(Daniel speaks to himself.)

Daniel: That's great! We made 20 minutes earlier.

Mom: Good thing, we took a taxi.

Daniel: Mom, you are the best!

Mom: Hey, look there. It is an advertisement of the piano training class on the billboard. The place is not far from our home.

Daniel: Mom, come on. What are you thinking about?

Mom: Your sister is in high school now; no one plays the piano at home.

Daniel: Don't tell me you want me to do that?

Mom: Why? Why not! The piano is right there.

Daniel: But I don't like playing the piano. And the homework keeps me busy enough.

Mom: Anyway, I will have a look at the piano class after work by myself.

Daniel: How depressed!

（丹尼爾自言自語。）

丹尼爾：太好了！我們早到了20分鐘。

媽媽：是啊，幸好我們搭了出租車。

丹尼爾：媽媽，你最棒了！

媽媽：喂，看那里。廣告牌上有個鋼琴培訓班的廣告。那個地方離我們家不遠。

丹尼爾：媽媽，求你了。你又在想什么呢？

媽媽：你姐姐現在讀高中了，家里的鋼琴沒人彈了。

丹尼爾：不要告訴我你想讓我彈。

媽媽：為什么不呢？鋼琴就擺在那里呢。

丹尼爾：但是我不喜歡彈鋼琴。并且家庭作業已經夠我忙了。

媽媽：不管怎樣，下班后，我會自己先去看一下那個鋼琴培訓班。

丹尼爾：真郁悶。

Daniel: Mom always wants me to take different training classes. These days she says I should learn to play the piano. That's really a disaster for me. The homework already keeps me busy enough. My poor little spare time! I am just a little boy!

speak to oneself 自言自語

advertisement n.　廣告

piano n. 鋼琴

training n. 訓練

billboard n. 廣告牌

be far from 遠離

think about 考慮

play the piano 彈鋼琴

busy adj. 忙碌的

depressed adj. 沮喪的

myself 我自己

yourself 你自己

himself/herself/itself 他/她/它自己

Ourselves 我們自己

Yourselves 你們自己

themselves 他們自己

1.反身代詞在句子中主要作賓語

Enjoy yourselves! 玩得開心！

Let me introduce myself. 讓我來自我介紹一下。

She speaks to herself. 她自言自語。

They teach themselves. 他們自學。

2.反身代詞還可以用在一些固定短語中

(1)by oneself 獨自一人，自己（沒別人幫助）

I can do it by myself. 我能自己做。

He lives by himself. 他一個人住。

(2)for oneself 替自己，為自己

She cooks for herself. 她自己做飯。

I can buy food for myself. 我能為自己買食物。

You can decide for yourself. 你可以自己做決定。

兩人一組，一方朗誦下面的中文句子，另一方挑選出合適的翻譯。

1．他只考慮他自己。

2．我過去總把自己當作一個大人。

3．丹尼爾自言自語。

4．請注意你自己的行為！

5．丹尼爾可以自己彈鋼琴嗎？

1．Please behave yourself!

2．Can Daniel play the piano by himself?

3．Daniel speaks to himself.

4．He only thinks about himself.

5．I always thought of myself as an adult.