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1、Unit1:TheArtofSayingGoodbyeJeffreyPeltierChristmasEveishere,relativesandfriendshavearrivedorwillbearriving.We'llgreetthemwithsuchjoyandhappiness,lookingforwardtothetimetogethe匚However,whataboutthatmomentwedon^tdarethinkaboutyet.Dareweevenmentiontheword
2、“Goodbye，，？Ihaveacharminglittlefriend,6yearoldMelaina.ThispastyearshehastaughtmehowtosayGoodbye.It，snotasadaffairwithtearsandunhappiness.ForheritisasimportantassayingHi.EachdayasIgoouttocheckthemail,takeinthetrashorcomeandgo,Melainagreetsmewitharousing
3、“HIJEFF".MosttimesFllgouptoheryard(sheisnotallowedtoleaveherfrontyardandwalkonthestreetyet),talkwithherandseeherlatestponyorwejustswingtogetherforafewminuteswhilewetalk.Shehasaninfectioussmileandsharpwitevenatayoungage.IfIaskherwhereshegottheprettyshir
4、tsheiswearing,sheJIlookatmebrighteyedandsay“Frommycloset”.Whydidn'tIknowthat,ofcourseshirtscomefromthecloset.WhenshebringsmecookiesandIaskwhereshegotthem,againthesimpleresponseis,“FromtheoverflOnedayIwillknowwhereallthethingsintheworldcomefrom,butuntil
5、thenIrelyonMelaina.Allgoodtimeshavetocometoanend,soIbidMelainafarewell.Sheisneversadorunhappy,shesmilesandsaysinherbiggestvoice,"BYEJEFF：Notjustonce,shecontinues“BYEJEFF5allthewhileIamwalkingawayuntilIaminthehouse.Withouthesitation,Ihavetojoininwithmul
6、tiple"BYEMELAINA".Mineisnotquiteasbigandhappyashersyet,butIamworkingonit.IalwaysfeeljustasgoodleavingaswhenIfirstseehersmilingface.ShewantsmetoknowsheisgladIcameforavisitandhopesFllcomebackagaintomorrow・Shedoesn^tmaketheGoodbyeasadtimetobedreadedeachti
7、mewevisit.WhenyourChristmasvisitcomestoanend,whetheritbeforafewhoursorclays,howwillyousaygoodbye.Willitbethedreadedtearfulsadgoodbye,ahuginsilenceorwillitbethehappy,hopeyoucomebackagainsoon,MelainaStyle“GOODBYE”.HaveaMerryChristmasandaHappySafeNewYear,
8、BYEBYEBYEUnit2WhymannersmatterFriday,July27,2007ByJoMcKinnonAremannersold-fashioned?Oraretheythekeytoturningtoddler-sizedGodzillasintocivilisedhumanbeings?Manypeoplelumptogethergoodmannersandetiquette,buttheyaredifferentthings.^Etiquett
