Unit 2

Growing pains

《家有儿女》“中国版的《小鬼当家》”

Reading Strategy

Reading a play can be very _________from reading a nomal text. Most of a play is in the form of ____ ______---This is because plays are written to ____________. To really understand a play, you should _____the dialogue ____. Remember to pay attention to ______________.

different

a dialogue

be spoken aloud

read

aloud

the instructions

1.Who are the main characters in the play?

Eric, Daniel, Mum and Dad.

Fast-reading

2. The structure(结构 )of the text

Two actsAct One

Act TwoScene One

Scene Two

Fast-reading1.What is mainly discussed in the play?

A.Thether parents shuold trust their children

B.The conflicts between parents and their

teengers

C.Tow parents should spend their vacation

D.How children should live at home with their

parents away

B

2. The reason why the dog walks slowly to the

couple is that ____.

A. ate too much to walk fast

B. was seriously ill

C. just returned from a long walk and was tired

D. was given nothing to eat

B

3. The reason why the house was so dirty is that____

A. Spot pulled the dirty out of the trash can

B. the kids forgot to clean the room

C. the parents were a day eralier than expected

D. the kids had no time to clean it

D

4. From the passage, we can infer(推断 )that

_____.

A.children often hate their parents

B.parents often hate their children

C.children and parents often hate each other

D.parents and children should explain to each

other to avoid misunderstanding.

D

Detailed-readingAct One

1. Mom and Dad return from vocation a day earlier ____ _______ to ________ the boys. than expected

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

They are playing with a soccer ball.

surprise

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……

4. After seeing the room is in a mess, the parents blame Daniel angrily, they think that

they left Daniel ___ _______ ___ the house and 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 ?

in charge of

adulttolerate

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

Detailed-readingAct Two Scene One

1. The main reason for their quarrel is that ______.

A. Daniel is too rude.

B. Eric didn’t tell his parents what happened.

C. the parents blame Daniel without giving him a

chance to explain

D. Daniel and Eric behave well at home.

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.

Daniel and Eric stay in their bedroom. Daniel has his arms_________, looking ________. He thinks that his parents never gave him a chance to _______ himself.

Eric wants to tell the parents they had an ___________. But Daniel thinks they don’t ________ an explanation. In fact, they used the money for dog food to take Spot to the ______ and they spent all of yesterday waiting for Spot, so they had no time to clean the house.

Act Two Scene One

crossed upsetdefend

emergency

deserve

clinic

Mom thinks that they are too _______on Daniel, but Dad insists that they should give Daniel a punishment, because he has been so _____ to them. Mom ______ and wonders how they can solve it.rude sighs

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 punish Daniel or Daniel won’t respect them.

hard

parents

surprised

Eric &DanielChange of the feelings of the main characters

excited/happy

angry &disappointed

surprised &frightened

angry/ upset

conflict冲突 /矛盾

True or false 1. The boys do not expect their parents to come back so early. 2. Spot, the dog, looks full of time.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

match the words and phrases

1.frightened

2.starve

3. fault

4.deserve

5. be hard on

6. sigh

a. mistake

b. take in and then let out a long deep breath when you are tired

c. be strict with

d. afraid

e. be very hungry

f. earn something because of how you acted

d

e

a

f

c

b

What might happen in the following act ?

Do you think Eric and Daniel will explain to their parents what has happened? Will the parents go and ask the two children what has happened?

Discussion

If you were Daniel( or the parents of Daniel), what would you do next to solve the problem? Please write an ending to the play.

key words

communicate/ communication

mistake/ fault

tolerate; patience;

explain; be hard on

teenager / adolescence

Homework

1. Write a text about the question we discussed above. You can work from the view of Daniel or the parents. at least 120 words but no more than 150 words

2. Role play Act the play in groups,and teacher will invite some groups to show next class.

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

Words &phrases

surprise, frightened, starving, tolerate, behavior, fault, defend, deserve, emergency, trust

than expected, be supposed to do sth, in a mess, leave sb in charge, go out, have arms crossed, be hard on, be rude to

Enjoy the recordings of the play.