1、Unit 3 reading B Uniform fashion good for young students,School uniforms in America,School uniforms are becoming more and more popular around the USA. Thats no surprise, because they have many benefits. They end the powerful social labeling (社会标记) that comes from clothing. If all students are dresse
2、d in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.,Some people are against having to wear school uniforms, but they dont realize that students already accept a kind of rulewanting to look just like their
3、friends. For students, school uniforms remind them that their main task in school is to get a good education.Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their childrens “creativity”.,However, the school uniforms that students wear dont necessarily show their indi
4、viduality (个性). And also students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they are in school, their jobs are to learn reading, writing, maths and so on. Mastery (掌握) of those skills will be good for students to build up their creativity in every way.,1. The underlined word “be
5、nefits” means “_” in Chinese. 2. The students main task at school is to _. 3. Some parents are unhappy about school uniforms because they. _ _ 4. The writer would probably agree that _.,好处,get a good education,think that uniforms will affect their childrens creativity,school uniforms can help studen
6、ts learn better,短语收藏夹,1. be helpful for sb. 2. go against 3. be linked to 4. the number of 5. keep sb. from doing sth. 6. pay the bill for sth. 7. keep sb. from doing sth.,对某人是有帮助的 违反 与有联系 的数目 阻止某人做某事 为付帐 阻止某人做某事,根据汉语意思完成句子。 1. 多读书对孩子们有帮助。 Reading more books _ _ children. 2. 这个女孩总是违反传统,所以她妈妈经常生她的气。
7、This girl always _ _ tradition, so her mother is often angry with her.,is helpful for,goes against,3. 这台摄像机和一台功能强大的电脑相连。 This video camera _ _ _ a powerful computer. 4. 我们学校学生的数目是1000。_ _ _ students in our school is 1,000.,is linked to,The number of,Pre-reading: discuss some questions 1. What school
8、 uniform do you wear? 2. What do you think of your school uniform?,3. Do your parents like the idea of wearing school uniforms? 4. Do you think it is helpful for students to wear school uniforms? 5. What kind of uniform would you like?,1. They can help to improve _. 2. They can help to reduce _. 3.
9、They send a message that _. 4. They create _. 5. They help to reform _.,While reading: complete the notes Arguments FOR school uniforms,safety and discipline,school violence,students are at,school to study, not to play,school pride,problem students and,improve their performance at school,Arguments a
10、gainst school uniforms They keep students _2. Parents have to _.,from expressing,themselves,pay the bill for extra clothes,Post reading: Debate some advantage and disadvantage of wearing school uniforms,Language points, The school did this to reduce the trouble caused by student fashions. (P36) 学校这样
11、做是为了减少由于学生服装而导致的麻烦。 解析:“caused by.”在此句中是过去分词短语作trouble的定语。相当于定语从句(which is caused by student fashions)。例如:I met a lovely girl named Kitty.我遇到了一个叫Kitty的可爱女孩, The number of fights decreased by 40 per cent after uniforms were introduced. (P36) 在校服被引入学校以后,斗殴的次数下降了40%。 解析:the number of. “的数量”,如果修饰主语,谓语动词
12、要用单数。a number of “许多;大量”,修饰主语时谓语动词要用复数。例如:The number of the students in our class is 48.我们班学生的数量是48。A number of students have left the school.许多学生已经离开了这所学校。, Many parents feel that uniforms keep students from expressing themselves,while others dont want to pay the bill for extra clothes. (P36)许多父母认为
13、校服妨碍了学生们表现自我,而另外一些父母不想为额外的衣服付账。 解析:(1) keep sb. from doing sth.“阻止某人做某事”(from不能省略),相当于stop sb. from doing sth.(from可省略)。,例如: The teacher keeps us from talking in the class. 老师不让我们在课堂上讲话。 (2) pay the bill for . “为付账”,pay (money) for “付买”。例如:Families have to pay bills for water every month.家庭每月都要付水费。S
14、he paid 200 yuan for her new dress.她在她的新裙子上花了两百块。,一、根据汉语意思完成句子。 1. 这些奶牛的数量是41。_ _ _ cows _ 41. 2. 父母应该阻止他们的孩子玩电脑游戏。Parents should _ their children _ _ computer games.,The number of is,keep / stop,from playing,选择最佳答案填空。 ( )1. The man lived alone on an island _ Birds Home.A. calling B. call C. to call D. called ( )2. The policeman kept the thief _ a ladys purse.A. to stealing B. from stealingC. stealing D. to steal ( )3. Most parents are willing to _ the bill _ their childrens extra classes.A. pay; for B. pay; on C. spend; for D. cost ; to,D,B,A,