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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
To improve the ability of reading comprehension
To guess the meanings of the words
To learn new words: skill, opinion, typical, football, quick, continue, compare, crazy, push, development, cause
To learn to face the difficulties and solve the problems
1. 做运动
2. 看电影
3. 独自打发时间
4. 玩电脑游戏
5. 给某人施加很大压力
6. 和……竞争
7. 和父母聊天
8. 读书
play sports
watch movies
spend time alone
play computer games
give sb. a lot of pressure
compete with ...
talk to parents
read books
What activities do you usually do after school
What activities do you want to do but you can’t do
____ do homework ____ use the Internet
____ have after-school lessons ____ hang out with friends
____ watch movies ____ play sports or exercise
Check ( ) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.
Activities S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
do homework
have after-school lessons
watch movies
go to music lessons
play sports or exercise
…
Read the title and following questions, and then predict the main idea of the article.
1. What is the common problem for many students these days
2. Who gives their opinions (n. 意见; 想法; 看法) about the problem
n. 技艺; 技巧
v. 鞭策; 督促; 推动
the + 姓氏的复数形式, “……一家人”
n. 美式橄榄球; 足球
删除；删去
adj. 快的; 迅速的; 时间短暂的
到做某事的时间了
adj. 不理智的; 疯狂的
v. 造成; 引起
be good for 对……有好处
尽管, 虽然, 引导让步状语从句
Read the article 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 (n. 意见; 想法; 看法) about the problem
Cathy Taylor (a mother with three children), Linda Miller (a mother with three children), and Dr. Alice Green (a doctor) give their opinions about the problem.
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 __________
continue vi. 继续；持续
e.g. Snowy days have continued for three days.
continue vt. 继续
其后可接名词(短语)、动词不定式或v.-ing形式等。
e.g. *After a short break, Mr. Black continued his report.
*The rain continued falling / to fall.
continues
2. Lasting for only a short time _________
quick adj. 快的；迅速的；时间短暂的
e.g. I had a quick coffee and left the house.
quick
3. Make something happen ______
cause v. 造成；引起
e.g. You've caused us all a lot of unnecessary worry.
cause
4. Usual (adj. 通常的; 寻常的) or common _______
typical adj. 典型的
e.g. The typical school day is from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.
typical
5. Encourage someone to do something or to work hard ________
push v. 鞭策 ；督促；推动
e.g. Encourage your kids to try new things, but try not to push them too hard.
push
7. Looking for differences and similarities between things __________
compare v. 比较 compare … with 比较；对比
e.g. Let’s compare Tom’s picture with John’s.
comparing
6. Getting better or bigger ____________
development n. 发展；发育；成长
e.g. He’s going to leave the company for good development.
development
有些动词加后缀-ment可变为名词，如develop → development。
Read the article again and complete the blanks.
The common problem for many students
Many parents ______________________________________. Such a busy life can place great pressure on students.
push their children into learning more skills
Cathy Taylor’s opinion
These activities are important for __________________ and she wants them to _______________.
her children’s future
Linda Miller’s opinion
She thinks it’s ________________, and people shouldn’t push their kids so _______.
crazy and unfair
hard
Dr. Alice Green’s opinion
Kids should have time to ___________________________. It’s more important to have happy children than __________ children.
relax and think for themselves
successful
be successful
1. These days, many parents push their children into learning more skills.
2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.
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3. Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes.
4. Linda Miller thinks some parents push their kids too much.
5. Dr. Alice Green thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves.
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1. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after-school activities
Yes, she does. She thinks that after-school activities are good for the children’s future.
Read the article again and answer the questions.
express one’s opinions:
I believe … I (don’t) think …
People shouldn’t … People should …
… is (not) good … … should … It’s important to …
3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda What does she say
Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that children should have time to relax and think for themselves, and that it’s more important to have happy children than successful children.
2. Does 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.
本文的开篇描述了学生熟悉的一个社会现象——许多父母逼孩子学习更多的技能。像这样，通过描述现状指出存在的问题来引出下文进一步讨论或发表观点的开篇方法属于情景描述法。
这种开篇方法常用的标记性词语包括： these days、 at present （现在）、at the present time、lately （最近）、now、nowadays （目前）、recently （最近）、today等。时态可使用一般现在时、现在进行时等。采用情景描述法开篇，能够使读者产生共鸣，引起读者对该问题的关注，进而激发读者的阅读兴趣。
Discuss the questions with your partner.
1. What do you think of after-school activities
2. What should you do to relax
________________________ 学习更多技能
________________________ 删除；删去
________________________ 迅速地吃晚饭
________________________ 比较；对比
________________________ 把某人逼得太紧
________________________ 在某人看来
learn more skills
cut out
have a quick dinner
compare ... with
push sb. so hard
in one’s opinion
______________________ 造成许多压力
______________________ 对……没好处
______________________ 参加课外活动
_____________________ 有时间干某事_____________________ 持续干某事_____________________ 同意某人的看法
cause a lot of stress
be not good for sb.
join after-school activities
have time to do sth.
keep on doing sth.
agree with sb.
I. 根据句意, 从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，注意形式变化。
cause, member, quick, return, develop, skill, anymore, typical
1. Their new TV broke so they _______ it to the shop yesterday.
2. I used to play games with my friends, but now I don't have the time _________.
3. The lion is a(n) _________ of the cat family.
4. Reading and writing are two different _______.
returned
anymore
member
skills
cause, member, quick, return, develop, skill, anymore, typical
5. Jack is late again. It is _______ of him to keep others waiting.
6. Using computers at an early age is not good for children's ____________.
7. The difficult driving conditions (条件) _______ several accidents.
8. Which is the _________ way from here to the bank
quickest
typical
development
caused
II. 根据汉语意思，完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你可以删掉第一段，它是无用的信息。
You can _______ _______ the first paragraph. It's useless information.
2. 如果你把Mike的工作和Mary的相比，你会发现Mary的工作更出色。
If you _________ _______ _______ _______ ________, you will find Mary's more excellent.
3. 鼓励你的孩子尝试新事物，但是尽量不要把他们逼得太紧。
Encourage your kids to try new things, but try _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.
to push them too hard
cut out
compare Mike's work with/to Mary's
not
Ⅲ. 根据上句完成下句，使两句意思相同或相近，每空一词(含缩略形式)。
1. I was tired, but I kept on walking.
I was tired, but I __________ _______ ________.
2. Jenny doesn't think that is a good idea.
_______ ________ ________, that isn't a good idea.
3. After I arrived home, he left.
He _______ _______ ____________ I arrived home.
continued to walk
In Jenny's opinion
didn't leave until / before
/ went on walking
I can
了解同学们的课外生活
通过阅读语篇，了解家长对孩子们业余活动和课外学习的安排以及想法
通过上下文猜测词义
在所读内容的基础上总结教育观念与实际生活中存在的问题，并用自己的话阐述文中不同人的观点和看法
Write a short passage about Cathy Taylor’s daily life and her opinions about the education of her kids.

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