Unit 2

Growing pains

Imagine what happened to them

The daughter___ ________ ______ （疯狂痴迷） pop stars.But her mother thinks this is __ _____ __ ____ . （浪费时间）

is crazy about

a waste of

time

conflictquarrel

Imagine what happened between them

The boy wants to ________ _________ （调高音乐） the music. But the mother thinks it is too _____. （吵闹）

turn up

noisy

conflictquarrel

Imagine what happened between them

The girl wants to _______ _________ （在外面玩耍） so she comes home late.But her parents requires that she _________ __________ _________ early. （早点回家）

play outside

（ should ）

come home

conflictquarrel

Imagine what happened between them

The boy wants to ________ ______________ ________. （玩电脑游戏）But his mother requires him to ________ __________ （努力学习） and____________ _____________ ____________ （取得好成绩） .

play computer

gameswork

hard achievehigh grades

conflictquarrel

Things that teenagers want to do

Pop stars

Things that parents require teenagers to do

coflicts（冲突）Growing pains

loud music

play computer games

listen to them

play outside

Read more books

study hard and get high grades

come back home early and do homework

《家有儿女》

TV series 电视剧

“中国版的《小鬼当家 ”》

the relationship between teenagers and parents in China.

Aims:

Learn how to read a play.

Read a play happened in an American family.

幻灯片 10 Learn how to deal with the relation

ship with parents

If we read a play , what things should we pay attention to?

In the form of a_________

Pay attention to the _____

dialogueRead the dialogue aloud

instructions

Fast-readingThe play

who what where

Eric Daniel

MomDad

confict冲突

home

Fast-reading

2 、 After this conflict, how does daniel feel?

Angry

upset

Fast-reading3.How many parts can this text be divided( 划分） into?

Two acts

Act One

Act Two Scene One

Scene Two

Detailed-reading

Act One1. How do the boys feel when Mom and Dad return from vocation a day earlier ____ _______ to ________ the boys?

than expected surprise

2. What are the boys doing when their parents come home?

3. Why do the parents get angry?

4. After seeing the room is in a mess,why are the partents angrier with Daniel than with Eric?

5.What happens after Dad and Mom blame Daniel ?

the dog Spotthe moneythe room

Detailed-readingAct One1. How do the boys feel when Mom and Dad return from vocation a day earlier than expected to surprise the boys. 2. What are the boys doing when their parents come home?

They are playing with a soccer ball.3. Why do the parents get angry?

the dog Spot He is tired and hungry. He looks like he is starving.

the money The money for dog food is_______. gonethe room It is ___ ___ ___.in a mess

What does the room exactly look like?

Line16---20: pizza boxes, dirty dishes, garbage, waste paper……

surprised &frightened

4. After seeing the room is in a mess,why are the partents angrier with Daniel than with Eric?

They thought that he could act like an ____ , but he didn’t. The parents won’t _______ such behavior.

5. What happens after Dad and Mom blame Daniel ?

adult

tolerate

Daniel shouts at his parents, runs into his bedroom and shuts the door angrily.

Detailed-readingAct Two Scene One

1.Why does Daniel look upset? Why does he think h

is parents do not deserve an explanation?

2. What is the emergency that Eric wants to tell his parents about?

Spot was sick, and they had to take him to the clinic.

He thinks that his parents never gave him a chance to _______ himself.He think that his parents did not trust him.

defend

Mom thinks that they are too _______on Daniel, but wonders how they can solve it.

rude

Act two, Scene Two

1. What does the father want to do with Daniel? What about the mother?

The father feels like they have to _______ Daniel ________ he has been so _____ to

them

hard

punish

now that

True or false(p24) 1. The boys do not expect their parents to come

back so early. 2. Spot, the dog, looks full of life.3. Daniel’s parents still think of him as an adult.4. Eric does not want to explain to their parents.5. The boys didn’t clean the house because they went to the clinic.6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel.

TF

FF

T

F

tired and hungry

thought

Daniel

should't

parents

surprised

Eric &DanielChange of the feelings of the main characters

excited/happy

angry &disappointed

surprised &frightened

angry/ upset

conflict

冲突 / 矛盾Further question:

The main reasons for their conflict is that

Reasons:

lack （缺乏） communication

don't trust each other

lack ways to communicate with each other

not to be calm

don't respect each other

Solutions:communicate with each other

show respect for each other

believe in each other

stay calm

don't discuss how they feel

Homework

1. Role play Act the play in groups,(according to instrustions)and teacher will invite some groups to show next class.

2.Underline the words, phrases and sentences that are important and difficult to understand.