新重大版必修二unit2 Parents and children reading.ppt

Getting Ready Reading How do you think the relationship between the parents and kids? Using some adjectives you have learned to describe it, such as friendly. Now, let’s look at some pictures. How do you think the relationship between the parents and kids? Work in pairs. Talk about the relationship between you and your parents. Use some adjectives to describe your parents. respectful patient kind responsible warm-hearted understanding open-minded hard-working humorous caring honest Click me! Enjoy a touching story We are going to learn a fable in reading part. Look at the title of the passage and the picture on the next page, read the first and last sentences of the passage, and predict what will happen between the boy and the apple tree. Work with you partner and complete the following passage according to your understanding and prediction about the passage. When we were young, we loved to _____ with Mum and Dad. When we grow up, we ______ them. Then, we only come to them when we _____ something or when we are in ______. play leave need trouble No matter what, parents will always be there and ______ everything they can to make us happy. You may think the boy in the story is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents. give The relationship between the boy and the apple tree is like the one between parents and kids. Use your imagination to think about other relationships which are similar to the relationship between the boy and the apple tree. The relationship between teachers and students The relationship between leaders and staff Reading Skimming Read the text quickly to decide which of the following sentences best summarizes the main idea of the text. In this story, the writer means to tell us that ____. A. Children can never really understand how much their parents love them until they themselves become parents. B. Parental love is always selfless, endless and un-conditional. C. children’s love in return for their parents’ love is fa