英语人教版八年级下册Unit 4 Section B 2b Reading.ppt

1、,Objectives,Read the article to learn the common problem for Chinese and American families. To learn new words: skill, opinion, typical, football, quick, continue, compare, crazy, push, development, cause, usual, perhaps,2020/8/3,What did you do during the three-day holiday? What do you often do on

2、holidays/weekends? How do you feel?,2020/8/3,take after-school classes,use the Internet,play sports or exercise,read books,hang out with friends,-Do you often do these after-school activities?,watch movies,2020/8/3,Maybe you should learn to,!,2b: Reading,2020/8/3,While-reading (task 1),Match the key

3、 words of each paragraph.,Paragraph1 Linda Millers opinion. Paragraph2 Present situation in America Paragraph3 Doctors opinion Paragraph4 Present situation in China,学案,2020/8/3,P1,P2,P3,P4,Sum up the structure.,The present situation,Different peoples opinions,2020/8/3,Read the passage carefully and

4、finish the following tasks.,While-reading (task 2),学案,1. -Why do Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes?,Para 1:,B,2. The word compete means _. A. learn some exam skills B. try to be the first or the first to finish something,-Because many students take after- school classes to l

5、earn exam skills. Others practice sports so that they can compete and win.,2020/8/3,Para2:,What is the name of the typical American family?,The word typical means _. A. usual or common B. special and different,A,2. Why is life for Cathy Taylors three children busy?,Because she has to take basketball

6、 practice and football training. lessons.,2020/8/3,3. What does Cathy Taylor think of after-school activities?,4. Whats meaning cut out here? _ A. to remove(割下，剪下) sth by cutting. B. to stop doing sth.,She thinks these activities are important for her childrens future,although she could cut out some

7、 of their activities.,B,Whats meaning training here?_ a skill to improve grades physical exercise and practice of skills,B,2020/8/3,6. Whats the implied meaning of “The tired childrenhomework?”,A. The mother is willing her children to have after-school classes. B. The mother is unwilling,B,too many

8、after-school classes.,busy,3. Fill in the chart to conclude the situations .,2020/8/3,F,F,Para3&4:,F,F,1. Write T or F for each statement: ( ) 1) Linda Miller knows the stress and thinks its fair to compare their kids with other children. ( ) 2) Linda Miller believes people should push their kids so

9、 hard to continue the competition. ( ) 3) Doctors think too much pressure is good for Childrens development. ( ) 4) Dr. Alice believes that its important to have successful children than happy children.,shouldnt,isnt,unfair,2020/8/3,2. Match the words with their meanings.,stress continue compare dev

10、elopment,Para3&4:,look for differences and similarities between things worries about things at home, school or work Getting better and bigger keep on happening,2020/8/3,3. Fill in the chart to conclude the ideas.,to push their kids so hard,to relax and think for themselves,Do you have time to relax

11、and think for yourselves?,2020/8/3,IISummary: These days, children are busy because they have to_ many after-school_. Some learn _ _ so that they can _ into a good high school, others _ sports to _ and_. Some Parents want to _ _ some activities, but they believe the activities are_ for our future be

12、cause they want us to be _. Others think people shouldnt _ kids_ because too much pressure is not good they should have time to _ and _ _ themselves. So, maybe we should learn to _. Now, lets have a discussion about it!,take,classes,exam skills,get,practice,compete win,cut out,important,successful,p

13、ush,hard,think for,relax,relax,2020/8/3,Post reading: Lets work in groups to give suggestions to the students who feel stressed and have no time to relax.,Sentence structures: 提建议的句型 -In my/his/her opinion -Why dont you do? -How/What about (doing)? -I think you/he/she could/should do -Youd better do

14、 -If I were you, I would do -You are supposed to do,2020/8/3,Rules: Choose a leader. If you are stressful, you must listen carefully and write down the advice from your members on the paper. If you are an adviser, you should give two or more suggestions to him/her/them.,2020/8/3,2. Make a report. (Have a competition!) The leader of each group makes a report about your sug