江苏省丹阳高级学王永强.pptVIP

Curriculum Focus Cross - cultural awareness: Understanding the similarities and differences between the life perceptions of high school students from different countries Character Building Learning to talk openly with others, thinking about how to deal with the generation gap. Predicting We are going to read a report on a survey of high of the opinions of school students’ from different countries. Which aspects of life do you think the makers of the survey will have questioned the the students about? Write down your ideas and compare with your partner. Skimming 1. Parental expectations 2. Family life 3. Opinions of those questioned about themselves and others. TRUE OR FALSE? Of the four countries surveyed, Japanese mothers expect most from their children. Chinese teenagers are less satisfied with their parents because of the high expectations their mother and fathers have of them. Chinese students have the least pressure placed on them and are therefore the happiest. Japanese parents and children never blame or criticize each other. TRUE OR FALSE? 5. According to Sun Yunxiao, only China suffers from a generation gap. 6. Korean students are more independent than Japanese students. 7. American students are the most satisfied with “an average living”. 8. Of all things, worries about tests bring the most frustration. Vocabulary building be fed up with be satisfied with top except; different from constantly be tired of blame frequently or often other than be at the top of 6. be content with say sb is responsible for sth bad Fill in the gaps using the words and phrases on the previous page: No one _________ your parents can sign the form. His parents ________ him for not working hard enough. He doesn’t know what he thinks. Hes ________ changing his mind. 4. The record _______ the charts(流行音乐排行榜 ） for five weeks. 5. Im ______________ with you telling me what to do all the time. 6. I wanted to take two