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Unit 2 Let’s talk teens
Building your language【P.16】
B1 Mrs Zhao wrote an email to a teen magazine. Complete the email with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
anxious, normal, argument, stress
concern, struggle, calm down, go through
Dear Editor,
I am writing to ask for advice on my relationship with my teenage son. To tell the truth, I often (1)_______ to get along with him. Recently we have argued with each other a great deal. He is (2)________ about
关系
说实在话
struggle
最近
与...争吵
好多次
stressed
his skin because it has started to become very oily, with lots of red spots. He is always angry these days and seems less confident. I keep telling him that these changes are (3)_______, and that things will turn out just fine. Of course, I wanted to show my (4)_________ for his condition, so I asked him to see a doctor. But then he became angry and we had a big (5)_________. He told me that I was putting even more (6) _______ on him by talking about his spots all the time. In the end, I sent him to his room. He finally (7)___________ but it took some time. The whole experience was really terrible and I do not want to (8)_________ the same thing again. What should I do?
Best wishes,
Mrs Zhao
油腻
痘痘
自信的
normal
结果不会差
concerns
皮肤
当然
argument
anxiety
calmed down
体验
go through
B2 The article uses some abstract nouns. Note the following suffixes and think of more abstract nouns formed with them. Then fill in the table below with as many words as you can.
Parts of
speech Suffixes Words
Adjective
→n. -ce
independence, importance, absence, silence
patience, dictance, confidence,violence
-ty/-ity honesty, activity, anxiety, ability
→ Nouns -hood adulthood,childhood,neighborhood, brotherhood
-ship relationship,friendship,hardship, scholarship
-ment argument, treatment, management, statement, government, amazement,amusement, aquirement
verbs
→n. -tion/sion communication,station, question, action, adition, attraction, comparasion, discussion
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