¹We all know Mother’s Day is in May, Women’s Day is in March and April Fool’s Day is in April. ²Do you know when Father’s Day is? ³Now June is coming, and Father’s Day is coming, too. ⁴As a child, I believe you must be thinking of giving a present to your father. ⁵Different people like different kinds of presents.

⁶If you have enough pocket money, you can buy a useful but not expensive thing, like a tie. ⁷I think your father will like it. ⁸But if you don’t have enough pocket money, you can do something that you can do. ⁹For example, you can prepare a cup of tea. ¹⁰When your father comes back from work, he can drink it.

¹¹No matter what you do, the most important thing is to make your father happy on Father’s Day. ¹²Don’t you think so?

Wordbank

tie  n. 领带 v. 绑；捆;束缚；约束

prepare v. 使做好准备；把……预备好；

使（自己）有准备

1. When is Father’s Day?

A. In March.   

B. In April.

C. In May.      

D. In June.                           

2. What does the underlined word “present” mean?

A. 播客   B. 礼物 C. 信息   D. 怀表

3. What does the writer want to say?

A. What you buy is not the most important.

B. A tie is very expensive for a teenager.

C. Money is the most important in our life.

D. Father likes the expensive presents that you prepare.

语言点津

something和anything一般情况下,something 用于肯定句中,anything 用于否定句和疑问句中。征求对方意见、建议或希望得到肯定回答的疑问句中常用something。在表达 “任何” 这一含义时肯定句中常用anything。例如：I believe anything he says. 我相信他说的任何话。