Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose
Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.
Period 2 • • • 1. review 2. rules at home : Reading 3. Grammar 4. section A: 4 a~4 c 5. consolidation and extension 6. in-class exercises
Talk about family rules: Do you have to go home after school? Can you play out after school or on weekends? Are you allowed to stay up until 11: 00 pm? Do you need to clean up your room every morning? Are you allowed to watch TV every night? Can you go shopping and choose your own clothes? Are you allowed to smoke or drink alcohol? … Different families have different rules. Students should know well what they should do and shouldn’t do at home.
My family rules 1. Write down the rules first. The following sentence patterns are needed. I can … I must … I am (not) allowed to … I have to … I need to … ) 2. Express your opinions about them. (agree or disagree) I think we should be allowed to … I think we can … I agree that … I feel that. . I don’t think that. . . In my opinion, . . .
3 a. Pre-reading • 1. What do you think of your parents’ words? • 2. Have you ever talked back to them? • 3. What do you think “Mom knows best” mean?
While-reading • 1. What did the mom do when the writer was a baby and a small child? 1. She sang to him and stayed by his side. She gave him food and warm arms to sleep in, She made sure he was safe and kept him from danger. • 2. Why do you think the writer talked back to his mom when he was seven and nine years old? 2. He thought he was not a baby, and he should be allowed to do those things.
• 3. How did the writer feel when his mom said “Please be back by ten” when he was a teenager? 3. He felt very angry. • 4. After reading the whole poem, how do you think the writer feels about his mom? 4. He thinks his mom knows best.
Read and sum-up • When I was a tiny baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my side. • When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in. • When I was two running through the field, she made sure I was safe and kept me from danger. • When I fell and hurt myself, she gave me a hug and lifted me up. Mom took good care of me and I grew well and happily.
• When I was seven coughing badly, she said no ice-cream for me. • But I talked back loudly, “I should be allowed to eat some! Give it to me now!” • When I was nine watching scary movies, she said it’d give me awful dreams. As I grew up, I had my own • But I shouted back angrily, “I should be allowed to watch it! I’m not a baby!” opinions and didn’t listen to her. friends, she said, “Please • When I was a teen going out with be back by ten!” • But I talked back again — “I should not be told what to do! • I’m seventeen now!
• • • Now I’m an adult, thinking back to those times I coughed for days after eating that ice-cream And had scary dreams after watching that film I was late for school from staying out past ten. Mom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best! I realized I did wrong because I didn’t listen to Mom. As an adult, I know Mom was right.
Expressions • • • talk back 留在我身旁 又累又饿 跑着穿过 使我远离危险 伤到自己 拥抱我 举起我 做恶梦 回忆 后悔做某事 • • • �嘴 Stay by my side tired and hungry run through keep me from danger hurt myself give me a hug lift me up have scary dreams think back to regret doing
3 c share your story • • How old were you? What happened? Did you talk back to your mom or dad? How do you feel about it now?
Passive voice • What did the writer talk back to Mom? • I should be allowed to eat some. • I should be allowed to watch it. • I should be told what to do.
被动语态的基本结构： be done 含情态动词: can/could/should/must… + be done
(主动句与被动句的区别) 1. a. We sing the song every day. (主动语态) 主语 谓语 宾语 b. The song is sung by us every day. (被动语态) 主语 谓语 宾格 2. a. Edison invented the telephone. (主动语态) b. The telephone was invented by Edison. (被动语态)
passive voice with modal verbs: can be done must be done should be done may be done had better be done have to be done
含情态动词: can /could 情态动词: may/might should must ( B )1. The flowers A. must be water C. must water � be done often. B. must be watered
Grammar Focus be allowed • I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should _____to drive. • I agree. They are not serious enough. (allow) be encouraged make • Do you think teenagers should _______to their own decisions? (allow) • No, I don’t agree with this. Teenager are too young to make their own decisions. (make) _______
be allowed have part-time jobs. • Teenagers should not _____to (allow) • I disagree. They can learn ____ a lot from working. (learn) allowed • Do you think we maybe _____to take some photos if we don’t use a flash? don’t use flash, then it may be OK. (not use) • If you _____a
4 a Rewrite the sentences • 1. You must clean your bedroom every day. • Your bedroom must be cleaned every day. • 2. Parents should encourage teenagers to do social work for their community. • Teenagers should be encouraged to do social work for their community.
• 3. Can Lucy do her homework tomorrow instead? • Can her homework be done tomorrow instead? • 4. Do you think we must keep teenagers away from the Internet? • Do you think teenagers must be kept away from the Internet? • 5. Parents should give teenagers chances to make their own decisions. • Teenagers should be given chances to make their own decisions.
4 b Fill in the blanks. be asked Should teenagers _____to move out when they start working? In many Western countries, be allowed to move out at sixteen or teenagers _____ seventeen. Their parents believe that they should _____ be educated to take care of themselves from a young age. This way, when theystart _____ working they can manage their own lives.
However, in most Asian societies, the family unit is especially strong. So it is not common move out. Chinese parents for teenagers to ____ believe that it is better for children to live with take parents who can ____ care of them. But the young should then look after their parents as they get older. That is why many Chinese adults continue ____ to live with their parents.
Should teenagers been asked to move topicout when they start working? Agree. Westerners’ In many Western countries, teenagers are allowed to opinion move out at sixteen or seventeen. Their parents believe that they should be educated to reason take care of themselves from a young age. This way, when they start working they can manage their own lives.
However, in most Asian societies, the family unit is especially strong. So it is not common Asians’ for teenagers Disagree. to move out. opinion Chinese parents believe that it is better for children to live with parents who can take care of them. But the young should then look after their parents as they get older. That is why many Chinese reason adults continue to live with their parents.
Sum-up and extension How to express your opinion on some topics? • • I/ We (don’t) think … I/ We agree that … I/ We disagree that … That sounds interesting. But I think. . . That’s not a bad idea. On the other hand, I feel that. . . You may have a point. Nevertheless, I think. . . … because … too silly, not old enough, too young, not calm enough, not serious enough, …
Debate: • • • Topic: should teenagers be kept from the Internet? Agree. Reasons: 1. It’s bad for their study. 2. it’s bad for their eyes if they sit in front of the screen too long. … Disagree. Reason: 1. They can learn a lot from the Internet. 2. They can keep in touch with the world. …
Important expressions • • 搬出去 move out 开始 作 start working 照顾 take care of 从年龄很小开始 from a young age 管理自己的生活 manage one’s own life It is common for sb. to do 对某人而言做某事很常见 对某人而言最好做某事 It is better for sb. to do
Homework 1 规定我来定：Group work: Make a list of rules about your English club. 1. Members are allowed to … 2. Members are not allowed to … 3. Members have to … 4. _____ing is not permitted. 5. ______ must be done in the club. 6. It is forbidden to____. 7. Members need to_______. …
Sample writing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Members are allowed to work with a group. Members are not allowed to speak Chinese. Members have to use English-English dictionaries. Eating is not permitted. Helping each other must be done in the club. It is forbidden to arrive late. Members need to practice conversations in English. Make sure the club can work well.
Homework 2 Topic：Should teenagers been asked to move out when they start working? You are supposed to write your opinion on this topic and your reasons.
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