八年级英语下册课件Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents Section B（2a-2e）(共17张PPT)

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Section B 2a-2e
Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
课时教学目标
语言目标：
1. 学习并掌握单词与短语：
opinion, push, skill, typical, football,
cut out, quick, continue, compare, compare...with, crazy, development, cause, usual
2. 掌握本课时重点句型：
Maybe I could cut out a few of their activitie, but...
People shuldn’t push their kids so hard.
文化意识：
阅读青少年参与课外活动的相关信息，梳理共性问题，获取不同人物对课外活动的态度。
思维品质：
学会表达不同的见解和意见；学会在紧张的学习压力下放松自己。
学习能力：
了解2b中美国家庭的故事，掌握通过上下文来理解生词的意思的阅读技巧，提高自己的综合阅读能。
Lead in
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967)
African-American poet
Life
Life can be good,
Life can be bad,
Life is mostly cheerful,
But sometimes sad.
Life can be dreams,
Life can be great thoughts,
Life can mean a person,
Sitting in court.
Life can be dirty,
Life can even be painful,
But life is what you make it,
So try to make it beautiful.
生 活
生活可能美满，
生活可能悲伤，
生活常常充满欢乐，
但有时令人沮丧。
生活可能是梦想，
生活可能是智囊；
生活可能是一个人
坐在法庭之上。
生活可能肮脏，
生活可能痛彻心肠；
但生活是你所创造的，
那就要创造得美丽荡漾。
I play basketball
with my friend.
I have to do
my homework.
I go to the art
club. It’s interesting.
I go to the library
to read.
2a
Think and Talk
What do you usually do after school
Do you have any after-school classes
Do you have stress your life
How do you relax yourself
2a
_______ do homework ________ use the Internet
_______ have after-school classes ________ hang out with friends
_______ watch movies ________ play sports or exercise
Check ( ) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.
√
2b
Read the article quickly and answer
the questions.
1. What is the common problem for many students these days
The common problem for them is that many children have
a busy life and great pressure.
2. Who gives their opinions about the problem
Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green.
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A. The busy life of Taylor’s children
B. Linda Miller’s opinions
C. The common problem for many
students these days
D. Dr. Alice Green’s opinions
2b
( )1. Parents ask their children to learn more skills these days.
( )2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful.
( )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.
Read the passage again. Judge the sentences True or False.
T
F
T
2b
T
F
①These days, 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.
②The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons.
Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!
v. 竞争 compete with 与……竞争；competition n. 竞争；competitor n. 竞争者，对手
2b
n. 训练，练习
2b
Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework.
③Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds
删除
cut down 砍倒
cut off 切除
continue doing sth. 前后做同一件事
continue to do sth. 前后不是做同一件事
adj. 快的；时间短暂的；quickly adv.
2b
of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think that’s fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.”
④Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.”
compare... with... 对比，把……和……做比较；compare... to... 把……比作……
be crazy about = be mad about 对……着迷；热衷于……
=give them too much pressure 把他们逼得太紧
一个孩子的成长
cause sth. for sb. = cause sb. sth. 给某人造成……；cause sb. to do sth. 使某人做某事
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meaning Try to match them with the meanings below.
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 the better or bigger _______________
7. Looking for differences and similarities between things ____________
2c
continues
training
stress
typical
compete
development
comparing
usual adj. 通常的，寻常的【反义词】unusual adj. 特别的；不寻常的；罕见的
2d
Reading & Extended exercise
1. Read the Para. 1 and answer the questions.
（1）Why do parents push their children into learning skills
Because they believe it helps their kids to better compete in life.
（2）What’s the result of doing that
It can place great pressure on students.
The life for Taylor’s three children
one boy ________________________________
the daughter ________________________________
the other boy ___________________________
the tired children ______ get home ____ after 7:00 p.m.
have a ______ dinner, and then it’s time for ___________.
basketball practice
football training
piano lessons
don’t
until
quick
homework
2. Complete the mind map according to Para. 2
2d
Taylor’s feeling
Maybe she could _______ a few of the
activities. But she believes these activities _________________________________.
cut out
are important for children’s future
3. Read the Para. 2 and answer the questions.
Dose Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join
after-school activities
Yes. She does.
4. Read the Para. 3 and answer the questions.
(1)Dose Linda Miller agree with Cathy What’s her opinion
No, she doesn’t.
She thinks that people shouldn’t push their children so hard
and they should let their kids be kids.
2d
4. Read the Para. 4 and answer the questions.
Dose Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda What does
she say
She agrees with Linda.
She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress
for children. And children should have time to relax and
think for themselves. And it’s more important to have happy
children than successful children.
2e
Discuss the questions with your partner.
1. What do you think of after-school activities
2. What should you do to relax
Pair work
I like playing chess.
I think it’s relaxing.
What about you
I like playing the piano.