1. Comprehending long and difficult sentences
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Comprehending long and difficult sentences

3. Para1
1. When did the writer want a book club most?
2. What did the writer mean by saying “I need a book club?”

4. 1. When did the writer want a book club most?
Para1
1. When did the writer want a book club most?
… saw couples our age laughing as the two of us ate our Loaded Nachos, alone.
couples
laughing
two of us
alone
contrast
Comprehending long and difficult sentences1
长难句分析1

5. Para1
2. What did the writer mean by saying “I need a book club?”
“I need friends.”

6. What did the writer feel in the new town?
Para2
What did the writer feel in the new town?
I’d never been so friendless. Sure, I had college friends I texted almost every day; my oldest pals were ones I’d had since fifth grade. I’d met my besties at my first real jobs. But none of them lived near us. It seemed as if everyone in our town not only had grown up here but still hung out with the kids. They didn’t need new friends...
But
none of them lived near us
They
didn’t need new friends

7. Comprehending long and difficult sentences2
Para2
referring指代
What do “them”, “They” refer to?
I’d never been so friendless. Sure, I had college friends I texted almost every day; my oldest pals were ones I’d had since fifth grade. I’d met my besties at my first real jobs. But none of them lived near us. It seemed as if everyone in our town not only had grown up here but still hung out with the kids. They didn’t need new friends...
But
none of them lived near us
They
didn’t need new friends
Comprehending long and difficult sentences2
长难句分析2

8. Para3&4
In order to make friends, what did the writer do?
She tried joining activities.
She made invitations.
She shared numbers and addresses.

9. Comprehending long and difficult sentences4
Para5-6
What was the reason why they couldn’t make friends?
A psychology professor found that “people tended to interact with fewer people as they moved toward midlife but that they grew closer to the friends they already had.” So that was why we couldn’t make friends...
Comprehending long and difficult sentences4
长难句分析4

10. Para7-9
Did the writer give up making friends?

11. Para10-15
Did the writer start a book club eventually?

12. Comprehending long and difficult sentences5
Para15
Discuss in pairs:
How do you understand this sentence?
After Meeting Six, I posted on our secret Facebook page: “What would everyone say about limiting the book club at the number we’re at?”
I started a book club!
I made new friends!
Comprehending long and difficult sentences5
长难句分析5

13. What kind of real friends did “I” need?
Para7: It was the defining line of friendship: Whom could you ask, count on, trust, to take care of your kids in a crisis?
Para13: We fulfilled the conditions for BFFs (Best Friends Forever)—seeing each other often, living nearby.

15. … saw couples our age laughing as the two of us ate our Loaded Nachos, alone.
... But none of them lived near us. ... They didn’t need new friends...
While I met nice people being Miss Join-a-Lot, nothing worked in a “Let’s rent a shore house next summer” way.
… So that was why we couldn’t make friends...
After Meeting Six, I posted on our secret Facebook page: “What would everyone say about limiting the book club at the number we’re at?”

17. Para3 Discuss in pairs: people who join a lot of activities
What do “Miss Join-a-Lot”, “Let’s rent a shore house next summer” mean?
While I met nice people being Miss Join-a-Lot, nothing worked in a “Let’s rent a shore house next summer” way.
offering to organize another activity
The author uses something specific
to refer to something general.
Comprehending long and difficult sentences3
长难句分析3