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Book3 Unit 1 Absolute Agony!
Good morning, dear judges. I’m Candidate No.1. My topic is Absolute Agony!. May I ..? Thank you!
Good morning, everybody! How are you today? Fine! Great! I am very well. In our daily life, we hope everything is going well every day. But in fact, that is not the truth of life. Life is full of problems to solve. What problems do you have? You worry about the coming exam. It’s hard for you to fit in with others in our class. You had a fight with your best friend and you haven’t speak to each other for a week. When you have problems, who do you usually ask for help? Your parents. Your teachers. Your best friends. But sometimes, we don’t want to talk about our problems with people around us. What can we do? Oh, we can write a letter to the newspaper. For example, the 21 century teens newspaper has a column named “Just Ask”. There is always someone helping solve our problems. Does it work? let’s have a look.
Open your books and turn to Page 2. What’s the title of this passage? Absolute Agony! It has a subtitle. Our Agony Aunt answers your questions. Agony means extreme physical or mental pain. So what can agony aunt do? She can answer your questions and relieve your agony. Probably!
Let’s read the passage quickly and check your predictions. In this passage, we can find two letters. The first one is from Ben to Agony aunt. The second one is from Agony aunt to Ben. what are the two letters about? Problems and suggestions.
Now, let’s read the first letter carefully and find out Ben’s problems.
Mad- His team lost their last match
Disappointed- The team were let down by the point guard.
Angry- I told my best friend that my teammate was to blame, just letting of stream.
Embarrassed & ashamed-My best friend told everyone what I had said.
Now, let’s read the second letter carefully and find out Aunt Agony’s suggestions for Ben.
Apologise to your teammate.
You need to work together, and that means communicating clearly and resolving conflicts.
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