Unit 2

We wouldn’t know what to do.----By Zheng Lihua

What is my perfect holiday?

In my mind, a perfect holiday means :a day without housework, no my kid around me.It’s really relaxing.

What holiday is perfect in your mind?

________ +__________ + ________ = a perfect holiday

a sunny day a good friend an interesting place

Pairwork

What is your perfect holiday?

A perfect holiday?

A perfect holiday?

Would it be a perfect holiday if _____________________?we stay at home alone

Fast reading: Read the passage and choose the best summary(摘要 )a). Most Chinese teenagers would find life more difficult without their parents.

b). Many teenagers depend on their parents to prepare their meals.

c). Chinese teenagers have so much homework that they don’t have time to look after themselves.

d). Chinese teenagers should learn to cook.

A perfect holiday?

Would it be a perfect holiday if

_________________________________ ? we stay at home alone

Zheng Chenyu: No,it wouldn’t.

Sima Yige: Yes,it would.

The writer: No,it wouldn’t.

Fast reading:How many people answered the question?

1.How old is Zheng Chenyu?

2.What would she worry about?

She is a 14-year-old girl.

She would worry about cooking.

Paragraph 2

Careful reading

“Where would I find food? How would I cook it? ” - pargraph 2

Careful reading

Read from P3 to P6 and try to get

the examples Zheng Chenyu list.

----She doesn’t get enough practice or basic life skills and doesn’t know how to do or how to look after herself.

Zheng Chenyu•1.“I can only fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup.”•2.“I’d forget something important like burning the soup while watching TV.”•3. “Parents do almost everything for us.”

The man had an ______ _______.So he cooked something, but he________ it.

empty stomachburnt

1.How old is Sima Yige?

2.Does he know how to cook any simple dishes? Why?

He is a 13-year-old boy.

Yes, he does.

Paragraph 7 and 8

Because his mum showed him.

Careful reading

Careful reading

Read from P7 to P8 and try to get

the examples Sima Yige list.

Sima Yige

----He knows some basic life skills and doesn’t depend on his parents too much.

1. “I wouldn’t just eat sandwiches or fruit.”

2.“I know how to cook some simple dishes .”

Can you …?

The writer

Answer: It wouldn’t be a holiday at all.

Examples:...

Read carefully and answer some questions.1.What does the phrase“ on business” in paragraph 1

mean?A. 出差 B. 工作 C. 生活 D. 研究2.When will Zheng learn to cook?

3.When do most teenagers learn life skills?

4.What life skills does Sima Yige mention?

As soon as she leaves home.When they go to college.

Cooking , tidying up the room and dressing up properly.

A B

Ideas sharing

If you have to stay at home alone, what would you do by yourself? Would it be a perfect

holiday for you?

In my opinion ____________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________

Homework1.Read the text fluently.2.Writing:The summer holiday is

coming. What would you do in summer holiday?