Unit 4 Section B 2a-2e 课件 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Section B 2a-2e 1 Presentation Chinese Children How about American children? We have so many after-school classes. Do they have after-school classes? Not only Chinese students but also American students have so many after-school classes. They’re stressed out！ 3 Presentation Look at the title, picture and predict: 1. In the picture，we can see the students are _______________. playing basketball 2. From the title，we can guess that students should learn to ____. Reading tip: We can get the main idea from the title and the picture. 抓住标题和配图，大胆猜测文章大意。 relax 跟读课文录音 模仿语音语调 5 Summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Life about Cathy Taylor’s three children and her opinion. Linda Miller’s opinion. Dr. Alice Green’s opinion and advice. The common problems of students these days. 1.What is the common problem for students? The common problem for them is that many parents push their children into learning more skills. 2.What’s the purpose(目的) of the students learning more skills? The purpose is that their parents believe it helps their kids to better compete in life. Read para 1 and answer the questions. These days, many parents push their children into learning more skills. 现在/如今，很多家长鞭策他们的孩子学习更多的技能。 Lucy should push herself to study harder. Lucy应该鞭策自己更加努力学习。 push sb. into doing sth. =push sb. to do sth. 鞭策/督促某人做某事 Don’t push this door; you have to pull it open. 别推这扇门，你得把它拉开才行。 Read Paragraph 2 and answer. Life for Cathy’s three children One boy Daughter The other boy They are and . Activities Feeling basketball practice football training piano lesson busy tired Read Para.2 and answer the questions. Careful reading 1. Do you think the Taylor children are under great pressure? How do you know? Yes, I do. After the lessons, 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. 2. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after-school activities?Why or why not? Yes, she does. Becasue she thinks that after-school activities are good for the children’s future. The Taylors are a typical American family. 泰勒一家是一个典型的美国家庭。 ①“the +姓氏复数”指该姓氏夫妇二人或一家人， 表复数含义，做主语是谓语动词用复数形式。 格林一家人都喜欢中国食物。 The Greens like Chinese food. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities,but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. 或许我可以减掉他们的几个活动，但我相信这些活动对我的孩子们的未来很重要。 cut out 此处表示“删除；删去”，是由“动词+副词”构成的短语。名词做宾语时，放在out的前后均可；代词做宾语时，必须放在but 与out 中间。 You can cut out the last sentence. 你可以删去最后一句话。 These words are useless. Please cut them out. 这些词没有用，请把它们删除。 They have a quick dinner, and then it's time for homework 1. have a quick dinner = have dinner quickly 快速地吃晚饭 2.做某事的时间到了/该做某事了 It's time for +n. It's time to do sth. It's time for dinner. It's time to have dinner. 13 Read paragraph 3 and finish the mind map. Linda's opinions Linda _________ ( agrees/disagrees) with Cathy. disagrees starts very young and . until kids get older. Competition continues It's and unfair to them _______ other kids. crazy compare with Why don't they just ？ let their kids be kids People shouldn't . their kids so hard. push Tang原创英语课件 小红书：Tang 14 1.continue sth.继续某事=go on with sth. 2.continue doing sth. 继续做某事(前后做的是同一件事) 3.continue to do sth. 继续做某事(前后做的不是同一件事) After having a rest, we continue having the meeting. After Tom finished his homework, he continued to play with his friend. In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older. 在一些家庭里，孩子很小的时候竞争就开始了，并且持续到孩子长大 And they are always comparing them with other children. 并且她们总是把他们和别的孩子对比。 ①be always doing sth意为“总是（一直）做某事”， 表示再三的、多次的重复行为， 常带有厌恶、赞扬、抱怨等感情色彩， 不表示某时刻正在发生的动作。 这个小女孩总是哭。 The little girl is always crying. compare v.比较 compare... with... 把...与...比较 (两个同类事物之间的具体比较) compare... to... 把...比作... (两个不同性质的事物抽象比较) Parents always like to compare their own kids with others. 父母总是喜欢把自己的孩子与别人的孩子进行比较。 We usually compare chidren to flowers. 我们通常把孩子比作花朵。 It's crazy. crazy adj.不理智的，疯狂的 Tom is so crazy that no one likes to play with him. be crazy about 对......着迷，热衷于...... Tom is crazy about English. 19 Read Para.4 and answer the questions. Careful reading 1. Translate the sentence “Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.” 尽管想要孩子成功是正常的，但更重要的是要孩子快乐。 Sum up the structure. The present situation Many parents push their kids into learning more skills. Different people’s opinions Linda Miller’s opinion Dr. Alice Green’s opinion Cathy Taylor’s opinion These activities are important for kids’ future. And she wants her children to be successful. It’s crazy and unfair to compare kids with others. We shouldn’t push them so hard. Although it's normal to want successful children, it's even more important to have happy children. Who do you agree with? Summary 21 Think and share: Does the writer agree with Cathy, Linda or Doctors? How do you know? The writer agrees with Linda and Doctors. we can infer（推断）this from the ending and the title. Discussion 22 Presentation Discuss the questions with your partner. 2e 1. What do you think of after-school activities? 2. What should you do to relax? useful interesting boring fun tiring a waste of time To relax, I should ... watch TV have a good sleep talk to my friends do housework Presentation Remember the words. happiness success It’s important to keep a balance between happiness and success. When you are stressed out, you should learn to relax. THANKS null, track 1 2013 134353.05 $$