1、Starting out&Understanding ideasUnit 3Family mattersStarting out&Understanding ideasActivity 1 Look at the following pictures and answer the questions.1.What do you already know about the families?Which family are you interested in most?Give your reasons.2.What other family stories do you know?Title
2、:Father and SonGenre:ComicPlace:GermanMain character:The father and his sonStoryline:Loving situations of the naughty but lovely son and his father during war time.Title:The sound of MusicGenre:FilmPlace:AustriaMain character:Agathe von Trapp,the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family and he
3、r family membersStoryline:She overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.Title:Home with KidsGenre:sitcomPlace:ChinaMain character:Mom,dad and three kidsStoryline:Childrens play director Xia Donghai lives with a son and a daughter.He meets and marries a nurse
4、 Liu Mei who lives with a son.The whole new family face and solve many growing problems of the three children.Title:The incrediblesGenre:Adventure filmPlace:USMain character:Bob Parr and his family membersStoryline:Bob Parr and his wife are the worlds greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes,spend
5、ing their whole life saving lives and battling evil.1.Which family are you interested in most?Give your reasons.2.What other family stories do you know?Activity 2 Watch the video and answer the questions.1.What is the video mainly about?2.How do you feel about the family?1.What is the video mainly a
6、bout?2.How do you feel about the family?It is about an American family welcoming grandpa and giving presents to him.They are happy to welcome their grandpa.They have deep love and good communication,so they are close to each other.Free talk:Tick the things you would ask your parents for advice.Why o
7、r why not.In your family,how do you express your love towards each other?Predict1.What is the relationship between the three people?2.What are their feelings?3.What is happening between them?The son wants to have a career in music after graduating from senior high,while his father wants him to go to
8、 university and become a lawyer.There is a _between the father and his son.conflict/disagreementScan the passage quickly and find out what happened between the son and his father.(2mins)Conflict 1The son.while his father.Scan the passage again and find the other conflict.The father wanted to be a pr
9、ofessional football player,while grandfather wanted him to be a happy engineer.Conflict 2Conflict 1:father&sonConflict 2:father&grandfather有其父,必有其子 Blood will always tell.Can you choose another suitable title for this passage?Give your reasons.1 The Secret to a Happy Family2 A Generation Gap3 A Drea
10、m Job4 Grandfathers Advice5 My career,My choiceWhats the genre(writing style)of this passage?dialoguesettingsactionscharactersplotplayAdd the three tags to the directors notes.CharactersPlotRead the passage carefully and complete the directors notes with expressions from the play.a table and two cha
11、irsfocus on his bandhave a career in musicgo to universitybe a lawyerare respected by othersplay musichave two optionsWhats the function of settings?To tell people the basic background information like where,when,who,what,stage prons.What character qualities do they have?Read the play carefully,pay
12、attention to their dialogue,find out their character qualities and state your reason.Grandfather:And.I win!(son enters room.)Father:Not again!Oh look,here comes my boy.How are you,son?Son:(nervously approaching the table)Erm.Dad,can we talk?Father:Sure!You know you can always turn to your dad for a
13、chat.Son:OK.Here it is.Ive decided not to go to university.I want to focus on my band and have a career in music when I leave school.Father:(raising his voice in surprise)You cant be serious!What about your future career as a lawyer?!Fathercompetitivehot-temperedlovingconfident&strongSon:I knew youd
14、 say that.You just assume I want to be a lawyer,but thats only because you are a lawyer.Father:Whats wrong with being a lawyer?Lawyers help people and are respected by others.Son:Yes,but Im not interested in law.I want to work in a(studio,not a court)Grandfather:(looking at Father)Calm down.OK?Fathe
15、r:(ignoring Grandfathers words)Stop daydreaming!Playing in a band is not a job.Son:Of course it is!The music industry is developing fast now.Making music is a job.rational,care about respect strong traditionalGrandfather:(stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice)Hey!I told you to calm d
16、own,both of you!Father:But I told him to study something useful at university!Grandfather:(laughing)Easy,son!I remember when you were his age,you said that you wanted to be a professional football player.Father:And you wanted me to be an engineer!Grandfather:I just wanted you to be happy,and an engi
17、neer-a happy engineer.Father:But in the end,you just advised me to think carefully.Chandfather:Yes,and you have found the career that suits your talents.Im so proud of you.Your son is proud of you,too.traditional&rationalSon:Of course I am,but I have different talents.Grandfather:(turning to Son)Why
