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Lesson 6

Preparation

Teacher’s Pet

Lisa is a very diligent middle school student. She is

always prepared with her homework, and she always
studies for her tests. She also helps her classmates

with anything that she can assist them with. That’s
why her teachers like her a lot and has become the

apple of their eye. However, some students would

tease her and call her a teacher’s pet.

Keywords

prepared / classmates /
pet
Grammar

* Idioms are expressions whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal
expressions and arrangement of its parts, but refer instead to a figurative
meaning known only through common use.
► Kick the bucket
► Fit as a fiddle
► Break a leg Vocabulary &
Expressions

Questions Diligent: constant in effort
to accomplish something.
1. Were you a diligent student when you Pet: a person especially
were young? cherished or indulged;
2. According to the paragraph, what is an favorite
“apple of my eye” mean?

3. Why do some students tease Lisa as a teacher’s pet?
4. Were you your teacher’s favorite student?
5. Do you think being a teacher’s favorite student is a good thing? Why?

Sample Answers

1. Maybe just a little.
2. The “apple of one’s eye” means “favorite”.
3. Maybe it’s because the teachers like her.
4. I’m not really sure. Teachers aren’t supposed to have favorite students.
5. Yes, because the teachers will help you more.e students.

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