21st Century College English: Book 3
Unit 7: Part A
So What’s So Bad About
Being So-So?
Unit 7: Part A
• Pre-reading Activities
• Text A: Language Points
• Exercises
• Assignment
So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?
Pre-reading Activities
Match the sports in Column A with the playing areas in Column B. Then in
Column C, list all the things (equipment, special clothing, etc.) that are
necessary to each of the sports.
Column A
Column B
bat,
ball,C shoes,
Column
glove/mitt (连指手套)
baseball
alley
_______________________
bowling
course
ball,
shoes
ball, pins,
clubs,
bag,... tee (球座),
_______________________
shoes ...
golf
court
_______________________
running
diamond
soccer/football
field/pitch
tennis
track
mask,
shoes, sweatband (吸汗带) ...
_______________________
ball,
shoes...
ball,
racquet ( 球 拍 ), net,
_______________________
shoes ...
_______________________
Pre-reading Activities
Before you listen to the conversation, have a look at the
questions below
•
Which sport is talked about in the conversation?
•
What equipment is mentioned?
•
How important is it to you to “do them right”?
Check-up
Pre-reading Activities
•
Which sport is talked about in the conversation?
Golf.
•
What equipment is mentioned?
Golf clubs, bags, balls, tees, shoes, gloves, hats, shirts.
•
How important is it to you to “do them right”?
Open.
Script
Pre-reading Activities
S:
R:
S:
R:
S:
R:
S:
S=Salesman
R=Rick
Can I help you, sir?
Yes, I want to look at some golf equipment. Just the
minimum, for a beginner.
Okay, sir, you’ve come to the right place! We have several
excellent brands of golf clubs to choose from, and very
fine bags — nothing spoils a game more than a badlymade golf bag!
But ...
Then you’ll need balls and tees (T型球座) and the right
shoes, of course. You’ll want gloves and a hat, and we also
have a very nice selection of golf shirts.
But I’m not a professional, I just want to play for fun!
Well, as my mother always said: If you’re going to do it,
you might as well do it right.
Language Points
Text A:
So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?
By Lisa Wilson Strick
Language Points
So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?
by Lisa Wilson Strick
1
The other afternoon I was playing the piano when my seven-
year-old walked in. He stopped and listened for a while, then said:
“You don’t play that thing very well, do you, Mom?”
2
No, I don’t. My performance would make any serious music
student weep, but I don’t care. I’ve enjoyed playing the piano badly
for years.
Language Points
3
I also enjoy singing badly and drawing badly. I’m not ashamed
of my incompetence in these areas. I do one or two other things
well and that should be enough for anybody. But it gets boring
doing the same things over and over. Every now and then it’s fun to
try something new.
4
Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used
to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a
little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the
point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such
pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts”
even in our hobbies.
Language Points
5 You can’t tone up your body by pulling on your gym shoes and
jogging around the block a couple of times anymore. Why?
Because you’ll be laughed off the street by the “serious runners” —
the ones who run twenty miles or more a week in their sixty-dollar
running suits and fancy shoes. The shoes are really a big deal. If
you say you’re thinking about taking up almost any sport, the first
thing the “serious” types will ask is what you plan to do about
shoes. Leather or canvas? What type of soles? Which brand? This
is not the time to mention that the gym shoes you wore in high
school are still in pretty good shape. As far as sports enthusiasts
are concerned, if you don’t have the latest shoes you are
hopelessly committed to embarrassing yourself.
Language Points
6
The runners aren’t nearly so snobbish as the dancers, however.
In case you didn’t know, “going dancing” no longer means putting
on a pretty dress and doing a few turns around the dance floor with
your favorite man on Saturday night. “Dancing” means squeezing
into tights and leg warmers, then sweating through six hours of
warm-ups, five hours of ballet and four hours of jazz classes. Every
week. Never tell anyone that you “like to dance” unless this is the
sort of activity you enjoy.
