Module 1 Unit 2

Project

Growing pains

• often quarrel with your parents because they forbid listening to foreign music / chatting online / …;

• they are busy with their work and spend little time with you;

• have too much homework and no time to relax;

What kinds of the growing pains have you experienced?

• sometimes feel lonely and feel that no one else can understand you;

• have to depend on your parents and can’t make your own decisions;

• ...

If you have any problems, what will you do to solve them?• phone to ask for help• surf the internet• talk to others• watch TV shows for teenagers• write letters to magazines or newspapers

• ______________

•______________

Find the word explained here.

the time of life between child and adultnot able to understand correctly

adolescence:

misunderstand

being unable to understand or think clearlyusual, not surprising, not strange

• _________

• _________

•________________

•____________________

confused

normal

physical changes

psychological changes

changes inside one’s body

changes in one’s mind

Now read the article “Growing pains” for the first time. While reading, try to find out what different kinds of growing pains are talked in the article.

kinds of growing pains:

• physical changes

• psychological changes

• how to fit in society

Read the article again and discuss how many parts this article can be divided into and what the main point is for each part.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Paragraphs. 1-2

Paragraphs. 3-5

Paragraph. 6

The text is made up of 3 parts:

The main point of each part

Part 1:

Many teenagers feel lonely and are going through many changes. These changes are part of adolescence.

Part 2:Physical changes and psychological changes happen inside teenagers. They become confused and want to know how to fit in society.

Part 3:Growing pains do not last long.

Language points1. Many teenagers feel lonely, as if no one understands them and the changes they are going through. lonely adj. 孤独的 , 单独的；寂寞的 , 孤寂的When his wife died, he was very lonely. She feels rather lonely in the strange town.The story is about a lonely old man and his dog.

lonely & alone

lonely: 强调孤独感，含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。有时表示“荒凉的、偏僻的”。可用作表语或定语。alone: 用作形容词，通常只是表示客观上的一个人或没有外人，而不表示寂寞或孤独等感情色彩，并且在句中只用作表语。I live all alone but I never feel lonely.

1) 不只是我一个人有这种想法。 I'm not ______ in thinking so. 2) 一个人的时侯，他不感到寂寞。

He doesn’t feel _____ when he’s __. 3) 我们让他独自留下吧。 Let's leave him _____. 4) 他被带到了一个荒岛上。 He was taken to a ______ island.

alone

lonely

alone

lonely

alone

Fill in the blanks with alone or lonely.

go through 经历 , 检查 , 浏览，穿过 Their marriage has been going through a bad patch.I go through this mailbox almost every day. Our soldiers are going through a thick forest.

经历浏览

穿过

go overgo outgo off go downgo bygo alonggo togethergo abroad

检查，审查；复习 外出；熄灭 爆炸，发射；动身，离开 下降，降低 过去进行，进展 相配；恋爱出国

2. Day by day, everything seems different, yet the same.

day by day 一天天地 , 逐日地It is getting warmer day by day.The patient's condition is improving day by day.Day by day she learnt more about her job. day after day 日复一日地 day and night 日日夜夜

3. Boys and girls tend to be different in this regard.

1 ） tend v. 趋向，倾向；照料 , 照管Prices are tending upwards. Old people tend to get fat. She tends to get angry when others disagree with her. Mother was ill and he had to tend her at home. You’d better tend to your own affairs.

in this regard 在这点上 , 就这一点而言In this regard, I promise not to disappoint you!

In this regard, the history of the Second World War provides a useful lesson.

in regard to 关于 , 至于

In regard to his suggestions, we shall discuss them fully. without regard to 不顾 / 不考虑 ... He always does what he thinks right without regard to the consequences.pay regard to 顾及…；重视…You should pay regard to public opinion.

4. … --- they want to find their own limits and …

limit n. ＆ vt. 限制 , 限定Her ambition knows no limit.His speech ran over the time limit.We must limit our spending.The teacher limited his students to 500 words for their compositions.

5. They may badly want and need their parents’ love, …

Badly = very much 非常地She wants the doll badly.

She wants to go badly.

= terribly

I am terribly sorry.

Badly 不好地 , 严重地The child behaved badly at the party.

She was injured badly in the accident.

My back hurts badly.

more badly, most badly

6. Since teenagers have difficulty balancing these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in society.have difficulty balancing 在做某事方面有困难，difficulty 前可加 some, little, much, a lot of, no, any 修饰，可用 trouble 来代替 difficulty 。

Did you have difficulty in finding your way?

I know what I want to say but I have much difficulty in putting it across.

1. be busy (in) doing sth. 忙于做某事2. spend…money / time (in) doing sth. 花…钱 ( 时间 ) 做某事3. waste…money / time) (in) doing sth. 浪费…钱 ( 时间 ) 做某事4. have…luck (in) doing sth. 做某事时 有…运气5. have…trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事 有…困难6. There is no point (in) doing sth. 做某事没有意义

含有… in doing sth. 的常用句式

Homework for today

1. Do the reading on page 98;2. Preview Unit Three.