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Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents?
Section B（2a-2e）
1.语言能力：能够在语境中感悟和体会词汇含义，找出意思相近或相同的语言
表达; 能够根据上下文猜测生词的含义。
2.文化意识：让学生通过对比中美国家父母对孩子课后活动的看法，发现和感
Teaching
受中西方文化的异同。
Aims
3.思维品质：能从不同角度解读语篇，推断语篇的深层含义，作出正确的价值
判断。
4.学习能力：通过使用语言来真正的学习语言;阅读策略的培养;采取分段阅读的
方式进行阅读。
Teaching 能根据上下文联系猜测词语意思，在理解语篇的基础上进行归纳表述观点和建
Difficulties 议。
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Warming up
Ask Ss the following questions:
What activities do you usually do after school?
What activities do you want to do after school?
Do you have to take any after-school classes?
After-school activities:
use the Internet/ do homework/ watch TV/ play chess/ hang out with
friends/ have after-school classes
Lead in
What kinds of after-school classes do you have?
dancing class/ painting class/ singing class/ English training class/
Olympic math class/ physics training class/ basketball practice/
football practice/ ping-pong practice
Discussion
How do you like these after-school classes?
Do you think they are necessary or just a waste of time and money?
1Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
2a
Check (✓) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually
do.
_____ do homework _____ use the Internet
_____ have after-school lessons _____ hang out with friends
_____ watch movies _____ play sports or exercise
Introduce the Reading Strategy to the Ss.
Guessing the Meaning
When reading something for the first time, do not worry about words you
do not know. Use the context to help you guess the meaning.
While-reading
2b
Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What is the common problem for many students these days?
2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?
Answer: 1.The common problem is that children have to do so many after-
school activities which cause them to be stressed.
2.Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green give their opinions about
the problem.
Explain the key phrases and sentences.
Ask Ss to finish the task 1.Skimming and matching. Match the
main idea with each paragraph.
Tell Ss the skills.
2Skills: Look through the passage without reading every word. Focus on
the beginning and the ending.
Ask Ss to finish the task 2. Scanning and judging. Read Para. 2
and judge the sentence True or False.
( ) 1. Cathy has three children and they all have to take
after-school activities.
( ) 2. Cathy takes her daughter to piano lessons.
( ) 3. Cathy's kids can have a rest after dinner.
( ) 4. Cathy doesn't want to cut out some of their activities.
Answer:1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F
Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very ______.
Para. 2 Cathy Taylor's opinion: These activities are _________ for her
children's ______.
Answer: busy important future
Ask Ss to finish the task 3. Read Para.3 carefully and fill in the
blanks.
Linda Miller's opinion
She ________ with Cathy. She thinks that it is crazy to ________
the kids _____ other children. She also thinks people shouldn't
_____ their kids ____ _____.
Answer: disagrees compare with push so hard
Ask Ss to finish the task 4. Read Para.4 carefully and fill in the
blanks.
Dr. Alice Green's opinion
Doctors say too much pressure isn’t good for
_________________________.
She says all these activities can
_______________________________________.
Kids should have time to ___________________________________.
Although it’s normal to _______________________, it’s even more
important to____________________.
Answer:a child’s development
cause a lot of stress for children
relax and think for themselves
want successful children
have happy children
2c
Ask Ss to look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess
3their meanings? Try to match them with the meanings below.
1. Keeps on happening __________
2. Physical exercise and practice of skills ________
3. Worries about things at home, school or work _______
4. Usual or common _______
5. Try to be the best or the first to finish something _________
6. Getting better or bigger ___________
7. Looking for differences and similarities between things
__________
Answer: 1.continues 2.training 3.stress 4.typical
5. compete 6. development 7.comparing
2d
Ask Ss to read the article again and answer the questions.
1. Does Cathy Taylor think it's important for kids to join after-school
activities?
2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? What's her opinion?
3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?
Answer:
1.Yes, she does.
2.No, she doesn't. Her opinion is that people shouldn't push their
kids so hard, and that they should let their kids be kids.
