1. Unit 2
Growing pains
PROJECT

2. growing up can be difficult

3. 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.
Why didn’t they ask me what happened instead of shouting at me ?

4. They are Daniel’s Growing Pains .

5. Do you have similar experiences? What are your growing pains?
Misunderstanding
Independence
Loneliness
Study hard
Do you have similar experiences? What are your growing pains?

6. Project
---- Growing pains

7. Some new words in Growing pains :
adolescence:
normal:
misunderstand:
confused:
physical changes:
psychological changes:
the time of life between child and adult
usual, not surprising, not strange
not able to understand correctly
being unable to think clearly
changes inside one’s body
changes in one’s mind

8. I. Skimming
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?

9. kinds of growing pains: 2: psychological changes
1: physical changes
2: psychological changes
3: how to fit in society

10. What happened to them?
fat VS thin
short VS tall
physical changes

11. psychological changes
I want to fly
psychological changes

12. social changes
I want to be loved
I prefer alone

13. Understanding the text
II.Divide the text into three parts and get the main idea of each part
Part 1: Para ____ to ____ (many teenagers feel _________ and are _______ ________ many changes. These changes are part of ______________) 1 2
lonely
going through
adolescence
physical
Part 2: Para ___ to____ (_________ changes and ______________ changes happen inside teenagers. They become _________ and want to know how to ___ ___ society.) 3 5
psychological
confused
fit in
Part 3: Para ___ (growing pains do not ____) 6
last

14. Why do many teenagers feel lonely?
III. Read Para 1 and 2
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:
It is uncommon for teenagers to feel lonely and misunderstood. ( )
common F

15. Paras3-5 True or false
1.As teenagers grow, they grow taller but their voices don’t change.
2.Besides these physical changes, there come many psychological changes.
3.Because of many psychological changes, many boys become risk-takers while girls often don’t want someone--anyone--to talk to.
4.The adolescence may want and need their parents’ love very much, but feel distant. F T F T

16. Para 6
The good news is that these kinds of growing pains don’t _______. In the end everything _____ _____ OK.
last
turns out

17. IV.Multiple choices
What are the teenagers confused with?
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.

18. 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.

19. Task-based reading Problems
Many teenagers feel lonely and no one ⑴ them.
Life seems to be going too fast and ⑵ control.
The fact
These feelings are a(n) ⑶ part of adolescence.
The
Changes
⑷ changes: They grow taller and their voices get deeper.
Psychological changes:
●Many boys become risk-takers but may not make choices
⑸ Girls often want to share their strong feeling with someone.
●They struggle for⑹ ,but also want to fit in a group.
●They need their parents’ love but feel⑺
●They often⑻ themselves.
Conclusion
These kinds of growing pains will be ⑼ in the end.
understands
beyond
common
Physical
Task-based reading
wisely/cleverly/correctly .
independence
distant
question
gone

20. V. Summary Paragraph gist structure Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Para5
Problems
background
& introduction
Explanation
Physical changes
detailed information
of the topic
Psychological
changes
Social changes
Right attitude
result & conclusion

21. VI. Group discussion
The article lists three different kinds of growing pains: physical, psychological and social changes. In your group, discuss the following question:
1. Which kind of growing pains causes you the most anxiety(焦虑)? Why?
2. Do you have any good advice to deal with the growing pain you are faced with?

22. VI. Group discussion
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.

23. Language points in Project

24. 1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
1. 他们正在经历的变化
2. in other ways
3.失去控制
4.很难相信
5.感到孤独和被误解
the changes they are going through
在其他方面；用别的方式
go out of control
be very difficult to believe
feel lonely and
misunderstood

25. 1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
6.把…当做…
7.对…感到困惑
8.伴随着这些生理变化
9.往往会…
10.想找个人说说话
think of… as…
be confused with
(mistake A for B; confuse A with B)
along with these phsical changes
tend to do sth.
want someone to talk to\with

26. 1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:
11.不费吹灰之力做某事
12.努力让人听见(我)说话
13.depend on sb. to do sth.
14.渴望独立
15.be traded for…
have no difficulty (in) doing sth.
struggle to be heard
依靠某人做某事
desire independence
转换成…\换取…

27. 2.Complete the words according to the first letter and the meaning of the sentences:
1.From what you said to me, you must have m___________________ me deeply.
2.You’ll surely think she is a n__________ child in every way for the 1st sight, however, she is a__________ in her mind.
3.C__________ with what he was taught in class, Jack turned to top students for help in time after class.
4.The teachers in Siyang High school are lucky enough to be given a complete p__________ examination each year.
5.As she reached out from the ladder, she lost her b__________ and fell.
misunderstood
normal
abnormal
Confused
physical
balance

28. Homework Review what you have learnt in this class.
Page 95 B1and B2& Page 98Aand 99B.

29. Thank you!
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