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 explanati

on.

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

• They are Daniel’s Growing Pains .

Do you have similar experiences? What are your growing pains?

MisunderstandingIndependence

Loneliness Study hard

Project---- Growing pains

Some new words in Growing pains :

• adolescence:• normal:• misunderstand:• confused:• physical changes:• psychological changes:

the time of life between child and adultthe time of life between child and adult

usual, not surprising, not strangeusual, not surprising, not strange

not able to understand correctlynot able to understand correctly

being unable to think clearlybeing unable to think clearly

changes inside one’s bodychanges inside one’s body

changes in one’s mindchanges in one’s mind

III. Read Para 1 and 2

1. Why do many teenagers feel lonely?

2. True or false:

It is uncommon for teenagers to feel lonely and misunderstood. ( )

They feel lonely ， as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through.

common

F

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

Para 6

• The good news is that these kinds of growing pains don’t _______. In the end everything _____ _____ OK.

lastturns out

IV.Multiple choices

1.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.

• 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.

The article lists three different kinds of growing pains: physical, psychological and social changes. Follow the steps on your textbook on page 39, then present them!

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.

Language points in Project

Language points in Project

1. Many teenagers feel lonely, as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through.(L1---2)

①lonely (adj. 寂寞的；偏僻的，荒凉的 );alone （ alone [ə'ləun] adj. 单独的；孤独的；独自的 ad

v. 独自地；单独地）While the old man lives on the__________ island____

______, he doesn’t feel__________.A.alone, alone, lonely B. lonely, alone, lonelyC. lonely, lonely, alone D. alone, lonely, alone②as if=as though( 好像，好似 )Wow, so many clouds in the sky, it seems as if it ____

______ going to rain.A. is B. be C. was D. will beWhen you put a pencil into a glass full of water, it loo

ks as if it__________ broken.A. is B. be C. was D. were③go through__________经历

2.It is common for teenagers to feel lonely and misunderstood. (L6)

it 为： __________. 真正的主语是： ______________________________________ 。

misunderstood adj. 遭误解的、不为人理解的。a much misunderstood illness _________

mis- 前缀。如： mislead_____ mistake_____ misinform_______ mistreat______

形式主语to feel lonely and misunderstood

一项不被人理解的疾病

误导 犯错错误通知 虐待

3.As teenagers grow, it is normal for them to become confused with the changing world both inside and outside of them.(L12---13)

①as 可以改为 with 吗？

要是改呢 ?With________________________,…

②it 是 __________ for③ 可以换成 of 吗？它们区别是什么？

③to become confused with 是 __________( 成分 ) ______________( 划线部分的意思 )

不能， as 在此次为连词， with 为介词，接复合结构teenagers growing

形式主语

不能， for 表示“对于”的意思， of 前面的形容词表示主语的性质、特征，通常可以说出 sb is …, 例如 it’s kind of him, 可以换成 he is kind.

真正的主语对……困惑

4. Boys and girls tend to be different in this regard. (L16---17)

①tend to do__________ tend to sb./sth.________ _________n.我们都容易记住不愉快的经历。

护士在照顾伤者。

② in this regard

倾向于做某事照顾、处理 tendency

We tend to remember the unhappy experiences.

Nurses are tending to the injured.

在这方面 =in this aspect

5.In the social world, as teenagers get older, they struggle to depend on themselves. (L22---23)

①social __________(n.)②struggle to do sth._________________

It’s so noisy at the table that I had to struggle __________.

A. to hear B. to be heard C. hear D. to hearing

society挣扎着做某事

Struggle to one’s feet

6. Since teenagers have difficulty balancing these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in the society. (L24---25)

①have difficulty/trouble (in) doing_______________ take the trouble to do_____________

have problems with sth.____________________ ② balance n./v. balance A and B ________________

keep the balance between A and B______________ lose one’s balance____________

As a pop star, it’s hard to ____________________ She cycled round the corner ， lost her balance and fell off the bicycle. _____________________

③fit in

做……有困难不辞劳苦做某事

有……的问题平衡 A 与 B

保持 A 与 B 之间的平衡失去平衡

balance family and career

她骑到拐角处，失去平衡，摔了下来。融入、适应

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 feel lonely and

misunderstood

the changes they are going through

在其他方面；用别的方式

go out of controlbe very difficult to believe

• 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

1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:

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

• 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…

1.Tanslate the following into English or Chinese:

have no difficulty (in) doing sth.

struggle to be heard

desire independence

依靠某人做某事

转换成… \ 换取…

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.

misunderstoodnormal

abnormalConfused

physical

balance

Homework

• Review what you have learnt in this class.

• Page 95 B1and B2& Page 98Aand 99B.

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