Section B
1c Listen and check (√) the sentences you hear.
Girl: My six-year-old brother started school this week.
Boy: Oh, that’s good. Life was great when I was six.
Girl: Really? Why?
Boy: Oh, school was really easy.
Girl: Not for me. I didn’t use to like tests. Now I don’t worry about tests, but I really used to be very nervous about them.
Boy: But the tests in primary school were easy!
Girl: Well, yes, they weren’t too difficult. But I guess I wasn’t used to them yet. I think I still like high school more than primary school.
Boy: But we used to play every day after school. Now we just study all the time.
Girl: Yeah, but we used to have to wear the school uniform. Now we can wear whatever we like.
Boy: I don’t mind wearing a school uniform. I don’t like thinking about what to wear every day! I do remember one bad thing about primary school though. I used to hate P.E. class. Now I love it.
Girl: Oh, me, too!
1d Listen again.What do the girl and the boy say about things in the past and now? Fill in the chart.
Girl: My six-year-old brother started school this week.
Boy: Oh, that’s good. Life was great when I was six.
Girl: Really? Why?
Boy: Oh, school was really easy.
Girl: Not for me. I didn’t use to like tests. Now I don’t worry about tests, but I really used to be very nervous about them.
Boy: But the tests in primary school were easy!
Girl: Well, yes, they weren’t too difficult. But I guess I wasn’t used to them yet. I think I still like high school more than primary school.
Boy: But we used to play every day after school. Now we just study all the time.
Girl: Yeah, but we used to have to wear the school uniform. Now we can wear whatever we like.
Boy: I don’t mind wearing a school uniform. I don’t like thinking about what to wear every day! I do remember one bad thing about primary school though. I used to hate P.E. class. Now I love it.
Girl: Oh, me, too!
2b
Read the passage and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have. 阅读文章，并在李文以前的问题上划下划线。
He Used to Cause a Lot of Trouble 他曾经引起很多麻烦
Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy who works hard in school and gets good grades. 李文是一个很平常的15岁的男孩，他在学校努力学习并获得了好成绩。
It is hard to believe that he used to be a “problem child” until a conversation with his parents influenced his way of thinking. 很难相信他曾经是一个“问题孩子”,直到一次与父母的谈话影响了他的思维方式。
Li Wen lives in the Sichuan countryside. 李文生活在四川农村。
As a small child, he seldom gave his parents any problems, and they were proud of him. 小的时候,他很少给父母带来麻烦,父母都为他感到骄傲。
However,______, the boy’s life became more difficult. 然而，______，这个男孩的生活变得更加困难。
He had to move in with his grandmother. 他不得不搬去和他的祖母一起居住。
Li Wen began to cause problems for himself and his family. 李文开始给自己和家人带来麻烦。
He was no longer interested in studying. 他不再对学习感兴趣。
He was often absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. 他经常逃课，考试成绩也非常不理想。
Finally, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. 最后,他的父母决定送他去一所寄宿学校。
Li Wen no longer lived with his grandmother. 李文不再和他的祖母住在一起。
He studied, ate and slept at the school, and he hated it. 他的学习,吃饭和睡觉都在学校。他讨厌这种生活。
There were so many rules, and he used to keep breaking them. 学校有很多规定,他常常不遵守学校的规定。
One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. . 有一天,他告诉他的老师他想离开学校。
The head teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. 校长建议他的父母当面跟他们的儿子进行谈话。
His parents took a 40-hour train ride and a five-hour bus ride to go back to their hometown. 他的父母做了40个小时的火车，还有5个小时的汽车赶回了家乡。
To Li Wen’s surprise, their conversation changed his life. 让李文的惊讶的是,他们之间的谈话改变了他的生活。
“It was exactly what I needed,” he said. “My parents helped me to understand how much they had given me. “这正是我需要的,”他说。“我的父母帮助我认识到他们给予了我如此之多。
They also told me that even though they couldn’t be there to take care of me, 他们还告诉我,尽管他们无法照顾我,
they were always thinking of me and would take pride in everything good that I did._____ . 他们总是想着我,为我做的每件好事都感到自豪。_____。
I realized that since my parents moved away, I’ve been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my parents pay more attention to me.” 我意识到自从我父母搬走之后,我一直害怕孤独,试图让父母更多地注意我。”
_______. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. _______. 自此以后，他努力学习,现在是班上最好的学生之一。
His parents’ love has made him feel good about himself. 父母的爱让他对自己感觉良好。
“It’s very important for parents to be there for their children,” Li Wen says. “父母对于孩子来说，是什么重要的,”李文说。
听录音，标出（√）你所听到的句子。
女孩：我六岁大的弟弟这周开始上学。
男孩：哦，那很好。我六岁时生活很美好。
女孩：真的吗？为什么？
男孩：哦，上学很简单。
女孩：对我来说不是这样的。我过去不喜欢考试。现在我不担心考试，但是我过去对考试真的感到非常紧张。
男孩：但是在小学考试很容易！
女孩：嗯，是的，小学考试不太难。但我认为我还是不习惯考试。我想比起小学来我还是更喜欢中学。
男孩：但我们过去常常每天放学后就玩耍。现在我们却总是在学习。
女孩：是的，但是我们过去必须穿校服。现在我们可以穿我们喜欢的衣服。
男孩：我并不介意穿校服。我不喜欢去考虑每天穿什么！可是我确实记得一件关于小学的不好的事情。我过去讨厌上体育课。但现在我喜欢它。
女孩：哦，我也是！