Lesson 4Fences And Choices

Vocabulary Phrases And Idioms

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1. Adore v. 崇拜 Most of the young people adore famous singers or movie stars.

2. follow v. 跟隨

My dog likes to follow me to school.

3. wise adj. 有智慧的

I think you have made a wise decision.

4. sort n. 種類

What sort of clothes do you like?

5. bug n. 蟲子

Don’t eat the soup. There is a bug in it.

6. neighbor n. 鄰居

Do you know Mr. Chung, my next- door neighbor?

7. fence n. 籬笆

It is important for a farmer too build a strong fence around his farm.

8. separate v. 分隔

The two cities are separated by a river.

9. yard n. 院子

My mother used to plant flowers in the yard.

10. climb v. 爬

We like to climb the mountain on the weekend.

11. bright adj. 明亮的

The wall was painted bright red.

12. dig v. 挖 ( 洞 ; 溝 )

The dog was digging a hole to hide its bone in.

13. hole n. 洞

There is a big hole in the wall.

14. ground n. 地面

The leaves are falling onto the ground.

15. either adv. 也 ( 用在否定句中 )

If you don’t go, I won’t, either.

16. mean adj. 壞的

It’s a mean trick to play on someone.

17. shoulder n. 肩膀

He patted me on the shoulder to comfort me.

18. mention v. 提到

My wife mentioned that she saw you the other day.

19. invite v. 邀請

I want to invite Mr. Potter to the party.

20. include v 包括

The price includes the tax.

p.621. tag along 跟隨 Wherever I go, my pet cat will tag along.

2. as long as 只要

Any kind of drink is fine as long as it is cold.

3. be afraid of 害怕

The thief was afraid of being caught by the police.

4. instead of 代替 --- ; 而非 ----

She took a bus instead of driving to work.

Have you ever thought about yourrelationship with your family?Following is a passage about a girl’srelationship with her brother whenthey were little.

I adored my big brother, Jeremiah.I followed him everywhere. WhenI was four and a half years old, my brother was a wise six-year-old boy.

He knew all sorts of things, like the best place to find bugs, and the

place where the water was just right for playing in.

When he went over to his friend’s house, I always tagged along. He didn’t mind most of the time.As long as he was with me, I was not afraid of anything.

Then one day, Phillip, our next-doorneighbor, invited Jeremiah over to

play.A fence separated our yards.

Therefore, when we wanted to play together, we would just climb over it instead of going around the house.Jeremiah climbed over, and I started to follow.

“Only you can come this time, “Phillip told Jeremiah. “I don’t want your sister to play with us.”

After hearing that, I could feel that my face went bright red. I looked down and tried to dig a hole in the ground with the toe of my shoe.

What would I do while they were playing together? Why didn’t Phillip want me to play with them too?

“Well, if my sister can’t play, I can’teither,” Jeremiah said. Just like that,he climbed back over the fence.

“Nobody is mean to my little sister.Come on, Naomi. Let’s go find somefrogs by the creek.

Jeremiah put his arm around my shoulder, smiling at me. I smiled back.

We spent the day playing near the creek behind our house, and Jeremiah did not mention again about not going over to Phillip’s house to play.

It was like it never happened. The next day when Phillip invited Jeremiah over, he included me too.

The End