2. Unit 3 Reading Should I be allowed to make my own decisions?

3. Reading

5. When Ding Junhui was very young, He had a hobby. He liked playing snooker. He began to play it when he was eight years old and soon he became very good at it. He wanted to became a professional snooker player. But his hobbies got in the way of his study. However, his father encourage him to achieve his dream. He went to school in the morning and trained playing snooker in the afternoon. Later he left school and only played snooker. At last he succeeded. He won first place in the world youth championship. Now his parents are very proud of him. Do you think you should leave school and practice your hobbies. Of course we want to achieve our dream. But we should be realistic. Not everyone can be a professional player. What will happen if we don ’ t succeed. If you are really good at it, you should try to achieve.

6. Liu Xiang wants to be a professional runner.

7. What are you going to be in the future? To do this, what will you do? Do your parents agree what you do?

8. 1.What does Liu Yu want to be? He wants to be a professional runner. Listen to the first part and answer: Liu Yu 2. What do parents worry about? They worry about child’s study at school. 3.Do his parents allow him to train as much as he likes? No,they don’t.

9. Listen to the rest part and answer: Liu Yu 1.Is Liu Yu serious about running? 2. Are his parents strict with him? 3.Does Liu Yu believe himself? Yes, he is. Yes,they are. Yes, he does.

10. Read the passage and circle “TRUE”, or “FALSE”. 1. Liu Yu wants to be a writer. TRUE FALSE 2. Parents worry about his study. TRUE FALSE 5.Liu Yu isn’t serious about running. 3.Liu loves running so much. TRUE FALSE 4. Parents think he should spend time on homework. 6.Parents think he needs to be realistic. TRUE FALSE

11. Parents ’ PointsLiu Yu ’ s Points → → → → He wants to be a _________________. Work in groups He is serious about ________. running He just wants to do what he ______. He _______himself. professional athlete They worry about his_______ at school. success enjoys They think he should ______ time on study. spend They think he needs to be ________. realistic They think it is a very difficult dream to______. achieve believes

12. Language points 1.These hobbies can get in the way of schoolwork. eg: Computer games will get in the way of study. 3. I running.am serious about eg: All of students should know the importance of study. 2. They taught me working hard.the importance of eg: We must be serious about our homework. ★ get in the way of : 妨碍，阻碍 ★ the importance of: …… 的重要性 ★ be serious about: 对 …… 热爱； 严肃，认真

13. Language points 4.He needs to spend time on his homework. ★ spend (time/money) on : 在 …… 上花时间 / 花钱 eg: I spent 40 yuan on my coat. 5. I should be allowed to make decisions. ★ be allowed to do: 被允许做某事 eg: We should be allowed to choose hobbies.

14. Choose the best answer 1.They should____ practice their hobbies. A. allowed to B. be allowed to C. are allowed 2.Liu’s parents think he needs _____ realistic. A. be B. to C. to be 3.Liu Yu should spend time_____ his homework. A. in B. with C. on 4.Liu Yu is serious _____running A. about B. in C. with 5. They have taught me the ______working hard. A. important of B. importance of C. of importance B C C A B

15. Fill in the blanks with the words. worry about achieve allow him to in…team get in the way of 1. Parents might ___________their child’s success at school. 2.These hobbies can _______________schoolwork. 3.Liu Yu is ____his school running_______. 4.His parents won’t____________ train as much as he would like to. 5.We want to see Liu Yu _________his dreams. worry about get in the way of in team allow him to achieve

16. Section3 get in the way of 妨碍 (be) serious about 对 … 感兴趣的 / 是认真的 spend time on 花时间做 Can you make your own sentences?

17. Section3 Playing games on line day after day often gets in the way of children’s study. They are serious about playing football. I spend a lot of time on learning English.

18. Section3 Points show Yu ’ s parents care about him. Points show that Yu is unhappy with his parents. They want him to achieve his dreams; they watch all his races. He doesn’t agree with his parents; he wants to be allowed to make decisions; he thinks his parents don’t believe in him.

19. Do you think Liu Yu should be allowed to practice running? Discuss this with your partner. Use the information in the reading to support your opinion.