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Exploring
Lesson 4
Thinking Skills
&Reading Strategies
Unit 4 Changing and Growing
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. Master new vocabulary related to character development and
teenage growth. Understand reading strategies like setting a
purpose for reading.
2. Analyze character development by answering questions about texts.
Use reading strategies to determine important information.
3. Discuss and solve teenage growth problems. Respect individual
differences and cultivate positive attitudes.
Thinking Skills
Understanding character development
Characters grow and change in the story. You can understand character development by analyzing how and why a character changes.
故事中的人物会成长和改变。你可以通过分析人物如何变化、
为何变化，来理解人物的成长历程。
Check your prediction
Q1：How does Kangkang feel at the beginning
Q2：Who helps Kangkang
Q3：How does Kangkang feel at last
At the beginning, Kangkang is very upset.
His friend Li Ming helps him.
At last, Kangkang feels happy.
upset
happily
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and read the text, and then think about how and why the character changes.
Beginning
Kangkang lost
the 100-meter race and was very upset.
Middle
His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up.
End
Kangkang laughed
again and walked
with Li Ming happily.
come up to sb.
（为攀谈）走到跟前, 走近...
cheer sb. up
使某人振作/高兴起来
lose---lost 输；丢失
Activity 2
Read the text and analyze how and why the character changes,
and then complete the character-development chart.
Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning,
she was always lonely becasue she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling.
Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot.
They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends
at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life vey much.
Beginning
Li Hong didn’t
have any friends
and __________
_____________.
Middle
Miss Wang ______
____________ and
they soon became
very close friends.
End
Li Hong has many
friends at school
and enjoys ______
______________.
Task 3: Complete the character-development chart.
was always
lonely
introduced
her to Lingling
her school
life very much
Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning,
she was always lonely becasue she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling.
Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot.
They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life vey much.
in/at the beginning = at first
=at the start
在开始时
get along well with...
=get on well with...
与......相处融洽
Reading strategies
Reading with a purpose
Reading Strategies
Reading with a purpose
Good readers set a purpose for reading. While reading, they can decide what is important and what is not for the reading purpose.
Activity 1
Read the beginning part of a text and set a purpose for reading.
The period of time from age 13 to 19 is a very important stage of human life. Many important life changes take place during this teenage stage.
Your reading purpose is to find out ________________________________
what important life changes take place
during this teenage stage.
take place 发生；进行
teenage stage 青少年时期
find out
查明；找出
Activity 2
Read a sentence from the same text and decide whether the information is important or unimportant for your reading purpose.
As teenagers grow in age, their bodies reach their full adult height.
This is the clearest change. Also, hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too.
1. Teenagers grow in age. Important /Unimportant
2. Their bodies reach their full adult height. Important /Unimportant
3. Hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too. Important /Unimportant
on certain areas 在特定的部位
Activity 3
Read the text and set a reading purpose first, and then decide
whether the information is important or not for your purpose.
As a teenagers, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
Your reading purpose is to find out ________________________________
how to deal with the growing pains.
Activity 3
Read the text and set a reading purpose first, and then decide
whether the information is important or not for your purpose.
As a teenagers, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
1.You also have growing pains. Important /Unimportant
2. Learn to listen and understand. Important /Unimportant
3. Make friends with your classmates Important /Unimportant
4. Don't compare yourself with others. Important /Unimportant
Activity 3
Read again and complete the tasks.
As a teenagers, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
1. According to the text, which of the following is NOT mentioned as
a "growing pain" ( )
A. Schoolwork stress
B. Arguing with parents
C. Pressure from other people
B
Activity 3
Read again and complete the tasks.
As a teenagers, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
2. According to the text, why should you avoid comparing yourself to
others ( )
A. Because it will make you feel more pressure.
B. Because everyone shines in their own ways.
C. Because you can never win in a comparison.
B
Activity 3
Read again and complete the tasks.
As a teenagers, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
3. How many ways to deal with growing pains are mentioned
What are they
4. Fill-in-the-blank: The text states that learning to listen and understand
can help you learn more about _______ and __________________.
