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Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents?
Section B 2a-2e
Happy
Children
Successful
Children
or
After-school activities
Do you have any problems about after-school activities?
What activities do you usually do after school?
Predict
1. Who do “You” refer to(涉及) ?
2. What’s writer’s opinion?
3. How can we relax ourselves according to the picture?
Use skimming skill
Which is the structure of the passage?
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Children have lots of after-school activities, so they feel busy and stressed. And different people show different opinions about it.
What is the passage talking about?
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Careful reading:
Yes, she does. She thinks that after-school activities are good for the children’s future.
give up don’t let them to do it anymore reduce
No, she doesn’t. she thinks that people shouldn’t push their children so hard, and they should let their kids be kids.
Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that children should have time to relax and think for themselves, and it’s more important to have happy children than successful children.
cause v. The police tries to find out what causes the accident.
n. The police tries to find out the cause of the accident.
Where can we infer the writer‘s opinion?
Expert’s opinion
Discussion:
Linda Miller
Cathy Taylor
Children have to
take many after-
school classes
context
How to guess
the meaning of new words
part of speech
similar words
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词性
近义词
The sentences or words before and after it.
读策略;
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Circle the words in bold in the article
Guess the meanings by reading the context.
/ɪnˈkɜːrɪdʒ/
continues
quick
cause
typical
push
development
compare
1. push into 推动;鞭策
2. compete with sb.;
competition; competitor;competitive
3. place pressure on sb 对…施加压力
4. The +姓氏复数 表示一家人
5. train sb. to do sth.;
trainer; training;
6. cut out 删除;
cut down 砍; cut off 切除; cut up 切碎; cut..into...;把…切成…
7. not… until直到…才
I did not go home until my mother called me.
8. have dinner;
have a quick dinner
9. It’s time to do…
It’s time for sth.
10. be stressed out;
stressful
11. continue to do/doing sth.
12. compare A with B 把A与B做比较,同类比较
compare A to B 把A 比作B
Tom compared his new book with the old one.
Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
13. fair adj. ; fairness n.; unfair adj.; fairly adv.
14. too many; too much;
much too
It’s much too cold outside.
15. develop v.; developing adj.; developed adj.;
development n.
16. cause v. 引起
cause n. 原因;理由
reason for; cause of
Children have to take so many after-school activities
Different
opinions
Learning skills is very important for my children's future.
Let their kids be kids. People shouldn't push their kids so hard.
Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. It's even more important to have happy children.
Cathy Taylor
Linda Miller
Dr. Alice Green
Maybe you should learn to relax
Retell:
so many + n.(pl.)
so much + n.(U.)
much too + adj./adv.
skill n.技艺;技巧—skillful adj. 熟练的;巧妙的—skillfully adv. 巧妙地
compete with sb. 和某人竞争
compete against sb. (语气较强硬)
compete for… 为了……而奋斗、努力
competition n.—competitor n.—
competitive adj. 有竞争力的,一心求胜的
Many of them… Others
Some… Others
the+姓氏的复数形式 姓氏夫妇2人/一家人
做主语时谓语动词用复数形式
The Browns are used to living in China now.
The Smiths/The Whites/Millers
typical adj.--- type n. 典型;类型 v. 打字
take sb. to s.p.
take sb. to do sth.
take the bus
take up doing sth.
take after(be similar to)
take off (起飞;脱下)
take a break
take the temperature
take down (记下)
take care of
take away
n.
cut down v.+adv.
删除;剪下
停止;戒除
cut up 切碎
cut off 切除(实物等)
cut in 插嘴;超车
not… until (prep.)
直到……才……
谓语动词:非延续
it’s time for sth.
to do sth.
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同位语
17. continue vi. (go on)
continue n./doing sth./to do sth. vt.
continue doing sth. 继续做先前做的事情
continue to do sth. (做完了一件事)开始做另一件事
18. send/give/show /lend/
offer sth. to sb.
19. compare…with…把……与……相比较(具体比较)
compare…to…把……与……相比较(抽象比较)
We often compare children to flowers.
continue—continued—continuing
compare—compared—comparing
20. 不理智的 adj.狂热的;热衷的 adj.
be crazy about/be made out
21. push v. 推—pull 拉
push 鞭策;督促
push sb. to do sth.
be good for
be good at
be good with能应付……
develop v.—developing adj.—developed adj.– development n. (发展;发育;成长)
the development of (the n. of)
cause vt. 造成;引起
cause sb. to do sth.
cause n. 原因;起因
the causes of anger
the reasons for anger
have time to do sth.
even/far/a lot/much/
+比较级
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