Unit4Whydon'tyoutalktoyourparents?SectionB(2a-2e)DiscussionWhatdoyoudoafterschool?Doyouhaveanyafter-schoolclasses?Doyouhavestressinyourlife?Howdoyourelaxyourself?playsportshangoutwithfriends

playcomputergames

watchTV

readbookslistentomusicsleeptalktofamilymembersStudystressisacommonproblem.Checktheafter-schoolactivitiesyouandyourclassmatesusuallydo.2a____dohomework____usetheInternet____haveafter-schoollessons____hangoutwithfriends____watchmovies____playsportsorexercisePre-reading

GuessingtheMeaningWhenreadingsomethingforthefirsttime,donotworryaboutwordsyoudonotknow.Usethecontexttohelpyouguessthemeaning.Pre-readingReadingstrategyWhile-reading1.Skim略讀—Choosethemainidea.Para.1() Para.2() Para.3() Para.4()C.Chinesechildrenarenottheonlyoneswhoaresometimesbusieronweekendsbecauseofafter-schoolclasses.A.LifeforAmericankidsisn'teasy.D.Lindadoesn'tagreetopushkidstoohard.B.Doctorsadvisegivingchildrenmoretimetorelax.CADBSkills:

Lookthroughthepassagewithoutreadingeveryword.Focusonthebeginningandtheending.Thesedays,studentsaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekdays.Doyouknowwhy?Becausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolclasses.crazyundertoomuchpressureManyofthemarelearningexamskillssothattheycangetintoagoodhighschoolandlateragooduniversity.Whydostudentstakesomanyafter-schoolclasses?Othersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin.However,thisdoesn’tonlyhappeninChina.sothat以便;為了引導(dǎo)目的狀語(yǔ)從句進(jìn)入;陷入;養(yǎng)成v.競(jìng)賽;競(jìng)爭(zhēng);比得上;參加比賽（或競(jìng)賽）TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanFamily.LifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.“Onmostdaysafterschool,”Cathysays,“Itakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining.ThenIhavetotakemyothersontopianolessons.TheTaylors泰勒一家。在姓氏的復(fù)數(shù)前加冠詞the表示“全家人或夫妻兩人”使用時(shí)注意主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)保持一致.TheBlacksaregettingreadyfortheholiday.typicaladj.典型的

betypicalof“是……的特點(diǎn)”takesbtodosth帶某人做某事MaybeIcouldcutoutafewoftheiractivities,butIbelievetheseactivitiesareimportantformychildren’sfuture.Ireallywantthemtobesuccessful.”However,thetiredchildrendon’tgethomeuntilafter7:00p.m.Theyhaveaquickdinner,andthenit’stimeforhomework.cutout刪除；刪去(v+adv)cutup切碎cutdown砍到cutin插隊(duì)cutoff切斷（水、電）供應(yīng)successful成功的【拓展】succeedv

成功，達(dá)到→successn

成功→successful

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成功的→successfully

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是到做某事的時(shí)候了It’stimetodosth

是到做某事的時(shí)候了(2)Scanpara.2.Answerthequestions.1.IslifeforCathy'schildrenbusyorrelaxing?2.Doallthethreechildrenhavesportstraining?3.Whendothechildrenoftengethome?4.WhydoesCathytakeherkidstoafter-schoolactivities?Busy.No.Becauseshereallywantsherchildrentobesuccessful.After7:00p.m.SkillsofGettingFullMarks(1)Readthequestionscarefully.(認(rèn)真審題)(2)Giveshortandsimpleanswers.(簡(jiǎn)答)While-readingLindaMiller,amotherofthree,knowsallaboutsuchstress.“Insomefamilies,competitionstartsveryyoungandcontinuesuntilthekidsgetolder,”shesays.“Motherssendtheirsmallkidstoallkindsofclasses.Andtheyarealwayscomparingthemwithotherchildren.It’scrazy.Idon’tthinkthat’sfair.Whydon’ttheyjustlettheirkidsbekids?Peopleshouldn’tpushtheirkidssohard”.continue繼續(xù)；持續(xù)【拓展】continuedoing

sth=goondoing

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繼續(xù)做某事(前后做同一件事)continuetodosth=goontodo

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繼續(xù)做某事（前后不是同一件事）send→sent→sent發(fā)送sendsb.sth=sendsthtosb.送給某人某物sendaway趕走sendout分發(fā)compare…with意為“把……與……相比”，側(cè)重指兩者間的區(qū)別。compare…to…意為“把……比作……”，著重注意兩者間的相似點(diǎn)。人們不應(yīng)該把孩子逼得那么緊push推，按，逼迫，催促Doctorsaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild’sdevelopment.Dr.AliceGreensaysalltheseactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren.“Kidsshouldhavetime

torelaxandthinkforthemselves,too.Althoughit’snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren,it’sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren.”havetimetodosth有時(shí)間做某事causev.造成，使發(fā)生causesb.todosth使某人做某事causesb.forsb.給某人添麻煩Toomuchpressureisn'tgoodforachild'sdevelopment.()1.WhichofthefollowingisnotTrue?A.Pressureisn'tgoodforachild'sdevelopment.B.Activitiesarenotalwaysgoodforchildren.C.It'snormalforparentstoexpectchildrentosucceedineverything.D.InDr.Green'sopinion,successcan'tcomparewithhappiness.x(4)Scanpara.4.Findoutthefalseidea.It'snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren.Althoughit'snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren,it'sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren.Alltheseactivitiescancauselotsofstressforchildren.Skills:Comparecarefully.Paymoreattentiontothewordslikeall,only,but…AWhile-readingReading2bSkimthearticleandanswerthequestions.WhatisthecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamilies?Parentsgivetheirchildrentoomuchstress.2.Whogivestheiropinionsabouttheproblems?Linda,MillerandDr.AliceGreen.1.Chinesechildrenhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolclassesonweekendsthesedays.2.CathyTaylorreallywantsherthreechildrentobesuccessful,soshebelievestheseafter-schoolactivitiesareimportantforthem.Readandcircleagain,judgeTorF.TT3.LindaMillerthinksparentsshouldsendtheirsmallkidstoallkindsofclasses.4.Lindathinkssomeparentspushtheirkidstoomuch.5.Alicethinkskidsshouldn’thavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves.TFF1.—Idon’thaveapartnertoplaytabletenniswith.—Why_____asportsclubtopracticealot?A.don’tjoinB.notjoiningC.nottojoinD.don’tyoujoin實(shí)戰(zhàn)中考2.根據(jù)中文意思完成句子。很抱歉今天不能陪你去購(gòu)物，明天怎么樣？I’msorryIcan’tgoshoppingwithyoutoday.__________________tomorrow?3.—Wouldyouliketowatchthemoviewithmetonight?—______,butIhavetoomuchhomeworktodo.A.I’dlovetoB.That’sallrightC.Itdoesn’tmatterD.NotatallHow/Whatabout4.—Susan,whataretheadvantagesofMP5players?—Mom,theyaresmallerandlighter,

___theycanbecarriedveryeasily.A.unlessB.ifC.untilD.sothat5.單詞拼寫(xiě)：Thenaugh