Unit4SectionBReading.ppt

What did you do after school? Do you have stress in your life? How do you relax yourself? football compare pressure Section 1 Before You Read Look at the words below, and guess their meanings. This is a _______. football He is under great ________. pressure They are __________their houses. comparing 2b Skim the article and answer the questions. What is the common problem for Chinese and American families? Parents give their children too much stress. 2. Who gives their opinions about the problems? Cathy Tailor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green. What are their opinions about after-school classes? Cathy Taylor thinks: ____________________________________ Linda Miller thinks ____________________ Doctor Alice Green thinks ____________________ They are important for children’s future. It’s crazy. She doesn’t think it’s fair. Parents should push their kid so hard. They can cause a lot of stress for children. Too much pressure is not good for a child’s development. Questions of the Passage 1. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very ________. 2. What after-school activities do children take? The after-school activities children take are: basketball practice, football training, piano lessons. busy 3. Do Doctors think too much pressure is not good for a child’s development? Yes, they do. 1. Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes on weekends these days. 2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these after-school activities are important for them. 3. Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes. 4. Linda thinks some parents push their kids too much. 5. Alice thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves Read and circle again, judge T or F. T T T F F Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings? Try to match them with the meaning below. 1. Keeping on happening _______ 2c continues 2. Physical exerci