Choices

    Many times we need to make choices. Sometimes it is easy for us to distinguish between the “good” and the “bad”, but very often we are at a loss to decide the right thing. Occasionally, we fall into a bad habit, like taking drugs or drinking alcohol because of our ways of choosing friends.

I think it is hard for a teenager to find someone to relate to, to find someone we can trust. That is, it is difficult to choose good friends. I was never involved in alcohol, drugs or anything like that as a teenager, but as I grew older I began gaining weight and I lost confidence in myself. I didn’t want to talk to anyone. I began to have a bad temper.

In order to solve this problem, I was sent by my parents to live with a family for a while who were trying to help me out. The problem was that the two children in this family, who were older than I was, introduced me to drugs and alcohol. At that time, I couldn’t make a right decision, and I didn’t talk to my parents about this in time. I began drinking and taking drugs so as to be part of them.

Years passed. Now as an adult I am having trouble in my life and can’t seem to give up either. It is so easy to lose family and friends over drugs and alcohol. I am living a miserable life at present. I have regrets, but what has happened is unchangeable. Once my younger brother blamed me, saying “If I were you, sister, I would give it up easily within two weeks.” He can never imagine my sufferings.

Friends are the most important thing you can have in this world. Be careful to choose your friends. Be careful with the choices you make in life. One day those choices will make a difference.

Pre-view Assignment

Task one: Go through the text and look up the words in bold and expressions in the dictionary. Make sure to know the meaning and can pronounce them.

Task two: Match the sentences

Task three: Fill in the blank and make conclusions

Years passed. Now as an adult I am having ______ in my life and can’t seem to give up either. It is so easy to ______ family and friends over drugs and alcohol. I am living a _________ life at present. I have regrets, but what has happened is unchangeable. Once my younger brother _______ me, saying “If I were you, sister, I would give it up easily within two weeks.” He can never imagine my _________.

Conclusions:

1. Study the missing words, what do they have in common (相同点)?

A. show good results (结果).   B. show bad results (结果)

2. What caused the results?