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when I decided to change. I realize that since my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.”
Now Martin has really changed. He has been working hard, and is now a top student in his class.
How was he able to change? His mother’s love helped him to feel good about himself, and as Martin himself says, “It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.”
After you read—copy all the underlined expressions into your notebook.
Expressions from He used to cause a lot of trouble.
a fifteen-year-old boy, a "problem child', a recent conversation with…, changed is life, give… many problems, after…’s death, a few years ago, become much more difficult, not afford to pay for…, not often at home, look after…, caused problems for…, not interested in studying, get into trouble with…, give up trying to help…, in the end, made a difficult decision, send…to a boys' boarding school, cause a lot of trouble, one day, leave the school, waste one’s time, talk with…, called…, to one’s surprise, change one’s life, be no longer with…, watch …, pride in…, be afraid of being alone, make… pay more attention to…, work hard, a top student in one’s class, feel good about…
Part 2: Teaching Resources(第二部分:教学资源)
I. List of simple adjectives
Able, Afraid, Bad, Big, Brave, Bright, Careful, Careless, Cheap, Clean, Clear, Clever, Cold, Comfortable, Cool, Close, Dangerous, Dark, Dead, Deep, Dirty, Dry, Difficult, Early, Easy, Empty, Exciting, Expensive, Fair, Famous, Far, Fast, Fat, Free, Fresh, Fine, Flat, Full, Funny, Good, Great, Happy, Hard, Healthy, Heavy, High, Hot, Hungry, Important, Interesting, Kind, Late, Large, Lazy, Light, Long, Loud, Low, Lucky, Narrow, Near, Noisy, Old, Polite, Proud, Quick, Quiet, Rich, Sad, Safe, Strong, Sweet, Thick, Thirsty, Tidy, Useful, Warm, Weak, Whole, Windy, Retrieved
II. List of emotions
fear - feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear), shock, phobia (fear of one thing)
anger - feeling angry. Another word is rage. You can be angry with yourself or with others.
sorrow - feeling sad. Other words are sadness, grief (a stronger feeling, for example when someone has died) or depression (feeling sad for a long time). Some people think depression is a different emotion - see depression.
joy - feeling happy. Other words are happiness, glee (when something good happens to you. or something bad happens to someone else), gladness.
disgust - feeling something is wrong or dirty.
acceptance - feling happy with something.
anticipation - feeling happy because of something in the future.
surprise - how you feel when something happens quickly or when you did not think it would happen.
III. Emotions are:
Anger, opposite Calmness (not feeling excited)
Friendship (Love), opposite Enmity (feeling hate)
Fear, opposite Confidence (having no fear)
Shame, opposite Shamelessness (shame: how you feel when you think you are wrong or stupid; shamelessness: you do not feel shame, but others think you should.)
Kindness, opposite Unkindness (kindness: when you are good to other people)
Pity (when you feel sorry for other people)
Indignation (feeling angry because something is not fair)
Envy (how you feel when other people are luckier than you are)
IV. Simple emotions
discovery – confusion; gain – loss; surprise - no surprise – expectation; wonder surprise – commonplace; happiness – unhappiness; amusement – weariness; completion – incompleteness; courage - timidity – cowardice; pity – cruelty; repentance - lack of regret - innocence
V. Complex emotions
pride - modesty- shame; closeness - detachment – distance; complaint/pain - doing OK – pleasure; caution - boldness – rashness; patience - mere tolerance – anger; relaxation - composure - stress
VI. Pure emotions
fear - nervousness – security; togetherness – privacy; respect – disrespect; appreciation – envy; love - no love lost – hatred; familiarity – mystery;
VII. Propositional attitudes
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