Language Points
7 Have you noticed what this is doing to our children? “We don’t
want that nerd on our soccer team,” I overheard a ten-year-old
complain the other day. “He doesn’t know a goal kick from a head
shot.” As it happens, the “nerd” that the boy was talking about was
my son, who did not — like some of his friends — start soccer
instruction at age three. I’m sorry, Son, I guess I blew it. In my day,
when we played baseball, we expected to give a little instruction to
the younger kids who didn’t know how to play. It didn’t matter if
they were terrible; we weren’t out to slaughter the other team.
Sometimes we didn’t even keep score. To us, sports were just a way
of having a good time.
Language Points
8 I don’t think kids have as much fun as they used to.
Competition keeps getting in the way. The daughter of a neighbor is
a nervous wreck worrying about getting into the best tennis school.
“I was a late starter,” she told me, “and I only get to practice five or
six hours a week, so my technique may not be up to their
standards.” The child is nine. She doesn’t want to be a tennis player
when she grows up; she wants to be a nurse. I asked what she likes
to do for fun in her free time. She seemed to think it was an odd
question. “Well, I don’t actually have a lot of free time,” she said.
“Homework and tennis and piano lessons kind of eat it all up. I have
piano lessons three times a week now, so I have a good shot at
getting into the all-state orchestra.”
Language Points
9 Ambition, drive and the desire to excel are all great within limits,
but I don’t know where the limits are anymore. I know a woman
who’s been complaining for years that she hasn’t got the time to
study a foreign language. I’ve pointed out that an evening course in
French or Italian would take only a couple of hours a week, but she
keeps putting it off. I suspect that what she hasn’t got the time for is
to become completely fluent within one year — and that any lower
level of accomplishment would embarrass her. Instead she spends
her evenings watching TV and tidying up her closets — occupations
at which no particular expertise is expected.
Language Points
10 I know lots of other people, too, who avoid activities they might
enjoy because they lack the time or the energy to tackle them
“seriously.” It strikes me as so silly. We are talking about recreation.
I have nothing against self-improvement. But when I hear a teenager
muttering “practice makes perfect” as he grimly makes his fourhundred-and-twenty-seventh try at hooking the basketball into the
net left-handed, I wonder if some of us aren’t improving ourselves
right into the insane asylum.
Language Points
11 I think it’s time we put a stop to all this. For sanity’s sake, each
of us should vow to take up something new this week — and to
make sure we never master it completely. Sing along with grand
opera. Make peculiar-looking objects out of clay. I can tell you from
experience that a homemade cake still tastes pretty good even if it
doesn’t look perfect. The point is to enjoy being a beginner again;
to rediscover the joy of creative fooling around. If you find it difficult,
ask any two-year-old to teach you. Two-year-olds have a gift for
tackling the impossible with enthusiasm; repeated failure hardly
discourages them at all.
Language Points
12 As for me, I’m getting a little out of shape, so I’m looking into
golf. A lot of people I know enjoy it, and it doesn’t look too hard.
Given a couple of lessons, I should be stumbling gracelessly
around the golf course and playing badly in no time at all.
the other afternoon
— on the afternoon a few days ago
Also: the other day (para.7), the other morning, etc.
Examples:
• I met a friend from my hometown the other day and
we had lunch together.
• Have you forgotten what happened the other week?
My performance would make any serious music student
weep ...
serious
— a. deeply interested; devoted
Example:
Translate:
• If
you’re serious
becoming
an actress, you need
A serious
learner about
tends to
think independently.
proper training.
Key:
认真的学者趋向于独立思考。
More to learn
My performance would make any serious music student
weep ...
weep
— v. to shed (tears) as an expression of emotion
Cf.
Cf.
Example:
cry
• The criminal wept bitter tears of regret at the trial.
sob
—
and weep aboth
involve
the shedding
of tears;
cry
— Cry
Sob describes
mixture
of broken
speech and
weeping
more
strongly
implies accompanying
sound or gasping
marked
by convulsive
(痉挛性的) breathing
e.g.
e.g.
The
babysobbing,
cried allasnight,
another
sleepless
She kept
if her causing
heart would
break.
night for the family.
every now and then
(every) now and then
— sometimes but not very often or regularly
Examples:
Make
a sentence with the phrase:
• ?Now and then my new method appears to work.
• I still see her for lunch every now and then, but not as
often as I used to.
out of style
— unfashionable; out of fashion
Example:
• A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts
itself to its period.
