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Unit 4　
Why don’t you talk to your parents
SectionB 2a-2e
教学目标
1. 语言能力：能够在阅读语篇创设的情境中，正确理解和掌握课文中的新词汇，增加词汇量；利用语境猜测词义，提升语篇理解能力；2. 学习能力：能够通过阅读有关中西方家长对待孩子参加课外活动和课外学习班的态度与做法的文章，保持英语学习兴趣；通过略读、跳读、猜测词义等阅读策略的感悟、体验和学习，提升阅读理解能力。3. 思维品质：能够在老师的帮助下，通过思维导图、辩论等活动，增进对语篇的分析和理解能力，提高思维的逻辑性、批判性和创新性；文化意识：了解中国及其他国家中学生们普便存在的问题；学会放松，缓解压力。
Free Talk
1.Do you have some after-school classes to take
2.What kind of classes do you have
3.Do you get a lot of pressure from them
do homework
use the Internet
have after-school lessons
hang out with friends
watch movies
play sports or exercise
To get into a good high school and university;
to compete and win.
Read and answer
Read Para 1.
Why do Chinses children have so many after-school classes
While reading
Reading Tip
compete: try to be the best or the first to finish something (p.31 2c)
Read and fill
Read Para 2. Complete the time schedule for kids. in Cathy’s home.
While reading
What do you think of the mom—Cathy
Cathy is busy, too. She cares about the success of her kids.
tired
busy
Are all the parents similar to Cathy
Time Activities
after school
after 7:00 p.m.
after a quick dinner
get home
basketball/football/piano
important
homework
Look at the schedule, what do you think of the kids
Why does Cathy let her kids take so many activities
Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s development.
Read and answer
Read Para 4. 1. What is the doctors’ opinion
While reading
2. What is Dr. Green’s advice
Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. For parents, to have happy children is more important than successful children.
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
2b
Read the article again. Judge T or F.
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.
T
F
F
2b
Read the article again. Judge T or F.
2c
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. Look for differences and similarities between things ___________
continues
training
stress
typical
compete
development
comparing
Use the context to help you guess the meaning
Summary
These days, children are busy because they have to _______ many after-school ________. Many of them learn ______ ______so that they can ______ into a good high school, others ________ sports to ________ and_______. Some parents want to ______ ______some activities, but they believe
take
classes
exam skills
get
practice
compete
win
cut out
the activities are _________ for our future because they want us to be___________. Others think people shouldn’t ________ kids ______ because too much pressure is not good and they should have time to _______ and ________ ______ themselves. So, maybe we should learn to_______.
important
successful
push
hard
relax
think for
relax
Discuss the questions with your partner.
2.What can you do to relax
1.What do you think of after-school
activities Do you think it's good or bad
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。
【对点练习】老师建议他将文章中的图片删除。
The teacher advised him _____ ______ ______ the pictures in the article.
Language points
to cut out
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” 。
【拓展】 successful的相关词：
success n.成功 succeed v.成功
successfully adv.成功地
【对点练习】
（1）He is businesslike and is often ____.I hope he will have more _____at his business.
A.success；successful B.successful；success
C.successfully；successful D.successful；successful
（2）Work hard，and you will be ____________
（succeed）．
B
successful
3. And they are always comparing them with other children.
compare ... with 比较；对比(同类比较)
compare …to…把……比作（异类比较）
【对点练习】（1） By ____other students,the teacher thinks Bob is the best student.
A.comparing with B.compared to
C.comparing to D.compared with
（2）别把Lucy和Lily作比较。Don’t _______Lucy ______Lily.
（3）我们把我们的班级比作一个大家庭。
We _________our class ______a big family.
A
compare with
compare to
4. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children.
cause v. 造成；引起
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
【对点练习】（1）The bad news ______ her to be sad.
A.made B.had C.let D.caused
（2）His illness caused him ____________(miss) the game.
D
to miss
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