Unit 2 Why don't you talk to your parents Section B 2a-2e 课件2023-2024学年鲁教版英语八年级上册

Unit 2 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Section B 2a-2e Speak out problems in your life? sleep tests rest enjoy study scores s t r e s s sleep tests rest study scores s t r e s s enjoy Watch 1. What is the video mainly about? A. Children these days are not under a lot of pressure. B. Parents always compete their own children to others. 2. What should the boy probably do even he got “A”? 3. What do you think of the mother? She is among typical Chinese parents who are strict with their kids. He should go to an after-school program. C. Parents always push children to take many after-school classes. ～ sb. to do sth. 鞭策;督促 参加课后培训班 典型的 Answer Answer Read and find out different opinions about after-school classes Prediction Prediction Maybe You should Learn to Relax A. Children learn to use the Internet. What will the passage talk about? B. Children don't have time to relax. C. Doing homework is important. Fast-reading Fast-reading 1.What is the common problem for Chinese and American families? [para. ______] 2.Who gives their opinions about the problems? [para. ______] 3. Do they agree with each other? The children have to take too many after-school classes. Cathy Taylor 1 2 Linda Miller Alice Green No! 3 4 Fast-reading Fast-reading The children have to take too many after-school classes. 1 2 3 4 Cathy Taylor Linda Miller Alice Green Problems Opinion Opinion Opinion structure Structure Problems Care福l-reading Careful-reading These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekend 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. Paragraph One compete and win 并列结构，用and来猜测词义 竞争；对抗 Many are learning __________ so that they can________________________ and later ______ ________________. A common problem happens not only in _______. Children are sometimes ___________ on weekends because they have to ____________________________. Others are ____________ _______ so that they can _______________. busier exam skills get into practicing sports compete and win take so many after-school classes China a good high school get into a good high school However, this doesn’t only happen in China. 用however, but等，连接上下文，表示转折的逻辑关系。 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’s future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework. Opinion Care福l-reading Careful-reading Read Paragraph Two and fill in the mind map. training 根据上下的“同义复现”，来推测词义。 practice 典型的 typical 训练 so I don’t want to _________ a few of their activities. These activities are important for __________________. She really wants them to be ______________. my children’s future cut out The tired children didn’t ________ until ___________. They have ____________, and then it’s time ___________. successful basketball practice football training piano lessons get home after 7:00 p.m. a quick dinner for homework Opinion Care福l-reading Careful-reading Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. It's crazy. I don't think that's fair. Why don't they just let their kids be kids? People shouldn't push their kids so hard.” Paragraph Three stress such continue and until compare doing 指代关系，用such指代的上文来猜测词义 时间逻辑关系词，用until具体时间解释来猜测词义 现在进行时与always 连用，含有憎恶、惊讶、赞叹等感情色彩。结合自身经验推测词义。 be always 压力 继续 比较 Linda’s opinion: She knows all about such_______. Competition starts very young and__________until the kids get older. Mothers _______their small kids _____ all kinds of classes. And they are always __________ them _______ other children. It’s _______. I don’t think that’s _______. Why don’t they _______________________? People shouldn’t ____________________. continues stress send to comparing with crazy fair just let their kids be kids push their kids so hard Opinion Care福l-reading Careful-reading Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child's development. Dr Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “ Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it's normal to want successful children, it's even more important to have happy children.” Paragraph Four development 发展；壮大；培养 Dr. Alice Green 根据下文的具体例子，具体解释来推测词义。 Dr. Alice Green’s opinion: Doctors say too much pressure isn’t good for ___________________. She says all these activities can _____________________________. Kids should have time to ___________________________________. Although it’s normal to _______________________, it’s even more important to__________________________. a child’s development cause a lot of stress for children relax and think for themselves want successful children have happy children Consolidation Consolidation 2c Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings? Try to match them with the meanings below. 