in a dorm

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• in a dorm

• four students share one bedroom

• playing cards/chatting

• look cheerful

for describing states

• make a lot of noise

• appear excited

• enjoy doing sth.

• do sth. to ones hearts content

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for describing ones look

• a round-faced girl

• too excited to control ones emotion

• roar with laughter

• have the conscience to do sth.

for describing ones acts

• speak in a high-pitched voice

• take no notice of

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• try to concentrate on ones book
• The noise is too loud for one to follow the lines
  in the book.
• be annoyed
• wear an angry look
• frown with anger
• be beside oneself with anger
• put up with sb./sth.

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• control ones temper
• restrain ones fury
• the annoyed look betrays ones anger
• pretend to sleep
• stop ones ears with the pillows/quilt
• a silent protest
• turn ones back on sb.
• give a snort of contempt

Actions taken
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• in a dorm

• four students share one bedroom

• playing cards/chatting

• look cheerful

• make a lot of noise

• appear excited

• enjoy doing sth.

• do sth. to ones hearts content

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• a round-faced girl

• too excited to control ones emotion

• roar with laughter

• have the conscience to do sth.

• speak in a high-pitched voice

• take no notice of

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• try to concentrate on ones book
• The noise is too loud for one to follow the lines
  in the book.
• be annoyed
• wear an angry look
• frown with anger
• be beside oneself with anger
• put up with sb./sth.

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• control ones temper
• restrain ones fury
• the annoyed look betrays ones anger
• pretend to sleep
• stop ones ears with the pillows/quilt
• a silent protest
• turn ones back on sb.
• give a snort of contempt

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How to Live with my Roommates
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Whats the topic of the passage?
Despite what your parents and others try to make
you believe, life at college may not be the best
experience you will ever live through? Why? The
simple one-word answer is roommates.
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Whats the topic of the passage?
What does the passage mainly talk about?
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Where the topic of a passage can be found?

• The first several sentences of a passage.
• Sentences near its end since the concluding
  sentences usually give a summary of the major
  points of a passage.
• Repeated words or expressions in a passage.

Part A, Unit 13, Book II
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How to Live with my Roommates
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How to Live with my Roommates
compromise
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How to Live with them
For example/instance,
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How to Live with a Sloven

• sloven a person who is untidy, dirty, careless,
  slipshod, sloppy in his appearance, dress,
  habits, etc.
• scatter ones stuff here and there
• make his place/the dorm in a mess
• have a bath once a month
• pile up the dirty clothes
• never wash his sports shoes
• a rough diamond (?????????????)or a pain in the
  neck(??????)or a thorn in ones flesh(??????)?

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How to Live with an Egoist

• selfish/self-centered/egocentric
• always think of oneself
• take ones benefits for granted
• secure small/petty advantages at other peoples
  expense(??????)
• be mean over ones own stuff(?????????)
• be reluctant to share ones stuff with other
  people
• be particular about ones own material goods
• never/seldom care about other peoples feelings
• a pain in the neck or a thorn in ones flesh

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How to Live with a Cold Fish

• a cold fish an eccentric(?????)and cold person
• an eccentric(??????)
• as cold as charity be indifferent to
  sb./sth.(????)
• have no friends
• fond of solitude/being alone
• unsociable
• a quiet person

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How to Live with a Fault-Finder

• find fault with sb./sth.
• be particular/picky/fussy/hypercritical about
  trifles
• look a gift horse in mouth(????????????)
• not easygoing
• not considerate
• a pain in the neck or a thorn in ones flesh

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How to Live with a Magpie

• chatter like a magpie(????)
• never stop talking
• buttonhole a person(????????)
• make other people climb the wall(s)(?????)
• a pain in the neck or a thorn in ones flesh

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How to Live with a Big Mouth

• a big mouth a gossiper
• a fly on the wall(????????)
• poke ones nose in/into what other people prefer
  to keep hidden
• amuse oneself by setting other people by the
  ears(?????/??????)
• a trouble maker/a bad apple
• a pain in the neck or a thorn in ones flesh

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How to Live with a Person who is Preeminent

• try to be best of all
• be eager to outshine others
• strive to/be keen to outdo others in everything
• be eager to do well/excel in every thing
• eager to put ones best foot forward eager to
  get on with ones work as fast as one
  can(???????)
• bite off more than one can chew be
  over-ambitious
• be sensitive/susceptible to ones dignity
• be aggressive

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constipate ??
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diarrheic/poo tea ???
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Enjoy yourselves on our campus!