18、 dont you also take my advice and think carefully before jumping in with both feet?Son:Well,I could tryGrandfather:If you go to university and play music at the same time,you will have two options for your future.And Im sure playing in a band will help you make lots of new friends at university.Fath
19、er:Yes,lots of new lawyer friends!Son:(with a sigh)DadstubbornFather:stubborntraditionalrationalrespectSonGrandfather:And.I win!(son enters room.)Father:Not again!Oh look,here comes my boy.How are you,son?Son:(nervously approaching the table)Erm.Dad,can we talk?Father:Sure!You know you can always tu
20、rn to your dad for a chat.Son:OK.Here it is.Ive decided not to go to university.I want to focus on my band and have a career in music when I leave school.Father:(raising his voice in surprise)You cant be serious!What about your future career as a lawyer?!nervous,worried,careful brave,self-centeredSo
21、n:I knew youd say that.You just assume I want to be a lawyer,but thats only because you are a lawyer.Father:Whats wrong with being a lawyer?Lawyers help people and are respected by others.Son:Yes,but Im not interested in law.I want to work in a studio,not a court.Grandfather:(looking at Father)Calm
22、down.OK?Father:(ignoring Grandfathers words)Stop daydreaming!Playing in a band is not a job.Son:Of course it is!The music industry is developing fast now.Making music is a job.independent,doesnt understand his fathers lovepersistent,determined,care about interestGrandfather:(stepping between Father
23、and Son and raising his voice)Hey!I told you to calm down,both of you!Father:But I told him to study something useful at university!Grandfather:(laughing)Easy,son!I remember when you were his age,you said that you wanted to be a professional football player.Father:And you wanted me to be an engineer
24、!Grandfather:I just wanted you to be happy,and an engineer-a happy engineer.Father:But in the end,you just advised me to think carefully.Chandfather:Yes,and you have found the career that suits your talents.Im so proud of you.Your son is proud of you,too.Son:Of course I am,but I have different talen
25、ts.Grandfather:(turning to Son)Why dont you also take my advice and think carefully before jumping in with both feet?Son:Well,I could tryGrandfather:If you go to university and play music at the same time,you will have two options for your future.And Im sure playing in a band will help you make lots
26、 of new friends at university.Father:Yes,lots of new lawyer friends!Son:(with a sigh)Dadstubbornpersistentstubborn,disappointedSon:persistentdeterminedstubborninterestGrandfather:(looking at Father)Calm down.OK?Father:(ignoring Grandfathers words)Stop daydreaming!Playing in a band is not a job.Son:O
27、f course it is!The music industry is developing fast now.Making music is a job.Grandfather:(stepping between Father and Son and raising his voice)Hey!I told you to calm down,both of you!Father:But I told him to study something useful at university!good-tempered,wiseGrandfatherGrandfather:(laughing)E
28、asy,son!I remember when you were his age,you said that you wanted to be a professional football player.Father:And you wanted me to be an engineer!Grandfather:I just wanted you to be happy,and an engineer-a happy engineer.Father:But in the end,you just advised me to think carefully.Chandfather:Yes,an
29、d you have found the career that suits your talents.Im so proud of you.Your son is proud of you,too.wise,calm,positiveopen-minded,consideratewiseSon:Of course I am,but I have different talents.Grandfather:(turning to Son)Why dont you also take my advice and think carefully before jumping in with bot
30、h feet?Son:Well,I could tryGrandfather:If you go to university and play music at the same time,you will have two options for your future.And Im sure playing in a band will help you make lots of new friends at university.Father:Yes,lots of new lawyer friends!Son:(with a sigh)Dadrationalwise,intellige
31、ntGrandfather:wise/intelligentopen-mindedrationalhappyconflictsWhat else does the author use to develop the conflicts except different character qualities,dialogue and plot?dialoguesettingsactionscharactersplotplayUnderline the actions and draw the development of conflicts.nervously approachingraisi
32、ng voicelooking at fatherignoring grandfatherstepping&raising voicelaugingturing to sonsighsonsonfathergrandfatherfathergrandfatherdevelopment of conflicts actions1.Is the sons problem solved?If you were in a similar situation to the son,what would you do?Why?2.Does the father really love his son?If
33、 so,how do you think of the fathers way of showing love to his son?3.What conflicts/generation gap have you had with your parents?How did you solve them?Think and ShareSolutions:be brave to communicate;calm down and dont lose temper;be willing to listen patiently;realize the real problem of a conflict.Role-play1.Act out the play and try to imitate(模仿)the tone(语气)and feel the emotions(情感)of the characters.2.Student A talks about a recent conflict with his/her family member.The others give suggestions to him/her.
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