Grade 8 Unit 5 Topic 2 Section D

Dealing ^[1]deal: [dil]  UK: [diːl]   n. 协议；发牌；待遇；大量   v. 发牌；非法买卖毒品；处理；应付with Sadness ^[2]sadness: 英 [ˈsædnəs]美 [ˈsædnəs] n. 悲伤，悲痛；使人悲伤的事（或难过）的事

No one can be happy all the time. You may become unhappy sometimes, for example, when you fail an exam or when you lose one of your friends. It’s normal to have these feelings. If you don’t know how to deal with ^[3]deal with: 办理；对待；与…交涉；与…交易 these problems, you may learn something from Jeff.

Jeff almost went mad when his elder ^[4]elder: US: [ˈeldər]  UK: [ˈeldə(r)]  n. 长者；长辈；接骨木；元老 adj. 年纪较长的； brother was killed in a car accident. He refused ^[5]refuse: US: [rɪˈfjuz]  UK: [rɪˈfjuːz]  n. 垃圾；废弃物  v. 拒绝；回绝；推却；不准许 常跟to do sth. 表示“拒绝做某事” to play soccer or go to the movies with his friends. Instead, he just sat in his bedroom and didn’t talk to anyone ^[6]anyone: US: [ˈeniˌwʌn]  UK: [‘eni.wʌn]  pron. （用于否定句、疑问句，也用于 if 或 whether 之后，或紧接 prevent、forbid、avoid 等动词，代替 someone）任何人, even his parents. Jeff felt that the world was unfair ^[7]unfair: US: [ʌnˈfer] UK: [ʌnˈfeə(r)]  adj. 不公正的；不公平的；待人不平等的. He was quite angry with ^[8]be angry with: 生…的气 the driver because his car hit his brother, even though ^[9]though:US: [ðoʊ] UK: [ðəʊ] conj. 虽然；尽管；然而；即使
adv. 然而^[10]even though/if : 即使；尽管；虽然 it was an accident. After a few months, Jeff began to understand it was useless ^[11]useless: US: [ˈjusləs]  UK: [ˈjuːsləs]  adj. 无用的；无效的；无价值的；差劲的 to be angry. Now he still misses his brother, but he doesn’t hate the driver any longer ^[12]not … any longer: = no longer 不再. He is beginning to talk to his parents and that makes them happy again. He no longer ^[13]no longer: = not … any longer  不再stays in his room by himself. Instead, he goes to the movies or plays sports with his friends. He is feeling better now.