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Unit 2 Teenage problems
( Reading Ⅱ )
★学习目标:
•掌握烦恼及提建议的词汇句型,读懂求助书信,能口头描
述烦恼、给出建议。
•认识青春期烦恼具有普遍性,理解成长中的心理困惑。
•梳理人物的烦恼与成因,思考问题对应的解决办法。
•会运用读前预测、信息提取策略,借助支架完成口语对话。
★教学重难点:
•掌握核心词汇短语,读懂书信,获取青少年烦恼的关键信息。
•运用提建议句型,围绕成长烦恼开展口语交际。
•在真实情境中得体运用句型,给出合理有效的建议。
•将所学语言知识迁移,联系自身思考青春期问题。
•What kinds of teenage problems do you think
are common in our school?
Free talk
Reading
Read the first letter and answer the questions.
• What is the writer’s main problem?
• What decisions do her parents make for her?
They choose her clothes and order food for her when they eat out.
She has problems with her parents. Her parents make all the decisions for her and are too strict.
Read the first letter and answer the questions.
• What happens when she talks with her parents about her
feelings?
• What does she want to have?
She wants to have the right to make her own choices.
Her parents either lose patience or stick to their own ideas.
Read the second letter and answer the questions.
• Why does he feel stressed at school?
• Why does he feel tired the next day?
He stays up late to finish his homework after playing football.
He cannot achieve a balance between his homework and hobbies.
Read the second letter and answer the questions.
• What is his other trouble?
• What does he hate to do?
He hates to fall behind.
He wastes time on his mobile phone and can’t cut back on phone time.
If you were “Mr Friend”, what advice would you like to offer to them?
You’d better keep calm and talk to your parents at a proper time. Try to explain your true feelings patiently instead of arguing with them. You can also show them that you are able to make good choices for yourself. In this way, they may give
you more chances to make decisions.
If you were “Mr Friend”, what advice would you like to offer to them?
It is important for you to manage your time wisely. You can set a time‑limit for football and your mobile phone. Finish your homework first before you enjoy your hobbies. Don’t give up your interests, but remember not to let them influence your schoolwork.
Can we do whatever we like to do? Why?
No, we can’t. Although we should have some freedom, we cannot do whatever we like. Our choices should respect our parents’ feelings and follow school rules. We need to balance our own wishes with other people’s needs.
Read the letters again. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false one(s).
( ) 1 Kitty can order any food she likes when going to a restaurant with her parents.
( ) 2 Kitty wants to make some decisions by herself.
( ) 3 Kitty doesn’t want to talk about her feelings with her parents.
( ) 4 Simon often feels tired during the day.
( ) 5 Simon does not care about falling behind at school.
( ) 6 Both Kitty and Simon have problems with their parents
T
F
T
F
F
F
Simon is reading an article about how to manage stress at school. Complete the article with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box.
cut back on decision fall behind patience
regret stick to stress waste
How to manage stress at school
Are you having problems with your studies? You are not alone. Lots of teenagers have a hard time with their studies. Worries about exams can cause ______________ for them. The good news is that there are ways to manage these worries and improve the situation.
First of all, it is important to have good study habits. Study a little bit every day. Do not wait until the last minute to study for your exams, or you will just ______________ it.
stress
regret
cut back on decision fall behind patience
regret stick to stress waste
Second, make sure you are focused when studying. Stay away from your mobile phone. Don’t ______________ time on it. Or at least try to ______________ your phone time.
Sometimes, even top students may ______________ in their studies. If this happens to you, you should talk with your teachers. They can help you find out the reason and come to a ______________ about what to do next.
Some problems take time to solve, so please have some ______________. Don’t give up easily. Just _____________ the right way, and things will get better!
waste
cut back on
stick to
patience
decision
fall behind
Whose problem do you think is more difficult to solve, Kitty’s
or Simon’s? Give your reasons.
Example:
I think Simon’s problem is more difficult to solve. He has trouble balancing homework, hobbies and phone‑using habits. It is hard for him to change his daily habits in a short time. While Kitty only needs better communication with her parents.
What do you think is the most important thing when dealing with teenage problems?
