1. What after-school activities can you think of?  Using… － I do: － I don’t do: Unit 2 Reading Maybe you should learn to relax.

2. complain pushy organize pressure When I was young, my parents asked me to do many things, but I don’t like doing them. My parents were _____. They _______ my life. I _________ a lot. Because I was under too much __________. pushyorganized complained pressure

3. Read and match Para 1 a. Linda and Alice express( 表达 ) their opinions and advice Para 2 b. Parents today push their kids much harder than before. Para 3 c. American and British children do many after-school activities. Para 4-5 d. Cathy Taylor’s children are very busy.

4. 速读以求理解. Read the whole passage, answer the questions. 1.Are western students also under too much pressure? 2. Is the pressure mostly from their parents or school? Yes. From their parents.

5. Life for Cathy Taylor ’ s three children is very busy. Their school days are After school, Cathy takes the two boys___________ ____________. She has to take her daughter to_ ___________. The tired children _____get home ______7pm. They have a quick supper,and __________homework. What do you think of the Taylors and their children? busy enough. from football to basketball piano lessons don’t until it’s time for Read carefully and fill in the blanks. Careful reading:

6. Translate the sentence: The tired children don’t get home until 7 pm. 练一练： 昨晚直到妈妈回来我才上床睡觉。 昨晚我做作业一直到妈妈回来 ….until… 到 … 为止 …not ….until … 直到 … 才 … I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back last night. I did my homework until my mother came back.

7. Para 2 American and British children do many after- school activities. Say “T” or “F”: ( )1. Many American and British parents take their children to different activities. ( ) 2. Doctors say few Ss are under too much pressure. ( ) 3. Teachers don’t complain about teaching tired kids in class. T F F

8. 你会了吗？ 1 同学们抱怨起床太早。 2 同学们抱怨太多的作业。

9. Para 3 Parents today push their kids much harder than before. Read and answer: 1 What do after-school activities include? 2 Why do parents now seem to push their children a lot more? They include sports, language learning, music and math classes. …see…….doing……. …feel……

10. Para 4-5 Give opinions and advice. Para 4 Why do parents push their children so hard? 1) Competition___________________________ 2)Parents are always _____________________ ____________________________. starts from a very young age. comparing them with other children. be always doing sth. 总是做某事 含有惊讶，赞赏，厌烦的感情色彩 Eg. 他总是帮助他人。 他总是向父母要钱。

11. Para 5 1)If parents try to plan their kids’ lives for them, is it good for the kids? Why? 2) Parents should learn to give their kids ____________ to themselves. 3) ____ ____ ____ ____, children need ______ activities. ____ ____ ____ ___, they need time and _____ ____ _____, and they need time to do things ___ _______. It is difficult for kids to plan things for themselves/think for themselves. a bit more time On the one handorganized On the other hand freedom to relax by themselves

12. 1 快速吃晚饭 2 该做某事了 3 压力太大 4 抱怨做某事 5 参加课后俱乐部 6 总是做某事 7 把 … 与 … 作比较 8 发现做某事很难 9 一方面，另一方面 10 独立做某事 have a quick supper It’s time for sth./ to do sth be under too much pressure complain about doing sth. take part in after-school clubs be always doing compare … with … find it difficult to do sth. on the one hand, on the other hand do sth. by onself

13. Think about the questions: 1.Do your parents love you? Do they give you much pressure? 2.Do you feel tired? Why do you feel tired? 3.Do you want to say something to them? After learning the text, what do you want to say to your parents? Write a letter to them.

14. Dear mom and dad, I know you love me very much and you do a lot for me. But sometimes I feel very tired.I need time to relax… _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

15. Fill in the blanks with the words below.  Cathy Taylor’s children are very busy. They don’t have much free time. They______ get home _______ 7pm. Just like Cathy Taylor, many American and British parents take their children ______ activity ______ activity. Because they see other children doing a lot of things, and they feel their own children should do the same. They try to ______ as much as possible _____ their kids’ lives. Most children have to _______ _______ ______ after-school clubs. Activities _______ sports, language learning, music and math classes. Pushy parents now seem to ______ their children a lot more. They ______the children to ______ _______ ______ classes when they are very young. And they always_______ them______ other children. So many children are ______ too much __________. Teachers___________ _________ teaching tired kids in the classroom. Dr Alice Green says that these children may find it hard to think for __________when they are ________. Parents should learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves. On the one hand, children need organized activities. ____ ____ ____ _____, they also need time and ___________ to relax, and they need time to do things by themselves. freedom, them, adult, complain about, on the other hand, under pressure, push, not…until, take part in, send, from…to…, all kinds of, fit…into…, include, compare with don’tuntil from to fitinto take part in include push send all kinds of compare under complain about themselves adults On the other hand freedom with pressure Retell:

16. Homework 必做题： Write a passage about how to spend our free time. 选做题： Send your letter to your parents.