Unit 2 Let's talk teens Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第一册

Unit 2 Let’s talk teens Reading I Lead-in 01 Reading 02 Summary 03 Homework 04 CONTENTS Free talk What physical and mental changes do you experience as you become a teenager? Pre-reading: Analyze and predict What causes family members to be “strangers”? Listen and find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: Heated arguments and cold silences … L5 Teenagers’ physical changes … L7 It can be a big headache to … L14 Although sometimes it may seem impossible to ... L25 Just remember that … L33 Fast-reading Fast reading Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Teenagers' physical growth may result in such family tensions. Teenagers’ developing mental needs can also influence parent-child relationships. Teenagers should have regular and honest communication with their parents. Everything will turn out all right in the end. Para 1 Deatiled reading Using questions at the beginning When a group of questions are used to introduce a topic, they are usually not meant to be answered. Rather, the author intends to draw readers’ attention to the topic and make them think about and take an interest in it. Develop ________________. Para 2: What physical changes might teenagers worry about? Physical changes ___________ in height. ___________ far behind. A changing _______ . _________ problems. Red _______ . at a different rate Shoot up Get left voice Weight spots Six worries Para 3: 1. In line 15, what does ” middle ground” mean? The state of being no longer a small child but not quite an adult. L16 2. What does “that” in “that makes you feel unhappy” in line 19 refer to? Teenagers feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions on their own, but parents do not always agree. L17-19 3. Which period will teenagers enter? They will enter a strange middle ground -- no longer a child but not quite an adult. L15 para 3 ____________________ Adulthood Childhood Adolescence independence love/support take responsibilities make decisions control feelings disagree be careless be impatient Mental needs 4. What are these mental needs? It can be a big headache to balance your developing mental needs too. You enter a strange middle ground—no longer a small child but not quite an adult. You have both a new desire for independence and a continued need for your parents’ love and support. You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions on your own. Unfortunately, your parents do not always agree and that makes you feel unhappy. “Why can’t they just let me go?” you may wonder. On the other hand, when you are struggling to control your feelings, you wish they could be more caring and patient—sometimes they forget that growing up is a rough ride. It can be difficult when your parents treat you like a child but expect you to act like an adult. All of this can lead to a breakdown in your relationship. On the one hand Solution ___________________ 1. Take a minute to __________________. 2. Try to understand the situation ________. 3. ____________ your actions and feelings. 4. _______________ carefully and address their ________. Regular and honest communication Show empathy for each other Learn to compromise Para 4: How can teenagers have a healthy discussion with their parents? Para 5: What does the author mainly do in the last paragraph? A. Summarize the whole passage. B. Give more suggestions. C. Offer soothing comforts. Adulthood Childhood Adolescence Conclusion ____________________ The writer’s attitude to parent-child tensions: __________ Supporting sentences:_____________________________ The writing purpose: _____________________________ Significance of healthy parent-child relationships: ______ normal temporary Para 5: 14 Healthy parent-child relationships Adolescence Healthy interpersonal relationships Healthy marriage relationships Adulthood The writer suggests that teenagers want both independence and their parents’ love and support. Do you feel the same way? Why or why not? Give an example. Cooperate with your partners and create a situation where you successfully solve the conflicts with your parents by following the writer’s advice. Post-reading Structure of an argumentative essay Para. 1 Paras. 2 and 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Introduces the topic and state the focus of the essay Analyze the causes of parent-child tensions Offers some solutions to this problem states the conclusion and shows opinions about the topic Summary $$