八年级英语-amily-life-suffers-from-16页.pptxVIP

Family life suffers from activities. After-school clubAfter school activitiesWhat things do you do after school?How much time do you spend on each thing?ActivitiesTimemusic lessons45 minutescomputer lessonsFamily lifeboringrelaxstressnot doing muchtiredpiano lessonsclubbusyTalk about your family life.Is your family life very busy?Do you often join in after-school clubs?Do you feel tired? Do you suffer from exhaustion and stress?Do you like this kind of life?Family life suffers from activities.Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is very busy. Their school days and her job are busy enough, but after that, Cathy still has to take the two boys from football to basketball. Then she has to drop off her daughter at piano lessons. The tired family doesnt get home until 7pm. There is a little time for a quick supper before homework. ReadingFamily life suffers from activities.The Hagners are like many American and British parents whose children are always running a race. Parents take their children from activity to activity to prepare them for their future. It seems that raising a genius is more important than raising a happy child. Doctors across the country say many children are suffering from exhaustion and stress. Teachers are teaching exhausted kids in the classrooms. Family life suffers from activities.Most children attend after-school clubs. Activities include sports, language learning, music, and math classes (sometimes for children as young as four.) It isnt anything new. There have always been pushy parents. But now they push their children a lot more. Mothers see their childrens friends doing a lot of things and they feel their own children should do the same. Family life suffers from activities.Family life suffers from activities.Words and expressionsMatch the words and expressions with their meaningsgenius a. you can do it by yourselfexhaustion b. take someone somewherepushy c. so tired that you