2025届高三英语上学期一轮复习培优外刊阅读学案：聚会话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜过年聚会总要假装客气，不如“好好吵一架” 龙年春节假期马上就要开始了。每年这个时候，我们的心情都比较复杂，既渴望和家人团聚，又担心和家人相聚时话不投机、发生争吵。甚至有网友总结了“过年情绪三件套”：高高兴兴回家、骂骂咧咧过年、依依不舍离家。过年吵架似乎是个人人都想避开，却又躲不过的“魔咒”。然而今天这篇文章却反其道而行之，认为在过重大节日时和家人吵一架并不是坏事。人们习惯于在节日聚会上假装客气，是出于怎样的心理？为什么作者觉得和家人有一些“艰难的对话”反而更好？ Why Arguing Is My Cherished Holiday Tradition By Esau McCaulley Many of us envision a happy holiday as one when nothing dramatic occurs. Couples going through a rough patch hope to make it through the familial gatherings without allowing the tensions to surface. People who have lost jobs put a smiley face on financial troubles. Rumors spread, but no one says anything because, of course, we must be polite. Underlying that courteousness is the fear that acceptance remains conditional. We worry that if we reveal who we really are, what we really think and the difficulties we endure, then we might be rejected. No more pumpkin pie from Grandma. But what if something essential is lost when we stop telling the truth? Family life exists precisely at that dangerous intersection of possibly hurting or healing those we love. I have wounded and been wounded in equal measure. But my family keeps coming back together, year in and year out, because there is love in our determination to know and help one another. There is a confidence that on the other side of difficult conversations there will be more pieI would like to suggest, then, that if you are blessed to gather this season with people who care enough to tell you hard things with a tenderness arising from genuine affection, then you have not had a failed holiday but a beautiful one. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.argue英 [ˈɑːɡjuː] 美 [ˈɑːrɡjuː] v. _____________________________ 2.cherished英 [ˈtʃerɪʃt] 美 [ˈtʃerɪʃt] adj. _____________________________ 3.dramatic英 [drəˈmætɪk] 美 [drəˈmætɪk] adj. _____________________________ 4.drama n._____________________________ 5.patch n. （口语）艰难时期（difficult time）_____________________________ 6.tension英 [ˈt