AstoryaboutafrogHello,everyone.MynameisFreddy.Newwordsinlistening:dip浸,蘸grow-up成人tadpole蝌蚪knockinto碰到,撞上某人lily百合花feeldownconfident有信心的,自信的appreciate鉴赏,感激,意识到WhenFreddywasyoung,hewasalittletadpole.Astimewentbyquickly,hesoonbecameafrog.Oneday,Freddysatonthewaterlilyleafandslidhislong,thinlegsintothewater.Suddenly,heheardsomemusicacrossthelake.……Thenwhatwouldhappen?Listentothetapeforthefirsttimeandanswerthefollowingquestion.WhatdidFreddyfindwhenheswamslowlytowardsthesound?Hefoundthreeconfidentfrogssittingstillontheleafandplayingtheinstruments.Listentothetapeagainanddecidewhichofthestatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Freddyhadchangedfromamantoafrog.2.Hefeltlonelyinhislaketillhemethisfriendsonthelilyleaf.3.Thesingersofthebandcouldsingveryloudly.4.Freddythoughthecouldsingaswellastheothersingingfrogs.5.Freddywasveryconfidentabouthissinging.6.Hesangthesongtoasktheotherfrogstobehisfriends.WeformedabandandsoonwebecamefamousandwenttoBritaintogiveperformances.ThenwhatwouldhappeninBritain?Wewouldsucceedorfail?DidFreddyandhisbandgetagreatsuccessinBritain?Yes,theygotagreatsuccessandbecameverypopularinBritain.FreddyformedabandwenttoBritaintogiveperformanceproblemscausedbybeingfamousleftBritainhowtheresultwhy1.Freddywasnowquiteconfidentwhenhewentintoaconcerthall.beconfident+从句对……有信心beconfidentof(about,in)对……有信心LanguagepointsforReadingII2.HehadtogotoLondon,wearanexpensivesuitandgiveaperformancetoaTVcamera.performancen.表演performern.表演者performv.表演,履行,执行,表现3.Thenthingswentwrong.Freddyandhisbandcouldnotgooutanywherewithoutbeingfollowed.gowrong……出了毛病=Somethingiswrongwith…=Thereissomethingwrongwith…Mywatchwentwrongyesterday.What’swrongwithyou?Hewasdonewrong.他受了冤枉。4.Atlastfeelingveryupsetandsensitive,Freddyandhisbandrealizedthattheymustleavethecountrybeforeitbecametoopainfulforthem.[考点]sensitive在句中作“易生气的;感情容易冲动的;神经质的”讲;此外还可意为“易受伤害的;易损坏的;敏感的”。常用结构:besensitiveto/about...对……敏感。