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Unit 7
Teenagers should be allowed to choose their
own clothes.
Section B 2a-Self Check 教学设计
Class Type
Reading
Key words & phrases:get in the way of, support, enter, choice, spend time on
sth, have nothing against, be serious about, worry about
Key sentences:
1. Parents might worry about their success at school.
Objectives
2. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies
as much as they want.
Difficulties and points:
1. Modal Verbs +be + v (ed)
Key
1. Parents might worry about their success at school.
structure
2. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies
as much as they want.
Difficulties 1. Modal Verbs +be + v (ed)
Vocabulary
get in the way of, support, enter, choice, spend time on sth, have nothing
against, be serious about, worry about
Period 4
Procedure
Free talk: Let students discuss the following questions freely
What do you like doing? Do your parents allow you to do it? What do you think of it?
Lead-in Should I be allowed to make my own decisions?
Presentation:
Present pictures of different kinds of job and let student discuss the
following two questions, then they can express themselves freely.
1. What is your dream job?
2. Do your parents support your dream? If they don’t, what should you do?
Activity 2a Discuss the questions in your groups.
Are you allowed to make your own decisions at home?What kinds of decisions?
Pre reading: Present a picture of Liu Xiang, students tell the teacher how much
they know about him, then fill in the information sheet.
His name is _____________.
He is a ___________________.
He got the first place in the Olympic Games in 2004.
Students listen to the passage and answer the following questions:
Look at the picture, what is Liu Xiang doing?
Should Liu Yu be allowed to make her own decision?
Summarize the main ideas of each part of the passage.
1. Ideas about hobbies
2. Liu Yu and his parents’ ideas about dream
3. Liu Yu and his parents’ ideas about training
While reading: Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions:
1.What do teenagers think about the hobbies?
2.What might the parents worry about?
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the information sheet about Liu Yu.
Name Liu Yu
Age 15 years old
From Shandong
Hobby running
Dream to be a professional runner
Problem His parents won’t allow him to train so much.
Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
Liu Yu's ideas:
1. He should be allowed to make decisions for himself.
2. He is serious about running.
3. Being a professional runner is the only thing I have ever wanted to
do.
Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the chart.
Liu Yu (should/ shouldn’t) be allowed to make his own decisions.
Liu Yu should study hard in the evening.
He needs to spend more time on his homework
Parents’ points
because it's difficult to become a professional sports
star.
Read Paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks.
1. He is a quick runner. He believes he can
Step 1 succeed.
Liu Yu’s points 2. He should be allowed to make this
choice himself. He wants to have a chance to
achieve his dream.
Activity 2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What is Liu Yu’s hobby?
2. What does Liu Yu want to be when he grows up?
3. Why do Liu Yu’s parents not allow Liu Yu to practice his hobby at
night?
4. Do you think Liu Yu should be allowed to practice his hobby as much as
he wants? Why or why not?
Find out Liu Yu’s and his parents’ opinions about being a runner.
Liu Yu’s opinions:1. He just want to do what he ________.
2. He is serious about __________.
3. He should be allowed to ____________ himself.
Liu Yu’s parents’ opinions:
1. They worry about his ___________________.
2. They think he should spend more time on_____________.
3. They think he needs to ____________________________.
4. They think it’s a difficult dream to ______________________________.
Read Part 2 and complete the following tables.
What is his
What the writer What his
response Result
When wanted to do mother said
（回应）
seven
nine
a teen
Post reading:Use the words or phrases from the reading to complete the
passage.
Liu Yu is a schoolboy in Shandong. His dream is to become a
___________ runner when he grows up. ________, Liu Yu’s parents believe
that he should_______ more time on his homework. They also think their
son ________ think about what will happen if he doesn’t _______ as a
professional runner.
Liu Yu ________ with his parents on this. He knows that his parents
__________ him, but ________ is the only thing he has ever wanted to do.
Liu Yu thinks he ________________ to make the choice.
Activity 2d Look in the passage for the words in bold. Then use them to complete
sentences of your own.
1. My parents worry about ________________.
2. My parents have always taught me how important it is to
_________________.
3. I am serious about __________________.
4. I think it is unfair ___________________________________________.
5. I have always wanted to be _________________.
6. My parents have nothing against _____________.
7. I need to think about what will happen if ________________________.
8. I need to spend more time on __________________.
Step 2 Summary:Put the following phrases into Chinese and read them.get in the way of
worry about
running star
on school team
grow up
professional runner
achieve one’s dream
love doing sth.
have nothing against
think about
end up
be serious about
practice doing sth.
have a chance to do sth.
