第6章 Lesson 6: My Brother Loves to Dance

My brother Toller is a very good dancer. He is 12 years old and has been dancing for about six years. He has won many awards. He loves being a dancer, but it hasn't always been this way.

One day, a new student named Morris came to his classroom. When he found out Toller was a dancer, he picked on my brother and called him names. Then other classmates did the same thing. This was a very bad time for Toller. He stopped going to dance class and was very unhappy.

Toller's dance instructor came to visit him because she wanted to know why Toller had stopped going to dance class. My parents and I were shocked because Toller hadn't told us he had stopped. We all sat down and talked about it. Toller explained that he was being teased at school. The instructor asked what was making him sad. He was sad mostly because he wanted to dance.

We made a plan for what Toller could say to Morris. The next time Morris teased him, Toller said, "Yes, I am a dancer. I'm good at it, too. You are good at teasing and bothering people. You need to find something else to do." The other classmates stopped copying Morris, and soon Morris had no friends. He stopped bothering Toller.

Toller danced some hip hop for a talent show at school last week. Everyone cheered when he was finished… Even Morris. I am very proud of my brother.

I. Word List

instructor: teacher

shocked: very surprised

tease: call someone names

II. Choose the correct answers.

1. Toller has been dancing for about______ years.

a. twelve b. six c. two

2. Toller was______ when Morris called him names.

a. happy b. shocked c. sad

3. Toller's______ came to visit Toller.

a. teacher b. principal c. dance instructor

4. ______ was good at teasing others.

a. Morris b. Toller c. The writer

5. Toller danced some______ for the school talent show.

a. samba b. hip hop c. tap-dance

III. Word groups—Choose the correct words from the story.

1. names of boys: T _ _ _ _ _, M _ _ _ _ _

2. people we learn from: t _ _ _ _ _ _, i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. people who we know: f _ _ _ _ _ _, c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

IV. Odd one out—Choose the word in each group that is different from the others.

1.

brother

mother

father

teacher

2.

tease

cheer

bother

pick on

3.

good

excellent

bad

great

4.

classmates

students

friends

parents

5.

done

finished

ended

started