(共17张PPT)
Unit 4
Section B
What did you do after school
Do you have stress in your life
How do you relax yourself
However ,this doesn’t only happen in China.
What’s the life for Cathy Taylor’s three children like
What’s the opinion of Cathy
Maybe she could cut out a few of their activities, but she believes these activities are important for her children’s future, and she really wants them to be successful.
One of her two sons go to basketball practice, her daughter go to football training and her other son have piano lessons. They don’t get home until after 7:00 p.m. they have a quick dinner and it’s time for their homework.
The second paragraph
Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy
What’s her opinion
No, she doesn’t. She thinks it’s crazy and unfair to send small kids to all kinds of classes. Parents shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
The third paragraph
Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda What does she say
She agrees with Linda. She says kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.
The last paragraph
Interaction
Discuss the questions with your partner.
2e
What do you think of after-school activities
In my opinion, if the kids really like the activity such as basketball, they can go to these classes. They may have some fun as well some skills. I don’t agree that some parents push the kids to take these activities.
2. What should you do to relax
There are a lot of ways to relax. I’d like to listen to music or play sports to relax. But my friend, Eric would like to sleep a lot and eat some nice food.
The whole article
4.一个典型的美国家庭
a typical American family
6.删除
5.足球训练
7.比较；对比
football training
cut out
compare … with
8.逼得太紧
10.一个儿童的成长
push … so hard
a kid’s development
Read the article again and try to find out the following phrases.
3.与某人竞争
compete with sb.
1. 上课外辅导班
take/have after-school classes
2. 考试技巧
exam skills
9.太多压力
too much pressure/stress
11.造成许多压力
cause a lot of stress
Juicy sentences
① In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older…
compete v. 竞争；对抗 competition n.竞争
compete with sb. 与某人竞争
e.g. We can’t compete with them on price.
我们不能和他们在价格上进行对抗。
continue 继续，持续。= go on
continue sth.
continue doing sth.// continue to do sth.
他坚持写作，直到去世。
He continued writing until he died.
Juicy sentences
② And they are always comparing them with other children.
be always doing sth. “总是（一直）做某事”，表示再三的，多次的重复行为，常带有厌恶，赞扬，抱怨等感彩，不表示某时刻正在发生的动作。
e.g. 这个小女孩总是哭。
The little girl is always crying.
compare v. 比较
compare …with… 比较；对比
e.g. How does your new house compare with your old one
你的新房子和旧房子比起来怎么样？
compare …to… 把……比作……
e.g. People often compare life to a stage.
人们常把生活比作一个舞台。
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to match them with the meaning below.
1. Keeping on happening _______
continue
2. Physical exercise and practice of skills _______
training
3. Worries about things at home, school or work ______
stress
4. Usual or common _______
typical
5. Try to be the best or the first to finish something ________
compete
6. Getting better or bigger ____________
development
7. Look for differences and similarities between things _________
compare
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy but all play and no work makes Jack go broke.
1. Some important phrases:
Section B(II)
2. continue的用法。
1. 一个典型的美国家庭
a typical American family
3. 删除
2. 足球训练
4. 比较；对比
football training
cut out
compare … with
5. 逼得太紧
6. 一个儿童的成长
push … so hard
a kid’s development
3.Reading skill:Guessing the meaning by reading
the context.
1. Careless driving often ______ accident.
2. Twelve o’clock is the _____ time to have lunch.
3. He is a writer of great ____.
4. It was _____of you to skate on such thin ice.
5. In my _______, people shall not smoke in public places.
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
perhaps, skill, opinion, continue, push,
compare, crazy, usual, typical, cause
causes
usual
skill
crazy
opinion
6. If you _______ the two cars, you’ll find them very alike.
7. Will you help me to ____ up the window.
8. It’s a ______ Italian restaurant.
9. Please ________ what you were doing before I came in.
10. I’d like to go away, _______ France or somewhere.
compare
push
typical
continue
perhaps
perhaps, skill, opinion, continue, push,
compare, crazy, usual, typical, cause
Prepare for the dictation of the words, phrase and sentences on page30.
Newspaper – Section B(1a-2b)
<<课时练>>:P51、52、53
背2b 第二，三，四段。
Homework
①quick(adj.) 快的，迅速的，时间短暂的。
quickly(adv.) 快地，迅速地。
have a quick dinner 匆匆地吃晚饭
= have dinner quickly
②It’s time for sth.该做某事了，到该做某事的时间了。
=it’s time (for sb.) to do sth.
It’s time for homework.
=it’s time to do their homework.
③ cut out 删除，删去。动词+副词型短语，宾语为
代词时，必须放中间；宾语为名词时，放中间
放后面均可。
cut it out/ cut them out