Three. Firstly, learn to listen and understand. Secondly, make friends with classmates. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others.
life people around you
As a teenager, you also have growing pains. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people and so on. Then how can you deal with the growing pains
Firstly, learn to listen and understand. This can help you learn more about life and people around you. Secondly, make friends with your classmates. Your friends may have the same problem as yours, so you can always understand and help each other. Lastly, don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone shines in their own ways. You should discover and develop your own strong points.
growing pains 成长的烦恼
develop one’s own strong points 发挥某人自己的优点
schoolwork stress 学业压力
deal with 处理, 解决; 对付
compare...with... 把.....与.....相比
and so on 等等
understand each other 互相理解
help each other 互相帮助
Language points
Activity 3
8. 辨析：pain，ache，sore 和 hurt
单词 词性 意思 用法
pain 名词 痛苦；苦恼；烦恼；疼痛 可指各种程度和类型的疼痛，泛指身体上或精神上的痛苦、悲痛等。
ache 名词/ 动词 疼痛 通常指持续的, 隐隐的身体疼痛, 常与身体
部位构成复合词，如headache、toothache等。
sore 形容词 （发炎）疼痛的；酸痛的 通常指由于发炎而引起的肌肉疼痛，表示身体某一部位疼痛时，放在身体部位名词前面
hurt 动词/ 名词 （使）疼痛，受伤 既可指身体上受到伤害、疼痛，也可表示感情上受到伤害。强调伤害的结果或疼痛感。
Language points
Activity 1
5. Many important life changes take place during this teenage stage.
青春期有许多重要的人生变化。
take place “发生；进行”
e.g. Some changes took place in my hometown. 我的家乡发生了一些变化。
辨析：take place 和happen
happen: “发生”，指预想不到或出乎意料的事情发生，带有偶然性，
常与to 连用，通常不用于被动语态。
take place：“发生；举行”，多指举行活动，指事先计划或预想到的事情
发生，带有必然性，通常不用于被动语态。
e.g. The accident happened yesterday. 事故发生在昨天。
The meeting took place at 8:00 a.m. as planned. 会议按计划在上午八点举行。
【即时练习】The school sports meeting ________ next Saturday.
A.will hold B. be held C. will take place D. takes place
C
Language points
Activity 2
6. As teenagers grow in age, their bodies reach their full adult height.
随着青少年年龄的增长，他们的身体会达到成人的高度。
1）age n. “年龄”
e.g. You are the same age as my brother. 你和我弟弟一样大。
链接：at the age of... 在.....岁时 under/over the age of... 在.....岁以下/以上
e.g. I learned the violin at the age of 7. 我7岁时就学了拉小提琴。
Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare. 12岁以上儿童需要购全票。
2）height n. “身高；高度”
e.g. The tree is about two meters in height. 这棵树大约2米高。
Language points
Activity 2
6. 拓展：at a height of 以......的高度 in the height of 在......的高峰期
in height ......高 from a ...height 从.....的高度 of medium height 中等身高
辨析：height和high
height n. “身高；高度”，用于表示具体的高度数值或者抽象的高度概念。
high adj.“高的；高级的”，可直接修饰名词，用于描述具有一定高度的
事物。 adv. “高；向高处”，可直接修饰动词，用于描述动作达到的高度。
e.g. jump high 意为“跳得高”。
【即时练习】1) He began to learn French _______ the age of five.
A.at B. in C. on D. for
2) Mr. Black is ________ medium height and ________ a long face.
A. of; with B. of; has C. in; of D. at; with
A
A
7. Also, hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too. 另外，体毛会在身体特定的部位长出来，他们的声音也会发生变化。
hair，在此处作不可数名词，意为“体毛；头发”。
e.g. He has brown hair. 他留着棕色的头发。
注意： hair还可作可数名词，意为“（一根）毛，头发”。
e.g. There is a hair in my soup. 在我的汤里有根头发。
【即时练习】Jimmy has ________ short hair and ________ round face.
A. a; / B. /; a C. the; a D. the; /
B
Language points
Activity 2
Language points
Activity 3
8. As a teenager, you also have growing pains.
作为一名青少年，你也有成长的烦恼。
pain n. “痛苦；苦恼；烦恼；疼痛”。表示身体部位疼痛时, 常用介词in。
e.g. He was clearly in a lot of pain. 他显然疼痛万分
辨析：pain，ache，sore 和 hurt
e.g. I have a pain in my back. 我背疼。
I have an ache in my stomach. = My stomach aches. 我胃疼。
I have a sore throat. 我喉咙痛。
I hurt my leg. 我腿受伤了。
【即时练习】—What’s wrong with you
—I’ve caught a cold and I’ve got a pain ________ my throat.
