Unit4Whydon'tyoutalktoyourparents?SectionB2a-2eHappyChildrenSuccessfulChildren

orAfter-schoolactivitiesDoyouhaveanyproblemsaboutafter-schoolactivities?Whatactivitiesdoyouusuallydoafterschool?Predict1.Whodo“You”referto(涉及)?2.What’swriter’sopinion?3.Howcanwerelaxourselvesaccordingtothepicture?UseskimmingskillWhichisthestructureofthepassage?12341，23451234Childrenhavelotsofafter-schoolactivities,sotheyfeelbusyandstressed.Anddifferentpeopleshowdifferentopinionsaboutit.Whatisthepassagetalkingabout?Carefulreading:Yes,shedoes.Shethinksthatafter-schoolactivitiesaregoodforthechildren’sfuture.No,shedoesn’t.shethinksthatpeopleshouldn’tpushtheirchildrensohard,andtheyshouldlettheirkidsbekids.Dr.GreenagreeswithLinda.Shesaysthatafter-schoolactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren.Shealsosaysthatchildrenshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves,andit’smoreimportanttohavehappychildrenthansuccessfulchildren.causev.Thepolicetriestofindoutwhatcausestheaccident.n.Thepolicetriestofindoutthecauseoftheaccident.Wherecanweinferthewriter‘sopinion?Expert’sopinionDiscussion:LindaMillerCathyTaylorChildrenhavetotakemanyafter-schoolclassescontext

Howtoguessthemeaningofnewwordspartofspeechsimilarwords上下文詞性近義詞Thesentencesorwordsbeforeandafterit.CirclethewordsinboldinthearticleGuessthemeaningsbyreadingthecontext./?n?k??r?d?/continuesquickcausetypicalpushdevelopmentcompare1.pushinto推動(dòng)；鞭策2.competewithsb.;competition;competitor；competitive3.placepressureonsb對(duì)…施加壓力4.The+姓氏復(fù)數(shù)表示一家人5.trainsb.todosth.;trainer;training;6.cutout刪除；cutdown砍;cutoff切除;cutup切碎;o...；把…切成…7.not…

until直到…才Ididnotgohomeuntilmymothercalledme.8.havedinner;

haveaquickdinner9.It’stimetodo…It’stimeforsth.10.bestressedout;stressful11.continuetodo/doingsth.12.compareAwithB把A與B做比較，同類比較compareAtoB把A比作BTomcomparedhisnewbookwiththeoldone.Shakespearecomparedtheworldtoastage.13.fairadj.;fairnessn.;unfairadj.;fairlyadv.14.toomany;toomuch;muchtooIt’smuchtoocoldoutside.15.developv.;developingadj.;developedadj.;developmentn.16.causev.引起causen.原因；理由reasonfor;causeofChildrenhavetotakesomanyafter-schoolactivitiesDifferentopinionsLearningskillsisveryimportantformychildren'sfuture.Lettheirkidsbekids.Peopleshouldn'tpushtheirkidssohard.Kidsshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves.It'sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren.CathyTaylorLindaMillerDr.AliceGreenMaybeyoushouldlearntorelaxRetell:somany+n.(pl.)somuch+n.(U.)muchtoo+adj./adv.skilln.技藝；技巧—skillfuladj.熟練的；巧妙的—skillfullyadv.巧妙地

competewithsb.和某人競(jìng)爭(zhēng)competeagainstsb.（語氣較強(qiáng)硬）competefor…為了……而奮斗、努力competitionn.—competitorn.—competitiveadj.有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的，一心求勝的

Manyofthem…OthersSome…Othersthe+姓氏的復(fù)數(shù)形式姓氏夫婦2人/一家人做主語時(shí)謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式TheBrownsareusedtolivinginChinanow.TheSmiths/TheWhites/Millerstypicaladj.---typen.典型；類型v.打字

takesb.to

s.p.takesb.to

dosth.takethebustakeupdoingsth.takeafter(besimilarto)takeoff(起飛；脫下)takeabreaktakethetemperaturetakedown(記下)takecareoftakeawayn.cutdownv.+adv.

刪除；剪下

停止；戒除cutup切碎cutoff切除(實(shí)物等)cutin插嘴；超車not…until(prep.)直到……才……謂語動(dòng)詞：非延續(xù)

it’stimeforsth.todosth.同位語17.continuevi.(goon)continuen./doingsth./todosth.vt.continuedoingsth.繼續(xù)做先前做的事情continuetodosth.（做完了一件事）開始做另一件事18.send/give/show/lend/offersth.tosb.19.compare…with…把……與……相比較（具體比較）compare…to…把……與……相比較（抽象比較）Weoftencomparechildrentoflowers.continue—continued—continuingcompare—compared—comparing

20.不理智的adj.狂熱的；熱衷的adj.becrazyabout/bemadeout21.pushv.推—pull拉push鞭策；督促pushsb.todosth.begoodforbegoodatbegoodwith能應(yīng)付……developv.—developing