1、Discussion1.What does the title2.mean to you?3.2.Do you know about the play4.named Growing pains?Free talks1.Are you familiar with the picture on the screen?2.Have you ever seen the film Growing pains?3.Do you know some of its main characters?4.What does the film mainly talk about?Main charactersMik
2、e SeaverBen SeaverCarol SeaverJason SeaverMaggie SeaverChrissySeaverhappy families1.Do you love your parents?2.Do you like to stay with your parents at home during your holidays or weekends?3.Do you think you show respect to your parents?Brainstorming4.Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents?5.Wh
3、y do arguments usually happen?6.What are usually the problems with parents?Problems with parentsinterfereinfluencemake decisions for childrenforce children to do sth.question childrenwish child to study hardDo you have to turn up your music so loud?I told you to be home by 6 oclock and now its 7 ocl
4、ock!Dont you think this is a waste of time?There will be no more computer games for you！1.Do your parents try to force to do things you dont like?2.When you have a problem and want to talk to someone,who do you choose to talk to?3.Can you describe an experience with your parents that was not pleasan
5、t.Discussion Sample answer to Question 1 Yes,sometimes my parents try and interfere in my life and make my decisions for me.My parents want me to be a lawyer,but I want to be a writer or a journalist.We argue a lot about what subjects I should study at university and which job I should get.I spend m
6、uch of my time working on the school newspaper,but my parents say I should concentrate first on my subjects and forget about extracurricular activities.They think if I waste my time on these activities,I wont get good enough grades to attend a good university.They also try to control my home life a
7、lot.My mother is always asking me tohelp with the cooking and keep my room clean,but I just want to relax and listen to music or chat to my friends on the Internet.My father wants me to take extra maths lessons at the weekend,but I think I need time to have fun with friends as well as study.Sample a
8、nswer to Question 2My parents want to control my life too.We argue about my grades and study almost every day.Whenever I feel angry with my parents,I talk it over with my best friend.I dont expect that she will have a better solution to the problem than me,but I can express my innerfeelings to her b
9、etter than to my parents.Unlike my parents,who shout at me and say I am wrong and bad for not wanting the same things as them,my friend understands completely what I am feeling.We have the same dreams and ambitions.Sample answer to Question 3My parents dont trust me at all.They always think I am out
10、 having fun with my friends,not studying.I often meet my friends after school to research projects and do homework.We do have fun,but we still do lots of work.Sometimes I am late home and my father always asks me lots of questions about where I have been and who I met.They think I am playing games i
11、n the Internet caf or out shopping for clothes or CDs.I tell them I am studying but they just dont believe me.We often argue and they call me a bad child and say I am disobedient and dont respect them.I try to be a good child,but sometimes when I am tired or in a bad mood,I am not very polite to my
12、parents.I sometimes stay quiet and dont answer their questions and dont do the things they ask me to,like helping around or going to bed on time.I know I am not good all the time,but I think sometimes they just dont understand me.Language Focus1.turn up 把 开大点。如：Turn up the radio a little.I can hardl
13、y hear the program.出现，露面。如：I was expecting him at ten,but he didnt turn up.卷起，竖起，翻耕。如：Turn up your trouser legs so that they wont get wet.2.by prep.不迟于，到 时。如：Can you finish the work by tomorrow?They were tired out by evening.指时间，在某种情况延续期间，相当于during。如：The enemy attacked by night.表示“按”。如：The workers a
14、re paid by the hour/the day.3.waste U/n 表示浪费，废物，废料。如：Where there is too much waste,it will do harm to us and things around.It is a waste of time and money to play computer games.vt.浪费 如：We must not waste anything.Above all,we mustnt waste time.4.force vt.表示强迫，迫使。如：I was forced to put off my visit.表示迫使进入某种状态，常与介词into或down搭配使用。如：The police forced the thief into the car.They forced the plane down.n.表示力量，气力。by force 用武力如：They took her away by force.Homework1.If the generation gap really exists,how do you overcome the gap?2.Write a note or two to your parents from your deep heart.Thank you!
