Unit4 Maybe you should learn to relax!SectionB(2b)

Unit4MaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax Howdothechildrenfeel Theyareundertoomuchpressureandtheyfeelunhappyandgetstressed Whatdoparentsdofortheirchildreninthenews Theyarecrazyforsendingtheirchildrentoallkindsofclasses Theypushthemhard Whatcausesthis Parentswantthemtobesuccessful Parentsthinkit sgoodfortheirfuture MaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax What sthepassageabout Inmyopinion it sabout Predict MaybeYouShouldLearntoRelax Thesedays Chinesechildrenaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekdaysbecausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter schoolclasses Manyofthemarelearningexamskillssothattheycangetintoagoodhighschoolandlateragooduniversity Othersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin However thisdoesn tonlyhappeninChina TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily LifeforCathyTaylor sthreechildrenisverybusy Onmostdaysafterschool Cathysays Itakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining ThenIhavetotakemyothersontopianolessons MaybeIcouldcutoutafewoftheiractivities butIbelievetheseactivitiesareimportantformychildren sfuture Ireallywantthemtobesuccessful However thetiredchildrendon tgethomeuntilafter7 00p m Theyhaveaquickdinner andthenit stimeforhomework LindaMiller amotherofthree knowsallaboutsuchstress Insomefamilies competitionstartsveryyoungandcontinuesuntilthekidsgetolder shesays Motherssendtheirsmallkidstoallkindsofclasses Andtheyarealwayscomparingthemwithotherchildren It scrazy Idon tthinkthat sfair Whydon ttheyjustlettheirkidsbekids Peopleshouldn tpushtheirkidssohardDoctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild sdevelopment Dr AliceGreensaysalltheseactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren Kidsshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves too Althoughit snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren it sevenmoreimportanttohavehappychildren Howmanyparagraphsarethereinthispassage Paragraph1 Paragraph2 Paragraph3 Paragraph4 Chinesechildrenarebusieronweekendsthanweekdaysthesedays LifeforCathyTaylor sthreechildrenisverybusy LindaMillerknowsallaboutsuchstress Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild sdevelopment Readquicklyandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph Readingstrategy Getthemainideaofeachparagraphaccordingtothetopicsentence GuessingtheMeaningWhenreadingsomethingforthefirsttime donotworryaboutwordsyoudon tknow Usethecontexttohelpyouguessthemeaning Para2 Thisdoesn tonlyhappeninChina TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily usualorcommon Para4 Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisnotgoodforachild sdevelopment saysalltheseactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren gettingbetterorbigger Guessthemeaningofnewwords Worriesaboutthingsathome schoolorwork Paragraph1 Othersarepracticingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin Para2 Cathysays Itakeoneofmytwoboystobasketballpracticeandmydaughtertofootballtraining Para3 Insomefamilies competitionstartsveryyoungandcontinuesuntilthekidsgetolder trytobethebestorthefirsttofinishsomething physicalexerciseandpracticeofskills Keepsonhappening lookingfordifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthings Para3 theyarealwayscomparingthemwithotherchildren Readingstrategy Usethecontext asingleword aphrase adescription orapieceofinformation tohelpyouguessthemeaningofthewordsyoudon tknow Readthearticleandanswerthequestions 1 WhatisthecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamilies 2 Whogivestheiropinionsabouttheproblem 2b ThecommonproblemforChineseandAmericanfamilies childrenaresometimesbusieronweekendsthanweekdaysbecausetheyhavetotakesomanyafter schoolclasses CathyTaylor amotherofthreechildren LindaMiller amotherofthreechildren andDr AliceGreen adoctor Para 1 Carefulreading learningexamskills theycangetintoahigh practicingsportssothattheycancompeteandwin However thisdoesn tonlyhappen inChina theyhavetotakesomanyafter schoolclasses schoolandlateragooduniversity CathyTaylor TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily Oneboy LifeforCathy sthreechildren daughter TheTaylorsareatypicalAmericanfamily Theotherboy Taylor sfeeling pianolessons Maybeshecould afewofactivities footballtraining basketballpractice don t until quick However thetiredchildren gethome after7 00p m Theyhavea dinner andthenit stimefor homework begoodforthechildren sfuture Para 2 Para 2 Para2 cutout TheMillersareanotherfamily LindaMiller Linda sopinion Sheknowsallaboutsuch Competitionstartsveryyoungand untilthekidsgetolder Mothers theirsmallkids allkindsofclasses Andtheyarealways them otherchildren It s Idon tthinkthat s Whydon tthey Peopleshouldn t continues stress send to comparing with crazy fair justlettheirkidsbekids pushtheirkidssohard Parentsshouldlettheirkidsbekids Para 3 4 Dr AliceGreen sopinion Doctorssaytoomuchpressureisn tgoodfor Shesaysalltheseactivitiescan Kidsshouldhavetimeto Althoughit snormalto it sevenmoreimportantto achild sdevelopment causealotofstressforchildren relaxandthinkforthemselves wantsuccessfulchildren havehappychildren It smoreimportanttohavehappychildrenthansuccessfulchildren Para 3 4 Q1 DoesCathyTaylorthinkit simportantforkidstojoinafter schoolactivities Q2 DoesLindaMilleragreewithCathy What sheropinion Q3 DoesDr GreenagreewithCathyorLinda Whatdoesshesay Yes shedoes No shedoesn t Inheropinion it scrazyandunfair Parentsshouldjustlettheirkidsbekids Theyshouldn tpushtheirkidssohard SheagreeswithLinda Shesaysalltheactivitiescancausealotofstressforchildren Kidsshouldhavetimetorelaxandthinkforthemselves andthatit smoreimportanttohavehappychildrenthansuccessfulchildren 2dReadthearticleagainandanswerthequestions Shouldstudentstakeafter schoolclasses Whodoyouagreewith Groupwork expressyouropinionsonafter schoolclassesandfindoutsomereasons A Iagreeordisagree don tagreewith because B Inmyopinion Ithink C D Structurestoshowyouropinionandadvicefromthethreepeople Iagreeordisagree don tagreewith Ibelieve Idon tthink Inmyopinion Ithink MaybeIcould Whydon tthey Parents kidsshould shouldn tAlthoughit snormalto it sevenimportantto Parents kidsshould sothat opinion advice 1 Carelessdrivingoften accident 2 Twelveo clockisthe timetohavelunch 3 Heisawriterofgreat 4 Itwas ofyoutoskateonsuchthinice Fillintheblanks perhaps skill opinion continue push compare craz