1、Unit 2 Lets talk teens Reading A restaurant collapse accident took place in North Chinas Shanxi Province recently, causing 29 deaths. Fast reading 1. Skim the article and figure out who the strangers are. 2. Find the topic sentence or summarize the main idea of each paragraph. 3. Work out the struct
2、ure of the article.(the chart on p.18) Outline Topic sentence for each paragraph _ It is _ for teenagers to suffer the tense _-_ relationship. Teenagers _ can result in such family _. It can be a _ to balance your developing _. You can take action to_the situation, through_ communication. Everthing
3、will turn out _ in the end. Introduction Causes Solution Conclusion Para 3 Para 2 Para 1 Para 4 Para 5 common teenager parent all right physical changes tensions headache mental needs improve regular and honest Careful reading 1. Listen to Para.1 without referring to your books and fill in the blank
4、s. Guess the meanings of the words or expressions you use. Does every dinner with your parents seem to turn into a _? Have your once warm and open conversations become cold and _? Do you feel that you just cannot _ with them on anything? You are not alone. Heated arguments and cold silences are comm
5、on between teenagers and their parents. battle guarded see eye to eye not open argument agree 2. Read Para.2-3 again carefully and answer the following questions. a. What physical changes might teenagers worry about? b. What does “middle ground” in line 15 mean? Para2 growing taller fast body Para 3
6、 a strange middle ground no longer a _ but not quite an_ u utreat you like _ u_ a child an adult uwish parents to be more _ uexpect you to act like_ failure disagree desire independecne responsible decisions love and support caring and patient Solution- How to make regular and honest communication w
7、ith your parents? Read para.4 carefully and exchange ideas with your classmates. Try to make as many suggestions as you can. Regular and honest commnication take a minute to _ understand the situation_ _carefully Explain your actions and feelings _ A_ their c_ Suggestions: You will learn when to bac
8、k down and when to ask your parents to relax their control apologize give in deal with their worries. ConclusionConclusionPara 5 Whats the authors attitude to parent-child Whats the authors attitude to parent-child tensions?tensions? A. Positive B. Negative C. UncertainA. Positive B. Negative C. Unc
9、ertain The conversations between teenagers and their parents are not open but _. Whats worse, they are likely to turn into _. Because of the _ changes and mental needs, teenagers may find it difficult to _ on anything with their parents.All this will cause the _ of the relationship between them. Mea
10、sures can be taken to improve the situation, such as _ their _ and knowing when to _ . battle guarded see eye to eye physical breakdown address ones concerns back down Consolidation Academy Award for Animated Short FilmAcademy Award for Animated Short Film Q: What caused Baby Bao and mum to Q: What caused Baby Bao and mum to have such a fierce argument / conflict?have such a fierce argument / conflict? Group Task Make a Conversation Baby Bao: . Mum: . Baby Bao: . Mum: . . *3 rounds at least *After the conversation, they make up Under the same roof-Under the same roof-
