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

Section A

Do you have any rules at home?

Do you have any rules at school？

Do your parents allow you to do the following things?

Lead in

Obey the family rules!

As a teenager, you have a lot

of rules at your house. Can y

ou write down some of them?

I’m allowed to …

I’m not allowed to…

Do you agree?

This is Mingming.

He is only 10 years old.

But he can drive a bus or a car.

Can the teenagers in China be allowed to get their

driver’s license ?

（ should ﹢ ） be allowed to do

Agree and disagree

Do you think …?

Yes, I agree.

No, I disagree.

（应该）被允许做某事

Presentation

Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke.

Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own cl

othes.

Teenagers should not be allowed to have part-time

jobs.

I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed

to get their ears pierced.

Read and circle “A” (for agree ) or “D”( for disagree).

A D 1.Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke.

A D 2.Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

A D 3.Students should not be allowed to have part- time jobs.

A D 4.Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.

A D 5.Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

1a

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

A: I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed t

o drive.

B: I agree. They aren’t serious enough.

1c PAIRWORKLook at the statements in 1a and make conversations.

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. A D DK

4. He should stop wearing that silly earring.

A D DK

5. He doesn’t seem to have many friends.

A D DK

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.

2b Listen again. What are Kathy’s and Molly’s reasons? Number their reasons in the correct order.

4

1

5

2

3

Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Molly says that Larry is working late tonight, but Kath

y 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 _____ homew

ork. Kathy thinks Larry’s hair should ______ because it do

esn’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

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

Useful expressions

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

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.

Parents should allow teenagers to go out with their friends.

Parents should allow sixteen-year-olds to drive.

Parents should allow fifteen-year-olds to choose their own clothes.

Teenagers should be allowed to go out with their friends.

Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

Fifteen-year-olds should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

What do you think should parents allow teenagers to do?

Discuss

2d Role-play the conversation.

Picasso and paintings

school trip

take photos

Read 2d again and answer the questions:

1. How does Sandy feel about seeing the famous paintin

gs 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.

1. be allowed to do

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

Language PointsPhrases

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

3a Read the poem aloud and discuss what the title means with your partner.

Mom Knows Best

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?

1. a tiny baby

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.

Language PointsPhrases

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

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.

If you don’t use a flash, then it may be OK.

Do you think we may be allowed to take photos if we don’t use a flash?

结构 :

肯定：情态动词 + be + 动词的过去分词否定：情态动词 +not+ be + 动词的过去分词一般疑问句：情态动词 + 主语 +be+ 动词的过去分词？特殊疑问句：疑问词 + 情态动词 + 主语 +be+ 动词的过去分词？

情态动词的被动语态

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

Practice

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

1. 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

her homework be done tomorrow instead?

4a Rewrite the sentences according to the example.

to do social work for their community.

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

should be given chances to make their own

decisions

the Internet

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

_________(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

A: Members should be allowed to use dictionaries.

B: Yes, but they should only use English-English

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.

Write a passage about the rules you have at home.

Homework