1、,Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents？Section B Reading 2b Maybe you should learn to relax!,2018/4/23,What will you do May 1st holiday?What do you often do on holidays/weekends?How do you feel?,2018/4/23,take after-school classes,use the Internet,play sports or exercise,read books,hang outwith f
2、riends,-Do you often do these after-school activities?,watch movies,2018/4/23,Maybe you should learn to,!,2b: Reading,Fast readingMatch the main idea with each paragraph.,A.Life for the Taylors children is busy, too.,B.Linda Millers opinion.,Para. 1,Para. 2,Para. 3,D. Dr. Alice Greens opinion.,Para.
3、 4,C. Chinese children are busy on weekends.,Read the article and answer the questions.,1.What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?,The children have to take many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a
4、good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.,Careful reading,2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?,Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green.,3. Does Cathy Taylor think its important for kids to join after-school activities?4. Does Linda Miller agree
5、with Cathy? Whats her opinion?,Yes, he does.,No. She thinks it is unfair to compare their kids with other children. She thinks people shouldnt push their kids so hard.,Read the article and answer the questions.,5. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?,Dr. Green agrees with Lin
6、da. She says, “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although its normal to want successful children, its even more important to have happy children.”,1. -Why do Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes?,B,2. The word compete means _. A. learn some exam skil
7、ls B. try to be the first or the first to finish something,-Because many students take after- school classes to learn exam skills. Others practice sports so that they can compete and win.,careful reading: read para 1 and finish these questions,Para. 1,Careful reading,learning exam skills,they can ge
8、t into a high,practicing sports so that they can compete and win.,However, this doesnt only happen _,in China,they have to take so many after-school classes,school and later a good university,2018/4/23,What is the name of the typical American family?,The word typical means _. A. usual or common B. s
9、pecial and different,A,2. Why is life for Cathy Taylors three children busy?,Because she has to take basketball practice and football training. lessons.,careful reading: read para 2 and finish these questions,2018/4/23,3. What does Cathy Taylor think of after-school activities?,4. Whats meaning cut
10、out here? _ A. to remove(割下，剪下) sth by cutting.B. to stop doing sth.,She thinks these activities are important for her childrens future,although she could cut out some of their activities.,B,Whats meaning training here?_a skill to improve gradesphysical exercise and practice of skills,B,2018/4/23,6.
11、 Whats the implied meaning of “The tired childrenhomework?”,A. The mother is willing her children to have after-school classes. B. The mother is unwilling,B,too many after-school classes.,busy,3. Fill in the chart to conclude the situations .,One boy:,Life for Cathys three children,daughter,The Tayl
12、ors are a _American family.,The other boy,Taylors feeling,piano lessons,Maybe she could_ a few of activities.,football training,basketball practice,dont,until,quick,However, the tired children _get home_after 7:00 p.m. They have a _dinner, and then its time for _.,homework,cut out,para.2,typical,201
13、8/4/23,F,F,F,F,1. Write T or F for each statement:( ) 1) Linda Miller knows the stress and thinks its fair to compare their kids with other children.( ) 2) Linda Miller believes people should push their kids so hard to continue the competition.( ) 3) Doctors think too much pressure is good for Child
14、rens development.( ) 4) Dr. Alice believes that its important to have successful children than happy children.,shouldnt,isnt,unfair,careful reading: read para 3&4 and finish these questions,2018/4/23,2. Match the words with their meanings.,stress continue compare development,look for differences and
15、 similarities between things worries about things at home, school or work Getting better and biggerkeep on happening,2018/4/23,3. Fill in the chart to conclude the ideas.,to push their kids so hard,to relax and think for themselves,Do you have time to relax and think for yourselves?,She knows all ab
16、out such_. Competition starts very young and_until the kids get older. Mothers _their small kids _ all kinds of classes. And they are always _ them _ other children. Its _. I dont think thats _.Why dont they _?People shouldnt _.,continues,stress,send,to,comparing,with,crazy,fair,just let their kids
17、be kids,push their kids so hard,para.3,Lindas opinion,Dr. Alice Greens opinion,Doctors say too much pressure isnt good for _.She says all these activities can _.Kids should have time to_.Although its normal to _, its even more important to_.,a childs development,cause a lot of stress for children,re
18、lax and think for themselves,want successful children,have happy children,para.4,2018/4/23,IISummary: These days, children are busy because they have to_ many after-school_. Some learn _ _ so that they can _ into a good high school, others _ sports to _ and_. Some Parents want to _ _ some activities
19、, but they believe the activities are_ for our future because they want us to be _. Others think people shouldnt _ kids_ because too much pressure is not good they should have time to _ and _ _ themselves. So, maybe we should learn to _. Now, lets have a discussion about it!,take,classes,exam skills
20、,get,practice,compete win,cut out,important,successful,push,hard,think for,relax,relax,2018/4/23,2018/4/23,IIPost reading: Lets work in groups to give suggestions to the students who feel stressed and have no time to relax.,Sentence structures: 提建议的句型 -In my/his/her opinion -Why dont you do? -How/Wh
21、at about (doing)? -I think you/he/she could/should do -Youd better do -If I were you, I would do -You are supposed to do,2018/4/23,Rules: Choose a leader.If you are stressful, you must listen carefully and write down the advice from your members on the paper.If you are an adviser, you should give tw
22、o or more suggestions to him/her/them.,2018/4/23,2. Make a report. (Have a competition!) The leader of each group makes a report about your suggestions.,评分标准(共10分)：1) More suggestions 2分2) Proper suggestions 2分3) Exact language 2分4) Various expressions 2分5) Pronunciation and intonation 2分,2018/4/23,
23、Cant get good grades,Take after-school classes,Feel tired and stressed,Have no time to relax and think for themselves,Dont study hard,cant study well,2018/4/23,Keep a balance between study and relaxation!,All work and no play makes a Jack a dull boy!,2018/4/23,HomeworkTry to recite the passage.Do exercise in Section B .,
