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Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents?
Section B（1a-1e）
1.语言能力：听懂Wei Ming谈论的问题以及Alice所给的建议。
2.文化意识：能够明白如何面对生活和学习所带来的压力以及一些缓解压力的
Teaching 有效方法，从而逐步建立正确积极的生活态度。
Aims 3.思维品质：能发现语篇中事件的发展和变化，辨识信息之间的相关性，把握
语篇的整体意义。
4.学习能力：能根据Wei Ming的问题提出相应的建议并陈述原因。
Teaching 能根据Wei Ming的问题提出相应的建议并陈述原因。
Difficulties
Teaching
Aids multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Free talk
Ask Ss the following questions:
Do you have any pressure/stress in daily life?
Do you often feel stressed out?
Do you often compete with others?
Most of us are under pressure. What activities should we do to help lower
our stress?
You can use the following sentences patterns.
You'd better...
You could...
Why don't...?
Why not...?
Let's...
You should...
How/What about...
Lead in
There are some ways to lower the stress.Show some pictures and
use the following sentences patterns.
Why not...? / Why don't you...?
You should / could...
You'd better... / Let's...
1How / What about...?
read books
play computer games
play sports
eat delicious food
talk to parents or other family members
hang out with friends/go shopping
Can you think of other ways to relax and lower the stress? Which one
do you like best?
keep a diary
go travelling
sleep a sound sleep
Step 2 Presentation & Practice
Pre-listening
1a
What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress?
Order them [1-8] with 1 being the most favorite thing you do to
lower stress.
____ play sports
____ hang out with friends
____ talk to parents or other family members
____ spend time alone
____ play computer games
____ read books
____ watch movies
____ other: __________________
1b
Tell your partner about your answers in 1a.
A: What activity do you do to help lower your stress?
B: I ________. How about you?
2C: I _______.
Sample: This is Wei Ming. He is unhappy.
Because his parents give him too much pressure.
While-listening
Ask Ss to listen and check (√) the problems Wei Ming talks about.
√ My parents give me a lot of pressure about school.
_____ I don’t get enough sleep.
√ I don’t have enough free time.
_____ I had a fight with my parents.
√ I have to compete with my classmates at school.
1d
Ask Ss to listen again. What advice does Alice give to Wei Ming? Fill
in the blanks.
1. Although you may be _________ with your parents, you should talk to
them. Ask them why they give you so much _________.
2. Life shouldn’t just be about _______. Free time activities like ______
and hanging out with friends are important, too.
3. You shouldn’t ________ with your classmates to get better grades. You
should all be _______ each other to improve.
Answer:1.unhappy pressure
2. grades sports
33. compete helping
Listen and read the tape script.
Wei Ming: Alice, help me! My parents are giving me too much
pressure
about school!
Alice: Hey, Wei Ming. Although you may be unhappy with your
parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give
you so much pressure.
Wei Ming: It’s because they want me to get good grades.
Alice: But life shouldn’t just be about grades. Free time activities
like
sports and hanging out with friends are important, too.
Wei Ming: I totally agree. I need more free time to do activities I
enjoy.
This can help me relax and be healthier.
Alice: Yes, you won’t get good grades if you’re stressed out all
the
time.
Wei Ming: I also keep worrying about getting better grades than my
classmates.
Alice: Oh, you shouldn’t compete with your classmates to get better
grades. You should all be helping each other to improve.
Wei Ming: You’re right. Thanks for all the good advice, Alice.
Explain the key phrases and sentences.
Ask Ss to fill in the blanks according to the information in
1c&1d.
4Wei Ming's parents are giving him ____ _____ _______ about
school because they want him to ____ _____ ______. But life
shouldn't just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and
_______ ____ with friends are important, too. Wei Ming totally
agrees that he needs more free time to ___ ________ he enjoys.
This can help him relax and ___ ________. He won't get good
grades if he is _______ ___ all the time. Wei Ming shouldn't
_______ ____ his classmates to get better grades. They should all
be helping ____ ______ to improve.
Answer: too much pressure get good grades hanging out
do activities be healthier stressed out compete with
each other
Post-listening
1e
What is your advice for Wei Ming? Tell your partner and say why.
A: I think Wei Ming should…
B: Why?
A: Because…
Sample:
-- I think Wei Ming should communicate with his parents and talk about
his pressure.
--Why?
--Because if he does that, his parents will understand him and allow him
to do some free time activities he likes.
Free talk
Why does Alice say “Life shouldn’t just be about grades”? What’s
5your opinion?
Step 3 Language points
1. My parents give me a lot of pressure about school.
pressure n. 压力
pressure 可指外界施加的压力或工作、生活中的压力。既可作可数名
词又可作不可数名词，但一般情况下用作不可数名词。常用短语：
put pressure on sb. 向某人施加压力
under pressure 在压力之下
I’m not able to do well with the pressure from my job.
The team performs well under pressure.
2. I have to compete with my classmates at school.
compete v. 竞争；对抗
compete为不及物动词，常构成短语：
compete with/against 和……竞争
compete for 为……竞争
It’s difficult for a small store to compete with/against a supermarket.
They’re competing for the job.
【拓展延伸】compete的相关词：
competition n. 竞争；比赛
competitor n. 竞争者；对手
competitive adj. 竞争的；有竞争力的
The girl won the first place in the singing competition.
The company is our main competitor.
Universities are very competitive for the best students.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P27-29.
Homework
Preview the passage in Section B 2b.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
In this period, students will learn some ways to lower the stress.The
Teaching
topic is still about giving the advice. They will improve their capacity of
Reflection
language organization and oral output while listening and speaking practice.
6As usual, we can give them some written work to do after they practice
listening and speaking.
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