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八年級(jí)下冊(cè)SectionB2a--2eUnit4Whydon’tyoutalktoyourparents?memberpressurecompetetypicaldevelop-mentLet'sreadcomparecontinueskillpushopinionquickcauseusualcrazyCheck(√)theafter-schoolactivitiesyouandyourclassmatesusuallydo.____dohomework____usetheInternet____haveafter-schoollessons____hangoutwithfriends____watchmovies____playsportsorexercise2aPre-readinghaveafter-schoollessonsusetheInternetdohomeworkhangoutwithfriendsplaysportsorexercisewatch

moviesWhatafter-schoolactivitiesdoyouusuallydo?WarmupWhatdoyouthinkofyourafter-schoolactivities?haveafter-schoollessonswatchTVDoyouhaveanyafter-schoolclasses?Doyoulikethoseafter-schoolclasses?interestingandrelaxingtiringandboringtwodifferent_______________opinions/ideasReadthearticleandanswerthequestions.1.WhatisthecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamilies?2.Whogivestheiropinionsabouttheproblems?2bDoyouhaveanyafter-schoolclasses?Doyoulikethoseafter-schoolclasses?Whydokidstakesomanyafter-schoolclasses?InChina,_________startsveryyoung.competitionThesedays,Chinesechildrenaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekendsbecausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolclasses.ManyofthemarelearningexamskillssothattheycangetintoagoodhighschoolandlateragoodUniversity.Othersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin,howeverthesedon'tonlyhappeninChina.TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily.LifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.“Onmostdaysafterschool,”

Cathysays,“Itakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining.ThenIhavetotakemyothersontopianolessons.MaybeIcouldcutoutafewoftheiractivities,butIbelievetheseactivitiesareimportantformychildren’sfuture.IreallywantthemtoMaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax!Dostudentsinothercountrieshavethesameproblem?Maybestudentsshouldlearntorelax.NotonlyChinesestudentsbutalsoAmericanstudentshavesomanyafter-schoolclasses.They’restressedout！Enjoyavideo2c單擊此處編輯母版文本樣式2025/3/26132025/3/2613Lookatthetitleandthepicture,thenmakeaprediction.Whatdoesthearticlemainlytalkabout?A.

Childrenlikeplayingbasketball.B.

Childrenshouldlearntorelax.C.

Childrenhavetoexerciseafterschool.Tip(提示):Payattentionto:Thetitle(標(biāo)題)andthepictureGuessingtheMeaningWhenreadingsomethingforthefirsttime,donotworryaboutwordsyoudonotknow.Usethecontexttohelpyouguessthemeaning.Skimthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmaincontent.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4a.LifeforCathyTayor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.b.Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild’sdevelopment.c.Manyparentspushtheirchildrenintoleanringmoreskills.d.LindaMillerknowsallaboutsuchstress.Readingstrategy（策略）:Getthemainideaofeachparagraphaccordingtothetopicsentence.ReadquicklyandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraphParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Chinesechildrenarebusieronweekendsthanweekdaysthesedays.LifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.LindaMillerknowsallaboutsuchstress.Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild’sdevelopment.FastReadingPresentsituationinChinaPresentsituationinAmericaandCathy’sopinionLindaMiller’sopinionDoctors’advice2dLookatthewordsinboldinthearticle.Canyouguesstheirmeanings?Trytomatchthemwiththemeaningsbelow.Whenreadingsomethingforthefirsttime,youneedn’tworryaboutwordsyoudon’tknow.Usethecontexttohelpyou

guessthemeaning.Readparagraph1andanswer.After-schoolclassesgoodbadIthelpskidstobettercompeteinlife.Itcanplacetoomuchpressureonstudents.Matchthewordswiththemeaningsbelow.1.Keepsonhappening______________ 2.Physicalexerciseandpracticeofskills_________3.Worriesaboutthingsathome,schoolor

work_________4.Usualorcommon

_________5.Trytobethebestorthefirsttofinishsomething_________6.Gettingbetterorbigger_____________ 7.Lookingfordifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthings___________competedevelopmentcomparingtypicaltrainingcontinuestressLookatthewordsinboldinthearticle.Canyouguesstheirmeanings?Trytomatchthemwiththemeaningsbelow.1.Keepsonhappening_________2.Physicalexerciseandpracticeofskills________3.Worriesaboutthingsathome,schoolorwork______4.Usualorcommon_______5.Trytobethebestorthefirsttofinishsomething________6.Gettingbetterorbigger_____________7.Lookingfordifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthings________continuestrainingstress2etypicalcompetedevelopmentcomparingReadparagraph1carefullyandanswer:1.What’sthepurpose(目的)ofthestudentslearningexamskills?Theyarelearningexamskillssothat

theycangetintoagoodhighschoolandlateragooduniversity.2.Whatareotherstudentsdoing?Theyarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin.CarefulReadingReadparagraph2andfillinthechart.After-schoolactivitiespersonactivitiesfeelingoneoftwoboys1._______________5._________otherson2._______________daughter3._______________CathyTaylor4.

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6._________basketballpracticepianolessonsfootballtrainingtiredtakeherchildrenfromactivitytoactivity

Shebelievetheseactivitiesareimportantforherchildren’sfuture1.hangoutwithfriends2.haveafter-schoolclasses3.examskills4.footballtraining5.cutout6.bealwaysdoingsth7.pushsbtodosth8.competewith/against9.compare...with...10.causesbsth1.和朋友出去（閑逛）2.上補(bǔ)習(xí)班3.考試技巧4.足球訓(xùn)練5.刪除；刪去6.總是做某事7.督促某人做某事8.和......競(jìng)爭(zhēng)9.與......比較10.給某人添麻煩Keyphrases劃重點(diǎn)Readagainandanswerthequestions.

1.DoesCathyTaylorthinkit’simportantforkidstojoinafter-schoolactivities?2.DoesLindaMilleragreewithCathy?What’sheropinion?3.DoesDr.GreenagreewithCathyorLinda?Whatdoesshesay?4.What’stheauthor’sattitudeaccordingtothepassage?Whydoyouthinkso?

CarefulReadingExercisesExercisesFillintheblanksusinguntil,sothatoralthough.1.Youshouldeatmorenow________youwon'tbehungrylater.2.________youmaynotliketodochores,youshouldhelpyourparentsaroundthehouse.3.Youcouldsavemoremoney________youcanbuyagiftforyourfriend'sbirthday.4.Kidsshouldn'tplaycomputer