3.She agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can
cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that kids should
have time to relax and think for themselves, and that it's more
important to have happy children than successful children.
2e
Ask Ss to discuss the questions with your partner.
1. What do you think of after-school activities?
2. What should you do to relax?
Group work
Do a survey and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of
having after-school classes.
Advantages Disadvantages
develop exam skills no time for myself
4Step 3 Language points learning
1. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these
activities are important for my children's future.
cut out 删除；删去
cut out 是“动词+副词”型短语，名词作宾语时，可以放在 cut与out
之间或out之后；代词作宾语时，只能放在cut与out之间。
I cut out one paragraph in this article.
The comma is unnecessary. Please cut it out.
【拓展延伸】cut out 还有“剪下；戒除；突然熄火”的含义。
cut的相关短语:
cut up 切碎 cut off 中断；切除
cut down 砍倒；削减；降低 cut in 插话；超车
You should cut up bananas to make a banana milk shake.
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
She kept cutting in on our conversation.
Our water supply(供应) has been cut off.
2. I really want them to be successful.
successful adj. 成功的；有成就的
successful 在句中可作表语或定语。常用结构：
be successful in (doing) sth.“在（做）……方面取得成功” 。
Being not lazy will enable you to live a happy and successful life.
She was successful in finding a job.
【拓展延伸】successful的相关词汇
success n. 成功 This plan was a great success.
succeed v. 成功 He succeeded in the examination this
time.
successfully adv. 成功地 The big bridge has been successfully
completed.
3. However, the tired children don't get home until after 7:00 p.m.
In some families, competition starts very young and continues until
the kids get older.
until的用法
(1) 第一句包含了 not... until...（直到……才……）结构，until在句中
作介词。句中谓语动词为非延续性动词，表示主语的动作直到 until
所表示的时间才发生。
(2) 第二句中until作连词，意为“直到……为止”，引导时间状语从
句。
We can't leave until Friday.
She stayed up until she finished her homework.
5continue v. 继续；持续
continue 后可接名词、动名词、动词不定式等。
The poor boy couldn't continue his study after his father died.
【辨析】continue to do与continue doing
continue doing sth. 继续做同一件事，同义短语：
go on doing sth.
continue to do sth. 继续做某事（另外一件事）,同义短语：
go on to do sth.
4. And they are always comparing them with other children.
be always doing sth. 一直/总是做某事
be always doing sth. 表示说话人的某种情绪，例如不满、赞扬、不耐
烦等。
She is always moving things around.
She is always thinking of her work.
【特别提醒】be always doing sth. 不强调动作正在进行。
compare ... with 比较；对比
【易混辨析】compare ... with与compare... to...
compare... with… 把……与……比较 用于两个同类事物之间的
比较。
compare...to… 把……与……比较 常用于两个不同性质事物
把……比作 之间的比较，含有比喻意
味。
He compared his camera with/to mine.
We usually compare books to friends.
5. People shouldn't push their kids so hard.
push v. 鞭策；督促；推动
push在此作动词，意为“鞭策；督促”。
push sb. to do sth. 意为“督促某人做某事。
She thanks her parents for pushing her to study.
【拓展延伸】push的其他常见义项：
(1) 意为“推动”，其反义词是pull“拉”。
(2) 意为“按下（按钮、开关等）”，其同义词是press。
6. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for
children.
cause v. 造成；引起
cause作及物动词，常用结构：
cause sb. sth.=cause sth. for sb. 给某人带来某事（多指麻烦）
cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事
6She is always causing her parents trouble.
= She is always causing trouble for her parents.
What caused him to change his mind?
【拓展延伸】cause还可作名词，意为“原因，起因；理由。”
The police tried to find out the cause of the accident.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P43-46.
Homework
Read and recite the new words and phrases.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
In this period, students will learn and practice how to guess the new words’
meaning by using context while reading the passage. It is a good time to
Teaching train the students’ ability of reading quickly and efficiently. So we deal
Reflection with new words and phrases by reading the passage again and again.They
must learn some new words and new language items. Reading strategies
are helpful and they must learn to use them.
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