,UNIT 4 SECTION B,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,0,Unit 4,Why dont you talk to your parents?,人教版八年级英语下册,Section B 2a-2e,Unit 4人教版八年级英语下册Section B 2a-2,1,Do you have pressure about school?,What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress?,Discussion,Do you have pressure about sch,2,play sports,hang out with friends,play computer games,watch movies,play sportshang out with frien,3,read books,go shopping,sleeping,talking to family members,read booksgo shoppingsleepingt,4,Read the words and expressions loudly.,Read the words and expressions,5,opinion,skill,typical,football,cut out,quick,continue,compare,n.,意见；想法；看法,n.,技艺；技巧,adj.,典型的,n.,(,美式,),橄榄球；足球,删除；删去,adj.,快的；迅速的；时间短暂的,v.,持续；继续存在,v.,比较,opinionn.意见；想法；看法,6,comparewith,crazy,push,development,cause,usual,in ones opinion,perhaps,比较；对比,adj.,不理智的；疯狂的,v.,鞭策；督促；推动,n.,发展；发育；成长,v.,造成；引起,adj.,通常的；寻常的,依,看,adv.,可能；大概；也许,comparewith 比较；对比,7,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,Objectives,Read the article to learn the,8,Check()the after-school activities,you and your classmates usually do.,_ do homework,_ have after-school lessons,_ watch movies,_ use the Internet,_ hang out with friends,_ play sports or exercise,2,a,What about you?,Check()the after-school act,9,Guessing the Meaning,When reading something for the first time,do not worry about words you do not know.Use the context to help you guess the meaning.,Guessing the Meaning,10,Read the article and answer the questions.,1.What is the common problem for,Chinese and American families?,2.Who gives their opinions about the,problem?,2b,Read the article and answer th,11,Maybe You Should 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 they can,compete,and win.However,this doesnt only happen in China.,Maybe You Should Learn to Rela,12,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,training,.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,The Taylors are a typical Amer,13,home until after 7:00 p.m.They have a quick dinner,and then its time for homework.,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 dont think thats,home until after 7:00 p.m.The,14,fair.Why dont they just let their kids be kids?People shouldnt push their kids so hard.”,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 relax and think for themselves,too.Although its normal to want successful children,its even more important to,have happy children.”,fair.Why dont they just let,15,Many of them are learning exam skills,so that,they can get into a good high school and later a good university.,so that,意为“,以便,，为了,”,，引导目的状语从句，,that,从句中常使用,can/may,等情态动词；,so that,还可以表示“,因此，所以,”，引导结果状语从句，在,so that,前可以用逗号。,Language points,Many of them are learning exam,16,小男孩节省每一分钱，以便他能够给妈妈在母亲节买一份礼物。,The little boy saved every coin,so that,he could buy his mother a present on Mothers Day.,我被骤雨淋了，所以衣服都湿透了。,I was caught in a shower,so that,all my clothes got wet.,小男孩节省每一分钱，以便他能够给妈妈在母亲节买一份礼物。,17,2.And they,are always comparing,them with other children.,be always doing sth.,意为“总是做某事”,always与进行时连用时，常表达说话人的,某,种情绪，如赞扬、不满、责备等。,他老是向父母要钱。,He,was always asking,his parents for money,2.And they are always compari,18,3.Maybe I could,cut out,a few of their activities,but,此处,cut out,是一个短语动词，表示“,删除；剪,下,”或是“,停止；戒除,”等。再如：,Dont cut your parents out of your lives.,不要把父母从你的生活中赶出去。,If you cut out the drinking,youd feel much,healthier.,如果你戒酒，就会觉得身体好很多。,3.Maybe I could cut out a few,19,4.People shouldnt,push,their kids so hard.,人们不该对自己的孩子逼得太紧。,动词,push,有“推；推动”的意思，,如：,Dont push this door,you have to pull it open.,别推这扇门，你得把它拉开才行。,本单元中，,push,表示“使（某人）努力；鞭策；督促”，其后宾语可以是别人或自己。,The math teacher really pushes his students.Thats why they,dont like him that much.,那位数学老师确实对学生鞭策过多了，这就是他们不那么喜欢他的原因。,4.People shouldnt push their,20,1.Keeps on happening _,2.Physical exercise and practice of skills _,3.Worries about things at home,school or,work _,4.Usual or common _,continue,training,stress,typical,2c,Look at