— Coco Chanel (1883–1971),
French couturiere (女服设计师).
a mark of class
— a symbol of a person’s social position; a characteristic
feature which indicates that a person is cultured and
civilized
Examples:
• His shirt was ironed and that was a mark of class.
• Wearing a pair of sun glasses in the house is hardly
a mark of class.
pursuit
— n. something that one spends time doing, esp. an
activity that one enjoys doing when not working
Examples:
• Games like chess are rather intellectual pursuits.
• She said she didn't have much opportunity for
leisure pursuits, but that when she had the time, she
liked painting.
You can’t tone up your body by pulling on your gym shoes and
jogging around the block a couple of times anymore.
tone up
— (cause to) become stronger
Examples:
• I lift weights at the gym everyday to tone up my body.
• Swimming is the best way to tone up your muscles.
More to learn
You can’t tone up your body by pulling on your gym shoes and
jogging around the block a couple of times anymore.
pull on/off
— put (clothing, etc.) on/off by pulling
Examples:
• Help me pull on these boots — they are very tight.
• He began to pull off his shirt.
you’ll be laughed off the street by the “serious runners”
Translate the sentence:
?
Key:
你会受到那些“认真的跑步者”的嘲笑而不敢上街
a big deal
big deal
— often said in a belittling tone or scornfully
Example:
• So you’ll be the boss of two persons. Big deal!
了不起！你就要当两个人的老板了。
take up (an activity, subject, etc.)
— become interested in it and spend time doing it, either
as a hobby or as a career
Examples:
• I thought I’d take up fishing.
• He decided to take up a career.
in pretty good shape
be in (good, bad, etc.) shape
— be in (good, bad, etc.) condition
Examples:
• The house was in absolutely good shape.
• She runs 3 miles every day to keep herself in shape.
As far as sports enthusiasts are concerned
as far as (sb.) be concerned
— in sb.’s opinion
Example:
• As far as the students are concerned, college life
should not be only a period of lessons and tests.
More to do
As far as sports enthusiasts are concerned
IX. Complete the following sentences, using “as far
as … be concerned”. (Ex. IX, p. 208)
1. ___________________ ( 就 我 和 你 母 亲 而 言 ), your
choice of career is your own business.

As far as your mother and I are concerned
2. You
have
nothing
to
worry
about
___________________(就词汇而言), but you need to
improve your communication skills if you want to
pass the exam.

as far as vocabulary is concerned
More to do
As far as sports enthusiasts are concerned
IX. Complete the following sentences, using “as far
as … be concerned”. (Ex. IX, p. 208)
3. The restaurant next door has good food, but the place
across
the
street
is
much
better
___________________ (就服务而言).

as far as service is concerned
4. ___________________ (就新的发展计划而言), I feel it
needs more discussion.

As far as the new development plan is concerned
More to do
As far as sports enthusiasts are concerned
IX. Complete the following sentences, using “as far
as … be concerned”. (Ex. IX, p. 208)
5. ___________________ (就新的发展计划而言), I feel it
needs more discussion.

as far as salary is concerned
6. I
don‘t
enjoy
going
to
the
movies.
___________________ (在我看来), it's just a waste of
time.

As far as I’m concerned
commit (sb./sth.) to
— put (sb./sth.) in (a state or place)
Examples:
• The names were committed to memory.
• Signing this form commits you to buying the goods.
• The man was committed to prison for fraud (诈骗).
snobbish
— a. 势利的，谄上欺下的
Example:
• Americans living in Latin American countries are
often more snobbish than the Latins themselves. The
typical American has quite a bit of money by Latin
American standards, and he rarely sees a countryman
who doesn’t.
— Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939),
U.S. journalist.
in case
— In case is used when you are giving a piece of
information in order to introduce the reason why you
are giving it.
Examples:
• In case you didn’t know, there are three basic wines:
red, white and rose.
• Mary, in case you’ve forgotten, hasn’t forgiven you.
He doesn’t know a goal kick from a head shot.
Paraphrase the sentence:
?
Key:
— He is unable to tell the difference between a goal kick
and a head shot.
