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Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents
Section B（2a-2e）
Teaching Aims 1.语言能力：能够在语境中感悟和体会词汇含义，找出意思相近或相同的语言表达; 能够根据上下文猜测生词的含义。 2.文化意识：让学生通过对比中美国家父母对孩子课后活动的看法，发现和感受中西方文化的异同。 3.思维品质：能从不同角度解读语篇，推断语篇的深层含义，作出正确的价值判断。 4.学习能力：通过使用语言来真正的学习语言;阅读策略的培养;采取分段阅读的方式进行阅读。
Teaching Difficulties 能根据上下文联系猜测词语意思，在理解语篇的基础上进行归纳表述观点和建议。
Teaching Aids multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Warming up Ask Ss the following questions: What activities do you usually do after school What activities do you want to do after school Do you have to take any after-school classes After-school activities: use the Internet/ do homework/ watch TV/ play chess/ hang out with friends/ have after-school classes Lead in What kinds of after-school classes do you have dancing class/ painting class/ singing class/ English training class/ Olympic math class/ physics training class/ basketball practice/ football practice/ ping-pong practice Discussion How do you like these after-school classes Do you think they are necessary or just a waste of time and money
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading 2a Check ( ) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do. _____ do homework _____ use the Internet _____ have after-school lessons _____ hang out with friends _____ watch movies _____ play sports or exercise Introduce the Reading Strategy to the Ss. Guessing the Meaning When reading something for the first time, do not worry about words you do not know. Use the context to help you guess the meaning. While-reading 2b Read the article and answer the questions. 1. What is the common problem for many students these days 2. Who gives their opinions about the problem Answer: 1.The common problem is that children have to do so many after-school activities which cause them to be stressed. 2.Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green give their opinions about the problem. Explain the key phrases and sentences. Ask Ss to finish the task 1.Skimming and matching. Match the main idea with each paragraph. Tell Ss the skills. Skills: Look through the passage without reading every word. Focus on the beginning and the ending. Ask Ss to finish the task 2. Scanning and judging. Read Para. 2 and judge the sentence True or False. ( ) 1. Cathy has three children and they all have to take after-school activities. ( ) 2. Cathy takes her daughter to piano lessons. ( ) 3. Cathy's kids can have a rest after dinner. ( ) 4. Cathy doesn't want to cut out some of their activities. Answer:1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very ______. Para. 2 Cathy Taylor's opinion: These activities are _________ for her children's ______. Answer: busy important future Ask Ss to finish the task 3. Read Para.3 carefully and fill in the blanks. Linda Miller's opinion She ________ with Cathy. She thinks that it is crazy to ________ the kids _____ other children. She also thinks people shouldn't _____ their kids ____ _____. Answer: disagrees compare with push so hard Ask Ss to finish the task 4. Read Para.4 carefully and fill in the blanks. Dr. Alice Green's opinion Doctors say too much pressure isn’t good for _________________________. She says all these activities can _______________________________________. Kids should have time to ___________________________________. Although it’s normal to _______________________, it’s even more important to____________________. Answer:a child’s development cause a lot of stress for children relax and think for themselves want successful children have happy children 2c Ask Ss to 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 __________ 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 better or bigger ___________ 7. Looking for differences and similarities between things __________ Answer: 1.continues 2.training 3.stress 4.typical 5. compete 6. development 7.comparing 2d Ask Ss to read the article again and answer the questions. 1. Does Cathy Taylor think it's important for kids to join after-school activities 2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy What's her opinion 3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda What does she say Answer: 1.Yes, she does. 2.No, she doesn't. Her opinion is that people shouldn't push their kids so hard, and that they should let their kids be kids. 3.She agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, and that it's more important to have happy children than successful children. 2e Ask Ss to discuss the questions with your partner. 1. What do you think of after-school activities 2. What should you do to relax Group work Do a survey and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of having after-school classes. AdvantagesDisadvantagesdevelop exam skillsno time for myself
Step 3 Language points learning
1. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children's future. cut out 删除；删去 cut out 是“动词+副词”型短语，名词作宾语时，可以放在cut与out之间或out之后；代词作宾语时，只能放在cut与out之间。 I cut out one paragraph in this article. The comma is unnecessary. Please cut it out. 【拓展延伸】cut out 还有“剪下；戒除；突然熄火”的含义。 cut的相关短语: cut up 切碎 cut off 中断；切除 cut down 砍倒；削减；降低 cut in 插话；超车 You should cut up bananas to make a banana milk shake. The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. She kept cutting in on our conversation. Our water supply(供应) has been cut off. 2. I really want them to be successful. successful adj. 成功的；有成就的 successful 在句中可作表语或定语。常用结构： be successful in (doing) sth.“在（做）……方面取得成功” 。 Being not lazy will enable you to live a happy and successful life. She was successful in finding a job. 【拓展延伸】successful的相关词汇 successn. 成功This plan was a great success.succeedv. 成功He succeeded in the examination this time.successfully adv. 成功地 The big bridge has been successfully completed.
3. However, the tired children don't get home until after 7:00 p.m. 　 In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older. until的用法 (1) 第一句包含了not... until...（直到……才……）结构，until在句中作介词。句中谓语动词为非延续性动词，表示主语的动作直到until所表示的时间才发生。 (2) 第二句中until作连词，意为“直到……为止”，引导时间状语从句。 We can't leave until Friday. She stayed up until she finished her homework. continue v. 继续；持续 continue 后可接名词、动名词、动词不定式等。 The poor boy couldn't continue his study after his father died. 【辨析】continue to do与continue doing continue doing sth.继续做同一件事，同义短语： go on doing sth.continue to do sth.继续做某事（另外一件事）,同义短语：go on to do sth.
4. And they are always comparing them with other children. be always doing sth.　一直/总是做某事 be always doing sth. 表示说话人的某种情绪，例如不满、赞扬、不耐烦等。 She is always moving things around. She is always thinking of her work. 【特别提醒】be always doing sth. 不强调动作正在进行。 compare ... with 比较；对比 【易混辨析】compare ... with与compare... to... compare... with…把……与……比较用于两个同类事物之间的比较。compare...to… 把……与……比较常用于两个不同性质事物之间的比较，含有比喻意味。把……比作
He compared his camera with/to mine. We usually compare books to friends. 5. People shouldn't push their kids so hard. push v. 鞭策；督促；推动 push在此作动词，意为“鞭策；督促”。 push sb. to do sth. 意为“督促某人做某事。 She thanks her parents for pushing her to study. 【拓展延伸】push的其他常见义项： (1) 意为“推动”，其反义词是pull“拉”。 (2) 意为“按下（按钮、开关等）”，其同义词是press。 6. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. cause v. 造成；引起 cause作及物动词，常用结构： cause sb. sth.=cause sth. for sb. 给某人带来某事（多指麻烦） cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事 She is always causing her parents trouble. = She is always causing trouble for her parents. What caused him to change his mind 【拓展延伸】cause还可作名词，意为“原因，起因；理由。” The police tried to find out the cause of the accident.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P43-46. Homework Read and recite the new words and phrases. Do the exercises in students’ book.
Teaching Reflection In this period, students will learn and practice how to guess the new words’ meaning by using context while reading the passage. It is a good time to train the students’ ability of reading quickly and efficiently. So we deal with new words and phrases by reading the passage again and again.They must learn some new words and new language items. Reading strategies are helpful and they must learn to use them.

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