Module1 U2 project GOOD

Look through the text and try to answer the following questions:
What are the three different kinds of growing pains talked about in the article?
• kinds of growing pains: 1: physical changes 2: psychological changes 3: how to fit in society
Indepen dence
Misunderstanding
Sቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱudy hard
Lonelines s
Do you have similar experiences? What are your growing pains?
---- Growing pains
Project
I. Skimming
Language points
2.as if /as though
好像，似乎，仿佛 E.g. He walks as if he is drunk.
He walks as if he were drunk.
have no difficulty (in) doing sth.
• 12.努力让人听见(我)说话
struggle to be heard
• 13.depend on sb. to do sth.
依靠某人做某事
• 14.渴望独立 desire independence • 15.be traded for… 转换成…\换取…
misunderstood
1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
• 6.把…当做… think of… as… • 7.对…感到困惑 be confused with
(mistake A for B; confuse A with B)
• 8.伴随着这些生理变化
short VS tall
fat VS thin
I want to fly
I want to be loved
I prefer alone
II.Divide the text into three parts and get the main idea of each part
Part 1: Para ____ 1 to ____ 2 (many teenagers feel lonely going through _________ and are _______ ________ many changes. These changes are part of adolescence ______________) physical changes 3 to____ 5 (_________ Part 2: Para ___ psychological changes happen inside and ______________ confused and want teenagers. They become _________ to know how to ___ fit ___ in society.) Part 3: Para ___ 6 (growing pains do not ____) last
Problems
Many teenagers feel lonely and no one ⑴ understands them. beyond Life seems to be going too fast and ⑵ control. These feelings are a(n) ⑶common part of adolescence. ⑷ Physical deeper. changes: They grow taller and their voices get
common
It is uncommon for teenagers to feel lonely and misunderstood. ( F )
Paras3-5 True or false
• 1.As teenagers grow, they grow taller but their voices don’t change. F • 2.Besides these physical changes, there come many psychological changes. T • 3.Because of many psychological changes, many boys become risk-takers while girls often don’t want someone--anyone--to talk to. F • 4.The adolescence may want and need their parents’ love very much, but feel distant. T
III. Read Para 1 and 2
1. Why do many teenagers feel lonely?
They feel lonely，as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through.
2. True or false:
1. What kind of people will suffer from growing pains? 2. In what time of life do people go through the growing pains? 3. Where do the growing pains come from?
Task-based reading
These kinds of growing pains will be ⑼ gone in the end.
V. Summary
Paragra gist ph Para1 Problems structure
background
Para2 Para3
Para4
A. The difficulty they have fitting in society. B. How to deal with their feelings
C. How to improve study.
D. All kinds of changes.
• 2. How do the teenagers feel about their parents’ love and their need to be free? • A. They find it hard to achieve a balance between them. • B. They are disappointed with their parents’ behavior • C. They need but hate their parents’ love. • D. They choose to talk with their parents.
Explanation Physical changes
& introduction detailed information of the topic
Psychological
changes Social changes
Para5 Para6
Right attitude
result & conclusion
2. Do you have any good advice to deal with the growing pain you are faced with?
• No pains, no gains. • Stay optimistic./Accept what you are. • Make friends and communicate with them. • Talk with your parents when having difficulties. • Go with the flow.
along with these phsical changes
• 9.往往会… tend to do sth. • 10.想找个人说说话
want someone to talk to\with
1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
• 11.不费吹灰之力做某事
Language points
1.lonely (adj.)
孤单的，寂寞的；（作定语）偏僻的，人迹罕至的 E.g. alone The old man lives __________ on a lonely ___________ island, but he doesn’t feel lonely ___________.
Language points in Project
1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
• 1. 他们正在经历的变化
the changes they are going through
• 2. in other ways 在其他方面；用别的方式 • 3.失去控制 go out of control • 4.很难相信 be very difficult to believe • 5.感到孤独和被误解 feel lonely and
Daniel said ……
They never gave me a chance to defend myself. I hate them. Anyhow, they didn’t trust me .They don’t deserve an explanation.