Unit 2 Growing pains project课件

课件24张PPT。Growing PainsUnit 2Writing a report on growing painsProjectWhat kinds of the growing pains have you experienced?Free Talk often quarrel with your parents because they forbid listening to foreign music / chatting online / …;
they are busy with their work and spend little time with you;
have too much homework and no time to relax; sometimes feel lonely and feel no one else can understand you;
have to depend on your parents and can’t make your own choices;
etc. adolescence: the time of life between child and adult

misunderstand: not able to understand correctly
New Words confused: being unable to understand or think clearly
normal: usual, not surprising, not strange

physical changes: changes inside one’s body

psychological changes: changes in one’s mindNow read the article “Growing pains” for the first time. While reading, try to find out what different kinds of growing pains are talked in the article.kinds of growing pains:
physical changes
psychological changes
how to fit in societyRead the article again and discuss how many parts this article can be divided into and what the main point is for each part.Part 1
Part 2
Part 3Paras. 1-2Paras. 3-5Para. 6The main point of each partPart 1:Many teenagers feel lonely and are going through many changes. These changes are part of adolescence.Part 2:Physical changes and psychological changes happen inside teenagers. They become confused and want to know how to fit in society.Part 3:Growing pains do not last long.Language points 1. Many teenagers feel lonely, as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through. lonely adj. 孤独的, 单独的；寂寞的, 孤寂的
When his wife died, he was very lonely.
She feels rather lonely in the strange town.
The story is about a lonely old man and his dog.lonely,?alone均有“孤单的，寂寞的”之意。
lonely:?强调孤独感，含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。可用作表语或定语。
alone:?用作形容词，通常只是表示客观上的一个人或没有外人，而不表示寂寞或孤独等感彩，并且在句中只用作表语。
I live all alone but I never feel lonely. go through 经历, 检查, 浏览
Their marriage has been going through a bad patch.
I go through this mailbox almost every day.
2. Day by day, everything seems different, yet the same. day by day 一天天地, 逐日地
It is getting warmer day by day.
The patient's condition is improving day by day.
Day by day she learnt more about her job.
day after day 日复一日地
day and night 日日夜夜 3. Boys and girls tend to be different in this regard. tend v. 趋向，倾向；照料, 照管
Prices are tending upwards.
Old people tend to get fat.
She tends to get angry when others disagree with her.
Mother was ill and he had to tend her at home.
You’d better tend to your own affairs. in this regard 在这点上, 就这一点而言
In this regard, I promise not to disappoint you!
In this regard, the history of the Second World War provides a useful lesson.
4. … --- they want to find their own limits and … limit n. ＆ vt. 限制, 限定
Her ambition knows no limit.
His speech ran over the time limit.
We must limit our spending.
The teacher limited his students to 500 words for their compositions. 5. They may badly want and need their parents’ love, … badly在这句话是“非常地”之意
She wants the doll badly.
She wants to go badly.
类似的词意还有terribly
I am terribly sorry! 此外，badly还有 “不好地, 严重地”之意
The child behaved badly at the party.
She was injured badly in the accident.
My back hurts badly.

more badly, most badly 6. Since teenagers have difficulty balancing these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in society. have difficulty balancing是have difficulty (in) doing sth.句型，意为“在做某事方面有困难”，difficulty前可加some, little, much, a lot of, no, any修饰，可用trouble来代替difficulty。
Did you have difficulty in finding your way?
I know what I want to say but I have difficulty in putting it across. 7. The good news is that these kinds of growing pains do not last. last v. 持久；持续, 维持
These shoes will last.
The hot weather lasted until September.
How long will the meeting last?
The food will last us a few more days.
last adj. 最后的；最新的
adv. 最后地
n. 最后的人(或物)