Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.

The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me.

Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby in different seasons.

She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy.

“I said ‘That’s not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he’s going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Hug(拥抱)him! And she started to do that. They just want a little hugging and a little love. And it works!” Delores Clemens said.

Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. “I’m doing something for them that never has been done for them before.”

In class, with her baby son, is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in looking for a safer life.

“Did you go to high school?”

“Yes.”

“Did you graduate?”

“No, I didn’t. I was in my last year and then, I got pregnant(怀孕)and I got lazy.”

“You look like you are willing to accept responsibility(责任)for that.”

“Yes, I am, and I would like to finish.”

Some teenage mothers wish they themselves could be children again. 18-year-old Placida knows that feeling. “Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can’t go out and say ‘I am going to buy this for myself.’ No. I have to buy pampers, clothes and food. So now it’s two. So it’s very hard.” Placida said.

1.What did Natasha want to finish high school for?

A．To bring her high school life to an end.

B．To accept the responsibility to look after her baby.

C．To stop the chatting with Adam.

D．To end the relationship with her boyfriend.

2.From what Placida said, we know that she thinks _______.

A．looking after a baby needs love

B．having a baby costs more

C．being a mom is hard

D．loving comes from responsibility

3.The passage is mainly about _______.

A．a class where teen parents are looked after

B．a class where parents are teaching their children

C．a class where homeless mothers learn to find a job

D．a class where teens learn mothering and are mothered

 

从方框中选择合适的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余

A. Because it has the best clothing.

B. It has the worst music.

C. What's the best clothing store?

D. Because it has the most interesting music.

E. But easy Listening 979 is the most popular.

F. Just listen to their commercials.

G. What's the best radio station?

Hi, I'm doing a survey for the Bedford Daily News. 1.______

Boy: I guess Jammin' 107 FM is the best.

Reporter: Why?

Boy: 2._____ It's much better than the other stations in town.

Reporter: What about the other radio stations?

Boy: Well, I think Oldies 102.1 FM is very bad. 3.______

Reporter: I heard that. 4.______

Boy: Not for me.

Reporter: Why not?

Boy: 5.______ They're worse than the commercials of All Talk 970 AM!

 

口语运用

A: Hi, Tom.

B: Hi, Mary.

A: ______1.________

B: I’m doing my homework.

A: Do you want to come to my house after school? _____2.______

B: That sounds great! __3.______

A: It’s on Long Street. It’s a quiet street.

B: _______4._______ There is a school on it.

A: Yes, and my house is across from it. ______5.___

B: OK! I’m sure to see you.

选项：

A．Where is your house?

B．It’s easy to find it.

C．What are you doing?

D．We can watch a DVD at my home.

E.  I know the street.

 

口语运用
A: Hi, Tom.
B: Hi, Mary.
A: ______【小题1】________
B: I’m doing my homework.
A: Do you want to come to my house after school? _____【小题2】______
B: That sounds great!  __【小题3】______
A: It’s on Long Street. It’s a quiet street.
B: _______【小题4】_______ There is a school on it.
A: Yes, and my house is across from it. ______【小题5】___
B: OK! I’m sure to see you.
选项：

A． Where is your house?

B． It’s easy to find it.

C． What are you doing?

D． We can watch a DVD at my home.

E.  I know the street.