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MyPersonalManager2/23IntroductiontotheTextOneproblemthatoftentroublesyoungstudentsisalackofconfidenceorself-esteem.Itmaycomefromwhattheyconsiderasphysicaldefectsortheirpooracademicperformance,orothercauses.Andoftenyoungstudentshavetroublehandlingthesituation.ThelanguageistypicalofyoungstudentsintheU.S.3/23Plot:theregainingoftheheroine’sself-confidencewithCarlos’help

Setting:atschool

Protagonists:“I”(Karen)andCarloHerrera4/23ThemeofthetextYoungpeopleshouldhaveconfidenceandbethemselves.5/23StructureofthetextPart1(paras.1—4)about:suspenseofthestory

Part2(paras.2—6)about:thefirstdayImetCarlosPart3(paras.7—8)about:Carlosbecamemypersonalmanager.Part4(paras.9—14)about:thesuccessofus6/23authorMargaretGoffClarkisaprolificauthor.Shewrotestoriesaboutteenagers.Thebooksshewrotecoverthefollowingthemes:mysteries,sciencefiction,humanrelationshipandwildanimals.

7/23HerworksThemeOne:mysteries

WhoStoleKathyYoung?ThemeTwo:sciencefictionBarneyandUFO

BarneyonMars8/23HerworksThemeThree:humanrelationshipFreedomCrossing

ThebookisahistoricalfictionaboutafamilyhelpingslavesescapetoCanada.ThemeFour:wildanimalsTheEndangeredFloridaPanther

TheThreatenedFloridaBlackBear9/23LanguageStudy1.Tear(vi.):tomovequickly,especiallyinacarelesswaye.g.Manychildrenare~ingaboutintheplayground.Theteenagerswere~ingatasuicidalspeed.Thegroomtoreoffafterthebus,forhisbelovedbridewasonit.10/232.toruninto:1)tobumpinto;hite.g.Thiscargotoutofcontrolandranintoatree.2)tomeet(someone)bychance(infml)e.g.GuesswhoIranintointhestreet?3)togetintoadifficultorunpleasantsituatione.g.Theclimbersranintoasnowstormhalf-wayup.Ourprojectranintounexpectedopposition.~(oneself)intodebt/trouble~sb.intodespair11/233.“agood”rathermorethaneg.Sheisagoodtenyearsyoungerthanheis.Theneareststationwasagoodfivemilesaway.12/234.brushbrush(by/past/through).:totouchagainstlightlyorcarelesslyinpassinge.g.He~edpast/bymeinarudeway.Thestar~edpast/bythefanswithoututteringasingleword.Thewindblewlightly,~ingthroughmyhair.13/235.tohavesth.incommon:tobesimilarorthesameinsomeway.E.g:Theyhaveonethingincommon.Theyarebothmadaboutmusic.Sheiseverythingherhusbandisnot.Theyhavenothingincommon.14/236.pointblank:

Ifyousayorrefusesomethingpoint-blank,youdoitdirectlyandwithouttryingtoexplainyourreasons.Eg:Hetoldmepoint-blankthathewouldnotgo.Ithoughtshewouldatleastconsidermyoffer.Ididnotexpecthertorefusepoint-blank.15/237.tomakethebestofit:tomakeanunsatisfactorysituationaspleasantaspossible(BrE:makethebestofabadjob/situation)

touseanopportunityassuccessfullyaspossibleeg.Japanispoorinnaturalresources.Thereforeittriestomakethebestofitshumanresources.We’llhavetospendthenightinthisawfulplace,sowemightaswellmakethebestofit.

16/238.togothroughwithit:todoitasIpromisedalthoughIreallydonotwanttodoiteg.Ibeggedhertodomeafavorandpretendtobemygirlfriend.Sheagreedbutsaidthatshewasn’tsureshecouldgothroughwithit.17/239.totell:tobeabletorecognizesth.accordingtothesignsegIcouldtelltherewassomebodyinthehouse.Hecan’ttellblankfromwhite.18/2310.LetlooseLetsomeonelooseon:toallowsomeonetodealwithintheirownwaye.g.Motherletme~ontheapplepie.Lethim~foraweektoreorganizetheoffice.Stay/keeploose(AmE):tokeeporstayinacalmunworriedwaye.g.Stay~.Thefirehasbeenbroughtundercontrol.19/23Vocabularyexaggeratev.1)tomakelarger,betterorworseeg:You’reexaggeratingthedifficulties.Hehasanexaggeratedsenseofhisownimportance.自視過(guò)高、清高2）exaggeratedadj.:false,unatural虛假、不自然

eg:an~laugh矯揉造作笑聲20/23Vocabularyflean.flea-bag:n.dirtyorunpleasantpersonoranimal.令人討厭人或動(dòng)物idiom:withafleainone’sear:humiliatedafteranattemptatsth(做某事后)受到責(zé)難、羞辱等。Eg:Heburstintooutmeetingandgotsentawaywith~~.闖進(jìn)會(huì)議被轟了出來(lái)21/23VocabularyPromotev.1)tohelpsthorsbtodeveloporbesuccessfuleg:Shemadeapublic