2. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep. 有时这些决定可能会太难而无法实现。
1) 此处情态动词may表示推测，相当于 汉语的“可能；或许；大概”之意。
e.g. You may be right this time, but I’m not sure. 这一次你或许是对的，但我无法确 定。
with what we’re learning today? 这道题跟我们今天所学的内容有什 么关系？
2) 此句中的planning为名词，表示“计划； 规划”等意思，如：city planning（城 市规划）等。英语中better planning类 似汉语中的“合理规划”，指通过制定 计划来更加充分的利 用时间、空间、精力等。
2) 英语中too…to…是一种固定结构，表 示“太……而不能够……”。
e.g. The kid is too young to play this game. 这孩子太小，不能玩这个游戏。
3) 本句中的动词keep意为“履行（诺言 等）；遵守（惯例等）”，这是keep 的常见用法之一。类似的句子还有：
第二段：different kinds of resolutions; some…; some resolutions…
第三段：hardly ever keep them. … the best resolution is to have no resolutions!
2d Answer the questions with short sentences.
They will come true one
day! 紧紧抓住k the best resolution is to have no resolutions? Why or why not? _N_o_,_I_d__o_n_’t_._______________________ _B_e_c_a_u_s_e_r_e_s_o_lu_t_i_o_n_s_c_a_n_h__el_p__u_s_t_r_y___ _o_u_r_b_e_s_t_.
1. What is a resolution? _I_t’_s_a__k_in__d_o_f_p_r_o_m__i_se_._________
2. When do people make resolutions? _A_t_t_h_e__b_e_g_in_n_i_n_g__o_f _th__e_y_e_a_r_. _______
1. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, … 有些决定与合理的时间规 划相关，……
1) have to do with这个结构表示 “与……相关；与……有关联或有关 系”。
e.g. What does this problem have to do
3. Why do people usually make resolutions? _T__h_e_y_h_o_p_e__th_a_t__th_e_y__c_a_n_i_m_p__ro_v_e____ _t_h_e_ir__li_v_e_s_. ______________________
4. How can people remember their resolutions? _S_o_m_e__p_e_o_p_le__w_r_i_te__th_e_m___d_o_w_n_.__
指导： ➢ 先读这三个主题的意思，带着问题去
读短文。 ➢ 通读每个段落，理解这个段落所讲的
主要意思。 ➢ 在相关段落中划出相关的依据，根据
依据确定每个段落主要意思。
答案： 3；1；2
第一段：It’s a kind of promise. However, promises you make to yourself are resolutions.
5. How many kinds of resolutions does the writer talk about? _T_h_r_e_e_k_i_n_d_s_.__
6. Why do you think resolutions may be difficult to keep? S__o_m_e_t_im__e_s_t_h_e_y_m__a_y__b_e_d_i_ff_i_cu__lt_t_o____ k__ee_p__o_r_s_o_m__e_ti_m__es__p_e_o_p_le__ju__st_f_o_r_g_e_t__ a_b__o_u_t _t_h_e_m_._
People hardly ever keep them! 人们很少履行它们（指计划）。 在这一语义下，常见的表示还有keep a promise(信守诺言)，keep one’s word(遵 守承诺；说话算数)等。如：
We always keep our word. 我们说话是算数的。
Hold fast to dreams.
Unit 6 I’m going to study computer science.
Section B
2b Read the passage and match each
paragraph (1-3) with its main purpose. Underline the words and phrases that helped you decide. __ To question the idea of making resolutions __ To give the meaning of resolution __ To discuss the different kinds of resolutions