八年级下Unit4阅读课微课.pptx

Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?阅读课 Warming upWhat did you do after school?Do you have stress in your life?How do you relax yourself? Reading2bSkim 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?Linda, Miller and Dr. Alice Green. 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.Read and circle again, judge T or F. TT 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. TFF 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 _______2ccontinue v. 持续；继续存在用法：continue to do sth. 强调继续做另一件事情，前后所做的事情不同。continue doing sth. 多强调接着做以前所做事情。continue e.g. Can I continue to read aloud? 我可以继续朗读吗？ The workers refused to continue working. 工人们拒绝继续工作。 2. Physical exercise and practice of skills _______training n. 训练e.g. Nurses have several years of training. 护士需要几年的培训。training 3. Worries about things at home, school or work ______stress n. 压力e.g. In fact, stress isn’t always bad thing. 事实上，压力并不总是坏事情。stress4. Usual or common _______ typical adj. 典型的e.g. a typical Italian café 典型的意大利式小餐馆typical 5. Try to be the best or the first to finish something ________compete v. 竞争；对抗e.g. We can’t compete with them on price. 我们不能和他们在价格上进行对抗。compete 6. Getting better or bigger ____________development n. 发展；发育；成长e.g. Development of the area would endanger the wildlife. 开发这一地区将会危及野生生物。development 7. Look for differences and similarities between things