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Character building: building up a good personality
Language skills: enlarging vocabulary; learning to describe personalities
Pre-readingLook at the pictures, which girl is your favourite? Why?
Match the descriptions with the pictures
good–looking
mean
easy-goingconsiderate and helpful
often spreads rumours or gossips about others
lovely and pretty
cry often
nice and kindget angry easily
destructive
With a strong personality and often argues
aggressive
with weak personality
While reading?? Girls are normally thought to be meaner
than boys. Do you know why? Read the passage quickly and find out the reason.
Girls are taught to be nice. Not to fight. So they have to find other ways to be aggressive.
Do you agree with this opinion?
1. According to the first paragraph ,how many girls are mentioned ? ( )
A.Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2. If a girl is aggressive ,what may she do according to the passage ? ( )
A. She may pretend not to have heard it and turn away.
B. She may fight often.
C. She may have a conflict with others.
D. She may help others.
B
C
Reading ComprehensionRead the passage again and answer the following questions.
3. Which one is similar to“She gossips” in meaning
according to the passage ? She is ______. ( )
A.mean B. nosy C. damaging D. aggressive
4. According to the passage, we can learn that ____. ( )
A. girls are more aggressive than boys
B. girls enjoy damaging friendships
C. girls can be not mean at all if being educated correctly
D. girls hurt others’ feelings because they
have no other way to be aggressive
B
D
Match the following phrases with their correct
meanings :
1. get over A. 转过脸去，走开，打发走
2. turn away B. 计算出，领会到，断定
3. figure out C. 闲荡，挂出
4. get into trouble D. 克服困难，熬过，做完
5. stick with E. 使某人陷入麻烦之中
6. hang out F. 旗鼓相当地与某人竞争
?? Fill in the form with the phrases and pay attention to their meanings
1. The news was a terrible blow to her , but she will ___________ the shock soon .
2. I could not ____________ who he was.
3. If you ______ yourself _____________,please call me.
4. When he saw me, he ____________ without a word.
5. Don’t __________ with him so often ,you had better devote your time to studying.
6. He hopes to get the first prize. He ___________ his top classmate all the time.
get over
figure out
get into trouble
turned away
hang out
sticks with
?? Find the function of the infinitive in the following sentences :
1. She decided to join them. ( )
2. Miranda and Lauren were made to sit next to each other in biology class. ( )
3. They figure out other ways to be aggressive. ( )
4. A girl might tell her friends not to hang out with another girl. ( )
5. It’s bad manners for girls to spread rumors or gossip about another girl. ( )
6. To be a good girl is not to be mean.( )
object
subject complement
attribute
object complement
subject
predicative
Post–reading1. After reading the passage, you may have a better understanding of girls and their relationships. Interview five classmates. Find out how they feel about girls around them. Report your results to class.
2. Write an article to describe the girl you like best.
3. Have a discussion: How can you become a girl who is not mean?
