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,Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?,1,Unit 4 Why dont you talk to y,These days,students are sometimes,busier on weekends,than,weekdays.,Do you know why?,2,These days,students are somet,These days,students are sometimes,busier on weekends,than,weekdays.,Do you know why?,Because they have to take so many,after-school classes,.,3,These days,students are somet,Free talk,1.Do you have any after-school classes?,2.What do you think of the after-school classes?,4,Free talk1.Do you have any af,Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!,What,is the,common problem,for Chinese and American families?,Who,gives their opinions about the problem?,These days,children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays,because they have to take so many after-school classes.,2b,Peoples opinions about childrens after-school classes.,Summary,The main idea of the whole article,Cathy Taylor,Linda Miller,and,Dr.Alice Green,5,Maybe You Should Learn to Rela,Match the main idea with each paragraph.,A.Life for the Taylors children is busy,too.,B.Linda Millers opinion.,Para.1,Para.2,Para.3,D.Dr.Alice Greens opinion.,Para.4,C.Chinese children are busy on weekends.,6,Match the main idea with each,Look at the words in bold in the article.Can you,guess their meanings,?Try to match them with the meaning below.,2c,Reading skill:,You can use the,context,上下文,and underline the,clues,线索,in your book to guess meaning.,1,2,3,4,7,Look at the words in bold in t,Guess the meaning of the words in bold from the context.Find out the clues.,Maybe you should learn to relax!,These days,Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take many after-school classes.Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and after a good university.Others are practicing sports so that they can,compete,and win.However,this doesnt only happen in China.,5.Try to be the best or the first to finish something,8,Guess the meaning of the words,The Taylors are,typical,American family.Life for Cathy Taylors three children are 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 off a few of their activities,but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future.I really want them to be successful.”,2.Physical exercise and practice of skills,4.Usual or common,9,The Taylors are typical Americ,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 fair.Why dont they just let their kids be kids?People shouldnt push their kids so hard.”,3.Worries about things at home,school or work,4.Keeps on happening,7.Looking for differences and similarities between things,10,Linda Miller,a mother of thre,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.”,6.Getting better or bigger,11,Doctors say too much pressure,These days,Chinese children are,on weekends than weekdays,because they have to take so many,1.many of them are learning,so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university.,2.others practicing,so that they can,and,win.,However,this doesnt only happen,_,in China,after-school classes,Read the passage and fill in the blanks,busier,exam skills,sports,compete,12,These days,Chinese children a,The Taylors are a American family.,Taylors opinion,Maybe I could,a few of their activities,but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future.,Life for Cathys three children,One boy,daughter,The other boy,.be good for the childrens future.,basketball practice,football training,piano lessons,cut out,typical,13,The Taylors are a,Its crazy,I dont think thats,.People shouldnt,their kids so hard.,Lindas opinion,Parents should let their kids be kids.,Too much,is not good for a childs,.and kids should have time to,themselves.,Its more,to have happy children.,Dr.Green,Its more important to have happy children than successful children.,fair,push,pressure,develpoment,think for,important,14,Its crazy,I dont think that,Summary,Common problem,Too many after-school classes,Children have too much stress,15,Summary Common problemToo man,Summary,Cathy,Agrees,These activities,are important for childrens future,and she wants her kids,to be successful,Linda,Disagrees,She thinks its,crazy and unfair.,People,shouldnt push their kids so hard,Dr.Green,Disagrees,Children should have time to,relax,and,think for themselves,.,Its even more important to have happy children.,16,Sum
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