1、Like Father, Like Son(P26-27) Grandfather: And. I win! (Son enters room.) Father: Not again! Oh look, here _ my boy. How are you, son? Son: (nervously approaching the table) Erm. Dad, can we talk? Father: Sure! You know you can always turn _ your dad _ a chat. Son: OK. Here it is. Ive_not to go to u
2、niversity. I want to focus _ my band and have a career_ music when I leave school. Father: (raising his voice in surprise) You cant be serious! What _ your future career as a lawyer?! Son: I knew youd say that. You just assume I want to be a lawyer, but thats only because you are a lawyer. Father: W
3、hats wrong with _ a lawyer? Lawyers help people and are _ by others. Son: Yes, but Im not interested in law. I want to work in a studio, not a court. Grandfather: (looking at Father) Calm down. OK? Father: (ignoring Grandfathers words) Stop _! _ in a band is not a job. Son: Of course it is! The musi
4、c industry is _ fast now. _ music is a job. Grandfather: (stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice) Hey! I told you to calm down, both of you! Father: But I told him to study something _ at university! Grandfather: (laughing) Easy, son! I remember when you_ his age, you said that you wa
5、nted to be a _ football player. Father: And you wanted me to be _ engineer! Grandfather: I just wanted you to be happy, and an engineer - a happy engineer. Father: But in the end, you just advised me to think _ . Grandfather: Yes, and you have _ the career that _ your talents. Im so proud _ you. You
6、r son is proud of you, too. Son: Of course I am, but I have different talents. Grandfather: (turning to Son) Why dont you also_ my _ and think carefully before_ in with both feet? Son: Well, I could try. Grandfather: If you go to university and play music at the same time, you will have two _ for yo
7、ur future. And Im sure playing in a band will help you make lots of new friends at university. Father: Yes, lots of new lawyer friends! Son: (with a sigh) Dad. Just A Brother It was the _ part of the 2016 World Triathlon Series _ Mexico. With just 700 metres_ , Alistair Brownlee was in _ place and h
8、is younger brother, Jonny, was _ the lead. Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the _ heat, but as he came round the corner, he saw his brother about _ onto the track. Alistair had to choose - brotherly love, or a chance _ the race? For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was _
9、 trouble. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Jonny, _ him and _ _ him towards the finish line. Alistair then pushed his brother over the line. The move put Jonny in second place and Alistair himself in third. It was an _ end _the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it _ the media. He just w
10、anted to see his younger brother, who had _ to the medical area. The Brownlee brothers have been _ triathlons _ they were children. _, when your older brother is doing it, you think its a cool thing to do, says Jonny. Alistair says _they encourage each other as much _ they can when they train. Despi
11、te arguments _ stupid things now and then, Alistair agrees that _ a brother is _ advantage. _ my entire life, Ive had my brother _ _ me at everything I do. It has been _ enormously positive force. _ by millions, the _ to the race has _ opinions: should the brothers have been _or _ _for their actions
12、? But for Alistair, his decision was easy _: Mum wouldnt have been happy if Id left Jonny _. At that moment, he was no _ an athlete _ _ a medal - he was just a brother. Click for a friend? How would you feel if _ to a new town meant _ track of your friends? What if the only way of _news from faraway
13、 friends was _ letters that took ages _? This was how things worked not very long ago. Thanks _advances _ technology, how we make friends and communicate _ them has changed _. Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch _ the people that we want to remain friends with. Social medi
14、a tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships. All you need is a wi-fi connection. The digital age also enables us _ people who share our _, such as _ model cars or _ an unusual instrument. _our hobbies, the Internet can connect us _ others _ also enjoy _ them, _ they live o
15、n the other side of the world. But when you friend people online, does this mean that they really are your friends? It _. If people always exchange _ _information online, then yes, these friendships can be _ and _. But we need to _ that _we see on social media is often not the whole _ _ a person. _
16、social media sites, people _ post only _ _ that make them _ _ and _. But _ photos can hide _ problems. _ the _: on the Internet, nobody _ youre a dog. A young person _ be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be _ our information with criminals. But this doesnt _ that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. _technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the _of friendship and our _ _ friends remain the same. As Aristotle _, no one would choose _ _friends, _he had all other goods.
