内容正文:
Unit 4
Why don’ t you talk to
your parents?
Section B 2a-2e
学习目标
1.知识目标:掌握重点单词,短语及句型。
2.能力目标:培养阅读技能,理解3a中的文章主旨。
3.情感目标:学会与家人沟通,与家人和睦相处。
重点难点
1.快速并准确地理解文章大意和中心思想。
2.如何阐述自己的问题和提出建议。
Free Talk
1.Do you have some after-school classes to take?
2.What kind of classes do you have?
3.Do you get a lot of pressure from them?
Check (✓) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.
_____ do homework
_____ have after-school lessons
_____ watch movies
_____ use the Internet
_____ hang out with friends
_____ play sports or exercise
✓
✓
✓
2a
1.What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem?
He can’t get on with his family.
2.Who give him advice?
Robert Hunt
Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
While reading
Skimming
1. Why are Chinese children so busy?
A. To get into a good high school.
B. To practice sports to compete and win.
C. To have too many after-school classes.
2. Who are mentioned in the passage?
Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller
and Dr. Alice Green.
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To get into a good high school and university;
to compete and win.
Read and answer
Read Para 1.
Why do Chinses children have so many after-school classes?
While reading
Reading Tip
compete: try to be the best or the first to finish something (p.31 2c)
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Read and fill
Read Para 2. Complete the time schedule for kids. in Cathy’s home.
While reading
What do you think of the mom—Cathy?
Cathy is busy, too. She cares about the success of her kids.
tired
busy
Are all the parents similar to Cathy?
Time Activities
after school
after 7:00 p.m.
after a quick dinner
get home
basketball/football/piano
important
homework
Look at the schedule, what do you think of the kids?
Why does Cathy let her kids take so many activities?
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Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s development.
Read and answer
Read Para 4. 1. What is the doctors’ opinion?
While reading
2. What is Dr. Green’s advice?
Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. For parents, to have h