"Why don't you talk to your parents?" PPT courseware 2

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"Why don't you talk to your parents?" PPT courseware 2

Discussion

Do you have some after-school classes to take?

What kind of classes do you have?

Read the words and expressions loudly.

Words

opinion n. Opinion; thought; opinion

skill n. skill; skill

typical adj. typical

football n. (American) football; football

cut out delete; delete

quick adj. Quick; rapid; short time

continue v. continue; continue to exist

compare v. compare

Objectives

Read the article to learn the common problem for Chinese and American families

To learn new words: skill, opinion, typical, football, quick, continue, compare, crazy, push, development, cause, usual, perhaps…

2b Read the article and answer the questions.

1. What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?

The children have to take many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.

2. Who gives their opinions about the problem?

Cathy Taylor, Linda Miller and Dr. Alice Green.

2d Read the article again and answer the questions.

1. Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after-school activities?

Yes. He does.

2. Does Linda Miller agree with Cathy? What’s her opinion?

No. She thinks it is unfair to compare their kids with other children. She thinks people shouldn’t push their kids so hard.

3. Does Dr. Green agree with Cathy or Linda? What does she say?

Dr. Green agrees with Linda. She says, “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.”

Language points

1. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university.

so that means "in order to..., for...", which guides the adverbial clause of purpose. Modal verbs such as can / may are often used in that clause;

so that can also mean "therefore, so" to introduce the result adverbial clause, and a comma can be used before so that.

Practice

Little boy saves every penny so that he can buy his mom a gift for Mother's Day.

The little boy saved every coin so that he could buy his mother a present on Mother’s Day.

I was caught in the shower, so my clothes were soaked.

I was caught in a shower, so that all my clothes got wet.

2. And they are always comparing them with other children.

be always doing sth. means "always do something". When always is used with the continuous tense, it often expresses a certain emotion of the speaker, such as praise, dissatisfaction, blame, etc.

Fill in the blanks based on the text content.

These days, children are sometimes _____ on weekends than weekdays because they ______ take so many __________ classes. Cathy Taylor believes that the after-school activities are __________ for his children’s future. He really want them to be _______.

Linda Miller says, “In some families, __________ starts very young and _______ until the kids get older. The parents are always _________ their small kids with other children. It’s _____.” She thinks that people shouldn’t ____ their kids ______.

Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can _____ a lot of _____ for children. She says, “Kids should have time to _____ and ________ themselves, too. ________ it's normal to want _________ children, it's even more _________ to have _____ children. "

Homework

What do you think of the after-school classes? Write an article about it.

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