Or:
He knows nothing about soccer.
as it happens (happened)
— by chance; although not planned
Example:
Translate:
• As
碰巧我有几分钟的空。
it happens, I know someone who might be able to
give you some advice.
Key:
As it happened, I had a few minutes to spare.
blew it
— (infml) do clumsily or badly; mishandle; ruin
Note:
Blow it is often used when you are given an
opportunity but you fail to take advantage of it by
doing or saying something wrong.
Examples:
• It was your last chance and you blew it!
• I guess I blew it when I turned down the job offer,
didn’t I?
be out to do/for sth.
— want or intend to do/to achieve sth.
Examples:
• You might feel that they’re out to use your house as a
free hotel.
• Mark my words — he’s only out for one thing and
that’s her money.
get in the way
— to obstruct or delay the progress of
Examples:
• She won’t let anything get in the way of her ambitions.
• May nothing stand in the way of your future
happiness together.
a nervous wreck
— a person in bad mental condition
wreck n.
— a person who is physically or mentally broken down or
worn out
Homework and tennis and piano lessons kind of eat it all up.
kind of
— (infml) somewhat; to some extent
Note: Kind of is used adverbially when you say that
something is partly tree or partly the case but does not
fully describe the situation, or if you are uncertain
about what you are saying or wondering if you are
using the right word.
Examples:
• Actually, I felt kind of sorry for him.
• I kind of thought you might help me.
More to learn
Homework and tennis and piano lessons kind of eat it all up.
eat up
— use or consume in large quantities, often used with
time, money, or fuel to mean
Examples:
• A big car like that eats up petrol.
• Rising costs were eating up most of the profits.
shot
— n. (infml) is an attempt to do or achieve something
you have not done before.
Examples:
• I can’t get the last two answers in this crossword —
here, you have a shot.
• I thought I’d have a shot at making my own wine since
we’ve got all these grapes.
drive
— n. motivation or urge
Examples:
• With the drive to survive, he finally walked out of the
desert.
• The drive to develop western China attracts talents
from all over the country.
suspect
— v. imagine or suppose that sth. exist
Examples:
• He suspected danger and stopped.
Cf.
doubt v.
— not believe; feel uncertain (about)
e.g.
I doubt his honesty.
occupation
— an activity in which you engage habitually, either
something that you do for pleasure or as part of your
daily life or a job or profession
Examples:
• Cycling was his favorite occupation.
• Everyone, irrespective of age, sex or occupation, is
qualified to take part in the game.
It strikes me as so silly.
— I think that’s very silly.
strike sb. as (adj. / n.)
— have an effect on sb. or impress sb. (in the way specified)
Examples:
• The plan strikes me as ridiculous.
• Henry strikes me as a very dull boy.
recreation
— n. an enjoyable activity in which you exercise your
body or mind when not working
Examples:
• Sport and recreation have always been part of
university life.
• His favorite recreations are golf and tennis.
hooking the basketball
— n. expert knowledge or skill, esp. in a particular field
hook
— v. to hit or throw in a curving path in such sports as
golf, basketball, etc.
Example:
• Mr. Woods hooked the ball right into the hole.
for sanity’s sake
— in order to remain mentally healthy
sanity
— The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of
mind
Make peculiar-looking objects out of clay.
Cf. peculiar, odd, strange
— Peculiar implies marked or conspicuous distinctiveness, odd
stresses a departure from the usual, the normal, or the
regular, while strange, the most comprehensive of the three
words, suggest unfamiliarity.
Examples:
• This difference arises from the peculiar character of
the US government.
• Some great men have odd habits.
• To most of us the art of India is strange.
More to learn
Make peculiar-looking objects out of clay.
Cf. clay, soil, mud
— Clay is earth that is used to make things such as pots, soil is
the top layer of earth in which plants grow, and mud is wet
and sticky earth sometimes used for building a house.
Examples:
• A clay pigeon is a disk made of clay fired into the air to
be shot at for sport.
• The soil here is very fertile.
