初中英语人教版八年级下册unit 4.ppt

1、Unit 4,Maybe you should learn to relax!,Section B,Do you have any problems in your life?,Whats wrong with the girl?,She has too many after-school classes.,She is stressed out./ Her parents give her too much pressure.,A Survey before Reading Do you have any after-school classes? What kind of classes

2、do you have?,dancing class,guitar class,English training class,Olympian math class,painting class,singing class,Discussion Do you love those after-school classes? What other after-school activities can you think of?,Check the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.,2a,_ do homewo

3、rk _ use the Internet _ have after-school lessons _ hang out with friends _ watch movies _ play sports or exercise,Today we will read a passage about students after-school activities in American. Whats the school life for American children?,1. What is the common problem for Chinese and American fami

4、lies? 2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?,2b,The children have to take too many after-school classes.,Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green.,Fast Reading,Reading Strategy（阅读策略）:Skimming This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading ev

5、ery word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence or the last sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully.,Who said these sentences? Match them with the people.,Cathy Taylor,Linda Miller,Dr. Alice Green,Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves. Its more important to

6、have happy children than successful children.,These activities are important for her childrens future and she wants them to be successful.,She thinks its crazy and unfair, and people shouldnt push their kids so hard.,Detailed Reading,Read each paragraph and complete the reading tasks,Maybe You Shoul

7、d Learn to Relax! These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that t

8、hey can compete and win. However, this doesnt only happen in China.,Para1,How many kinds of after-school classes are mentioned in the reading passage？,Many children learn exam skills,Others practice sports after school,because they want to get into a good high school and later a good university.,bec

9、ause they want to compete and win.,Two.,Does this problem only happen in China?,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football traini

10、ng. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner

11、, and then its time for homework.,Para2,Does Cathy Taylor think its important for kids to join after-school activities?,Yes. She believes these activities are important for her childrens future.,Cathy Taylor,football training,basketball practice,piano lessons,Does she cut out a few activities for he

12、r children?,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. Its crazy. I d

13、ont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their kids so hard.,Keeping on happening,Para3,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 pus

14、h their kids so hard.,Linda Miller,Some parents compare their kids with other children.,Research What can stress bring us?,Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a childs development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time to r

15、elax and think for themselves, too. Although its normal to want successful children, its even more important to have happy children.”,Getting better or bigger,Para4,What is Dr. Alices opinion on too many after-school classes?,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.,Task 3,Read the passage again and answer the following question:,Groupwork,What do you think of after-scool classes?