八年级英语下册Unit2Reading.pptVIP

八年级人教新目标下册 Unit 2 What should I do? Period 4: Reading After last class we talked about our after-school activities. Let’s see your answers. 1b. Predictions of the reading material New words: football compare complain pushy pressure organized freedom 1.What is the passage mainly talking about? 2.Read the following sentences and match the parts with its meaning. Part 1 Dr Alice Green’s viewpoint(观点). Part 2 Parents take their children from activity to activity. Part 3 Cathy Taylor’s children are busy. Part 4 Parents push their children a lot more. Part 5 What Linda Miller tells us about children’s pressure. Learn to relax. 3. Try to find out what they don’t understand. Ask and answer the questions in groups of four. Compare which group answers the most questions. (1) not…until…直到……才……，表示主句的动作直到until状语所表示的时间才发生。如： The boy didn’t go to bed until his mother came back.这个男孩直到他妈妈回来才去睡觉。　　　 　 (2) fit…into…适合……的时间；与……融为一体。如： I’ll fit a meeting into this morning. 今天上午我要安排个会议。　　 (3) as…as possible尽可能……，as和as之间要接形容词或副词。如： He runs as fast as possible.　他尽可能地快跑。 4. Explanations (5) compare…with… 意为“把……与……进行比较”。如： We shouldn’t compare ourselves with others.我们不应该拿自己与别人进行比较。　　 (6) Sb. + find it +形容词+ to do sth.某人发现某事是……。其中it在句中作find 的形式宾语，句子的真正宾语是后面的动词不定式。如： I found it important to study English well.我发现学好英语是很重要的。 (4) complain about…抱怨……，后面可以接人或物，若接动词，则用v.-ing形式，意为“抱怨做某事”。如： Please don’t complain about him any more.请别再抱怨他了。　　 5.According to the passage to choose the right answers. ( ) 1. The writer is _____ his cousin. A. older than B. younger than C. the same age as ( ) 2. She borrowed my math book and didn’t ______ it. A. buy B. return C. give back ( ) 3. So I _____ do my homework. A. forget to B. can C. couldn’t ( ) 4. I _____ to have a fight with my cousin. A. don’t want B. want C. decide ( ) 5. Could you please give me some_____?