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BOOK FOUR Unit 1 TEXT IThis Year It’s Going to Be Different Pre-reading QuestionsWhen a person makes New Year’s resolutions, he makes up his mind to do or not to do certain things in the coming year. Of course, different people make different New Year’s resolutions. For example, a student may decide to work harder at his studies and not go to the cinema so often; a teacher may decide to improve his/her teaching; a heavy smoker may decide to stop smoking altogether. Some people may be able to carry out their New Year’s resolutions, but some may not. For most People, it’s often easier to make New Year’s resolutions than to carry them out.It is suggested that the students should first guess without being given any part of the story. The Main IdeaThe statement that best sums up the main idea is (3): “The writer carried out his New Year’s resolution faithfully to improve himself, but the results all went contrary to his expectations.” Teaching Points for Reference1. A brief summary of the ways to express futurity1) The neutral future is formed by using the auxiliaries will/ shall and infinitive.Examples:Tomorrow will be his Sunday. (Level 3, Unit 3)Is it possible to make an atomic engine that will be really safe in every circumstance(Level 3,Unit 6)2) The construction to be going to is used to express future intention.Examples:This year it is going to be different.I know what the kids are going to do.Note: This construction cannot be used for neutral futurity, which does not depend on any person’s will or intention. For Example, both the following sentences are wrong.* Tomorrow is going to be his Sunday.* If you go to the U.S.A., you are going to come across the remarkable, almost legendary hospitality of the American of the West.3) The construction be to do(something) is used to express arrangement or command.Examples:Now let all men know that crops are to be planted as usual. (Level 3, Unit 11)Shaka ordered: “All women who are found with child a