英语精品教案：大纲版第二册上Unit6 Life in the future(名师导课).docVIP

Reference for Teaching I．异域风情 lAmerican Teenagers There are more than 35 million Ameri-cans between the ages of 13 and 19．hey are the nations teenagers．hey express them-selves with their own music．clothes and language．They have the eotions of a child in the body of an adult．They want t be free and independent，Yet they also want to be taken care o．Many teenagers disagee with their parents about how much freedom they should have．Some disobey ther parents．hey say their parents do not understand them． The NEW YRK TIMES newspaper says 1956 was the year of the teenager．hat was when the world TEENAGE was first used to identify the culture of young Ameri-cans．In the 1950s，teenagers began rebelling aganst adults．Teenagers did not want to be like their parents．hey wanted to listen to their own music，rockand-roll．They wanted to wear different kind of cthes．They wanted t use different expressions to com-municate with each other． Man movies showed this rebelling by teenagers．ne of the most famous was REB—EL WITHOUT A CAUSE．It stared James Dean as a trouble teenager．ne popular play showed teenagers in a funny way．It was called BYE BYE BIRDlE．This music was produced on Broadway in New York in 1960．Later it was made into a movie．BYE BYE BIRDlE tes what happens to an American family when a famous rock-and-roll singer visits their town．he father of the family does not understand teenagers． Today Amercan teenagers spent a lot of money buying records，clothes and electronc devices．They also spend a lot on entertainment．ast year teenagers spent almost 100 thousand million dollars．The NEW YRK TIMES says that was more than their par-ents spent on those things．Where do Amecan teenagers get all this money?Many of them have part-time jobs．Soe take care of children．thers work at fast food restau-rants．They earn about 4 dollars anour． Man teenagers do not have jobs．Insteadthey receive money from their parents．hey might get as much as 20 dollars a week．hey are permitted to spend