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Reading Selection
Language Highlight
Find "Because of" in
Paragraph 3. This usage is
a cause-and-effect signal.
In that sentence, circle the
cause and underline the
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am a plastic bag. When I was very young, I was sent
convenient (adj)
(n)y)便利(C)便利設施
from the factory to a convenience store. I stayed there
e.g.
For your convenience, please take the elevator.
The hotel is equipped with all kind of mordern convenience
for a long time and waited eagerly to be used. Finally,
eager (adi) keen to be eager (for + V.
keen on
some kids came along, bought some snacks, and took me
① 抵達 ②進展
The bus should come along in three minutes.
effect.
When it was getting
dark, they packed
everything up and let
me stay there alone!

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Lesson The Life of a Plastic Bag
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When it was getting dark, they
When night
hear
packed everything up and let
pack sth up
me stay there alone! The wind
started to howl*, and suddenly I
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was in the sea all on my own.
=by one's own 獨立地
I floated helplessly in the water for a while, but soon
=for some time
realized I wasn't alone. I was surrounded by plastic cups,
I had company Surrounding (
Surrounding A be surrounded by B
plates, and straws. After days of driftings, I started to envy envious (adj
“漂浮漂流 ①drift off (to sleep)慢慢睡著
②drift apart (條)疏離。
(1) A be envy of B
(2) envy+5b+ 5th
be envious of+N
the birds up above, who were flying so high and free. I could
=high in the sky
15 only follow the currents*. Suddenly, I went down a tunnel*
③洋流 → ocean currents
②电流 → electric
into a chamber*. "What happened?" I asked a fork next to
隧道、房間
me. "I think we were just swallowed* by a huge fish!" he
(a)燕子 (deyour
quip down
(V.)吞食= (scarf down
replied. More and more of us were swallowed until it got
obvious (adj)
"till
quite crowded inside. We obviously weren't that
Her fear of spiders is obvious. She can't stop screaming
when seeing one
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>broke down
The fish's body slowly decomposed*, and then I
=rotted
was back in the ocean. One day, a big wave came and
沖上岸
threw me up onto the shore. A few days later, some
schoolchildren walked up to me. They were carrying bags
25 and pairs of tongs*. I felt a sudden pinch*, and the next
晶擰;捏
thing I knew, I was inside a big bag of trash. A teacher told
Smart and beautiful, Helen is the
envy of her classmates.
We envy him his good luck.
→ We are envious of good luck.
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