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1、UNIT 4 Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!,Shi Yanfang,What do you often do after school?,The kids are under too much pressure.,Parents push the kids so hard.,Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!,These days, Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many a
2、fter-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. However, this doesnt only happen in China. The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Tay
3、lors three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are im
4、portant for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework. Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very yo
5、ung and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their kids so hard.” Doctors say
6、too much pressure is not good for a childs development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although its normal to want successful children, its even more important to have happy children.”,Q
7、. What is the common problem for Chinese and American families?,Predicting 预测,Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!,What is the passage about?,The ways how to relax yourselves.,B. Children are so tired that they should have more free time to relax themselves.,Read usual,The Taylors are a typical American
8、 family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The childrens problem),common ; usual,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem),How busy are the children?,The Taylors are a typical American family. Li
9、fe for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons.,The Taylors are a typical American fa
10、mily. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons.,The Taylors are a typical Ame
11、rican family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons.,The Taylors are a typ
12、ical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of
13、the childrens busy life),The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to tak
14、e my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life),Why does Cathy ask her children to take so many after-school classes?,support,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after sch
15、ool,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my chil
16、drens future.,Why does Cathy ask her children to take so many after-school classes?,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practi
17、ce and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future.,Why does Cathy ask her children to take so many aft
18、er-school classes?,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my o
19、ther son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. (Parents reason 1) I really want them to be successful.”,Why does Cathy ask her children to take so many after-schoo
20、l classes?,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son
21、 to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. (Parents reason 1) I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reason 2),However, do her children live a happy life?,The
22、Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lesso
23、ns. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reasons) However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick d
24、inner, and then its time for homework.,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then
25、 I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reasons) However, the tired children dont get hom
26、e until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework.,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice
27、 and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reason
28、s) However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework.,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I tak
29、e one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really w
30、ant them to be successful.” (Parents reasons) However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework. (The result),Para2: The same problem with American kids and their Parents agreement,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life
31、for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Ma
32、ybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reasons) However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework. (The
33、result),Para2: The same problem with American kids and their Parents agreement,The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylors three children is very busy. (The American childrens problem) “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice an
34、d my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. (Examples of the childrens busy life) Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my childrens future. I really want them to be successful.” (Parents reasons)
35、However, the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then its time for homework. (The result),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “Mo
36、thers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their kids so hard.”,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some
37、 families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, w
38、hat: problem),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem),Childrens pressure because of the hard study life,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all a
39、bout such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem),Childrens pressure because of the hard study life,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts ve
40、ry young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem),Childrens pressure because of the hard study life,parents pressure because of the serious competition,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very you
41、ng and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem),keep on doing sth,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what, problem) “Mothe
42、rs send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what,
43、problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setti
44、ng: who, what, problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples),Is Linda one of these Mothers?,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continu
45、es until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples) Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their k
46、ids so hard.” (This moms disagreement),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what, problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are
47、always comparing them with other children. (Examples) Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their kids so hard.” (This moms disagreement),unfair,Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition
48、starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what, problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples) Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids?
49、 People shouldnt push their kids so hard.” (This moms disagreement),Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. (Setting: who, what: problem) “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. (Examples) Its crazy. I dont think thats fair. Why dont they just let their kids be kids? People shouldnt push their kids so hard.” (This moms disagreement),unfair,Linda Miller, a mot