(共17张PPT)
Unit7 Reading
Should I be allowed to make my own decisions
She wants to be a singer.
What does she want to be
Liu Xiang wants to be a professional runner.
Listen and answer
1.What does Liu Yu want to be
2. Do his parents agree with
his decision
He wants to be
a professional runner.
No, they don’t.
Fast reading:Main ideas of each paragraph
Whose ideas
(Liu Yu's opinion or Liu Yu's parents' opinion)
P1: Different opinions between parents and teenagers.
P2:
opinion
P3:
opinion
P4:
opinion
P5:
opinion
Liu Yu’s parents’
Liu Yu’s
Liu Yu’s parents’
Liu Yu’s
精读
Read para.1
1.What do the teenagers think about the hobbies
2.What do the parents might worry about
The teenagers think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want.
They might worry about their children’s success at school.
Name
Age
From
Now
In the future
Problem
Liu Yu
A fifteen-year-old boy
Shandong
On his school running team.
Be a professional runner
His parents won’t allow him
to train （训练） so much.
Read para2 and fill in the blanks
Para3
1. Liu Yu thinks he should be allowed to
___________________.
2.Liu Yu is ________about running.
decide for himself
serious
对…热爱，严肃，认真
Para4-5:
1.Do his parents allow him to practice running on school night Why
2.Are his parents strict with him
3.What do they think Liu Yu should spend time on
4.Does he agree with his parents’ ideas
No, they don’t. Because they believe that he should study hard in the evenings.
Yes, they are.
He should spend time on his homework.
No, he doesn’t .
get in the way of
achieve one’s dream
be serious about
spend time on
care about
succeed v.
(影响，妨碍)influence
make it difficult to do
(对…是认真的)not do for fun
(关心，担心)worry about
(实现梦想)make one’s dream
come true
(花费时间)take time to do sth
(成功)have success
What’s the meaning of …
Test
单项选择
1.She spent all the money ________ clothes.
A. from B. in C. on D. at
2.Most students know their parents care ________ their lives.
A. of B. about C. on D. at
3.When I was your age, my parents didn’t _________ me to go out at night.
A. let B. allow C. make D. ask
4.Pardon me, sir. But you’ve got_____of my car.
A. in the way B. on the way C. the way
5.Liu Yu is serious _____running
A. about B. in C. with
Exercise 2：完型填空
Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these hobbies can get 1 the way of schoolwork, and parents might 2 their children’s success at school. Teenagers often think they should 3 to practice their hobbies as much as they want.
Liu Yu, a 4 boy from Shandong, is a running star. He wants to be a professional runner when he grows up. However, his parents don’t allow him to spend much time 5 . Mr Liu says, “We think that our son needs to be realistic. becausehe is getting older, he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end. ” Liu Yu doesn’t agree with his father. He says, “I understand my parents. But I’m serious 6 running. 7 a professional runner is the only thing I want to do.”
Mr and Mrs Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings, and so they don’t allow him to practice 8 on school nights. They think he needs to spend time on his homework. But Liu Yu still doesn’t agree. “I know my parents care 9 me,”. “But they always talk about what will happen if I don’t 10 . However, I believe I will achieve my dream!”
Share the saying with you
(谚语)
有志者，事竟成。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
The last question:
Do Liu Yu’s parents love
him
Yes. Because they have supported every one of his races.
They want to see him
achieve his dream.
So if we have different opinions with our parents, we should talk with our parents but not quarrel(争吵).
Homework
1. Read the passage two times.
2. Make a sentence(造句).
1. make a decision 做决定
2. get in the way of 挡...的路，妨碍
3. have nothing against sb/sth/doing sth
无任何理由反对
4. spend time on 花费时间
5. achieve one's dream 实现某人的梦想
6. care about sb 关心,担心
7. be serious about ……对…是认真的
Thank you!
