话题九 Feelings and interpersonal communication(情感与人际交往).ppt

(二) Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏)，he 1.________(想知道) what it was. His mother said，“An hourglass is made in the 2.________(形状) of 8.The sand is put in at one 3.________(末端)，and runs through a small hole in the middle. It takes the sand 4.________(准确地) an hour to run through.” Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was 5.________(不耐烦的)，because it would not run faster. “Let me 6.________(摇) it，mother，”said he，“It is lazy，and will never get through.” “It will，son，” said his mother，“The sand moves little by little，but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock，you think they go very 7.____________ (慢)，but they never stop. They keep working every 8.________(分钟)． Now，Franks mother wanted him to learn a little 9.________(诗)，but he said，“Mother，I can never learn it.” His mother said，“Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will 10.________(花费) to learn it.” Frank followed his mothers 11.________(建议)．He studied line after line，very busily，and in one and a half hours he knew the poem 12.________(完美地)． wondered shape end exactly impatient shake slow/slowly minute poem take advice perfectly C．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空(每空不多于3个单词)。 (一) Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations. The 1.____________(express)they use might depend 2.________ whom they are speaking to or how well they know each other. It is all right to ask direct questions to your classmates 3.________ you know them well. However，if you say to your teacher，“When is the school trip？”，this might sound 4.________(polite)．But if you say，“Excuse me，Mr.West. Do you know when the school trip is？”，this will sound much more polite. Usually polite questions are 5.________(long)．They include expressions such 6.________ “Could you please...？” or “May I ask...？” It sounds more polite to say，“Peter，could you please tell me your e-mail address？” than “Peter，tell me your e-mail address.” Sometimes we even need to sp