1. Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.
Section A

2. Lead in Do you have any rules at home?
Do you have any rules at school？
Do your parents allow you to do the following things?

3. Obey the family rules!
As a teenager, you have a lot of rules at your house. Can you write down some of them?
I’m allowed to …
I’m not allowed to…

4. Do you agree? This is Mingming. He is only 10 years old.
But he can drive a bus or a car.

5. Can the teenagers in China be allowed to get their driver’s license ?

6. Presentation （应该）被允许做某事 （should ﹢） be allowed to do Agree and disagree
Do you think …?
Yes, I agree.
No, I disagree.

7. Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke.

8. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

9. Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

10. Teenagers should not be allowed to have part-time jobs.

11. I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.

12. Read and circle “A” (for agree ) or “D”( for disagree).
1.Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke.
2.Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.
3.Students should not be allowed to have part-
time jobs.
4.Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get
their ears pierced.
5.Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

13. 1b Listen and circle “T” (for true) or “F” (for false)
1.Anna can go to the shopping center by bus. T F
2.Anna wants to get her ears pierced T F
3.Anna wants to choose her own clothes T F

14. 1c PAIRWORK
Look at the statements in 1a and make conversations.
A: I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.
B: I agree. They aren’t serious enough.

15. 2a What does Molly think of Kathy’s statements
2a What does Molly think of Kathy’s statements? Listen and circle A for Agree, D for Disagree or DK for Doesn’t Know.
Kathy
Molly
1. Sixteen-year-olds should not
be allowed to work at night.
A D DK
2. Larry shouldn’t work every night.
A D DK
3. He should cut his hair.
4. He should stop wearing that silly earring.
A D DK
5. He doesn’t seem to have many friends.
A D DK

16. 2b Listen again. What are Kathy’s and Molly’s reasons
2b Listen again. What are Kathy’s and Molly’s reasons? Number their reasons in the correct order.
It looks cool.
Young people need to sleep.
He needs to spend time with friends.
He needs time to do homework.
It doesn’t look clean. 4 1 5 2 3

17. Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
Molly says that Larry is working late tonight, but Kathy thinks Larry shouldn’t be _______ to work late. Molly ________ with Kathy. She thinks teenagers never get_____.Then Kathy thinks Larry shouldn’t work every night. This makes Molly agree. She thinks he needs time _____ homework. Kathy thinks Larry’s hair should ______ because it doesn’t look ______. Kathy thinks Larry shouldn’t wear that ____ earring, but Molly thinks she _______ likes it.
allowed
disagrees
tired
to do
be cut
clean
silly
kind of

18. Useful expressions work late 工作到很晚 sixteen-year-olds 十六岁的人
be allowed to work被允许工作
at night 在晚上
disagree with… 不同意
get tired 变得劳累
work every night 每夜工作
do homework 做作业
cut one’s hair 理发
kind of like… 有点喜欢
look cool 看起来酷
have many friends有很多朋友
work on weekends 周末工作
spend time with sb. 和某人度过时间

19. 2c Make a list of things teenagers should and should not be allowed to do. Discuss your list with your partner.
For example:
A: Do you think teenagers should be allowed
to have mobile phones?
B: Yes. It’s convenient for students and their
parents to communicate with each other.

20. What do you think should parents allow teenagers to do?
Teenagers should be allowed to go out with their friends.
Discuss
Parents should allow teenagers to go out with their friends.
Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.
Parents should allow sixteen-year-olds to drive.
Fifteen-year-olds should be allowed to choose their own clothes.
Parents should allow fifteen-year-olds to choose their own clothes.

21. 2d Role-play the conversation.
Picasso and paintings
school trip
take photos

22. Read 2d again and answer the questions:
1. How does Sandy feel about seeing the famous paintings by Picasso?
Really excited.
2. Who chose the art museum for their school trip?
Mr. Smith.
3. Why is Sandy going to bring his new camera?
To take lots of photos.
4. How does Wu Lan think they may be allowed to take photos if they don't use a flash?
She thinks it may be OK.

