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Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose
their own clothes.
Section B (2a~Self Check)
教学目标
【知识与技能】
1. Enable students to understand the main idea of the passage and learn new language and use it
actively in their new sentences.
2. Be able to understand the passage and get the detailed information and develop students’
ability of reading and writing.
【情感、态度与价值观】
Help students to express their own opinions bravely and show agreement or disagreement.
Educate them to understand the importance of accepting parents’ and teachers’ advice during
their growing up.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
Learn and master some important phrases and key sentences. Learn to use these phrases from the
reading in sentences of their own.
Enable students to understand the main idea of the passage correctly and talk about what should
be allowed to do.
【教学难点】
1. Learn to talk about what they should be allowed to do and what they should not be allowed to
do.
2. Train students’ ability to use what they’ve learned in sentences of their own.
教学过程
Step 1 Lead in
1. What’s your hobby?
2. Do you think hobby can get in the way of schoolwork?
Step 2 Reading
2b. First, look at the title of the passage. Answer "yes" or "no". Find out how many in your groupagree with you. Then read the passage. Does your answer change?
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?
Read the passage again and fill in the chart.
Parents’ points Liu Yu’s points
They worry about his ________. He wants to be a
__________________.
They think he should spend more time on He just wants to do what he _______.
___________.
They think he needs to be He is serious about _______.
___________________________.
They think it’s a difficult dream to _______. He _______ himself.
Step 3 Learning
LEARNING ACTIVELY
When you learn any new language, actively use it in new sentences of your own.
2d. Look in the passage for the words in bold. Then use them actively 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 4 Speaking
2e. Discuss the questions with a partner. Use the information in the passage to support your
opinion.
What is your dream job? Do your parents support your dream?
I. Revision
Dear friends,
I am unhappy these days because my parents don’t allow me to practice 1______
as much as I would like to. I am 2__________ about running. I want to be a
professional 3_____. I believe I can 4_______ my dream. But they are always talking
about what will happen if I don’t 5_________. I know my parents 6_________about
me, but they don’t believe in me. They think running may 7_____ in the way of my
schoolwork. So they don’t 8_____ me to practice running 9___ school nights. They
think I need to think about other possible jobs. What should I do? Should I be allowed
to make my 10_____ decision? How much time should I spend on my training and
my schoolwork? I need your help.
Please write to me soon!
II. Discussion
3a.With a partner, discuss at least one rule at home that you do not agree with. Why
do you not agree with it? Make some notes in the chart.
A: I don’t think we should be allowed to play computer games.
B: Sure, I agree with it. Because it is bad for us, we should follow the rule.
A: How about watch TV?
B: Well, I don’t agree with it. I think the rule should be changed. We can watch TV on the
weekends.
A: Hum, do you think if we should be allowed to have part-time jobs?
B: I agree. We can learn a lot from working.
Rule Why you agree or disagree How you think the rule
with it should be changedcan’t play computer games agree --
sitting in front of the no need to be changed
computer for hours playing
games isn’t good
can’t watch TV disagree – should be allowed to
watch TV programs that
not all TV programs are
have educational value
bad for students; need to
(such as documentaries);
relax sometimes, rather
should be allowed to
than spend all the time
watch TV programs on
studying
weekends.
must be home for dinner disagree – should be allowed to have
every day dinner with friends as long
takes away opportunities
as I don’t stay out too late
to spend time with friends;
and it does not clash with
makes life uninteresting
any important family
activity
Step 5 Language points
1. But sometimes these can get in the way of their schoolwork …
get in the way of 挡……的路；妨碍
e.g. Computer games will get in the way of his study.
电脑游戏会影响他的学习
2. My wife and I have supported every one of his races.
support v .& n. 支持
e.g. I hope you will support me in my efforts to discover the truth.
在我努力寻求揭发真相时，希望你能帮助我。
Your support has meant a lot to me during this difficult time.
在这困难时期，你的支持给了我很大的帮助。
3. …but I’m serious about running.
be serious about 对……是认真的
e.g. You should be serious about your job.
你应该认真对待你的工作。
4. My parents have always taught me how important it is to work hard at school and enter
university.
enter v. 进来；进去
e.g. Please do not enter before knocking on the door.
进来前请先敲门。He has no choice but enter that college.
他不得不进入那所大学读书。
5. I think I should be allowed to make this choice myself.
be allowed to do 被允许做某事
e.g. You will not be allowed to do that.
你将不被允许那样做。
6. Only then will I have a chance of achieving my dream. 只有到那里，我才有机会实现我的
梦想。
only引导的短语作状语并且放在句首时，句中应使用部分倒装语序，也就是将第一个助动
词置于语之前。
Only in this way, can you learn English well. 只有这样，你才能学好英语。
Only after being asked three times did he come to the meeting. 叫了三次，他才来参加会议。
【温馨提示】
如果句子为主从复合句，则主句倒装，从句不倒装。
Only when he is seriously ill does he ever stay in bed. 病得很重时，他才卧床休息。
Step 6 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
get ears pierced
I would like to get my ears pierced when I am twenty-one years old.
take photos
This is a good place for tourists to take photos.
do part-time work
It is common for university students to do part-time work to help pay for their studies.achieve my dream
I hope to achieve my dream of becoming a doctor.
make a choice
It is difficult for me to make a choice between these two bags as I like both of them.
go shopping
I go shopping with my parents every Saturday afternoon.2-1-c-n-j-y
2. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in brackets. Translate 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 18 must _______________(not allow) to smoke or drink.
4. Many parents think learning from books must ______________ (put) first, so teenagers
should______________ (not encourage) to work part- time.
Keys: 1. be solved 2. be kept 3. not be allowed 4. be put; not be encouraged
1. When I was your age, my parents didn’t _________ me to go out at night.
A. let B. allow C. make D. ask
2. Should teenagers _______ allowed to make their own decisions?
A. is B. are C. be D. /
Keys: BC
Homework
Write a diary entry explaining which rule(s) you do not agree with at home and how you think
the rule(s) should be changed.
Use the following expressions to help you:
I do not agree with …
I think I should be allowed to …
I would like to …
I could … if I …
教学反思
