bedroomn.卧室railwayn.铁路;铁道junioradj.地位(或职位、级别)低下的juniorhighschool初级中学e.g.Wecouldgivethejobtosomebodyjunior.我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。ownv.拥有;有e.g.Mosthouseholdsnowownatleastonecar.大多数家庭现在至少有一辆汽车。truthfuladj.诚实的;老实的e.g.Hewasnotalwaystruthful.他并非总是说真话。Readthearticlewrittenbyafatherforanewspaper.Whatishisfamilygoingtosellattheyardsale?Son:atrainandrailwaysetthetoymonkeyDaughter:certaintoysFather:footballshirts3aReadthepassageandchoosetrue(T)orfalse(F).1.Mydaughteris15andmyboyhasalreadystartedjuniorhighschool.2.Ourhousereallygetsmaller.FF3.Mysonwasquitesadatfirst.4.Mydaughterfelthappytopartwithcertaintoys.5.Iwanttogiveupmyfootballshirts.FTTReadthearticleagainandanswerthequestions.3b1.Whydidtheydecidetohaveayardsale?2.Whatdotheywanttodowiththemoneyfromthesale?Becausethefather’schildrengetbiggerandtheirhouseseemstogetsmaller.Theywanttogivethemoneytoachildren’shome.3.Whydoesthesonwanttokeephistrainandrailwayset?4.Howcantheoldtoysbeusefulagain?Becausehehasowneditsincehisfourthbirthday,andheplayedwithitalmosteveryweekuntilhewasaboutseven.Theycanbesoldtothepeoplewhoneedthem.5.Haveyoueverthoughtabouthavingayardsaletosellyourthings?Whatwouldyoudowiththemoneyyouraise?Yes,Ihave.Iwouldgiveittothecharity.1.Wehavealreadyclearedoutalotofthingsfromourbedrooms.clearv.清理;清除clearout清理;丢掉e.g.I’llclearoutthatclosetforyou.我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来。2.Wehavedecidedtoeachsellfivethingsthatwenolongeruse.nolonger意为“不再;不复”,有时可用not…anylonger或not…anymore替换。如:Henolongerliveshere.(=Hedoesn’tlivehereanymore/anylonger.)他不再住这儿了。1)certainadj.意为“某种;某事;某人”。e.g.Hedecidedtosellhiscertainbooks.他决定卖掉他的某些书籍。[拓展]certain形容词,意为“确实的,无疑的”。3.Mydaughterwasmoreunderstanding,althoughshealsofeltsadtopartwithcertaintoys.常用结构:becertaintodosth.肯定要做某事becertainof/aboutsth.对某事确定、有把握becertainofdoingsth.有把握做某事becertain+从句一定……e.g.Hefeltquitecertainofsuccess.他对成功很有把握。2)partwith放弃、交出,partv.离开,分开e.g.Don’tpartwithyourdream.不要放弃你的梦想。4.Asforme,Ididnotwanttogiveupmyfootballshirts,but,tobehonest,Ihavenotplayedforawhilenow.1)asfor至于,关于e.g.Andasforus,wearefortunate.可对我们来说,我们是幸运的。2)tobehonest意为“说实在的,说实话”,经常单独使用,作插入语,用逗号与句子隔开。类似的表达还有totellthetruth“老实说,说实话”。e.g.Tobehonest,sheisnotanhonestgirl.说实话,她不是一个诚实的女孩。honest为形容词,意为“诚实的;老实的”。反义词为dishonest“不诚实的”。e.g.Anhonestmandoesnottelllies.诚实的人不会说谎。3)whilen.一段时间,一会儿while还可用作连词,引导时间状语从句,意为“当……的时候”,while引导的时间状语从句中的动词必须是延续性动词。e.g.Theychatteredawayhappilyforawhile.他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。Hekeptintouchwithuswhilehewasonvacation.他在度假期间仍与我们保持联系。Findthewordsorphrasesinthearticlewhichcanbereplacedwiththeonesbelowandwritethemnexttothewords.lose—partwithkids—_______truthful—__________many—________sometime—______eventhough—_______quickly—______older—______childrentobehonestalotofalthoughfastbiggerawhile3c1.MybestfriendTomis____honestboy.Youcanbelievehim.A.aB.anC.theD./2.—IsMr.SmithstillinShanghai?—Yes,he____therefortwomonths.A.hasbeenB.hasgoneC.hasbeentoD.hasgonetoRecitethearticle.Youcanusethesentencesaccordingtothekeysof3b.