1、,Advance with English,Unit 2 Growing pains,Students Book 1,Reading I,Home alone,Home alone,Feelings?,Lead- in,Have you ever had the kind of experience when your parents had to go away and leave you alone? 2. Can you imagine what might happen if you were left alone? 3. Could you handle all the respon
2、sibility and keep everything clean and safe?,The starring (主演) role:Daniel,Look at the family photo and answer:,-Main characters in Growing Pains.,Who are they?,What do you know about the famous TV show?, Popular during the1980s & 1990s inAmerica.About family problems.,Mike Seaver,Carol Seaver,Maggi
3、e Seaver,Dr. Jason Seaver,Ben Seaver,Reading a play,Reading a normal text,different,Lets enjoy the play: Home alone,Reading strategy: How to read a play,I. The characteristics of a play: Most plays are in the form of _to be spoken aloud. b. Writers use different styles of speech. Casual speech is us
4、ed，sometimes with_.,a dialogue,incomplete sentences,II. How to read a playTo read it out loud instead of _to better understand a play. b. To pay attention to the instructions or tips included in a play.,silently,1.Who are the main characters in the play?2.Why do the parents get angry?3.What really h
5、appened to their dog, Spot?,Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad.,The room was a mess./ There was trash all over.,Spot was ill.,Fast reading,1. The boys do not expect theirparents to come back so early. 2. Spot, the dog, looks full of life. 3. Daniels parents still think of himas an adult. 4. Eric does not wan
6、t to explain totheir parents.,True or false?,T / F,T / F,T / F,T / F,5. The boys did not clean the house because they went to the clinic. 6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel.,T / F,T / F,Moms reactions to the children when seeing the mess,Dads reactions to the children at
7、the sight of the mess,(to Daniel),Childrens responses,(to Daniel),(to Eric),(to Eric),The main characters of the play,. Read the play carefully and answer the following questions.,Detailed reading,1. What are the boys doing when theirparents come home?They are playing with a soccer ball.,2. How does
8、 the room look when theparents arrive home?The room is in a complete mess. 3. Why are the parents angrier withDaniel than with Eric?Because they left Daniel in charge.,4. What is the emergency that Eric wantsto tell his parents about?Spot was sick and they had to take himto the clinic. 5. What does
9、the father want to do with Daniel?He wants to punish Daniel.,1. The passage is mainly about _A. how the family manage to be on goodtermsB. why the room is in a mess.C. why there is a misunderstandingbetween the parents and sons.D. what happens to Daniel and Ericafter their parents get home.,D,. Read
10、ing Comprehension,2.Which of the following is the cause of the quarrel ?A. Spot was seriously ill.B. The couple return earlier than expected .C. The boys play football all day long.D. The brothers laziness(懒惰).,A,3. Eric says hello to his parents in a frightened voice because_A. Dad often punishes h
11、im.B. he is afraid that Dad will see themessy room and punish him .C. Dad will beat him and his brother. D. he is always timid(胆小的). 4. This passage is a _A. newspaper B. notice C. play D. diary,B,C,5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _A. children often hate their parents.B. parents often ha
12、te their parents.C. children and parents often hate eachotherD. parents and children should explainto each other when some misunderstanding (误解) occurs.,D,6. The phrase “deserve to” means_A. have to B. want to C. need to D. to be good enough to have something,D,7. What would probably happen in the f
13、ollowing act ?A. Dad and Daniel will quarrel again.B. Mom and Eric will help Dad andDaniel to get rid of themisunderstanding .C. Eric will not play football any longer D. Daniel will desert(抛弃) the dog.,B,which,in,angry,explanation,Disease/ illness,taking,reached,Consolidation,waiting,scolded,silenc
14、e,just coming back from vacation,playing soccer at home,staying in another room,excited disappointed angry,surprised and frightened,sorry angry,Please read Act Two carefully and fill in the form.,expressing his anger,angry,comforting his brother,calm,talking about the things that happened today,sorr
15、y and regretful,stubborn(固执),D2.Daniels dad came to talk to him. Replace each underlined word or phrase with a word with a similar meaning from the play. Write your answers in the blanks.,We didnt think you would let the house get so dirty. It is really bad, worse than ever before. Your behavior thi
16、s morning made me think of a child, not a real (1) grown-up.,adult,Mom and I were very angry at your (2) choice to run to your room and slam the door. We feel you should not have done that. Even if you are a (3)person between a child and a grown-up, you still are not (4) expected to act so badly! Im
17、 afraid that we cannot let you go (5) without being punished. You must stay,decision,teenager,supposed,unpublished,home every night for a week, and there will be no TV or using the computer for you either.,E. Read Daniels conversation with his MOM on page 25 and write the correct words in the blanks
18、.,supposed vacation behavior decision waited money Spot door adult Dad,Mom: Daniel, I need to talk to you about your _. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldnt have run out of the room and slammed the _ like that.,behavior,door,Daniel: Mom,
19、Im sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an _ but you and _ treat me like a child. Why didnt you just ask me what had happened?,adult,Dad,Mum: Well, I know that grown-ups are _ to make good _ but sometimes we make mistakes. We were angry too. None of us stopped to think and we should ha
20、ve. Can you explain to me now why the house was a mess and what you did with the cash we left?,decisions,supposed,Daniel: _ was sick, Mom. Eric and I didnt want to call you and Dad on your _, so I used the _ you left and some of my own to take him to the vet. We stayed there and _ for him all day. T
21、hat is why we didnt have time to clean the house.,Spot,vacation,money,waited,Youll be divided into groups of five. One is the narrator and the others are the main characters. Role-play Act One and Act Two.,Group work,1. Try to write a short passage about this play in your own words. 2. Underline some phrases and difficult sentence structures in this reading passage.,The end !,Good staying with you!,Thank you,
