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Topic 2 I feel better now.
Section D
1. Are you happy all the time? What makes you unhappy?
2. How do you deal with your unhappy feelings?
Please underline the following words and phrases, then guess what they mean.
deal with elder refuse understand
Work alone
Match phrases or words with their meanings according to the context.
deal with
elder
refuse
understand
to know what someone or something means
to say you will not do something
older than someone
to solve a problem
① What did Jeff do after the accident?
② Why was he angry with the driver?
③ How did he deal with his sadness?
④ What can you learn from Jeff?
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
He just sat in his bedroom and didn’t talk to anybody, even his parents.
Because the driver’s car hit his brother and his brother was killed.
He is beginning to talk to his parents. He goes to the movies or plays sports with his friends.
Key sentences
He was quite angry with the driver because his car
hit his brother, even though it was an accident.
(1) be angry with/at sb. 对某人生气
be angry at/about sth. 对某事生气
e.g.: I was very angry with myself for making such
a stupid mistake.
I was very angry about his behavior. He was
so rude.
(2) even though “即使”, 与even if 意思相同
e.g.: I will help you, even though/if I didn’t sleep
for a night.
2. Now he still misses his brother, but he doesn’t hate the
driver any longer.
not ... any longer “不再”, 相当于no longer, 指时间上不
再延长, 多与持续性动词连用。
e.g. : He doesn’t live in Beijing any longer.
not … any more =no more 指程度上或做事情的次数不
再增加, 多与短暂性动词连用。
e.g.: You will not see him any more.
3. He no longer stays in his room by himself.
by oneself 单独, 独自
She was singing by herself.
Work alone
Take a walk and relax
before going to bed.
Eat less rich food
and do more exercise.
Don’t be afraid. Follow
the dentist’s advice.
Be brave! Everything
will be fine.
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