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SectionB 2a~2e
Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents?
What information can you get from the title and the picture?
Kids should ____.
A. learn to relax
B. learn to study
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Predicting
Task 1: Skim and answer
1.What’s the children’s problem?
They have to take so many after-school classes.
Fast reading
2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?
Cathy Taylor (a mother with three children), Linda Miller (a mother with three children), and Dr. Alice Green (a doctor) give their opinions about the problem.
A. Linda Miller thinks it’s fair to let the kids be kids.
B. It’s more important to have happy children.
C. Chinese children are busier on weekends than weekdays.
D. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Task 2: Scan and match
Skills: find out the key sentences
Careful reading
Para 1
How
Why
What
Who
Task 3: Read Para 1 and finish the mind map.
Careful reading
Para 1
How
Why
What
Who
Chinese children
busier
take so many after-school classes
Others are practic-ing sports.
Many of them are learning exam skills.
Task 3: Read Para 1 and finish the mind map.
Para. 2
Cathy Taylor
Linda Miller
Cathy Taylor believes __________________________________________________
people shouldn’t push their kids so hard.
these activities are important for children’s future.
Linda Miller thinks ________________________________________________
Para. 3
Task 4: Read and write
Task 5: Read Para 2 and guess the meaning
The Taylors are a typical American family.
A. keeps on happening
B. getting better or bigger
C. usual or common
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A new strategy —— Guessing the meaning
When reading something for the first time, do not worry about words you don’t know. Use the context to help you guess the meaning.
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In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older.
A. keeps on happening
B. getting better or bigger
C. usual or common
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