Lesson 6
My Father

Guidance

In the eyes of children,their fathers must be their idol!What is your father like?在孩子们的眼中，父亲就是他们的偶像！你的父亲是什么样子呢？

My father is ahandsome man.He is tall and thin.He has big eyes and straight,black hair.He is forty years old but he looks young for his age.

My father is an engineer in abig company.He is always busy working late every day and he often forgets to have meals and go to bed.So in the company he is called“workaholic”.

My father likes reading in his spare time.And with the help of my father Ibecame interested in reading,too.My father also likes to play basketball and he was on the school basketball team when he was young.But now he is too busy to play basketball.

My father is my idol and we hit it off（关系很好）with each other.^①

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Notes

①My father is my idol and we hit it off with each other.爸爸是我的偶像，我们关系很好。

Practice

Ⅰ.Read for comprehension

1.The underlined word“workaholic”means____.

A.偷懒的人

B.工作狂

C.爱玩的人

2.According to the passage,the author likes,like his father____.

A.going to bed late

B.reading books

C.playing basketball

3.When does the author’s father often play basketball?

A.Now.

B.When he was young.

C.When he is free.

Ⅱ.Read for writing

What do you think of the author’s father?What’s your father like?What influences（影响）does your father have on you?Write an article about him.

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