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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
To improve the ability of reading comprehension
To guess the meanings of the words
To learn new words: skill, opinion, typical, football, quick, continue, compare, crazy, push, development, cause
To learn to face the difficulties and solve the problems
1. 做運動
2. 看電影
3. 獨自打發時間
4. 玩電腦游戲
5. 給某人施加很大壓力
6. 和……競爭
7. 和父母聊天
8. 讀書
play sports
watch movies
spend time alone
play computer games
give sb. a lot of pressure
compete with ...
talk to parents
read books
What activities do you usually do after school
What activities do you want to do but you can’t do
____ do homework ____ use the Internet
____ have after-school lessons ____ hang out with friends
____ watch movies ____ play sports or exercise
Check ( ) the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.
Activities S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
do homework
have after-school lessons
watch movies
go to music lessons
play sports or exercise
…
Read the title and following questions, and then predict the main idea of the article.
1. What is the common problem for many students these days
2. Who gives their opinions (n. 意見; 想法; 看法) about the problem
n. 技藝; 技巧
v. 鞭策; 督促; 推動
the + 姓氏的復數形式, “……一家人”
n. 美式橄欖球; 足球
刪除；刪去
adj. 快的; 迅速的; 時間短暫的
到做某事的時間了
adj. 不理智的; 瘋狂的
v. 造成; 引起
be good for 對……有好處
盡管, 雖然, 引導讓步狀語從句
Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What is the common problem for many students these days
The common problem for them is that many children have a busy life and great pressure.
2. Who gives their opinions (n. 意見; 想法; 看法) about the problem
Cathy Taylor (a mother with three children), Linda Miller (a mother with three children), and Dr. Alice Green (a doctor) give their opinions about the problem.
Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings Try to match them with the meanings below.
1. Keeps on happening __________
continue vi. 繼續；持續
e.g. Snowy days have continued for three days.
continue vt. 繼續
其后可接名詞(短語)、動詞不定式或v.-ing形式等。
e.g. *After a short break, Mr. Black continued his report.
*The rain continued falling / to fall.
continues
2. Lasting for only a short time _________
quick adj. 快的；迅速的；時間短暫的
e.g. I had a quick coffee and left the house.
quick
3. Make something happen ______
cause v. 造成；引起
e.g. You've caused us all a lot of unnecessary worry.
cause
4. Usual (adj. 通常的; 尋常的) or common _______
typical adj. 典型的
e.g. The typical school day is from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.
typical
5. Encourage someone to do something or to work hard ________
push v. 鞭策 ；督促；推動
e.g. Encourage your kids to try new things, but try not to push them too hard.
push
7. Looking for differences and similarities between things __________
compare v. 比較 compare … with 比較；對比
e.g. Let’s compare Tom’s picture with John’s.
comparing
6. Getting better or bigger ____________
development n. 發展；發育；成長
e.g. He’s going to leave the company for good development.
development
有些動詞加后綴-ment可變為名詞，如develop → development。
Read the article again and complete the blanks.
The common problem for many students
Many parents ______________________________________. Such a busy life can place great pressure on students.
push their children into learning more skills
Cathy Taylor’s opinion
These activities are important for __________________ and she wants them to _______________.
her children’s future
Linda Miller’s opinion
She thinks it’s ________________, and people shouldn’t push their kids so _______.
crazy and unfair
hard
Dr. Alice Green’s opinion
Kids should have time to ___________________________. It’s more important to have happy children than __________ children.
relax and think for themselves
successful
be successful
1. These days, many parents push their children into learning more skills.
2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them.
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3. Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes.
4. Linda Miller thinks some parents push their kids too much.
5. Dr. Alice Green thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves.
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1. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after-school activities
Yes, she does. She thinks that after-school activities are good for the children’s future.
Read the article again and answer the questions.
express one’s opinions:
I believe … I (don’t) think …
People shouldn’t … People should …
… is (not) good … … should … It’s important to …
3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda What does she say
Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that children should have time to relax and think for themselves, and that it’s more important to have happy children than successful children.
2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy What’s her opinion
No, she doesn’t. She thinks that people shouldn’t push their children so hard, and they should let their kids be kids.
本文的開篇描述了學生熟悉的一個社會現象——許多父母逼孩子學習更多的技能。像這樣，通過描述現狀指出存在的問題來引出下文進一步討論或發表觀點的開篇方法屬于情景描述法。
這種開篇方法常用的標記性詞語包括： these days、 at present （現在）、at the present time、lately （最近）、now、nowadays （目前）、recently （最近）、today等。時態可使用一般現在時、現在進行時等。采用情景描述法開篇，能夠使讀者產生共鳴，引起讀者對該問題的關注，進而激發讀者的閱讀興趣。
Discuss the questions with your partner.
1. What do you think of after-school activities
2. What should you do to relax
________________________ 學習更多技能
________________________ 刪除；刪去
________________________ 迅速地吃晚飯
________________________ 比較；對比
________________________ 把某人逼得太緊
________________________ 在某人看來
learn more skills
cut out
have a quick dinner
compare ... with
push sb. so hard
in one’s opinion
______________________ 造成許多壓力
______________________ 對……沒好處
______________________ 參加課外活動
_____________________ 有時間干某事_____________________ 持續干某事_____________________ 同意某人的看法
cause a lot of stress
be not good for sb.
join after-school activities
have time to do sth.
keep on doing sth.
agree with sb.
I. 根據句意, 從方框中選擇恰當的單詞填空，注意形式變化。
cause, member, quick, return, develop, skill, anymore, typical
1. Their new TV broke so they _______ it to the shop yesterday.
2. I used to play games with my friends, but now I don't have the time _________.
3. The lion is a(n) _________ of the cat family.
4. Reading and writing are two different _______.
returned
anymore
member
skills
cause, member, quick, return, develop, skill, anymore, typical
5. Jack is late again. It is _______ of him to keep others waiting.
6. Using computers at an early age is not good for children's ____________.
7. The difficult driving conditions (條件) _______ several accidents.
8. Which is the _________ way from here to the bank
quickest
typical
development
caused
II. 根據漢語意思，完成英語句子，每空一詞。
1. 你可以刪掉第一段，它是無用的信息。
You can _______ _______ the first paragraph. It's useless information.
2. 如果你把Mike的工作和Mary的相比，你會發現Mary的工作更出色。
If you _________ _______ _______ _______ ________, you will find Mary's more excellent.
3. 鼓勵你的孩子嘗試新事物，但是盡量不要把他們逼得太緊。
Encourage your kids to try new things, but try _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.
to push them too hard
cut out
compare Mike's work with/to Mary's
not
Ⅲ. 根據上句完成下句，使兩句意思相同或相近，每空一詞(含縮略形式)。
1. I was tired, but I kept on walking.
I was tired, but I __________ _______ ________.
2. Jenny doesn't think that is a good idea.
_______ ________ ________, that isn't a good idea.
3. After I arrived home, he left.
He _______ _______ ____________ I arrived home.
continued to walk
In Jenny's opinion
didn't leave until / before
/ went on walking
I can
了解同學們的課外生活
通過閱讀語篇，了解家長對孩子們業余活動和課外學習的安排以及想法
通過上下文猜測詞義
在所讀內容的基礎上總結教育觀念與實際生活中存在的問題，并用自己的話闡述文中不同人的觀點和看法
Write a short passage about Cathy Taylor’s daily life and her opinions about the education of her kids.

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