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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
Section B 2a-2e
Activity1:Free talk
Enjoy a video and share opinions.
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What is the topic does Jack talk about in the video
Do you have any after-school classes to take
Do you love those after-school classes Why
What activities do you usually do after school to relax
Both American and Chinese students have many after-school classes.
Yes/No. Because...
____ do homework
____ use the Internet
____ have after-school lessons
____ hang out with friends
____ watch movies
____ play sports or exercise
A. Children like playing basketball.
B. Children should learn to relax.
C. Children have to exercise after school.
What is main idea of the article
Activity2:Fast reading
Tip:Title, picture, first or last sentence of each paragraph can help you.
Skimming: Get the main idea of each paragraph according to the topic sentence.
Read quickly and match the main ideas of each para.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Many parents push their children into learning more skills.
Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy.
Linda Miller's opinion
Dr. Alice Green's opinion
Activity2:Fast reading
Activity3:Careful reading
1.What is the common problem for many students these days
2.Who gives their opinions about the problems
The common problem for them is that too many after-school activities cause a lot of stress.
Parents(Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller), the expert (Dr. Alice Green) and the writer.
★The first sentence of each paragraph is usually important.
Read the article and answer the questions.
2b
Activity3:Careful reading
Read and complete the mind map.
★The common problem for students.
The writer's opinion
opinion:
details:
Parent's opinion
The expert's opinion
These activities are important for children’s future.
opinion:
details:
opinion:
details:
opinion:
details:
People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
It’s normal to want successful children, but it’s more important to have happy children.
Maybe you should learn to relax.
Alice Green
Linda Miller
Cathy Taylor
Activity3:Careful reading
Read and complete the mind map.
opinion:
details:
Parent's opinion
These activities are important for children’s future.
opinion:
details:
People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
Linda Miller
Cathy Taylor
1. ___________starts very young and continues until the kids get older.
2. Mothers ____their kids to all kinds of classes.
3. They are _________them _____ other children.
1.Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very ______. She send her kids to many classes like _________________, ______________ and ___________.
2. She wants them to be ____________.
Competition
send
comparing
with
busy
basketball practice
football training
piano lesson
successful
Activity3:Careful reading
Read and complete the mind map.
★The common problem for students.
The writer's opinion
The expert's opinion
Alice Green
opinion:
details:
1.too much pressure isn’t good for ______________________.
2.all these activities can cause a lot of ________________.
It’s normal to want successful children, but it’s more important to have happy children.
a child’s development
stress for children
opinion:
details:
Maybe you should learn to relax.
Such a busy life can place great pressure on students.
引出话题
(Para. 1)
表达观点
(Para. 2-4)
· Many parents push their children into learning more skills. They believe it helps their kids to better compete in life.
· However, such a busy life can place great pressure on students.
Retell the article according to the mind map.
Dr. Alica Green (Para.4): All these activities can cause a lot of stress for children; kids should have time to relax and think for themselves: it's even more important to have happy children
Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very busy. (承接上文)
Cathy Taylor (Para. 2): these activities are important for children's future.
Linda Miller (Para. 3):People shouldn't push their kids so hard
Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!
Activity4:Post reading
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.
Reading strategy
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to match them with the meanings below.
2c
1. Keeps on happening __________
2. Physical exercise and practice of skills ________
3. Worries about things at home, school or work _______
4. Usual or common _______
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 __________
continues
training
stress
typical
compete
develpment
comparing
Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of having after-school classes. Fill in the table.
Do a survey
Advantages Disadvantages
too much pressure
get good grades
develop exam skills
no time for myself
Language points
1. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities.
1) cut out 删除；剪下, 是动副短语
2) cut up 切碎;
cut off 中断,切除;
cut down 砍倒；削减,降低;
cut in 插话；超车
cut… into…把……切成…
你最好删掉那句话。
我们把不重要的细节删去吧。
You'd better cut out that sentence.
Let's cut out the unimportant details.
2. I really want them to be successful.
1) successful—successfully adv—success n—succeed v.。
be successful in (doing) sth.“在（做）……方面取得成功”
我希望你将会越来越成功。
I hope you will be more and more successful.
如果一开始不成功，就再试一次。
If at first you don’t succeed. Try again.
她成功地找到了一份工作。
She was successful in finding a job
3. However, the tired children don't get home until after 7:00 p.m.
1) not…until…意为“直到……才……”
直到我来你才能能离开办公室。
直到第二天，他们才交谈。
他跟父母住在一起，一直到23岁。
You can't leave the office until I arrive.
They didn't talk until the next day.
He lived with his parents until 23.
4. In some families, competition starts very young and continues ...
1) continue doing sth. 持续/继续做某事(做同一件事)
continue to do sth. 继续做某事(做另外一件事)
He continued writing until midnight.
他继续写作直到午夜。
在休息后他继续做作业了。
He continued to do homework after taking a break.
5. And they are always comparing them with other children..
1) compare A with B 把A与B比较。
He compared his camera with mine.
他把他自己的照相机跟我的作了比较。
2) compare A to B 把A比作B，强调两个不同性质的事物比较。
他把书比作了朋友
He compared the books to friends.
6. People shouldn't push their kids so hard.
1) push意为“鞭策；督促”push sb. to do sth. “督促某人做某事。
Tom’s mother pushes him to study.
汤姆的妈妈经常督促他学习。
2) 意为“推动”，其反义词是pull“拉”。
请拉门，不要推。
Pull the door, please. Don’t push it.
pull
push
7. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
1) instead 副词, 意为 “反而; 代替; 而不是”, 通常放在句首或句末，在句首时，常用逗号隔开。
If we can’t go to Huashan, we’ll go to Xi’an instead.
如果我们不能去华山，我们就去西安游玩。
2) instead of 介词短语, 意为 “代替；而不是”, 后+名词、代词、介词短语、动词 ing形式。
Instead of going to Beijing I’m going to Dalian this year.
My mother went shopping on foot instead of by bus.Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents 阅读导学案
Activity 1: Lead-in
Activity 2: Fast-reading
1.What’s wrong with them
_____________________________________________
2.Who has problem
_____________________________________________
3.What is the problem
_____________________________________________
Activity 3: Careful-reading
1.Read the first letter and fill in the blanks.
2. Read the second letter and complete the mind map.
Activity 4: Post-reading (Choose to role play(A/B) or fill in the blanks(C/D)).
Read and complete the passage.(C/D)
Sad and Thirteen has some ________. He can’t __________his family. His parents _____a lot. It’s the only ______________they have. When they _____, it’s like a big black cloud ____________their home. He doesn’t like it. His brother_______to let him watch his favorite TV show. _______, his brother always watches TV whatever he wants until midnight. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.
Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should _________these feelings to his family. On the one hand,He should ____to help when his parents have problems. Maybe he ____________jobs around the house so that they have more time ________________________. On the other hand, he could sit down and ________________ his brother. He could _______ that he __________ him watching TV all the time, however, his brother should let him watch his _____________.
Role play Mr. Hunt and Sad and Thirteen.(A/B)
Activity 5: Discussion
