1、Unit 4,Section B Period 2 (2a-3b),Objectives,Talk about after-school activities 讨论课外活动Give your opinion表达你的看法,Listen to a short speech.My Weekend Life,What do you usually do on weekends?,different activities,help do housework,do exercise,go to the movies,use the Internet,read books,watch TV,go shopp
2、ing,play the piano,dance,play tennis,watch a match,have a party,join the English corner,do some English exercises,2a,Check () the after-school activities you and your classmates usually do.,_ do homework _ use the Internet _ have after-school lessons _ hang out with friends _ watch movies _ play spo
3、rts or exercise,Do you have after-school lessons? What are they? Do you like to have these lessons? Why?,piano lessons,fine arts lessons,I have after school.,dance lessons,football training,Read the article and answer the questions.,2b,1. What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?
4、,The common problem for Chinese and American families is that children have too many after-school activities which cause them to be stressed.,2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?,Cathy Taylor (a mother with three children), Linda Miller (a mother with three children), and Dr. Alice Green (
5、a doctor) give their opinions about the problem.,Read the passage and draw the most important sentences in each paragraph. Try to answer the following questions.,Questions of the Passage,1. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very _.2. What after-school activities do children take? The after-sc
6、hool activities children take are basketball practice, football training, and piano lessons.,busy,3. Do Doctors think too much pressure is not good for a childs development?,Yes, they do.,Do you want to have so many after school activities? Why?,Discussion,2c,Look at the words in bold in the article
7、. Can you guess their meanings? Try to match them with the meanings below.,1. Keeps on happening _ 2. Physical exercise and practice of skills _ 3. Worries about things at home, school or work _ 4. Usual or common _,continues,training,stress,typical,5. Try to be the best or the first to finish somet
8、hing _6. Getting better or bigger _7. Look for differences and similarities between things _,compete,development,comparing,一、根据定义、解释或同位关系来猜测词义； 二、通过对比关系来推测词义，体现对比关系的词汇主要有but, yet, however等; 三、通过同类关系来推测词义，常见的引出同义词的词语有or, like, similar等； 四、通过因果关系来推测词义，通常由because, so that, so that等词汇及结构来体现,生词词义猜测方法,五、利
9、用熟词的新词性来推测词义； 六、通过具体例子猜测词义，举例时通常用for example, such as, like等； 七、利用文意及逻辑关系来推测词义，是递进、转折还是并列，可猜出生词的词义； 八、根据构词法猜测词义； 九、猜测词义时，可利用上下文语境，结合自身生活经验进行逻辑推理。,Work in groups and make sentences with the words above.,The rain continued all day.雨连续下了一整天。,He didnt go into training because of illness.他今天因病未能参加训练。,I d
10、ont like stress.我不喜欢压力。,The picture is typical of its kind.这幅画是这类绘画中的代表。,We can compete with the best teams. 我们能与最好的团队竞争。,This is a new development of science.这是一项科学新发展。,She is always comparing me with my sister.她总是拿我和我妹妹进行比较。,2d,Read the article again and answer the questions.,Yes, she does. She th
11、inks that after-school activities are good for the childrens future.,1. Does Cathy Taylor think its important for kids to join after-school activities?,2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? Whats her opinion?,No, she doesnt. She doesnt think people should push their children so hard, and they shoul
12、d let their kids be kids.,3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?,Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says that after-school activities can cause a lot of stress for children. She also says that children should have time to relax and think for themselves, and that its more impor
13、tant to have happy children than successful children.,I believe I (dont) think is (not) good should Its important to ,Useful structures to express ones opinions,Discuss the questions with your partner.,1. What do you think of after-school activities?,2e,In my opinion, if the kid really like the acti
14、vity such as basketball, he can go to these classes. They may have some fun as well some skills. I dont agree that some parents push the kids to take these activities.,2. What should you do to relax?,There are a lot of ways to relax. Id like to listen to music or play sports to relax. But my best fr
15、iend would like to sleep a lot and eat some nice food.,3a,Read the opinions below and make notes on your own opinions.,Why should children take after-school classes? “After-school classes can help kids get into a good university.” 2. “I want my child to be a successful person.” 3. “Its good for chil
16、dren to start learning from a young age.”,Your opinions Agree:,After-school classes are good for the childrens future. They can help children get into good schools and universities.Some of these classes help children get better grades at school. Better grades help children feel good about themselves
17、.,Some classes help children learn important skills not taught at school. These skills may actually help children relax, e.g. playing a sport or playing a musical instrument.People learn better at a younger age.Children have more time than adults, so they should learn as much as they can before they
18、 get too busy to learn new things.,Your opinions Disagree:,After-school classes take away the childrens free time. Children have no time to relax and just do nothing.Children may be so busy they have no time to absorb and apply what they have been taught.Some children are made to learn skills they a
19、re not interested in.,These classes cause the children to be stressed.These classes take away the childrens childhood.,3b,Write a letter to the magazine to express your opinions on after-school classes for children. Use the following expressions to help you.,Dear Sir or Madam,I dont really agree wit
20、h what parents are saying about after-school classes because they only seem to think that getting their children into good schools or having successful children.Although some parents are right about the importance of learning at a young age, I think children should be allowed to be children and have
21、 a carefree childhood.,In my opinion, it is important for parents not to push their children too hard. I believe it is better if parents try to really understand their childrens interests and abilities first so that they will not make their children take classes that are not suitable for them.Perhap
22、s parents could let their children decide for themselves if they want to have any after-school classes. If children are allowed to take the classes,they choose for themselves, they will benefit more from these classes. They will grow up to be not only successful in their own way but happy too.Yours
23、truly,Weisong,Are afterschool classes good for children?,Discussion,Suppose you are a father / mother / teacher / doctor / an elementary school child / a senior high school student / , whats your opinion?,New Words,opinion n. skill n. typical adj. football n. cut out quick adj.continue v. compare v.