Example:
I think communication is the most important thing. We should try to understand others and express our own feelings properly. Besides, we need to learn to think of practical ways instead of feeling upset.
Vocabulary
stick
▶v. 粘;粘贴;卡住
过去式 / 过去分词:stick—stuck—stuck
例:My key stuck in the lock.(我的钥匙卡在锁里了。)
▶v. 坚持;固守
•stick to sth:坚持(计划、想法、观点、决定)
例:He sticks to practicing every day to keep his hobby.(他坚持每天练习来保
持自己的爱好。)
stress
▶n. 压力,精神紧张
•under stress:处于压力之下 •under a lot of stress:压力很大
•under great stress:在巨大压力下
例:He is under a lot of stress because of exams.(考试让他压力很大。)
Many teenagers are under stress.(许多青少年承受着压力。)
▶v. 强调;使紧张,施压
例:The teacher stressed the importance of time management.(老师强调了时间管
理的重要性。)
waste
▶v. 浪费;滥用
•waste time/money on sth:把时间/金钱浪费在某物上
例:Don’t waste time on meaningless games.(不要把时间浪费在无意义的游戏上。)
•waste time/money (in) doing sth:浪费时间/金钱做某事
例:He often wastes time (in) chatting online.(他经常浪费时间网上聊天。)
▶n. 浪费;废弃物
•a waste of…:…… 的浪费
例:It’s a waste of time to argue with him.(和他争论是浪费时间。)
regret
▶v. 后悔;懊悔;遗憾
•regret doing sth:后悔做过某事(事情已经做完)
例:I regret missing the football match.(我后悔错过了那场足球赛。)
•regret to do sth:遗憾 / 抱歉要去做某事(事情还未做,多用于告诉坏消息)
例:I regret to tell you that you failed the exam.(我很遗憾地告诉你,你考试不及格。)
•regret + that 从句:后悔……;遗憾……
例:She regrets that she wasted so much time.(她后悔浪费了这么多时间。)
▶n. 遗憾,懊悔(不可数)
•to one’s regret:令某人遗憾的是
例:To my great regret, I cannot accept your invitation.(令我十分遗憾的是,我不能接
受你的邀请。)
cut back on sth
▶cut back on sth:减少;削减(数量、时间、开支等)
•cut back on + 名词
例:You’d better cut back on your screen time.(你最好减少你的屏幕使用时间。)
•cut back on + doing
例:He decides to cut back on eating fast‑food.(他决定少吃快餐。)
▶同义替换:cut back on = cut down on(减少……)
例:You should cut back on coffee. = You should cut down on coffee.
(你应该少喝点咖啡。)
hate
▶v. 讨厌;憎恨;不愿,不喜欢
•hate to do sth:讨厌 / 不愿意做某事(多指特定、某次具体场合)
例:She hates to get up early on weekends.(她周末不愿意早起。)
•hate doing sth:讨厌做某事(多指长期、习惯性的厌恶)
例:Many teenagers hate doing too much homework.(很多青少年讨厌做太多作业。)
•hate sb / sth:讨厌某人 / 某物
例:I hate rainy days. (我讨厌下雨天。)
•hate it when‑从句:讨厌……(固定句型,it 作形式宾语)
例:I hate it when others talk loudly in the library.(我讨厌别人在图书馆大声说话。)
Exercise
单项选择
1. Don’t waste time ________ computer games all day. You have lots of tasks to finish.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
2. I hate ________ when my good friends keep silent during our talk.
A. that B. it C. this D. one
3. I regret ________ you that you can’t take part in this activity for your bad health.
A. to tell B. telling C. tell D. told
C
B
A
补全句子
1. Teenagers under too much ___________ (压力) may have sleeping problems.
2. Don’t ___________ (浪费) your energy on unimportant little things.
3. To my great ___________ (遗憾), I missed the chance of the summer camp.
4. Some students ___________ (讨厌) to stay up late to finish too much schoolwork.
stress
waste
regret
hate
Homework
★Homework
▶Required tasks
•Finish the exercises about this lesson.
•Write 4-6 sentences: summarize their problems & one piece of
advice for each.
▶Optional tasks
•Write a short paragraph about a common teenage problem.
Thanks!
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