23. Language Points Phrases 1. be allowed to do 被允许去做
2. go out with friends
3. a part-time job
4. get ears pierced
5. their own clothes
6. driver’s license
7. take photos
8. serious enough
9. silly earring
10. protect paintings
11. on weekends
被允许去做
与朋友们一起出去
一份兼职工作
打耳洞
他们自己的衣服
驾驶执照 拍照
足够严肃
难看的耳环
保护油画
在周末

24. 3a Read the poem aloud and discuss what the title means with your partner.
Mom Knows Best

25. 3b Read the poem again and answer the questions.
1. What did the mom do when the writer was a baby and a small child?
2. Why do you think the writer talked back to his mom when he was seven and nine years old?
3. How did the writer feel when he was a teenager and his mom said “Please be back by ten” ?
4. After reading the whole poem, how do you think the writer feels about his mom?

26. Language Points Phrases 1. a tiny baby 一个小婴儿 2. stay by sb.'s side
3. run through the field
4. keep...from...
5. give sb. a hug
6. lift sb. up
7. talk back
8. think back
9. have scary dreams
10. be late for school
11. regret doing sth.
一个小婴儿
待在某人旁边
跑步穿越田野
使……远离……
拥抱某人
举起某人
回嘴；顶嘴
回想；回忆
做恶梦
上学迟到
后悔做某事

27. Grammar Focus
I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.
I agree. They aren’t serious enough.
Do you think teenagers should be encouraged to make their own decisions?
Teenagers should not be allowed to have part-time jobs.
No, I don’t agree with this. Teenagers are too young to make their own decisions.
I disagree. They can learn a lot from working.
Do you think we may be allowed to take photos if we don’t use a flash?
If you don’t use a flash, then it may be OK.

28. 情态动词的被动语态 结构: 肯定：情态动词+ be +动词的过去分词 否定：情态动词+not+ be +动词的过去分词

29. Practice
用所给词的正确形式填空：
1. Teenagers should be _________ (allow) to choose their clothes.
2. Sixteen-year-olds _____ (be) not allowed to drive.
3. He should stop _________ (wear) those silly earrings.
4. Young people need ________ (sleep) about 8 hours at least.
allowed
are
wearing
to sleep

30. 5. We should pass the test instead of _________ (fail) the test.
6. We have a lot of _______ (rule) at school.
7. I think your father ____ (be) strict with you!
8. You have to ______ (be) 18 before you are allowed to drive.
failing
rules is be

31. 4a Rewrite the sentences according to the example.
You must clean your bedroom every day.
Your bedroom must be cleaned every day.
2. Parents should encourage teenagers to do social work
for their community. Teenagers____________________
______________________________________.
3. Can Lucy do her homework tomorrow instead?
Can__________________________________________
should be encouraged
to do social work for their community.
her homework be done tomorrow instead?

32. 4. Do you think we must keep teenagers away from the Internet?
Do you think teenagers_________________________
______________?
5. Parents should give teenagers chances to make their own decisions.
Teenagers_____________________________________
________.
must be kept away from
the Internet
should be given chances to make their own
decisions

33. Should teenagers ___________(ask) to move out when
4b Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in
brackets.
Should teenagers ___________(ask) to move out when
they start working? In many Western countries,
teenagers ___________(allow) to move out at eighteen.
Their parents believe that they should ___________
(educate) to take care of themselves from a young
age. This way, when they _______(start) working they
can manage their own lives. However, in most Asian
societies, it is not common for teenagers to
be asked
are allowed
be educated
start

34. _________(move) out. Chinese parents believe that it is
better for children to live with parents who can
________(take) care of them. But the young should then
look after their parents as they get older. That is why
many Chinese adults ___________ (continue) to live
with their parents.
move
take
continue

35. A: Members should be allowed to use dictionaries.
4c Pairwork
You and your friend are starting an English club. Make a list of
rules about what should and should not be allowed.
A: Members should be allowed to use dictionaries.
B: Yes, but they should only use English-English dictionaries.

36. Write a passage about the rules you have at home.
Homework
Write a passage about the rules you have at home.