Unit 4 SectionB（2a-2e)课件2023-2024学年人教版英语八年级下册

八下unit4 SectionB (2a-2e ) Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents? Section B(2a-2e) Learn some new words: Understand the main idea of the passage. Learn to guess the word’s meaning in the context. Learning aims 1,What do you usually do after school? 2,Why do you take so many after-school classes? take many after-school classes practice sports learn exam skills to be successful push you so hard Free talk Do you often have stress?(Are you under great pressure?) What should you do? Problem Maybe you should learn to relax. Advice 2a. 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 ✓ ✓ ✓ what about you? Pre- reading Maybe you should learn to relax. Pre-reading Look at the title: What will you read about in the passage? Why? Tired? stressed out? students Advice 2b. Skim the article and match the Paras with their main ideas Skim- ming Para1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Doctors' opinion about the problem. The life for Cathy Talor's three children. The problem of the Chinese students. The opinion of Linda Miller. Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! (Para1)These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win. However, this doesn't only happen in China. (Para2)The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children'