Unit 7 B.ppt

Do you ever …? go on a picnic with your friends or parents Do you ever …? be late for school Do you ever …? help your mother with the housework Do you ever …? worry that you’ll fail a test Do you ever …? go shopping with your friends or by yourself Do you ever …? climb mountains with your friends Do you ever …? go to the cinema with someone else 1a Read the questions. How often do you do these things? Write A for always, U for usually, S for sometimes and N for never. Then talk with a partner about other things you do. 1b Talk about your answers in la. A: Do you ever get to school late? B: Yes, I sometimes get to school late. 1c Listen and circle the things in 1a that Peter talks about. Explanations Parents should not be too strict with teenagers. 父母不应该对青少年要求太严格。 strict 形容词，意为“严格的；严厉的”，其常 见搭配为下： be strict with sb. 意为“对某人要求严格”。 例：She is strict with her children. 她对孩子们要求严格。 (2) be strict in/about sth. 意为“在某方面严格要求”。 例：Our teacher is strict with us in our studies. 在学习上我们的老师对我们的要求严格。 2b First, look at the title of the passage. Answer “yes” or “no”. Find out how many in your group agree with you. Then read the passage. Does your answer change? Should I Be Allowed to Make My Own Decisions? Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these can get in the way of their schoolwork, and parents might worry about their success at school. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree? Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is on his school team and has always wanted to be a professional runner when he grows up. However, his parents won’t allow him to train so much. “Of course we want to see him achieve his dreams,” says Mr. Liu. “And we know how much he loves running. My wife and I have supported every one of his races. We have nothing against running! But we think our son ne