1. Keeps on happening __________ 2. Physical exercise and practice of skills ___________ 3. Worries about things at home, school or work ___________ 4. Usual or common _________ 5. Try to be the best or the first to finish something __________ 6. Getting better or bigger ___________ 7. Look for differences and similarities between things ___________ stress typical continues training compete development comparing Consolidation Consolidation These days, children are busy because they have to _______ many after-school ________. Many of them learn ______ ______so that they can ______ into a good high school, others ________ sports to ________ and_______. Some parents want to ______ ______some activities, but they believe the activities are _________ for our future because they want us to be___________. Others think people shouldn’t ________ kids ______ because too much pressure is not good and they should have time to _______ and ________ ______ themselves. So, maybe we should learn to_______. Fill in the blanks to retell the text. take classes exam get practice compete win cut out important successful push hard relax think relax for skills 1. hang out with friends 2. have after-school classes 3. exam skills 4. football training 5. cut out 6. be always doing sth 7. push sb to do sth 8. compete with/against 9. compare...with... 10. cause sb sth 1. 和朋友出去（闲逛） 2. 上补习班 3. 考试技巧 4. 足球训练 5. 删除；删去 6. 总是做某事 7. 督促某人做某事 8. 和......竞争 9. 与......比较 10. 给某人添麻烦 Key phrases Key phrases Key phrases Cathy Taylor Alice Green Linda Miller ·important for my children’s future ·want them to be successful ·crazy to compare ·let their kids be kids ·shouldn’t push their kids so hard ·not good for their development ·more importation to have happy children Retell Retell Discussion Discussion Who do you agree with? Who do you agree with? I agree/disagree with Cathy, because it's important for kids to... ,so that they can…. I agree/disagree with Linda. Although it’s important to…, it’s more important for kids to... Debate Should children take after-school classes? help get into a good high school have a successful life and better future compete and win under too much pressure not good for a child’s development it’s even more important to be happy Post-reading Post-reading What should you do to relax? All Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻 Let‘s learn from a video. It’s really hard to choose which one is more important. Just seize the day! It means try you best to be a good student when you are a student, having higher scores, doing homework on time, getting more prizes.... When you become the best by studying hard, you will feel satisfied and happy, at the same time, you will have a sense of success. Seize the day and live it to the full. 31 Language Points Others are practice sports so that they can compete and win. compete 为不及物动词，常构成的短语： (1) compete with/against 和......竞争 Eg: It’s difficult for a small store to compete with/against a supermarket. 小商店很难和超市竞争。 (2) compete for... 为......竞争 Eg: They’re competing for the job. 他们在为那份工作竞争。 competition(n) 竞争；比赛 compete(v) 竞争；对抗 competitor(n) 竞争者；对手 The competitors come from all over the country. They compete with each other in the competition. 竞争者来自全国各地，他们在比赛中相互竞争。 1 语境 串记 2 And they are always comparing them with other children. (1) be always doing sth 表示说话人的某种情绪，例如不满、赞扬、不耐烦等。（不是强调动作正在进行） Eg: She is always moving things around. 她老是将东西搬来搬去的。(表示不满或者不耐烦) Eg: She is always thinking of her work. 她总是为她的工作着想。(表示赞扬) (2) compare...with 比较；对比 compare ... with 把......与......比较 用于两个同类事物之间的比较 compare ... to 把......与......比较 此时可与compare......with互换 把......比作 常用于两个不同性质实物之间的比较，含有比喻的意味 2 And they are always comparing them with other children. (2) compare...with 比较；对比 Eg: He compared his camera with/to mine. 他拿自己的相机跟我做对比。 Eg: We usually compare books to friends. 我们通常把书籍比作朋友。 compare ... with 把......与......比较 用于两个同类事物之间的比较 compare ... to 把......与......比较 此时可与compare......with互换 把......比作 常用于两个不同性质实物之间的比较，含有比喻的意味 真题 演练 --- If you always________yourself with others, you may have tons of pressure. --- I agree. We should believe in ourselves. A. compare B. complain C. connect D. consider 3 People shouldn’t push their kids so hard. push (v) 在此处作动词，鞭策、督促 push sb to do sth 督促某人做某事 Eg: She thanks her parents for pushing her to study. 她感谢父母督促她学习。 push 的其他常见意思： (1) 意思是“推动”，其反义词是pull“拉”。 Eg: You push and I pull. 你退我拉。 (2) 意思是“按下开关、按钮等”，其同义词是press。 Eg: I got in and pushed the button for the fourth floor. 我进去后按了去四楼的按钮。 拓展 延伸 4 Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. cause (v) 作及物动词，常用的结构： cause sb sth = cuase sth for sb 给某人带来某事(多指麻烦) cause sb to do sth 导致某人做某事 Eg: She is always causing her parents trouble. = She is always causing trouble for her parents. 她总是给她的父母添麻烦。 Eg: What caused him to change his mind? 是什么让他改变了主意？ cause还可以作名词，意为“原因，起因；理由”。 Eg: You have no cause for complain. 你没有理由抱怨。 拓展 延伸 Lavf55.48.100 $$