M11U2Reading

Unit2GrowingpainsReading Homealone 长沙市田家炳实验中学陶林琼 1 Haveyoueverhadthekindofexperiencewhenyourparentshadtogoawayandleaveyoualone 2 Canyouimaginewhatmighthappenifyouwereleftalone Lead in HomewithKids HomeAlone AplayaboutDanielandEricwhowereleftaloneathome Todaywe lllearnanEnglishplay Whatisaplay Aplayisapieceofwritingwhichisintendedtobeperformedinatheatre ontheradioorontelevision andwhichconsistsofthewordsthatasetofcharacterssay Aplayusuallyconsistsofseveralacts Eachactcanhaveseveralscenes Ifwereadaplay whatthingsshouldwepayattentionto GothroughtheReadingstrategyandtellmehowtoreadaplay What sthecharacteristicsofaplay 2 Doyouknowhowtoreadaplay I Thecharacteristicsofaplay a Mostplaysareintheformofadialoguetobespokenaloud b Writersusedifferentstylesofspeech Casualspeechisused sometimeswithincompletesentences II HowtoreadaplayToreaditoutloudinsteadofsilentlytobetterunderstandaplay b Topayattentiontotheinstructionsortipsincludedinaplay 1 Intheformofa 2 Readthedialogue 3 Remembertopayattentiontothe Readingaplay Readinganormaltext different aloud dialogue instructions 1 Whoarethemaincharactersintheplay 2 Whydotheparentsgetangry 3 Whatreallyhappenedtotheirdog Spot Eric Daniel MumandDad Theroomwasinamess Spotwasill Skimming TrueorFalse1 Theboysdonotexpecttheirparentstocomebacksoearly 2 Spot thedog looksfulloflife 3 Daniel sparentsstillthinkofhimasanadult F T F 4 Ericdoesnotwanttoexplaintotheirparents 5 Theboysdidnotcleanthehousebecausetheywenttotheclinic 6 ThemotherthinksthefathershouldbestricterwithDaniel F T F Readagainandanswer 1 Whataretheboysdoingwhentheirparentscomehome 2 Howdoestheroomlookwhentheparentsarrivehome Theyareplayingwithasoccerball Theroomisinacompletemess 3 WhyaretheparentsangrierwithDanielthanEric 4 WhatistheemergencythatEricwantstotellhisparentsabout BecausetheyleftDanielincharge Thedog Spot wassickandtheyhadtotakehimtotheclinic ThefatherfeelsliketheyhavetopunishDanielorDanielwon trespectthem ThemotherthoughtmaybetheyweretoohardonDaniel 5 WhatdoesthefatherwanttodowithDaniel Whataboutthemother Thispassageismainlyabout A WhatMomandDaddidaftertheyreturnedfromvacation B WhatDanielandEricdidathome C thereasonwhythedogwastiredandhungryD abigquarrelanAmericanfamilyhad Multiplechoice 2 MomandDadleftDanielinchargeathomebecause A hewasanadultB hewastheyoungestC theylikedhimverymuchD theythoughthecouldtakegoodcareofeverythingwhiletheywereaway 3 WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage A Thechildrenwereveryexcitedwhentheirparentscamebackadayearlierthanexpected B Thechildrendidn tusethemoneyforthemselves C Danielwasleftinchargeathomewhiletheirparentswereaway D Ericwantedtotellhisparentswhyhadhappened butDanielsaidtheydidn tneedto 4 Themainreasonfortheirquarrelisthat A Danielwastoorude B Ericdidn ttellhisparentswhathadhappenedC theparentsblamedDanielwithoutgivinghimachancetoexplainD DanielandEricdidn tbehavewellathome Findthemainideaofeachpart DanielandErictalkedaboutthetruth B MomandDadwereangrywiththeirchildrenwhentheyreturnedfromvacation C TheparentsfeltithardtosettletheirquarrelwithDaniel ActOne ActTwo SceneTwo ActTwo SceneOne Mom sreactionstothechildrenwhenseeingthemess Dad sreactionstothechildrenatthesightofthemess toDaniel Children sresponses toDaniel toEric toEric Themaincharactersoftheplay Suggestedanswers Eric he ssotiredandhungry Whatdidyoudowiththecashweleft Daniel wethoughtyouwereanadult apersonwhowouldmakegooddecisions garbageallovertheplace Whereisyourbrother Listentome youngman weleftyouincharge Wethoughtyoucouldactlikeanadult butlookatthemess Howcanwetrustyouanymore Mum Dad You rebackearly But but Youweren tsupposedtocomehomeuntiltomorrow Youdon thatethem Icantellthemwhathappened Thentheywon tbemadanymore Mum Dad Icanexplain Stopshoutingatme I mstillateenager Whyiseverythingalwaysmyfault Theynevergavemeachancetodefendmyself Ihatethem Don ttellthemanything Theydidn ttrustme Theydon tdeserveanexplanation Whydidn ttheyaskmewhathappenedinsteadofshoutingatme 1 DoyouthinkEricandDanielwillexplaintotheirparentswhathashappened Or willtheparentsgoandasktheirchildrenwhathashappened Discussion 2 Supposedyouwereoneofthetwochildren whatwouldyoudo Wouldyoustaysilentorwouldyouofferanexplanationtoyourparents Whichisabettersolutioninyouropinion 3 Whatcanwelearnfromthisplay parents children love respect learnfromeachother understand help Ifparentsandchildrenwanttogetonwellwitheachother theyshould Role play 1 Findmoresentencessaidbythedifferentcharactersintheplay 2 Acttheplayoutingroups Matchthewords phrasewithmeanings afraid beveryangry mistake d e a earnsomethingbecauseofhowyouacted bestrictwith takeinandthenletoutalong deepbreathwhenyouaretiredorsad f c b Answers D2 1 2 3 4 5 E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 garbage behavior rude teenager tolerate explanation supposed cash defend clinic Anyhow emergency Furtherdiscussion 1 Whatdoyouthinkisthebiggestcauseofproblemsbetweenparentsandteenagers 2 Haveyourparentseveraskedyoutomakeimportantdecisions 3 Whatdoyouusuallydowhenyouhaveaproblemwithyourparents Describewhatqualitiesorpersonalitytheidealparentssh