1、What kinds of growing pains have you experienced?Shorter and fatter than other girls or boys.Sometimes feel lonely and feel no one else can understand you Fast Reading 1.What does adolescence mean?(Within 10 words)2.What are growing pains according to this text?(Within 10 words)3.How many kinds of g
2、rowing pains are mentioned in the article?The time of life between child and adult.The difficulties that teengers face as they grow to adults.What happened?short VS tall fat VS thinI want to fly I want to be loved I prefer alone1.Read the article carefully and find out the main points of each part.1
3、.Understand the structure of this article.Find the main idea of each part.PartParagraphMain ideaPart 1Paragraphs()Part 2Paragraphs()Part 3Paragraph()Physical changes and psychological changes happen inside teenagers.They become confused and want to know how to fit in society.Growing pains do not las
4、t long.Many teenagers feel lonely and are going through many changes.These changes are part of adolescence.1-23-5 62.Read the article carefully and fill in the blanks.Physical changesIt is 1_for them to become 2_with the changing world both inside and3_of them.Many boys become 5_ -they want to find
5、the 6_of their own and the world around them,but they cant make good7_.Girls try to8_their feelings.changesnormalconfusedoutsiderisk-takerslimitschoicesdeal with4 _Psychological changesHow to fit in societyAs teenagers get older,they struggle to 9_.They have many needs,but they have difficulty 10_ t
6、hese needs,so they often question who they are and how they fit in society.depend on themselvesbalancing1.go through.1.The law didnt go through.2.He went through the book quickly.3.The teacher went through the students exam papers.4.Lets go through the exercises.5.I has gone through my money and had
7、 to borrow some.6.He darent go through the woods.经历(不好的事情)(法律,协议等)被通过;=look through(浏览)仔细查看/检查做完(某事)用完,耗尽=run out of穿过along with 与一起1.Along with these physical changes,there come many psychological changes.(line16)along with:除之外(还有)=besides2.Tobacco is taxed in most countries,along with wine.along w
8、ith 与一起=together with=with=as well as它们连接主语时,谓语动词要和它们之前的主语保持一致,即就远原则.The teacher,along with 15 students,is playing baseball on the playground.2.confused (adj)困惑的,不解的confusing 令人困惑的,不解的 be confused about/by对.感到困惑 confuse (Vt)confusion (n)confuse sb/sth with 把.和.混淆in confusion 困惑地,不知所措地3.Boys and girl
9、s tend to be different in this regard.(lines 16-17)tend to do sth:趋向于做某事tendency(n)趋势,趋向 have a tendency to do sth 有做某事的趋势My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.4.Many boys become risk-takersthey want to find their own limits and(line 18)limit:n.“极限,限制”to the limit 达到极限There isnt a limit
10、to everything.limit:v.“限制,限定”We should limit our expenses.limited:adj 有限的 limitless:adj 无限的5.Since teenagers have difficulty balancing these needs(lines 24-26)have difficulty/trouble/a problem/a hard time(in)doing sth:做某事很困难/费力 Small countries have difficulty _ (host)the Olympic Games.balance:Vt&Vi&
11、n 平衡,抵消 balanced 平衡的 keep/lose ones balance 保持/失去平衡3.along with.there come many psychological changes.作方式状语全部倒装类似的句首状语:here,there,in,then,now,off,away等类似的动词:lie,live,sit,stand等eg:街道上有一辆车。In the street lies a car.We are now in adolescence,its easy for us to feel lonely and misunderstood.We are undergoing the following kinds of growing pains:1.changes 3.how to fit in _ ConclusionphysicalPsychologicalsociety2.changesGrowing pains do not last,everything turns out OK