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Unit4 Why don't you talk to your parents? SectionB 1a-1e
Do you often feel stressed out? Are you often worried about your study?
Are you under pressure/ stress?
What do you usually do to deal with your pressure/ stress?
Do you often play sports or hang out with your friends?
It’s normal to have problems in life.
spend time alone
can’t get good grades
don’t get enough sleep
Lead-in
How do you lower your stress?
play sports
hang out with friends
talk to parents
play computer games
spend time alone
What about playing computer games?
How about spending time alone ?
1a
What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress? Order them [1- 8] with 1 being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress.
______ play sports
______ hang out with friends
______ talk to parents or other family members
______ spend time alone
______ play computer games
______ read books
______ watch movies
______ other: _______________
Pre-listening
Observe activity 1c, 1d and predict what you’re going to listen to.
Who are speakers? What’s the relationship between them?
What do you think they are talking about?
What expressions do you think they will use?
What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress? Order them [1-8] with 1 being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress.
__ play sports
__ hang out with friends
__ talk to parents or other family members
__ spend time alone
__ play computer games
__ read books
__watch movies
__other: _____________
1b
Tell your partner about your answers in 1a.
What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress? Order them [1-8] with 1 being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress.
How to lower stress?
have a fight with my best friend
too many after-school classes
Listen again. What advice does Alice give to
Wei Ming? Fill in the blanks.
1. Although you may be _________ with your parents, you should
talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much ________.
2. Life shouldn't just be about ________. Free time activities
like _________ and hanging out with friends are important, too.
3. You shouldn't ____________with your classmates to get better
grades. You should all be __________each other to improve.
1c
unhappy
pressure
grades
sports
compete
helping
be unhappy with… 对…不满意
1.play sports
2.hang out with friends
3.talk to parents or other family members
4.spend time alone
5.play computer games
6.read books
7.watch movies
Ways to lower your stress.降低压力的方法。
I always/usually___________ to lower stress.
I like to ___________ to lower stress.
I'd like to ____________when I'm stressed out.
watch movies
read books
play computer games
eat delicious food
spend time alone
listen to music
1. His parents give him a lot of pressure
about school.
Wei Ming’s problems
2. He doesn’t have enough free time.
3. He has to compete with his
classmates at school.
He should talk to them and ask
them why they give him so much
pressure.
2. He could do free time activities like
sports and hanging out with friends.
3. He shouldn’t compete with his
classmates to get better grades. He
should all be helping each other to
improve.
Alice’s advice
Work in pairs.
I’m stressed out all the time. Can you help me?
One is Wei Ming, the other is Alice.
Hey, Wei Ming. What’s wrong with you?
You’re right. Thanks for all the good advice, Alice.
Pair work
Tell your partner about your answers in 1a. Use the sentences like this:
A: To lower pressure, what I like best is…. It can always
work out well.. I also enjoy…. However, sometimes I
prefer to…. I never…because….
B: I love….too, I enjoy…. However, I sometimes prefer
to…. I never….
1d
Wei Ming is an outgoing boy. He likes to play sports and hang out with friends. But now, he has problems. Let's see what happened.
Wei Ming
Alice
Pre-listening
1. My parents give me a lot of pressure about school.
pressure可指外界施加的压力或工作、生活中的压力。既可作可数名词又可作不可数名词,但一般情况下用作不可数名词。常用短语:
pressure n. 压力
I’m not able to do well with the pressure from my job.
The team performs well under pressure.
put pressure on sb. 向某人施加压力
under pressure 在压力之下
Language points
To reduce stress, what I like best is hanging out with friends. I also enjoy talking to my friends and other family members. However, sometimes I prefer to spend time alone and read a good book.
What is your advice for Wei Ming? Tell your partner
and say why.
Pair work
Why?
I think Wei Ming should
listen to music.
Why don’t Wei Ming
talk to his parents?
Why?
Because music can make people relax .
Because communication can lower stress.
1e
What is your advice for Wei Ming?
It’s helpful for him to _______________
when he is stressed out.
It’s ________ for _____ to
_______________
to lower his stress.
talk to his parents
helpful
him
spend time alone
I think Wei Ming should communicate with his parents and talk about his pressure.
Why?
Because if he does that, his parents will understand him and allow him to do some free time activities he likes.
Post-listening
Retelling time
Problem
Wei Ming's parents give him so much pressure.
Advice
He should talk to them. Ask them why they give him so much pressure.
Life shouldn't just be about grades.Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important, too.
He shouldn't compete with his classmates to get better grades. He should all be helping each other to improve.
Free time activities like _________ and
_______________________are important, too.
What is your advice for Wei Ming?
sports
hanging out with friends
Free time activities like __________________ and
______________are important, too.
spending time alone
reading books
Key words & phrases :
member; pressure; compete; lower your stress; be stressed out; help each other; get good/better grades.
Key sentences:
1.I have to compete with my classmates at school.
2. Although you may be unhappy with your parents, you should talk to them.
3. You won't get good grades if you are stressed out all the time.
Summary
一.单项填空
1. —Hello, Lucy, please give me some _____ on how to improve my English!
—You'd better keep _____ more English books.
A.advices; read B.advice; read C.advice; reading D.advices; reading
2.Xiongan New Area will help _____ big problems in Beijing, such as traffic jams.
A.set out B.check out C.work out D.give out
3. _____ it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.
A.Although B.Because C.Unless D.However
4.To my surprise, Daniel's parents allowed him _____ Shanghai Disneyland with me.
A.to visit B.visiting C.visit D.visits
C
C
A
A
Exercises
1. Remember the new words and recite 1d
2. Finish the exercises in workbooks.
3. Preview the new words and expressions.
4. Preview 2b.
Homework
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