A. in B. on C. at
A
Language points
Activity 3
9. You face problems like schoolwork stress, pressure from other people
and so on. 你会面临一些问题，像学业压力、来自其他人的压力等等 。
1）辨析：stress 和 pressure
stress n. “精神压力；心理负担”，侧重于描述人的心理或精神方面的
压力感受，是一种内在的状态。
pressure n. “心理压力；紧张；压力”，侧重于外界因素施加的压力，
有一种客观存在的、具有一定强度的压力感。
2）and so on “等等，诸如此类”。用于列举多个事物或情况，不需要或者
不想全部列举内容之后。常与such as、like等搭配，强化列举的意味。
【即时练习】We students hardly know why our parents give us ________.
A.such much pressure B. so many pressures
C. so much pressure D. such many pressures
C
Language points
Activity 3
10. Then, how can you deal with the growing pains
那么，你怎样处理成长的烦恼呢？
deal v. “对待；对付”。deal with 意为“处理，解决；应付”。
e.g. How can they deal with the problem 他们怎么处理这个问题？
辨析：do with 和deal with
do with “处理, 解决; 应付” 常与what连用，侧重对事物的利用或处置。
deal with “处理, 解决; 应付” 常与how连用，强调处理问题的方式或方法。
拓展：deal还可作名词，意为“协议；（尤指）交易”。
e.g. I will make a deal with you. 我将和你签个协议。
【即时练习】My dog had a fight with Mike’s cat. He didn’t know _______
to do with his cat, and I didn’t know ________ to deal with my dog.
A. how; how B. how; what C. what; how
C
Language points
Activity 3
11. Lastly, don't compare yourself with others.
最后，不要拿你自己和他人相比。
compare v. “比较；对比”。 compare...with... “把······和······相比”。
e.g. My parens often compare me with my friend.
我父母经常把我和我的朋友相比。
辨析：compare... with... 和 compare...to...
compare...with... “把.......与.......相比”，常用于两个同类事场之间的比较，
侧重区别，强调差异或相似性。
compare...to... “把......比作.....”， 常用于两个不同性质的事动的抽象比较，
通常用于比喻或类比。
【即时练习】—Many parents often compare their own children ______ other
kids. —I agree with you.
A. for B. as C. in D. with
D
Exercises
I. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. During the teenage __________, our bodies reach our full adult
__________.
2. Don't __________ yourself with others. Instead, you should
__________ your own strengths.
3. Too much __________ from schoolwork can sometimes cause mental
__________.
pain pressure compare height discover stage
stage
height
compare
discover
pressure
pain
Exercises
II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and _________ (cheer) him up.
2. In the ___________ (begin), she was always lonely because she had
no friends.
3. Now, Li Hong _________ (get) along well with all her classmates.
4. Everyone _________ (shine) in their own way, so we don't need
to compare.
5. How can we _________ (deal) with these growing pains
cheered
beginning
gets
shines
deal
Exercises
III. 完成译句 (每空一词)。
1. 他的朋友走过来让他振作起来。
His friend ________ _______ to him and _________ him ________.
2. 一开始，她没有朋友，感到很孤独。
________ ________ ___________, she had no friends and felt very lonely.
3. 现在她和我们大家相处得非常融洽。
Now she ________ _________ well _________ all of us.
4. 我们不应该嘲笑处于困境中的人。
We shouldn't _________ ________ people in trouble.
5. 你如何处理学业压力？
How do you _________ _________ schoolwork stress
came up cheered up
In the beginning
gets along with
laugh at
deal with
Summary
We learn:
1. key words and phrases：laugh, happily, period, teenage, stage, purpose,
teenager, reach, adult, height, hair, certain, area, pain, schoolwork, stress,
pressure, deal, firstly, compare, shine, discover...
2. key sentence patterns： “He was upset at first, but then... and
became happy.”; “During the teenage stage,...”
We can:
Analyze character development.
Use reading strategies to find important information.
Homework
1. 基础层：抄写本课生词并造句；完成课本Activity 1-3的书面
练习。
2. 提高层：写一篇短文"My Experience of Helping a Friend" 设计
一个"成长烦恼解决方案"海报。
3. 拓展层：写一篇关于自己成长故事的短文，运用阅读策略
组织思路。
Thank you!
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and read the text, and then think about how and why the character changes.
Beginning
Kangkang lost
the 100-meter race and was very upset.
Middle
His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up.
End
Kangkang laughed
again and walked
with Li Ming happily.
Activity 2
Task 1: Read the text and get the main idea of the passage.
Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning,
she was always lonely becasue she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling.
Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot.
They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends
at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life vey much.
