(共23张PPT)
Section A Reading
Unit 7
Teenagers should be allowed
to choose their own clothes.
The Passive Voice of model verbs
Mom knows best
Section A (3a-3c)
1. 我认为应该允许16岁的孩子开车。
I think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.
2. 我不同意，我认为16岁这个年纪太年轻了。
I disagree. I think sixteen is too young.
3. 你认为应该允许13岁的孩子们做兼职工作吗？
Do you think thirteen-year-olds should be allowed to take part-time jobs
4. 安娜可以选择自己的衣服。
Anna is allowed to choose her own clothes.
5. 那个年龄的他们不够稳重。
They are not serious enough at that age.
Review
1. How much time can you spend with your mom every week
2. What can make your mom happy
3. What’s her favorite food
4. What was the last topic of conversation with her
5. When was the last time you had a laugh with you mom
6. Why did you argue with your mom last time
Do you know your mom well enough
Activity 1: Free talk
The article is ________.
A. a novel B. a story
C. a poem D. a play
How do you know that
By hearing the same sentence
patterns.
Rhyme [ra m](韵律）: lines end with words that have similar sounds.
Activity 2: Listen for the style
Activity 3: Global reading
Read the poem after the tape. Please read it clearly, fluently and emotionaly.
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Stanza 1
Stanza 2
Stanza 3
1. What does the title mean
2. Who features(v.占重要地位)in the poem
3.How does the writer organize the poem
4.How many stanzas(诗节) are there
The poem is written in the order time.
How do you know that
a tiny baby
a teen
an adult
Stanza 1 is about...
enjoyed the Mom’s love
Stanza 2 is about...
misunderstood the
Mom’s love
Stanza 3 is about...
understands the Mom’s love
a child
Read the first stanza and fill in the blanks.
I ________ mom's love when I was a small child. She always __________ me when I ____ in danger. Whenever I had bad feelings, she would be there to ________ me.
enjoy be comfort protect
enjoyed
protected
was
comfort
Activity 4: Detailed reading
When I was a tiny baby, I was protected and cocmforted by mom. I really enjoyed mom’s love.
The poet’s emotion
Read the second stanza and finish the chart.
The things I did Mom's advice My reaction
No ice-cream.
I watched scary movies.
I talked back again.
I ate ice-cream while coughing.
It'd give me awful dreams.
I went out with friends.
I shouted angrily.
I talked back loudly.
Should be back by ten.
Activity 4: Detailed reading
The poet’s emotion
(impatiently)
When I was a child, I was impatient with mom. I always talked back and misundertood mom’s love.
1.What happened to the poet when he didn't follow his mom's advice
He coughed for days, had scary dreams and was late for school.
2. How do you think the poet feels about his mom now
He feels regretful. He regrets talking back, not listening to his mom.
Activity 4: Detailed reading
The poet’s emotion
Now I am an adult, I regret talking back. I realize mom knows best and for me she wants onlythe best. I understand mom’s love.
Work in groups of 3. S1 acts as “I”, S2 acts as “my mom”, and S3 acts as narrator(旁白) Imagine what they were saying at that time.
I: Mom, I have a date with my friends tonight. I have to go out.
Mom: Ok, but you have to be back by ten!
I: Why We haven't seen for a long time and we decide to stay together all night.
Mom: No way! You are still too young to stay out alone.
I: I'm seventeen now. I should be allowed to do that.
...
Activity 5: Reader’s theater
Mom knows best
* Mom is the one who knows you best.
* Mom is the one who wants to protect you best.
* Mom is the one who wants to give you the best.
* Mom is the one who hopes everything is the best for you .
What might be the poet’s purpose
The poet wants to tell us...
M-O-T-H-E-R
--By Howard Johnson
“M” is for the million things she gave me,
M 代表她给予我百万样东西，
“O” means only that she’s growing old,
O 意味着她渐渐老去
“T” if for the tears she shed to save me,
T 是她为育我成人而洒落的颗颗泪滴，
“H” is for her heart of purest gold,
H 寓意她那金子般至纯至真的心灵，
“E” is for her eyes, with love-light shinning,
E 是她那双闪耀着慈爱之光的眼睛，
“R” means right, and right she’ll always be.
R 使我坚信她永远正确无误的言行。
Put them all together, they spell “Mother”,
把这些拼在一起就是“母亲”，
A word that means the world to me.
一个于我犹如整个世界一样的词。
Mother
1.整夜
2.确保
3.使某人远离危险
4.受伤
5.把我举起
6.大声顶嘴
7.回想起
8.跑过田野
9.呆在我身边
10.上学迟到
11.后悔做过某事
all night/the whole night
make sure
keep sb away from danger
hurt oneself
lift me up
talk back loudly
think back to
run through the field
stay by my side
be late for school
regret doing sth.
Key phrases
1. I regret talking back, not listening to Mom.
regret vt. 感到遗憾，后悔
(1)regret doing （后悔做过）/to do（后悔要做）
(2)regret + that / wh-clause
I regret taking his advice at that time.
I regret to say you failed in the exam.
根据句意完成句子。
1) 我很遗憾地告诉你，你哥哥发生了车祸。
I ___________ you that a car accident happened to your brother.
2) 汤姆后悔把真相告诉了他母亲。
Tom ______________ the truth to his mother.
3) 我感到很遗憾，三年前我和她失去了联系。
I __________ I lost touch with her three years ago.
regret to tell
regretted telling
regret that
2.When I was two running through the field, she made sure I was safe and kept me from danger.
keep sb./sth. from sth. 保护某人/某物免受……的影响或伤害
太阳眼镜可以保护我们的眼睛免受太阳伤害。
The sunglasses can keep our eyes from the sun.
keep sb./sth. from doing sth.
＝stop sb./sth.from doing sth. 阻止某人/某物做某事
talk back (to sb.)意为“(跟某人)回嘴；顶嘴”。
别跟父母顶嘴。
3. But I talked back loudly…
Don’t talk back to your parents.
Thanks for your attention!
What does the title mean after reading the poem for a couple of times
Mom knows what’s the best for me.
Do you agree with the writer Tell your reasons!
Agree
Disagree
Activity 5: Debating
Agree: Mom knows me best.
Mom knows what I need. When I cry all night, she stays by my side. She gave you food and warm arms to sleep in.
Mom knows how to take care of me. When I fell and hurt my self, she gave me a hug and lifted me up.
Mom knows what I should do. She will tell me the things that I can do and things that I can’t do.
Disagree: Mom doesn’t know me best.
I study in a boarding school, so I don’t have too much time to communicate with my mother. She doesn’t know what I want.
I think I have grown up, but my mother doesn’t give me some private time.
Sometimes mom doesn’t allowed me to do something that I like and limit the things that I can do.
