内容正文:
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Ⅰ. 课文再现
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I 1. interviewed (采访)19yearold 2. Asian (亚洲的) pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be shy and took up singing to deal with her 3. shyness (害羞). As she got better, she 4. dared /deəd/ to sing in front of her class. Now she's not shy anymore.
I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people. “I didn't use to be popular in school, but now I get 5. tons of attention.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I have to be careful about what I say or do. I don't have much 6. private time now. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always 7. guards (警卫) around me.”
What is Candy's 8. advice (建议) to those young people who want to become famous? She says, “You have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really 9. require a lot of talent and hard work to 10. succeed (成功). Only a very small number of people make it to the top.”
Ⅱ. 能力提升
话题:时代变迁
体裁:说明文
建议时间:7 minutes
My grandfather is an eightyyearold man. He often says that life used to be better.
Families aren't families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broke down. If a husband and a wife have problems with their marriage,they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone's working. No one has time to look after children at home.
And the cars! No one walks anymore; everyone drives. My gramdfather used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don't. And in school, the children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, my grandfather used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in his head. Kids don't use their heads an