Unit4Whydon’tyoutalktoyourparents?SectionB2a-2e

beunderalittlepressurebenormalbeundertoomuchpressure/havetoomuchstressWhatcausesthestress?schoolwork:grades,homeworkparentsteachersclassmates/friends…….?…….?Inmyfamily,______________push(es)metoo

hard.Theyalways/often/sometimes/nevercomparemewith

__________sothatIcan_____________________.myparentssometimesmyclassmatescompetewiththemandwinMaybeyoushouldlearntorelax.MaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax!whowhatGuessingQ:Whatisthepassageabout?titleGuessingthemainideafromthepictureandthetitle.Skimthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.WhatisthecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamilies?2.Whogivestheiropinionsabouttheproblem?2bThecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamiliesisthatchildrenaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekdaysbecausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolclasses.CathyTaylor(amotherofthreechildren),LindaMiller(amotherofthreechildren),andDr.AliceGreen(adoctor).

MaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax!Thesedays,Chinesechildrenaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekdaysbecausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolclasses.Manyofthemarelearningexamskillssothattheycangetintoagoodhighschoolandlateragooduniversity.Othersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin.However,thisdoesn'tonlyhappeninChina.TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily.LifeforCathyTaylor'sthreechildrenisverybusy.“Onmostdaysafterschool,”Cathysays,“Itakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining.ThenIhavetotakemyothersontopianolessons.MaybeIcouldcutoutafewoftheiractivities,butIbelievetheseactivitiesareimportantformychildren'sfuture.Ireallywantthemtobesuccessful.”However,thetiredchildrendon’tgethomeuntilafter7:00p.m.Theyhaveaquickdinner,andthenit’stimeforhomework.

LindaMiller,amotherofthree,knowsallaboutsuchstress.“Insomefamilies,competitionstartsveryyoungandcontinuesuntilthekidsgetolder,”shesays.“Motherssendtheirsmallkidstoallkindsofclasses.Andtheyarealwayscomparingthemwithotherchildren.It’scrazy.Idon’tthinkthat’sfair.Whydon’ttheyjustlettheirkidsbekids?Peopleshouldn'tpushtheirkidssohardDoctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild'sdevelopment.Dr.AliceGreensaysalltheseactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren.“Kidsshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves,too.Althoughit’snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren,it’sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren.”Howmanyparagraphsarethereinthispassage?Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Chinesechildrenarebusieronweekendsthanweekdaysthesedays.LifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.LindaMillerknowsallaboutsuchstress.Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild’sdevelopment.Readquicklyandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Readingstrategy:Getthemainideaofeachparagraphaccordingtothetopicsentence.Readparagraph1carefullyandanswer:1.What’sthepurpose(目的)ofthestudentslearningexamskills?2.Whatareotherstudentsdoing?Theycangetintoagoodhighschool.Theyarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin.CathyTaylorTheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily.whoWhatdothekidsdoWhyResultTheTaylorsoneboydaughtertheotherboyTaylor’sfeelingCarefulreading-para.2basketballpracticefootballtrainingpianolessonsShereallywantsthekidstobesuccessfulHowever,thetiredchildrendidn'tgethomeuntilafter7:00p.m.Maybeshecouldcutout

afewofactivitiesTheMillersareanotherfamily.LindaMillerReadparagraph3carefullyandfillintheblanks.Linda____________(agrees/disagrees)withCathy.Shethinksthatitis____tocomparethekidswithotherchildren.Shealsothinksthatpeopleshouldn’t_____theirkidssohard.disagreescrazypushReadparagraph4carefullyandanswer.DoesDr.GreenagreewithCathyorLinda?Whatdoesshesay?SheagreeswithLinda.shesaysthatkidsshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves,too.Althoughit’snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren,it’sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren.盡管想擁有成功的孩子很正常，但是擁有快樂的孩子更加重要。GuessingtheMeaningWhenreadingsomethingforthefirsttime,donotworryaboutwordsyoudon’tknow.Usethecontext(文本)tohelpyouguessthemeaning.ReadingstrategyForexample:Ihavetotaketoomanyafter-schoolclasses,soIshouldcutoutafewofthem..

①add②cancel/delete2cLookatthewordsinbold(加粗的）inthearticle.Canyouguesstheirmeanings?Trytomatchthemwiththemeaningsbelow，remembertousethecontext(聯(lián)系上下文）.Keepsonhappening______________

2.Physicalexerciseandpracticeofskills______3.Worriesaboutthingsathome,schoolorwork_________ continuetrainingstress2cInsomefamilies,competitionstartsveryyoungandcontinuesuntilthekidsgetolderItakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining.

LindaMiller,amotherofthree,knowsallaboutsuchstress.……push…h(huán)ard

5.Trytobethebestorthefirsttofinishsomething__________

6.Gettingbetterorbigger___________

7.Lookingfordifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthings__________

competedevelopmentcomparing4.Usualorcommon _________TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily.…...typicalOthersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin.

Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild's

development.….causealotofstressforchildren.

Competition….Andtheyarealwayscomparingthemwithotherchildren.DoesCathyTaylorthinkitsimportantforkidstojoinafter-schoolactivities?2.DoesLindaMilleragreewithCathy?What’sheropinion?3.DoesDr.GreenagreewithCathyorLinda?Whatdoesshesay?2dReadparagraphs2-4andanswerthequestions.Theseactivitiesaregoodforthechildren’sfuture.Parentsshouldlettheirkidsbekids.Parentsshouldn’tpushtheirkidshard.It’smoreimportanttohavehappychildrenthantohavesuccessfulchildren.TheStructureofthearticleStructurestoshowyouropinionandadvicefromthethreepeople:Iagreeor