1. get in the way of 挡……的路；妨碍
►He is so tall, and his head gets in the way of my view.
他太高了，他的头挡住了我的视线。
►Her social life ________________________.
她的社交生活妨碍了学业。
2. Of course we want to see him achieve his dreams…
我们当然想看到他实现他的梦想…
see sb. do sth. 意为“看到某人做了某事”。
e.g. I saw her run into the room.
我看见她跑进了房间。
see sb. do sth. “看见了某人做某事”，强调看见动作发生的全过程。
see sb. doing sth. “看见某人做某事”，不是全过程，表示看到的动作正在进
行。
e.g. I saw him walk into the building when I passed by last night.
昨天晚上路过的时候我看到他走进了那栋大楼。
(强调看到事情从开始到结束的整个过程)
I saw him playing the game on the computer yesterday evening.
昨天晚上我看到他在电脑上玩游戏。
(强调看到的时候正在玩)
1. I often see Lucy _____________(play) with her dog when I come home
from work every night .
2. I saw Lucy __________(play) with the dog when I went to her house.3. We have nothing against running! 我们不反对赛跑！
against 介词，此处意为“反对”，其反义词为 for,意为“支持”，其
后可接名词、代词或V-ing形式。
例： Are you for or against the class meeting?
你是赞同还是反对这次班会呢？
1. I’m against _________going shopping because I don’t have money with me.
(go)
2. He will be against _______at night, he is afraid of the dark.(walk)
4. … if he doesn’t end up a professional runner.
end up 结束；告终；以做某事而结束;
end up doing sth. 结束做某事
eg: We must use our time well and we will end up getting good grades.
我们必须好好利用时间，这样才能取得好成绩。
►If the young man goes on like this, he'll end up in prison.
如果这个年轻人继续这样，早晚得进监狱。
5. succeed v. 成功
eg: If you work hard, you will succeed.
如果你努力工作，你就会成功。
success n. successful adj. successfully adv.
1. Failure is the mother of _______________( succeed).
失败是成功之母。
2. She is a _______________( succeed) businesswoman.
她是一位成功的女企业家。
3. At last he _____________ solved the problem. ( succeed)
最后他成功地解决了这个问题。
6. I think I should be allowed to make this choice myself.
我认为应该允许我自己做这个选择。
choice 可数名词，意为“选择；挑选”，其动词形式为 choose。make a
choice 意为“做出选择”。
e.g. When you make your choice, you should think twice.
当你做选择时,你应该三思。
have no choice but to do sth. 意为“除了做某事以外，别无选择”或“只好
做某事”。
e.g. He has no choice but to stay at home by himself.
他别无选择，只好独自待在家里。
Self Check:
1 Match the words in the two columns and choose five phrases to make sentences.
take shopping ______________________________
do photos ______________________________
get my dream ______________________________
achieve ears pierced ______________________________
make part-time work
go a choice
2. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in brackets. Translate
Step 3
them into Chinese.
1. No matter how many difficulties we have, I believe all problems
can____________ (solve) in the end.
2. Mobile phones should ____________ (keep) off during the meeting.
3. Teenagers under eighteen must ______________ (not allow) to
smoke or drink.
4. Many parents think going to school must __________ (put) first, so
teenagers should ___________________(not encourage) to work part-
time.Exercises:
用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou is a great_________(succeed).
2. _______ (be) a professional basketball player like Yao Ming is my
brother’s dream.
3. His parents have nothing against _______ (surf) the Internet.
4. Everyone should realize the __________ (important) of saving water.
5. I hope to have a chance of _____________ (study) in London.
根据中文意思完成句子.
1. I _______ _____ ________ to talk with my favorite singer.
Step 4 我没机会和最喜欢的歌手谈话。
2. Everybody has strong points . We should ______ _____ each other.
每个人都有优点，我们应该互相学习。
3. I can’t help you _____ ______ . I’m going to the meeting hall.
我现在不能帮你, 我要赶去会议室。
4. He ______ the exam, he is crying sadly.
他考试不及格，正哭得很伤心。
Homework:
Step 5
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