• The boy was covered with mud.
fool around
— behave in a playful, silly, or irresponsible way without
thinking seriously about what you are doing
Examples:
• We spend the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
• Don’t fool around with matches.
out of shape
— unhealthy and unable to do a lot of physical activity
without getting tired
Useful phrases with “shape”:
in the
take
good
shape
shape
(bad)ofshape
— become
in the
goodform
(bad)
clearer
of condition
or more definite
e.g.
• The
Aftermany
Not
symbolic
threesegments
months
building
ofofthe
was
research,
Great
designed
Wall
my in
are
thesis
the
in good
shape
beginsofto
a
shape.
ship.
take
shape.
Unit 7 • Exercises
• Comprehension
• Vocabulary
• Listening
So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?
Exercises • Comprehension
《读写教程 III》: Ex. II, p. 174
Exercises • Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
1. How does the author justify her incompetence in pianoplaying, singing and drawing?
She enjoys these hobbies, and is competent enough in
other areas.
2. What did hobbies like singing and playing the violin used to
represent? How (according to the author) has that attitude
changed?
They used to be a mark of class and it was enough to be
somewhat familiar with them. Now we’re expected to be
experts even in our hobbies.
Exercises • Comprehension
3. What is the author’s point in describing “serious types’”
attitude toward shoes?
She’s illustrating an attitude that dominates leisure sports
and intimidates many people into avoiding them.
4. According to the author, what effect[s] does the new attitude
toward hobbies have on children? What specific example[s]
does she give to support her view?
It makes them uncharitable in their thinking; too
competitive to enjoy their hobbies; and causes them too
much stress. The examples she gives are the boy who
didn’t want a less-than-great player on his soccer team,
and a girl who has “no free time” because school and her
hobbies drive her too hard.
Exercises • Comprehension
5. What is the story of the woman who wants to learn a foreign
language meant to illustrate?
That this over-ambitious attitude toward
intimidates many people into avoiding them.
hobbies
6. What does she mean by saying “I wonder if some of us aren’t
improving ourselves right into the insane asylum” (Para. 9)?
She suspects that this degree of ambition
concentration on leisure activities is unhealthy.
and
Exercises • Comprehension
7. How does the author suggest we should “put a stop to all this”?
What is the point of her recommendation?
She recommends that we should all take up a leisure
activity and make a point of never mastering it. She hopes
this might remind us how to relax and enjoy our leisure
time.
8. What is it that she feels we can learn from two-year-olds?
Enthusiasm independent of success; “the joy of creative
fooling around”.
Exercises • Vocabulary
•
Vocabulary
 Ex. III
 Ex. IV
So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?
Exercises • Vocabulary
《读写教程 III》: Ex. III, p. 174
Exercises • Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the
form where necessary.
leisure
peculiar
hobby
sole
overhear
squeeze
recreation
wreck
discourage
stumble
1. My _____________
are watercolour painting and stamp collecting.
hobbies
What are yours?
peculiar
2. Lisa has always had a _____________
sense of humour — she
finds the strangest things amusing.
Exercises • Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the
form where necessary.
leisure
peculiar
hobby
sole
overhear
squeeze
recreation
wreck
discourage
stumble
squeezes herself into such tight clothes—
3. I wonder how she _____________
and why! She certainly looks uncomfortable!
4. I thought gadgets like microwaves and computers were meant to
leisure
give us more _____________
time, but in fact they just seem to
add to the pressures of modem life.
Exercises • Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the
form where necessary.
leisure
peculiar
hobby
sole
overhear
squeeze
recreation
wreck
discourage
stumble
5. He would’ve won the race, but he _____________
stumbled and nearly fell
just before he reached the finish line.
6. You shouldn’t get _____________
discouraged just because you don’t succeed
the first time you try something new.
Exercises • Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the
form where necessary.
leisure
peculiar
hobby
sole
overhear
squeeze
recreation
wreck
discourage
stumble
7. Sorry, but I couldn’t help _____________
overhearing your conversation. If
you’re lost, perhaps I can help you.
recreation but some kids get
8. Computer games are fine for _____________,
completely obsessed with them and neglect all their other
activities.
Exercises • Vocabulary
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the
form where necessary.
leisure
peculiar
hobby
sole
overhear
squeeze
recreation
wreck
discourage
stumble
sole
9. Families in which the woman is the _____________
wage earner
have to cope with many social and financial pressures.
wrecked
10. I had an accident last week and my bicycle got _____________.
Could I borrow yours?
