二 重点短语
6. be up to
7. encourage sb. (not) to do sth.
8. give up
9. in return
10. manage to do sth.

二、6.正在忙;由……决定 7. 鼓励某人(不)做某事 8.放弃 9. 作为回报 10. 设法完成

三 重点句型
11. (3a) — ? 你在忙什么呢？(be up to)
— I'm doing calligraphy. 我在练习书法。
12. (3a) The first is always the . 万事开头难。
13. (3a) When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours . 我刚开始练习书法的时候，花了好几个小时练习单个笔画。
14. (3a) I can teach you to play a song . 作为回报，我可以教你弹一首曲子。
15. (3b) How do you usually feel when you ? 当你成功完成某件困难的事情时，通常是什么感觉？

三、11. What are you up to? 12. step; hardest.
13. practicing single strokes 14. in return
15. manage to do something difficult

一 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. Whenever we face challenges, our headmaster (encourage) us to be brave and never give up.
2. After a busy week, watching a film is a perfect way (relax) for most students.
3. Although the math problem looks (difficulty), Lucy still tries her best to solve it.
4. By comparing the two stories, we can find many (similar) in their plots (情节).
5. My grandma (teach) me how to make dumplings when I was young.

一、1. encourages 2. to relax 3. difficult 4. similarities 5. taught