B1-Unit 2B1-Unit 2

SectionSection A

A Busy Weekday Morning

Check Yourself

1. The machine can pull up trees as if they __ weeds ( 野草，杂草 ).

A. were

C. are

B. have been

D. had been

2. Whether I’ll go or stay ___ upon the news we get about Mother’s health.

A. depends B. depending

C. dependent D. depend

3. Think before you ___ the tap ___. Do you really need the water?

A. turn... down B. turn... off

C. turn... out D. turn... on

4. They ___ laughter at the sight of us.

A. ran into B. burst into

C. burst out D. went into

5. Then Johnny reached quickly ___ the other pot, vigorously boiling on the stove.

A. down B. out

C. for D. to

6. While ___ to the movies, I happened to see a terrible accident.

A. I go B. going

C. went D. to go

7. I’m not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investment, so I can’t make a(n) _______ promise to help you.

A. exact B. defined

C. definite D. sure

8. She will be angry if you ______ her while she is sleeping.

A. disgust B. disturb

C. disappoint D. dismiss

9. I am _____that he has not answered my letter.

A. bothered B. interrupted

C. interfered D. annoyed

10. You can learn nothing with a _____attitude.

A. positive B. right

C. wrong D. negative

DiscussionDiscussion

• What is generation gap?

• Your experience

• Causes of generation gap

• Ways out

• Conclusion

What is Generation Gap?

The difference in attitude or behavior between young

and older people that causes a lack of understanding.

Complaints from childrenComplaints from children

• Parents are too wordy that they can no longer bear.

• Parents appear to be too old-fashioned.

• Parents are interfering in the children’s private affairs.

• lack of freedom, independence

• and privacy, most of all,

• the acknowledgment of

• their existence.

• ……………

Complaints from parentsComplaints from parents

• Children are

wearing weird

clothing,

piercing, tattoo,

strange hair

style……

• Children do not respect their parents and

many of them escape the school and become

problem teenagers.

The effects of the generation gapThe effects of the generation gap

• To the both sides:

• distrust each other,

• refuse to communicate,

• keep distance,

• easy to hurt each other,

• bad family relationship

Have you ever run into the problem of Have you ever run into the problem of

generation gap in your family life?generation gap in your family life?

Like many young people in our society, I have once found

it hard to exchange my feelings or ideas with my parents.

At first, I tried to listen to them, giving little thought to my

own feelings; but later I found out what they said did not

always hold water. So I began to stick to my ways of

thinking, turning a deaf ear to theirs. Before long,

however, that made me an object of their endless criticism.

Hit with this, I managed to communicate with my parents

in a round-about way. Now I have got a lot of benefit from

it.

SampleSampleSampleSample

What cause the generation gap?What cause the generation gap?

• Have you ever thought about this question?

• Try to analyze.

• Cause 1

• The different educational and living

environments contribute a lot to the

birth of today’s wide generation gap.

• Cause 2

• In our upwardly mobile society, parents often

expect their children to be better than them.

However, these ambitions for their children

are another cause of the division between

them.

• Cause 3

• with the pace of modern life becoming faster

and faster , both of them are so busy with

their work or study that they don't spare

enough time to exchange ideas.

How can we bridge the gap or at least How can we bridge the gap or at least

narrow it down?narrow it down?

• The older generation try to learn more about t

he new things.

• They should seize every chance to talk with th

eir children about their new “discoveries”.

• In this way, both sides may find something in

common between them.

• Young people should also learn to appr

eciate the hobbies or tastes of the old.

Do not undervalue those traditional tre

asures.

• Young people should show certain res

pect to the older generation. They shou

ldn’t be too self-important.

The Key SolutionThe Key Solution

• The two generations are supposed to spare

some time for communication regularly.

• Only through communication can the two

sides remove the barriers between them and

both should take an appreciative attitude

toward the other’s choice.

What you can do?What you can do?

• You must haven’t forgotten the scene your parents accompanied you to this university.

• See this picture.

Nobody loves you more Nobody loves you more

than your parents.than your parents.

• Revision

• Revise your opinion

of generation gap

based on what we

have discussed.

FUN TIMEFUN TIME

Do you know what kind of music your Do you know what kind of music your parents and grand parents enjoy best? parents and grand parents enjoy best? I guess I guess Country Music might be one of their favorites which is simple, cordialand touching. Now taste it. Fill in the and touching. Now taste it. Fill in the blanks when listening to the song.blanks when listening to the song.

• Almost _______, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains,

Shenandoah River. Life is old there, ______ than the

trees: Younger than the mountains, ________ like a

breeze. *[Country roads, take me home, To the place I

belong, West Virginia, Mountain mamma, Take me

home, country roads.]

• All my memories _______ round her, Miner's lady,

_______ to blue water. Dark and dusty, _______ on the

sky, Misty taste of moonshine, _________ in my eye. *

• I hear her voice in the morning _____ she calls me. The

radio _______ me of my home Far away. And driving

_____ the road, I get a feeling that I _______ have been

home yesterday, yesterday. *

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