Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents? Section B（2a-2e）课件（22张PPT，内嵌音频）2022-2023学年人教版八年级英语下册

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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
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, …
What activities do you usually do after school
after-school classes
1. What do you think of after-school classes
2. What do your parents think of after-school classes
Discuss the questions with your partner.
I believe… I (don’t) think…
People shouldn’t… People should…
…is (not) good… …should…
It’s important to…
Task 1: Read the article fast and find the general idea of 2b.
The article is talking about 　　　　.
A. children today having too much stress
B. the importance of too much stress
C. how to do homework
Task 2: Match the main idea with each paragraph.
A. Life for the Taylors’ children is busy, too.
B. Linda Miller’s opinion.
C. Chinese children are busy on weekends.
D. Dr. Alice Green’s opinion.
Para1
Para4
Para3
Para2
Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What is the common problem for Chinese and American families
The common problem for Chinese and American families is that
Task 3:
2. Who gives their opinions about the problem
1. Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes on weekends these days.
2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.
T
T
3. Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes.
4. Linda thinks some parents push their kids too much.
5. Alice thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves.
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F
F
shouldn’t
should
Task 4: Read again carefully and try to finish the chart first and then discuss with your partners.
skills
compete
Para. 2
typical
basketball practice
football training
piano lessons
tired
don’t
cut out
quick
homework
until
development
comparing
continues
stress
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to match them with the meanings below.
1. Keeps 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. Looking for differences and similarities between things __________
comparing
Topic:
Should children have to take after-school classes
Let’s have a debate!
agree
disagree
Positive side(正方）:
Negative side(反方）:
All Roads Lead to Rome.
__________________ 考试技能
__________________ 删除；删去
________________________ 上一所好高中
__________________ 迅速地吃晚饭
__________________ 比较；对比
__________________ 逼某人太紧
exam skills
cut out
get into a good high school
have a quick dinner
compare ... with
push sb. so hard
______________________ 造成许多压力
______________________ 对……没好处
______________________ 参加课外活动
_____________________ 有时间干某事_____________________ 持续干某事_____________________ 同意某人的看法
cause a lot of stress
be not good for sb.
join after-school activities
have time to do sth.
keep on doing sth.
agree with sb.
Write a short passage about Cathy’s daily life and her opinions about the education of her kids.