1、Unit4 Why dont you talk to your parents?,Section B（2a-2e）,What do you often do after school ?,Disscusion,Title: Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!,What will the passage talk about?,A: opinions about after-school classes.,B:how to relax.,Task1: Guessing,Read the article quickly and answer the questions

2、.,What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?,Parents give their children too much stress.,2. Who gives their opinions about the problems?,Linda, Miller and Dr. Alice Green.,Task 2 Skimming,The Taylors are a typical American family.,busy,One of her boys to the _ Her daughter to the

3、 _ The other boy to the _,basketball practice,football training,piano lessons,opinion,Maybe I could _a few of their activities, but the after-school classes are _for their future. I want them to be_.,cut out,important,successful,Cathy Taylor,Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.,Linda Miller,Read

4、 paragraph 3 and check the sentences. T for True and F for false.,She has three children, too. ( ) There is no competition at all in the families. ( ) Linda Miller thinks thats fair to have stress . ( ),T,F,F,Read the article again and answer the questions.,1. Does Cathy Taylor think its important f

5、or kids to join after-school activities?,Yes. She believes these activities are important for her childrens future.,2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? Whats her opinion?,No, she doesnt. She thinks its crazy and unfair to send small kids to all kinds of classes. Parents shouldnt push their kids s

6、o hard.,3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?,No, she doesnt. She says kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. Although its normal to want successful children, its even more important to have happy children.,3.Context(上下文),When reading something for the fir

7、st time, do not worry about words you do not know.Use the context to help you guess the meaning.,Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win . (para1),Try to be the best or the first to finish something.,Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings? Try to

8、 match them with the meanings below.,1. Keeps on happening _ 2. Physical exercise and practice of skills _ 3. Worries about things at home, school or work _ 4. Usual or common _ 5. Try to be the best or the first to finish something _ 6. Getting better or bigger _ 7. Looking for differences and simi

9、larities between things _,continues,training,stress,typical,compete,development,comparing,2c,Reading tips:,typical training stress continue compare development,The Taylors are a _(adj.)American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (para2) 2. Doctors say too much pressure is no

10、t good for a childs _.( n.) (para4),typical,development,typical training stress continue compare development,3. I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football _(n.).(para2) 4. Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always _(v.)them with othe

11、r children. (para3),training,comparing,typical training stress continue compare development,5. Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such _(n.). (para3) 6. In some families, competition starts very young and _(v.)until the kids get older. (para3),stress,continues,Summary,Retell it!,What do you think of after-school activities?,What should we do to relax? In my opinion,I think it is . In order to lower our stress ,I think we should.,Discuss,Task4 GroupWo