1、1 Unit 2 Lets talk teens Section I Welcome to the unit I dont know what “home” is, but unhappiness and worries melt away once here. - Bing Xin “家”是什么，我不知道；但烦闷-忧愁，都在此中融化消灭 = 冰心 In this unit, you are going to: Read a magazine article about relationship between teenagers and their parents. Write a lett
2、er of advice on parent-child tensions; Read a short story of a mothers love for her children Create a short play about parent-child relationships Parents often give their children unconditional love. Read the poem below and discuss the following questions in pairs. Morning and night, Mother Bird is
3、there Until her babys old enough to leave the nest. Mother Bird, with all her love and care, Longs to provide her baby with the best. Often ,she worries, from day to day- Very soon her baby will be full-grown. Excitedly, it will jump away, Spread its wings and fly alone Yet, she knows, she must let
4、it fly Over the hills and across the sky, Under her careful, watching eye. 1.How would you describe Mother Birds 2 feelings in the poem? 2. Can you think of any Chinese poems about parents love for their children? 3. How do you think your parents feel about you? How can you tell? 1. There is a skele
5、ton in every house. 2. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home 3. We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves. 4. The family harmony is the happiest thing. 5. A mothers voice is the most beautiful sound in the world. 6. The happy families are all similar; the un
6、fortunate families have misfortunes of eachs 7. Where we love is home- home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. 8. Maternal love is the greatest power in the world. 9. From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. 10. Fathers grace is higher than mo
7、untains; mothers grace is deeper than seas. 11. A fathers love can be compared to a mountain. Although we do not look at it every day, when you fall down, its just behind you. 12. Home is the place where, when you have 家家有本难念的经。 今窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。 不养儿不知父母恩。 家庭和睦是最幸福的事情。 世界上有一种最美丽的声音，那便是母亲的 呼唤。 幸福的家庭都是相似
8、的，不幸的家庭各有各 的不幸。 家是我们所爱的地方，双脚可以离开，心却 不能。 母爱是世间最伟大的力量。 你从父母那里学会爱，学会笑，学会怎么走 路。 3 to go there, it has to take you in. - Robert Frost 13. Home is where the heart is. - Elbert Hubbard 14. A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. - Sydney
9、Smith 15. Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. -Elbert Hubbard 父恩比山高，母恩比海深。 父爱像一座高山。虽然我们不必每天仰望， 可是跌倒时，山就在背后。 家就是这样的地方，当你去时，它得接纳你。 - - -罗伯特 弗罗斯 特 家就是心所在的地方。 -阿尔伯特 哈伯 德 一个舒适的家园是幸福的主要来源，它仅次 于健康和一颗善良的心。 - 西德尼 史密斯 父母为孩子做得过多，孩子就愈不亲自动手。 -阿尔伯特 哈伯 德 One
10、night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read: For washing the car $ 5.00 4 For making my own bed this week $ 1.00 For going to the grocery store $ 0.50 For playing with my little sister $ 0.25 For taking out the rubbish $ 1.00 For getting a good rep
11、ort card $ 5.00 And for sweeping the common corridor(走廊) $ 2.00 Total $ 14.75 His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turned the paper over. This was what she wrote: For 9 months I carried you,
12、growing inside me No charge For the nights I sat up with you, mothered you No charge For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose No charge When you add it all up, the full cost of my love No charge Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother an
13、d said, “Mummy, I love you.” Then he took 5 the pen and in great big letters wrote on the “bill” “All paid.” Song of the Paring Son -By Meng Jiao From the threads a mothers hand weaves, A gown for parting son is made. Sewn stitch by stitch before he leaves, For fear his return might be delayed. Such kindness as young grass receives From the warm sun cant be repaid. 游子吟 -孟郊 慈母手中线，游子身上衣。 临时密密缝，意恐迟迟归。 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。 .