24、,意见；想法；看法 技艺；技巧 典型的 （美式）橄榄球；足球 删除；删去 快的；迅速的；时间短暂的 持续；继续存在 比较,compare with crazy adj. push v. development n. cause v. usual adj. in ones opinion perhaps adv.,比较；对比 不理智的；疯狂的 鞭策；督促；推动； 发展；发育；成长 造成；引起 通常的；寻常的 依看 可能；大概；也许,Language points,1. Who gives their opinions about the problem?,opinion n. 意见；想法；看法I
25、 cant agree with your opinion in this respect. 在这方面，我不赞同你的意见。I dont care about your opinion.你的意见我不在乎。,in ones opinion = in the opinion of依照(某人的)看法, 在(某人)看来In my opinion he is not right.据我看来，他是错的。In the opinion of mine, what he said is not true at all.依我看来，他说的一点也不真实。give opinions about sth. 给出关于某事的观点
26、,The food safety is a serious _ in our country. We should try to solve it.A. subject B. program C. problem D. opinion 【解析】由句意“食品安全问题在我们国家是个很严重的问题”可知答 案选 C 项，意为“问题”；而 A项“科目”、B 项“节目”、D 项“观点”均不合题意，故排除。,C,“the + 姓+ s ”表示“夫妇 或 一家人” the Greens 格林夫妇；格林一家 The Smiths is a happy family.The Smiths are vey kind
27、 to that little girl.谓语动词要看具体情况，如果是指整个一家人谓语就用单数，如果指一家人中的每个人则用复数。,2. The Taylors are a typical American family.,_ were having supper when I got there. 我到那儿时特纳一家正在吃晚饭。,The Turners,3. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities ,cut out 删除；删去 I cut out the paragraph in this article.我删除了这篇文章的一个段落。 Y
28、oud better cut out that sentence你最好把那个句子删掉。,cut out 剪下；剪裁；戒掉；停止 She cut out the photograph from the paper.她从报纸上把照片剪了下来。 He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking他已经决定戒掉烟酒。,cut up 切碎 cut down 砍到 cut in 插队；插话 cut off 切断（水、电）供应,链 接,Dont _ when others talk; its impolite. A. cut out B. cut in C. cut
29、 down D. cut off,Its necessary for the phubbers（低头族）to _ the time they spend on their smart phones. （2016包头）A. cut in B. cut offC. cut down D. cut up 【解析】A：插入；B：切断；C：缩减；D：切碎。根据语境推测句意是“对低头族来说，减少花在智能手机上的时间是有必要的”，由此判断句子中缺少短语：cut down，故答案为C。,-Could you help me _ the beef for dinner, Jean? -Ok, Mom. Ill
30、do it right away. （2016达州）A. take off B. knock offC. cut down D. cut up 【解析】take off起飞，脱掉；knock off下班，使减少；cut down减少，砍倒；cut up切碎。根据Could you help me _ the beef for dinner，可知这里的意思是为准备晚餐，你能帮我把牛肉切碎吗，cut up切碎。故选D。,4. I really want them to be successful.,successful adj. 成功的 He aims to be a successful wri
31、ter. 他的目标是成为一个成功的作家。 They are highly successful in business. 他们经商非常成功。,拓 展,succeed v. 成功，达到 succeed in doing sth. success n. 成功 successfully adv. 成功地,If at first you dont _(success), try again. She works very hard, so she will _ in _ the exam. successful; pass B. success, passing C. succeed; passing
32、 D. successful, passing,succeed,C,【2013甘肃兰州】Details decide _ (成功) or not. If we take everything seriously, well achieve our goals.【2013贵州铜仁】 Whats the secret ofyour _ (success)? Work hard.,success,success,4. dont get home until after 7:00 p.m,until prep. 到为止I did my homework until my mother came bac
33、k from work. 我一直做作业直到妈妈下班回家。until 用于肯定句中，与延续性动词连用，表示动作或状态的持续。,I will wait for him _ he _ back. A. until; will come B. until; comesC. after; will come D. after; comes【点拨】选B。句意为：我将等到他回来。 not . until . “直到才；不到不”，常与非延续性动词连用，当主句用一般将来时，until引导的从句用一般现在时表将来。,（2016资阳）-Mom, could I watch the game show now? -S