Li Hong's change at school
in the beginning 在开始时
get along well with 与......相处融洽
Activity 2
Task 2: Read the text again and analyze the structure of the text.
Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning,
she was always lonely becasue she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling.
Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot.
They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life vey much.
Beginning
Middle
Ending
Activity 2
Read again and answer the questions.
Li Hong became our new classmate a month ago. In the beginning,
she was always lonely becasue she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, our English teacher, then introduced her to Lingling.
Lingling was very good at English and helped Li Hong a lot.
They soon became very close friends. Now, Li Hong has many friends
at school and gets along well with us. She enjoys her school life vey much.
Q1：Why was Li Hong lonely at the beginning
Q2：Who helped Li Hong by introducing her to Lingling
Q3：How is Li Hong's school life now
Because she didn't have any friends.
Miss Wang, their English teacher.
She has many friends at school and enjoys her school life very much.
Activity 3
Pair work. Talk about how and why the character changes based on Activity 2.
1. How does the character change according to the chart
At first, Li Hong ________ have any friends and was always ________.
In the end, Li Hong has _______ friends at school and enjoys her ________ ________ very much.
didn’t
lonely
many
school life
2. Why does the character change according to the chart
Miss Wang introduced her to Lingling and they soon became very close friends.
Language points
Activity 1
1. His friend, Li Ming, came up to him and cheered him up.
他的朋友李明，过来找他并让他开心起来。
come up to sb. 意为“（为攀谈而）走到跟前，走近”。
e.g. He came up to me and asked me the way to station.
他走到我跟前向我打听去车站的路。
【即时练习】-- I saw you in the hall but was in a hurry.
-- Oh, I wondered why you didn't _______ me and say hello.
A.come over to B. come up to C. come up with D. come into
B
(A. come over to 去…拜访；B. come up to达到，走近；
C. come up with提出； D. come true成真，实现)
Language points
Activity 1
2. Kangkang laughed again and walked with Li Ming happily.
康康再次笑了起来，和李明开心地走了。
laugh v. “笑；发笑”
e.g. Hearing the news, I laughed happily. 听到这个消息，我开心地笑了。
归纳：laugh 作动词时的相关短语
laugh at sb./sth. 嘲笑；讥笑 laugh sth. off 一笑置之
e.g. She is not afraid to laugh at herself. 她勇于自嘲。
拓展：laugh 还可作名词，意为“笑，笑声”：
常用短语：with a laugh 笑着 give a laugh 大笑一声
e.g. She said with a laugh. 她笑着说。
【即时练习】We shouldn’t __________ their mistakes.
A. to laugh B. laugh C. laugh at D. to laugh at
C
Language points
Activity 2
3. In the beginning, she was always lonely because she didn't have any
friends. 一开始，她总是觉得孤独因为她没有任何朋友。
in the beginning “开始；开端；起初”。相当于 at first／at the start／
at the beginning。
e.g. In the beginning, we tried the easy one.
= At first, we tried the easy one. = At the start, we tried the easy one.
= At the beginning, we tried the easy one. 一开始，我们尝试了简单的。
拓展：与beginning相关的其他短语
at the beginning of... = at the start of... .......的开始
from the beginning = from the start 从一开始
【及时练习】Things didn’t go well for us in the beginning. （改为同义句）
Things didn’t go well for us _______ ________.
at first
Language points
Activity 2
4. Now, Li Hong has many friends at school and gets along well with us.
现在，李红在学校有了很多朋友，和我们相处得很融洽。
get along well with sb. “与某人相处融洽”, 可与get on well with sb.互换。
e.g. Li Li gets along well with her classmates.
= Li Li gets on well with her classmates. 李丽和她的同学们相处融洽。
【即时练习】1) He _______ his classmates.
A. get along well with B. get well with
C. is getting along well with D. is get well with
2) 请不要再嘲笑你的同学了。你应该和他们和睦相处。(完成译句)
Please don’t laugh at your classmates anymore. You should
______ ______ ______ _____ them.
get along well with
C
Activity 2
Read again and answer the questions.
As teenagers grow in age, their bodies reach their full adult height.
This is the clearest change. Also, hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too.
Q1：What is the clearest change as teenagers grow in age
Q2：What are the other changes mentioned besides reaching full adult
height
Q3：Is "Teenagers grow in age" important for understanding the
changes in teenagers' bodies
Their bodies reach their full adult height.
Hair grows on certain areas of their bodies, and their voices change too.
Unimportant.

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