2. UNIT 2

3. What after-school activities can you think of? Using… － I do: － I don’t do:

4. take dancing lessons Study at home take the piano lessons take dancing lessons Play basketball

5. Reading Skills 1. 速读回答问题 2. 带着疑问复读 3. 小组解决疑难 4. 知识点记忆 5. 读课文

6. Maybe you should learn to relax! Please answer the following questions Is life for Cathy Taylor’s three children very busy? What after-school activities do most children take part in? When do mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes?

7. Is life for Cathy Taylor’s three children very busy? What after-school activities do most children take part in? When do mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes? Yes,it is They take part in activities including sports, language learning, music, and math classes. When they are very young.

8. 1 学生第二遍小声读课文，找出自己的疑难点。 2 小组内解决问题，疑难找老师帮忙 3 考考你

9. Pay attention to the following sentences Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. Their school days are busy enough. After school, though, Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball. Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons. The tired children don’t get home until 7 pm. They have a quick supper, and it’s time for homework. 生活对于 Cathy Taylor 的三个孩子来说是非常忙碌的. 这些疲倦的孩子们要到晚上 7 点才得到家.

10. The tired children don’t get home until 7 pm. :not….until. 直到 …… 才 （ until 连接时间状语从句，主将从现，主过从过） (1) 直到下午 7 ： 00 点，这些疲惫的孩子才到家。 The tired children 7pm. (2) 昨晚直到他的妈妈回来，他才上床睡觉。 He go to bed his mother came back. didn’t go home until didn’t until

11. Section 2 While You Read The Taylors are like many American and British parents. They take their children from activity to activity. Doctors say many children are under too much pressure. Teachers complain about teaching tired kids in the classroom. 他们把孩子从一个活动送到另一个活动. 在繁重的压力下.

12. Section 2 While You Read Linda Miller, a mother of three in London, knows all about such pressure. “In some families, competition starts from a very young age,” she says. “Mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes when they are very young. And they are always comparing them with other children. It’s crazy. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.” 人们不应该如此严厉的挤压他们的孩子们.

13. Section 2 While You Read Parents should learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves. On the one hand, children need organized activities. On the other hand, they also need time and freedom to relax, and they need time to do things by themselves.

14. 1.not…until 直到 … 才 2.it’s time for sb. to do … 某人该是 …… 的时候 3.do sth. as much as possible 尽可能多地做某事 4.under pressure 有压力 5.complain about doing 抱怨做某事 6.take part in after –school clubs 参加课后辅导课 7.send sb. to all kinds of classes 送某人到各种学习班 8.compare ….with 和 … 比较 9.on the one hand ….on the other hand 一方面.. 在另一方面 11.do something by themselves 独立做某事 12. 主语 +find(found)+it + 形容词 +to do sth. 某人发 现做某事是 ….. Recite the following words and phrases in the article.

15. Read with the tape for a third time

16. Exercises 1 、 My parents are always ————————— ———————————————( 把我和我弟 弟进行比较 ) 。 2 、 He —————————————————— （抱怨教那些疲惫的孩子们 ) 3 、 ______________________________ 到了我 们做作业的时间了 4 、 You should speak English—————— ———————— ( 尽可能多 ) 51) 我发现学好英语很容易。 I found easy English well. comparing me with my brother complains about teaching the tired kids It’s time for us to do homework as much as possible it to study

17. 1.When do you feel under pressure? 你什么时候感到有压力？ 2. What should you do to relax? 你应该怎样来放松自己？ Discussion

18. How to make ourselves relax?

19. Homework Look the new words up if you don’t know them well. Make two sentences with each new word. Review all the words and expressions in this unit.

20. Now, it’s time for me to relax! Thank you and Goodbye!