人教版八年级下Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents？Section B 2a-2e 1课件(共34张PPT)

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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
人教版八年级英语下册
Section B 2a-2e
Do you have pressure about school
What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress
Discussion
play sports
hang out with friends
play computer games
watch movies
read books
go shopping
sleeping
talking to family members
Read the words and expressions loudly.
opinion
skill
typical
football
cut out
quick
continue
compare
n. 意见；想法；看法
n. 技艺；技巧
adj. 典型的
n. (美式)橄榄球；足球
删除；删去
adj. 快的；迅速的；时间短暂的
v. 持续；继续存在
v. 比较
compare…with
crazy
push
development
cause
usual
in one’s opinion
perhaps
比较；对比
adj. 不理智的；疯狂的
v. 鞭策；督促；推动
n. 发展；发育；成长
v. 造成；引起
adj. 通常的；寻常的
依……看
adv. 可能；大概；也许
Read the article to learn the common problem for Chinese and American families.
To learn new words: skill, opinion, typical, football, quick, continue, compare, crazy, push, development, cause, usual, perhaps…
Objectives
Check ( ) the after-school activities
you and your classmates usually do.
_____ do homework
_____ have after-school lessons
_____ watch movies
_____ use the Internet
_____ hang out with friends
_____ play sports or exercise



2a
What about you
Guessing the Meaning
When reading something for the first time, do not worry about words you do not know. Use the context to help you guess the meaning.
Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What is the common problem for
Chinese and American families
2. Who gives their opinions about the
problem
2b
Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!
These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win. However, this doesn’t only happen in China.
The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children don’t get
home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework.
Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think that’s
fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.”
Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to
have happy children.”
Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university.
so that意为“以便……，为了……”，引导目的状语从句， that从句中常使用can / may等情态动词；
so that还可以表示“因此，所以”，引导结果状语从句，在so that前可以用逗号。
Language points
小男孩节省每一分钱，以便他能够给妈妈在母亲节买一份礼物。
The little boy saved every coin so that he could buy his mother a present on Mother’s Day.
我被骤雨淋了，所以衣服都湿透了。
I was caught in a shower, so that all my clothes got wet.
2. And they are always comparing them with other children.
be always doing sth. 意为“总是做某事”
always与进行时连用时，常表达说话人的某
种情绪，如赞扬、不满、责备等。
他老是向父母要钱。
He was always asking his parents for money．
3. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities,
but …
此处cut out 是一个短语动词，表示“删除；剪
下”或是“停止；戒除”等。再如：
Don’t cut your parents out of your lives.
不要把父母从你的生活中赶出去。
If you cut out the drinking, you’d feel much
healthier. 如果你戒酒，就会觉得身体好很多。
4. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
人们不该对自己的孩子逼得太紧。
动词push 有“推；推动”的意思， 如：
Don’t push this door, you have to pull it open.
别推这扇门，你得把它拉开才行。
本单元中，push 表示“ 使（某人）努力；鞭策；督促”，其后宾语可以是别人或自己。
The math teacher really pushes his students. That’s why they
don’t like him that much. 那位数学老师确实对学生鞭策过多了，这就是他们不那么喜欢他的原因。
1. Keeps on happening _____________
2. Physical exercise and practice of skills _______
3. Worries about things at home, school or
work _________
4. Usual or common _________
continue
training
stress
typical
2c
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to
match them with the meanings below.
5. Try to be the best or the first to finish
something __________
6. Getting better or bigger ____________
7. Looking for differences and similarities
between things __________
compete
development
comparing
1. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to
join after-school activities
2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy What’s her
opinion
Yes, she does.
No. She thinks it is unfair to compare their kids with other children. She thinks people shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
Read the article again and answer the questions.
2d
3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda
What does she say
Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says, “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.”
1.What do you think of after-
school activities
2.What should you do to relax
Discuss the questions with your partner.
2e
Now more and more children are having different kinds of after-school classes. As a middle school student, what do you think of it Make a survey and have a debate.
debate
Advantages Disadvantages
develop exam skills too much pressure
Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of having after-school classes. Fill in the table.
课时重点回顾
play sports, hang out with friends
talk to … spend time alone
play computer games
read books compete with…,
get better grades
watch movies, have a fight with…
Summary
English-Chinese
anymore, member, pressure
Chinese-English
抄袭/复制；归还/返回；竞争/对抗
Dictations
I. 翻译下列句子。
1. 莉莉是我家中的一员。
2. 即使受到压力，他仍拒绝交出文件。
3. 他们决定跟我们竞争。
Lily is one of my family members.
He refused to give the document up, even under pressure.
They decided to compete with us.
Exercises
（2019·深圳）
— Miss Huang always advises us to practice
speaking English after class.
— She is right. Speaking is an important
language ____________.
A. sign B. skill C. suggestion
中考链接
B
【解析】句意“黄老师总是建议我们课后多练习英语口语。”，“她说的对。口语是很重要的 ______”。
A. 信号； B. 技能 ； C. 建议。
根据上句可知，此处应该填“技能”，故B正确。
1.Reading 2b carefully and write
the phrases in 2b.
2.Complete 2b, 2c and 2e.
Homework