八年级下册英语第二单元Reading

Unit2WhatshouldIdo?ReadingIalwaysfeelworried.WhatshouldIdo?Maybeyoushouldlearntorelax.Howtorelax？dosportsHowtorelax？listentomusicHowtorelax？TalkwithyourbestfriendsSection1BeforeYouRead1aWhatafter-schoolactivitiescanyouthinkof?Completetheboxes.Ido:___________________________________________________________________________Idon’tdo:______________________________________________________________________After-schoolactivitiesSection1BeforeYouRead1bLookupthesewordsinadictionary.footballcomplainpressurefreedomorganizedpushycompareReadingstrategyYouwilllearntousenewwordsbetterifyouusealearner’sdictionary.Abilingualdictionarysometimesgivesthewrongmeaningforthesituationyouwant.ReadthefollowingpassageanddrawtheimportantsentencesandtrytotranslatethemintoChinese.Section2WhileYouReadLifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.Theirschooldaysarebusyenough.Afterschool,though,Cathytakesthetwoboysfromfootballtobasketball.Thenshehastotakeherdaughtertopianolessons.Thetiredchildrendon’tgethomeuntil7pm.Theyhaveaquicksupper,andit’stimeforhomework.Section2WhileYouRead生活对于CathyTaylor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。Maybeyoushouldlearntorelax!TheTaylorsarelikemanyAmericanandBritishparents.Theytaketheirchildrenfromactivitytoactivity,andtrytofitasmuchaspossibleintotheirkids’lives.Doctorssaymanychildrenareundertoomuchpressure.Teacherscomplainaboutteachingtiredkidsintheclassroom.Section2WhileYouRead他们把孩子从一个活动送到另一个活动。竭尽全力把孩子的生活填满。在繁重的压力下。Mostchildrentakepartinafter-schoolclubs.Activitiesincludesports,languagelearning,music,andmathclasses.Pushyparentsarenothingnew,butnowparentsseemtopushtheirchildrenalotmore.Parentsseeotherchildrendoingalotofthings,andtheyfeeltheirownchildrenshoulddothesame.Section2WhileYouRead固执的家长们没有新的变化,但是更多的家长把孩子们推向这些压力之下。Section2WhileYouReadLindaMiller,amotherofthreeinLondon,knowsallaboutsuchpressure.“Insomefamilies,competitionstartsfromaveryyoungage,”shesays.“Motherssendtheirkidstoallotherchildren.It’scrazy.Peopleshouldn’tpushtheirkidssohard.”人们不应该凶狠的把他们的孩子们推向这种压力下。Section2WhileYouReadDrAliceGreenagrees.Shealsosaysthatthesechildrenmayfindithardtothinkforthemselveswhentheyareolder.“Parentsaretryingtoplantheirkids’livesforthem.Whenthesekidsareadults,theymightfinditdifficulttoplanthingsforthemselves.”这些孩子们就会发现当他们长大后要自己思考问题是多么困难的事。家长们总是尽力为他们的孩子们计划事情。但是当孩子们成年后就回发现自己计划事情很困难。Section2WhileYouReadParentsshouldlearntogivetheirkidsabitmoretimetothemselves.Ontheonehand,childrenneedorganizedactivities.Ontheotherhand,theyalsoneedtimeandfreedomtorelax,andtheyneedtimetodothingsbythemselves.父母们应该学会给他们的孩子更多一些的时间。Languagepoints•until到……为止ItmaylastuntilFriday.这可能要延续到星期五。Hewillbeworkinguntil5o'clock.他将一直工作到五点钟。•fitfit…into…找到时间（做某事）Hetrytofitallthetimeintohislife.•as…aspossible尽可能Heworksashardaspossible.•include包括;包含Doesthatincludeeverything?什么都包括在内吗？•push推，推动，督促ShepushedhersontostudyEnglish.她督促儿子学习英语。Languagepointssend派遣、打发、安排去send…to…Hesenthissontoreturnthebookstothelibrary.他派他儿子把书还给图书馆。themselves（反身代词）他们(她们、它们)自己byoneself独自；单独Oneshouldnotlivebyoneselfalone.一个人不应该自己独自生活。LanguagepointsSection3AfterYouReadIsthesituationthesameinChina?____AmericanandBritishchildrendomanyafter-schoolactivities.____Manychildrenareunderpressure.____Parentsthesedayspushtheirchildrenmuchharderthanbefore.____Competitionbetweenfamiliesstartsatayoungage.____Childrenshouldhavefreetimetorelax.Section4Goforit!Pressureisaseriousproblemintoday’sworld.Whatshouldwedotorelax.Areyouoryourfriendsunderpressure?Doasurveytofindout.Questions:1.Whendoyoufeelunderpressure?2.Whatshouldyoudotorelax?WhatdoyouthinkofwhatLindaMillersays？Doyouagreewithher？Why？AretheChildren’slivesthesamewithonesinChina？Whatcanyoulearnfromthispassage？HomeworkFinishofftheotherexercisesinReading.