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B Answer the questions below. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1; What are two common expressions in your language? What do they
mean in English?

2 Who is your favorite actor? What is the actor's best film? What is the
actor's role in the film?

A Put the adjectives in the correct place in the chart. You already know Vocabulary Skill
some of the adjectives. Use your dictionary to understand the new words. Feelings

afraid bored calm confused energized grumpy This chapter's passage
happy hopeful inspired lazy nervous scared tells us that both Jay
r Positive feelings Negative feelings Chou and Shakira felt
uneasy when they
first acted or sang
afraid/scared in English. There are
many adjectives in
English to describe
how a person feels.

B Add one more positive and one more negative· feeling to the list.
Use your dictionary to help you find the words in English.

C Discuss the questions below with a partner.
1 When you feel nervous, what do you do to feel calmer?
2 When you wake up in the morning, are you grumpy?
3 How do you feel today? Choose a word from A or B. If your feeling is
negative, how can you change it to feel better?

Reading helps you learn. A famous American writer, David McCullough, has said, "A good way to
learn is to read books." When we read, we learn about ideas that others have. It is important to read widely so
that we learn about a variety of opinions on a single topic. You will learn more as you read more!

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