阅读教程(上海教育出版社)Unit-2--Growing-up-Pains

Unit2Growing-upPainsContentsQuotationsPre-readingdiscussionIn-readingPost-readingQuotationsLittlechildren,headache;bigchildren,heartache.Intermsofproblemsthatchildrengivetotheirparents,bigchildrenarefarmoretroublesomethansmallones.Mothernatureisprovidential.Shegivesustwelveyearstodevelopaloveforourchildrenbeforeturningthemintoteenagers.MotherNaturehasdesignedeverythingforus.Shegivesus12yearstodevelopaclosemother-childrelationship,andafterthat,thechildrenwillturnintotroublesometeenagers.Adolescentsarenotmonsters.Theyarejustpeopletryingtolearnhowtomakeitamongtheadultsintheworld,whoareprobablynotsosurethemselves.Adolescentsarenotterrifyingcreatures.Theyarejustconfusedandwanttomaketheirownpositionintheworldofadults.Pre-readingdiscussion1.Didyoueverquarrelwithyourparentsasateenager?Ifyes,whatandwhostartedit?Howdoyoufeelnow?2.Whatdoyouthinkagoodrelationshipbetweenchildrenandparentsshouldbelikeandwhydoyouthinkso?ReadingOne:TheNeedsofTeenagersGaspthemainidea:Whatisthefocusofthisreadingtext?Howdoesthewriterarrangehisdiscussion?Whatwritingtechniquesareusedinthistext?FocusThewriterfocusesontheanalysisofthereasonswhyteenagerstodayarealwaysrebellious,restlessandfrustrated.StructurePart1:(1-8)Analyzewhyteenagerstodayarealwaysrebellious.1.Raisetheissue–teenagersaregrowingapartfromtheirparents.2-7.analyzethereasons8.conclusionPart2:(9-13)CiteanexampletoillustratethepointWritingtechniques1.Contrast&Comparison:Comparethesimilarityofwayoflifeinprimitivesocietyandmodernsociety;Contrastthedifferencesofteenagersinprimitivesocietyandmodernsociety2.ExemplificationIllustratingbycitinganexampleofateenagedgirlReadforinformationExercisesonpage28.UnderstandtheexpressionsExercisesonpage29.ReadingTwoTheRightAttitudeGaspthemainideaWhat’sthemaindiscussionfocusofthistext?FocusThewriterfocusesonthediscussionoftherightattitudeofbothparentsandchildrentowardstheirrelationship.Fast-readingReadingcomprehensiononpage31.After-classprogramSearchtheinternettofindtheinformationofparents-childrelationshipinChinaandintheWesterncountries.Writeareportonyourfindings.