34、orry, you cant watch it _ you clean your room. A. when B. if C. after D. until【解析】联系语境并根据前后句子的对比，可知答语应理解为：直到打扫了房间你才可以看。结合关键词 cant，可以判断出此句应用固定表达notuntil来完成，意为“直到才”引导一个时间状语从句。故选D。,（2016重庆）Our Chinese teacher didnt go to bed _ he finished his work last night.A. if B. untilC. since D. because,【解析】if如果，引
35、导条件状语从句，从句用一般现在时，主句要用一般将来时；since自以来，引导时间状语从句，既然，引导原因状语从句；because因为，引导原因状语从句；until直到，引导时间状语从句，还可用notuntil直到才。根据主句“ didnt go ”可知从句要用until来连接，表示“我们的语文老师昨天晚上直到他完成了工作才睡觉” 之意，故选B。,5. They have a quick dinner, and its time for homework.,Its time for sth. 是到做某事的时候了。Its time for lunch. 午餐时间到了。 Its time to do
36、 sth. Its time to go to school. 上学的时间到了。,(2014北京中考) 把东西收好，该睡觉了。 Put your things away. _ bed.Its 9:30 pm, children! _ is time to go to bed. A. That B. It C. This D. They开会的时间到了。,Its time for,Its time to have meeting.,6. continues until the kids get older.,continue v. 继续；持续The rain continued all day.雨
37、连续下了一整天。He continued to write / writing while in hospital.他住院时他继续写作。He continued working when he was ill. 他在生病期间一直坚持工作。,如果继续砍伐树木，动物将无处可住。(continue ),If we continue to cut down trees, animals will have nowhere to live / have no place to live in.,7. Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classe
38、s.,send v. 派遣、打发、安排去 He sent his son to return the books to the library. 他派他儿子把书还给图书馆。 Ill send someone to show you around. 我派人带你到周围转转。,send away 赶走 send for 派人去请 send off 寄出 send out 分发 send up 发射 send sb. sth. = send sth. to sb. 送给某人某物,【注】类似的动词有：show (展示； 给看)give (给) lend (借出)offer (提供) return (归还
39、)tell (告诉),send, give这两个词均可表示“送，交给”，其区别是： give一般指亲手给， 而send则指寄送或派人送。试比较:He gave me some pictures of Guilin.他给了我几张桂林的照片。He sent me some pictures of Guilin.他寄给我几张桂林的照片。,8. comparing them with other children.,compare v. 比较And they are always comparing them with other children. 并且他们总是拿他们和其他孩子作比较。,People
40、 often compare the life _ a stage (舞台). A. with B. to C. of D. about,【点拨】选B。compare . to . “把比作”，不同事物相比。compare . with . “与相比较”，相同事物相比。句意为：人们经常把人生比作一个舞台。故选B。,9. People shouldnt push their kids so hard.,push v. 推动；移动The little boy pushed the door open.小男孩把门推开了。,push ahead (on, forward) 继续前进，坚持下去 push
41、 through 排除困难办好谋事，努力设法通过，挤过,The governments should _ the use of new types of energy to make a greener world. （2015无锡）A. push in B. push forC. put out D. put up【解析】 句意：政府应该推动新能源的使用以创造一个更环保的世界。A. push in往里推；B. push for推动；C. put out 扑灭；D. put up张贴，举起，建造， 提高。政府应该推动新能源的使用。故选B。,B,10. says all these activi
42、ties can cause a lot of stress for children.,cause v. 造成，使发生This car has caused me a lot of trouble.这辆车给我带来不少麻烦。 Im afraid I am causing you much trouble.我担心我给你增添麻烦。,cause sb. to do sth. 使某人做某事 The lightning caused the baby to cry.闪电把孩子吓哭了。cause sb. for sb. 给某人添麻烦 She is always causing trouble for people. 她总是给人添麻烦。,- What can we do to _ bird flu from spreading? - Try not to buy or eat chickens that have not been checkedA. prevent B. cause C. discover,A,（2016江苏盐城） It seems that El Nino _ some disasters in the world in the past few months. A. has caused B. is causingC. will cause D. caused,A,
