06]I really don'tunderstand why theyare so strict.
[03:34.13]I feel stressed² andangry from time totime.
[03:39.06]I believe it isimportant for us tospend some time onour hobbies.
[03:45.72]This can help usrelax and make ourlives colourful.
[03:50.58]I wish I could havemy parents' support.
[03:54.53]Is it bad to stay outlate to play football?
[03:58.79]School I spend lesstime on it?I really don't knowwhat to do.
[04:05.45]Can you offer me somesuggestions?
[04:09.18]They would be mostvaluable.Thanks a lot.
[04:14.54]Best wishesSimon
[04:18.30]二、Integrated skillsA Dealing³ withproblems
[04:26.84]A2.Sigmund Friend istalking to Sue⁴ abouther problems.
[04:34.81]Listen to theirconversation andhelp Sigmund Friend
[04:40.66]complete his notesin Part A1.
[06:02.11]B Speaking up:sharing problems andgiving advice
[06:10.68]Everybody hasproblems that worrythem.
[06:15.01]You want to shareyours with yourfriend.
[06:19.27]Work in pairs.Take turns to shareyour problems andgive advice.
[06:26.64]Use Mille and Amy'sconversation as amodel.
[06:31.89]Millie:I've got aproblem,Amy.I'm very worried.
[06:37.04]Amy:I'm sorry to hearthat.What's theproblem?
[06:42.18]Millie:My penfriendin the USA hasn'treplied to my lastthree e-mails.
[06:49.34]I think she doesn'twant to write to meany more.
[06:53.88]Amy:I'm sure that'snot true.Maybe she'sjust too busy thesedays.
[07:01.02]Millie:You're right.Maybe I shouldn'tworry too much.
[07:06.08]Amy:Why don't yousend an e-card to herand let her know youmiss her very much?
[07:13.21]Mille:That's a goodidea.
[07:16.45]Thanks for listeningto my problem andgiving me youradvice,Amy.
[07:22.20]Amy:My pleasure.That's what friendsare for.
[07:27.16]teenage adj.十几岁的quarrel vi.& n.吵架
[07:40.41]focus vi.集中(注意力、精力)于achieve vt.获得
[07:53.47]strict adj.严格的;严厉的support n.& vt.支持
[08:06.22]offer vt.提供suggestion n.建议
[08:18.47]valuable adj.贵重的;珍贵的succeed vi.成功
[08:30.43]skill n.技能,技巧list n.清单
[08:41.38]revise vi.复习;温习youth worker青少年辅导员 [08:53.84]while n.一会儿consider vt.认为,觉得cuffee n.咖啡
[09:11.39]black adj.(咖啡或茶)不加牛奶或奶油的prove vt.证明,证实
[09:22.34]interested adj.感兴趣的rather adv.颇,相当
[09:35.19]name vt.给……取名mark vt.打分数article n.文章diet n.日常饮食
[09:57.84]bookworm n.书虫;书呆子reply vi.对……做出反应;对……做出回答
[10:09.99]miss vt.想念;错过solution n.解答;解决方案
[10:22.55]stress n.压力suffer vi.处理,应付deal vi.处理,应付firstly⁵ adv.首先;第一
[10:44.60]ahead adv.提前;预先blame vt.责备cause n.原因
[11:01.34]conclusion n.结论major adj.主要的
[11:12.39]delicious adj.美味的;可口的programme n.节目

1 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。

2 stressed   

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

• Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
• He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 sue   

vt.控告，起诉；vi.请求，追求，起诉

参考例句：

• If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱，我就告你。
• The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。

5 firstly   

adv.第一；首先

参考例句：

• Firstly,you must be loyal to your homeland.首先，你必须忠于你的祖国。
• Firstly,let us deal with the most important issue.首先让我们来处理最紧要的问题。