Exercises • Vocabulary
《读写教程 III》: Ex. IV, p. 175
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
1. I know you’re afraid, but you really shouldn’t keep delaying
your visit to the dentist. (off)
 I know you’re afraid, but you really shouldn’t keep putting
off your visit to the dentist.
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
2. She had a good chance of getting a promotion, but she
spoiled it when she insulted one of our best customers. (shot,
blow)
 She had a good shot at getting a promotion, but she blew it
when she insulted one of our best customers.
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
3. Many teachers complain that the existing exam system
prevents real improvements in teaching methods. (the way)
 Many teachers complain that the existing exam system gets
in the way of real improvements in teaching methods.
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
4. No one thought George would ever learn Japanese, but in
fact he picked it up quite quickly. (happen,
(happen. time)
 No one thought George would ever learn Japanese, but as it
happens he picked it up in no time.
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
5. What a mess your room is! Why don’t you put it in order?
(up)
 What a mess your room is! Why don’t you tidy it up?
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
6. If you keep acting in a way that isn’t serious, you’re going to
get into trouble. (around)
 If you keep fooling around, you’re going to get into trouble.
Exercises • Vocabulary
IV. Rewrite the sentences below so that they use the words
given in the parentheses but keep the original meaning. Be
sure to make any other necessary changes well.
7. I’ve gotten somewhat physically unfit, so I’ve started going
to the gym once a week to see if I can improve my physical
condition. (kind, tone)
 I’ve gotten kind of out of shape, so I’ve started going to the
gym once a week to see if I can tone my self up.
Listening Practice
《听说教程 III》
Part 2.2, p.86
Listening Practice
Conversation
While listening, please think about the following questions.
•
What does Sherry ask Liza to do?
•
Why does Liza refused to do as Sherry asks?
•
What is Sherry’s wish?
•
Why does Sherry refuse to accept Liza’s advice?
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Why does Liza like painting?
Check-up
Listening Practice
Comprehension questions:
1. What does Sherry ask Liza to do?
 Sherry asks Liza to come along with her to a movie.
2. Why does Liza refused to do as Sherry asks?
 Because she has got a painting class tonight.
Listening Practice
3. What is Sherry’s wish?
 She always wishes she could paint.
4. Why does Sherry refuse to accept Liza’s advice?
 Because she thinks she doesn’t have any talent for artistic
stuff.
5.
Why does Liza like painting?
 For fun.
Script
Listening Practice
A few of us are
to even
a movie
tonight.
Do you
to
Sherry: [panicking]
Butgoing
I don’t
know
the right
way want
to hold
come
along?
the
brush!
Liza:
Oh, Iway
can’t.
gotItmy
painting
class tonight.
Any
youI’ve
like.
doesn’t
matter.
I’m impressed.
I didn’t
know
you
Sherry: Painting!
[still panicking]
But I wouldn’t
know
where
to were
start! aI
painter. know what to paint! And everyone else will be
wouldn’t
better
than
hate that feeling.
Liza:
I’m not.
It’sme!
justIsomething
I enjoy in my spare time.
Liza:
but everyone
a beginner
Sherry: Well,
I’ve always
wished Iiscould
paint. at first. You don’t have
to be scared. No one will laugh at you.
Liza:
Well, why don’t you come to the class with me? It’s very
Sherry: No,
I couldn’t.
if I can’t
do something
right,It’s
I’dfun.
rather
informal;
new people
are joining
all the time.
not do it at all. I feel better doing the things I’m good at,
Sherry: Oh
like no,
… I couldn’t. I don’t have any talent for artistic
stuff.
Liza:
Like going to the movies.
Liza:
That doesn’t matter; it’s just for fun.
Sherry: [cheering up] Right! Like going to movies.
Assignment
1. Review Text A
2. Do exercises:
• Structure
(Ex. Ⅸ, p. 177)
• Cloze
(Ex. XI, p. 178)
• Translation
(Ex. XII, p. 179)
3. Structured Writing
(p. 181)