Unit 3 Teenage problems

What should I do?

Millie

not get enough sleep, feel tired in class

Simon

not have enough time to do … homework

Kitty

be noisy at home,be always on

Daniel

not have close friends,feel lonely

Amy

always quarrel with…

Sandy

work all day,not have time for…

Amy _________ a bus to school every day.gets/takes

Amy ____________ angry when she sees her homework.

gets/becomes

Amy __________ low marks once in a maths test.

got/received

Amy ________ a lot of homework every evening.

gets/has

Amy ________________ home at 7:00pm yesterday.

got/arrived/reached

Amy __________ sad when she saw the result of the maths test.

got/became

1. 起床 2. 到达 3. 进入 4. 出去 5. 上车 6. 下车 7. 习惯于 8. 下来 9. 回来 10. 入睡 11. 从某人那里得到某物12. 为某人去拿某物13. 拿回你的钱

strict adj. 严格的，严厉的

skill n. 技能，技巧

be strict with sb. in sth.eg. 对他的工作很严格 对我们的学习很严格 对我的生活很严格 对他们的一切很严格 对她自己很严格

学习技巧新的技能和知识提高你的技能

focus v. 集中（注意力、精力）于focus --- on --- 集中精力于 ------eg. 集中注意力学习 / 把精力集中在电脑游戏上 把注意力集中在青少年问题上 把阳光集中在纸上

succeed v. 成功

achieve v.获得，得到，达到eg. 获得成功 得到你的支持 达到目的

succeed in dong sth.eg. 成功的通过考试 / 成功地解决这个问题 成功地建造了那座桥 / 成功地登上月球

list n. 清单eg. 列一张购物清单

在清单上

一系列东西

make a shopping list

on the list

a list of things

offer v. 提供

suggestion n. 建议

valuable adj. 贵重的，珍贵的

eg. 给我提供一份工作 给我们提供茶水 给他们提供帮助 给他提供一些建议

offer sth. to sb.=offer sb. sth.

make a suggestiongive sb. some suggetions

strictskillfocussucceedachievelistoffersuggestionvaluable

提供珍贵的，宝贵的获得建议技能，技巧成功集中（注意力、精力）于清单严格的，严厉的

1.Do you know my problems when

I was a teenager?

Pre-reading

2.As a teenager, do you often meet

with some personal problems?

3.What are they?

1.You can’t get good results and have no confidence to learn well;2.You have to do endless homework and have no time for your hobbies;3.Your parents can’t understand you. They care only about your results;4.You only enjoy playing computer games;5.You have no close friends to talk to and feel lonely from time to time;6.Your parents often quarrel with each other. You always feel unhappy;7.You don’t think your teachers are good ……

1.Can Millie keep the balance between her hobby and her study?

2.Does Simon come home late or early every day?

No.

He comes home late.

Millie Simon

Grade

Hobbies

Favourite

reading, writing poems,

walking, shopping,

painting

9 9

football

painting football

Millie Simon

Homework

Time for hobbies

Parents strict

No time 3-4 hours

A lot of

homework

1. What does Millie think of homework?

2. How does she feel about homework?

3. What’s Millie’s problem?

She thinks it’s very important to work hard and hand in homework on time.

She feels bad about it.

She doesn’t know how to achieve a balance between her homework and her hobbies.

1.When and where does Simon play football?

2.How long does it take him to play football?

3.How does he feel?

4.What does he think of hobbies?

He plays football at school or in the park after school.

For three hours.

He feels stressed and angry.

He thinks hobbies can help us relax and make our lives colourful.

1.Millie spends much time on both her

homework and her hobbies.

2.Simon loves only playing football.4.Simon’s parents ask him to come home

before 6 p.m.5.Simon wishes he could have his teachers’ support.

If you were a youth worker, what suggestions would you give to Millie and Simon?

Millie has lots of h______. Painting is her

f________. But she finds that she spends so

much time d ____ her home work, and she

can’t find any time f___ her hobbies. She

can’t d ____ how to deal with the problem.

She really feels bad a_____ that. So she has

to ask Sigmund Friend to teach her how to a ______ a balance between the two.

Complete the following passage:

or

obbies

oing

ecide

chieve

avourite

bout

Simon would like some a_____ on his love

of football. He is so c____ about football

that he s____ out late at night to play it.

His parents are very s____ with him and

they want him to come home earlier.

Simon feels s_______ and angry from time

to time. He wishes he could have his p______

support.He hopes that Sigmund Friend can

o____ him some s__________.

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ffer uggestions

1.Finish off the Exx. in the paper;2.Recite the new vocabulary, get ready for dictation;3.Read the two letters again and again, get ready for retelling.