a. Don’t go out on school nights.b. Do your homework after school.c. Practice your guitar every day.d. Don’t watch TV after school.

I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.I think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to choose their own clothes.I don’t think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.

allow 允许 ; 准许drive 驾驶 ; 驾车pierce 刺穿 ; 刺破driver 驾驶员 ; 司机license 执照 ; 许可证silly 愚蠢的 ; 傻的earring 耳环

• Words

• Sentences

A: I’m going to the mall with John. He just got his driver’s license.B: You can’t go with him. I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own cloth

es.

allow (v.)“ 允许，准许”的意思。其用法如下：(1)allow+ 宾语 +to do sth.

My parents allow me to go shopping on Sunday.

我父母允许我星期天去购物。(2)be allowed to do sth. ( 是第一种用法的被动语态形

式 )

Students aren't allowed to smoke.

学生不准吸烟。(3)allow doing“ 允许做某事”的意思。

Don't allow talking in the reading room.

阅览室内不准说话。

Too 的六种用法 

一、 too 作“也”讲，只用于肯定句中： We are making this experiment, too.

二、 too 用作“太”讲，用于形容词或副词前： There is too much water.

三、当“ too+ 形容词或副词 + 动词不定式”时，后面动词

不定式意义在翻译时要加上一个否定词： The question is too hard to understand.

四、当“ only 或 but+too+......+ 动词不定式”时， 后面的动词不定式在翻译时不必加否定词： We are only too pleased to work together with the workers.

五、“ cannot...too...” 结构，应理解为： “无论怎样 ...... 也不会过份”。例如： We cannot be too careful in doing experiment.

六、 too 表示数量增减情况： 1.It is too long by half. 它长了一半。 2.This rod is 3 inches too long. 这根棍子长了三英寸。

Read the statements below. Circle “A” (for agree) or “D” (for disagree).

A D 1. I think teenagers should be allowed to go out with their friends every night.A D 2. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.A D 3. Students should not be allowed to have part-time jobs.A D 4. I don’t think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.A D 5. I think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

• Listening

Listen and circle “T” (for true). Or “F” (for false).

1. Anna can go to the mall with John. T F

2. Anna wants to get her ears pierced. T F

3. Anna is allowed to choose her own clothes. T F

答案

• Writing1． Their parents allow ________ to surf the Internet on the weekends.A． they B． theirC． them D． themselves2．—What rules do you have at home? —We ________ to go out on school night.A． allow B． aren’t allowedC． let D． aren’t let3．We ________ to wear our own clothes but we are not allowed at school.A． allow B． would likeC． enjoy D． like

C

B

B

答案

4. Sixteen-year-olds shouldn’t ________ to go to an

Internet bar.

A. be allowed B. be allow C. allow D. are allowed

5. _____ middle school students allowed to use mobile

phone at school?

A. Do B. Did C. Are D. Can

6. Students ______ to use E-mail English in everyday writing.

A. may not B. can’t

C. shouldn’t D. shouldn’t be allowed

A

C

D

答案

• Writing

• SpeakingLook at the statements in activity 1a and makeConversations. Use the phrases in the box below.

too wild not serious enoughtoo silly not old enoughtoo young not calm enough

A: I think teenagers should be allowed to go out with their friends.B: I agree. They…

• Listening

Listen and circle the things in activity 1a.

Do you ever…

1. get to class late?

2. study with friends?

3. finish a test early?

4. worry that you’ll fail a test?答案

• Listening

Listen and match these sentence parts.

1. Peter is going to … ___

2.He isn’t allowed to … ___

3.Peter wasn’t allowed to … ___

4. He could … ___

5. He should be allowed to … ___

a. take the test

b. pass the test.

c. fail a math test.

d. take the test later.

e. get to class late.

c

a

e

b

d

答案

• WritingRead the questions. How often do you do these things? Write “A” (for usually), “S” (for sometimes) and “N” (for never).

Do you ever…

1. get to class late? ___

2. study with friends? ___

3. finish a test early?___

4. worry that you’ll fail a test?___

finish allow choose need clean up

1.You have to be 18 years before you are ________ to drive

a car.

2. What time do you _________basketball practice today?

3. Please _________ the classroom. It’s a real mess.

4. I can’t _______which pair of jeans to buy. They both look

good on me.

5. Everyone ______to have at least eight hours’ sleep a night.

allow

need

choose

clean up

finish

答案

• Writing

• Speaking

1. Peter should be allowed to take the test later.2. Students need strict rules.3. Parents should not be too strict with teenagers.

A: I think Peter should…B: I don’t agree.C: I think …