Unit 3 Teenage problemsContent: Reading (1)Period：2Teaching aims and demands:Knowledge objects:1. To master the new vocabulary about problems and phrases2. Understand the important sentences.3. To get the main idea of the passageDifficult points: 1. To ask for advice 2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about problems.Teaching aids: A tape recorderTeaching methods: Reading, talking, speaking, Teaching procedures:Step 1 Revision and checking1. Have a free talk with the students about their problems.e.g. Do you have a problem?Whats your problem?Whats your biggest problem?How can you deal with it?2. Ask the students the following questions about ReadingWho are the letters from?Why do they write the letters?Step2.Leading-inIf you have problems, what will you do to solve it? Will you go to your parents, friends or teachers? Maybe a youth worker is a good choice. Millie and Simon wrote to Sigmund Friend, a youth worker.Step3.Listening practice 1. Play the tape for the students and find out the answer: Whats Millies problem? (She has a lot of homework everyday.) 2. Listen again and check the answer with the whole class. Step4.Reading practice 1. Read Millies letter aloud. Ask students to listen carefully to you and follow the text on page 36. Ask questions to check understanding, e.g.What is Millies favorite hobby? (volleyball and music)What does Millie doubt? (She doubts whether it is worth spending so much time on her homework.)What does she dream of? (She dreams of a long holiday.)2. Read the letters more carefully then check the answers with the whole class. 3. Read the letter again and get the general idea of each part.Step5.Reading practice 1. Read Simons letter aloud. Ask students to listen carefully to you and follow the text on page 39. Ask questions to check understanding, e.g.When does Simon play football? (After school until late.)How long does he play football?(hours)Whats his idea? (It is important to develop our hobbies.) 2. Read the letters more carefully then check the answers with the whole class. 3. Read the letter again and get the general idea of each part. Step6.Consolidation Complete the exercise on page 40. Step7.Homework Practise reading the letters after class. Recite the new words. Do the exercises. Underline the key sentences and useful expressions, try to find out the way to ask for help.二次备课For Class 8, ask the students to give some advice to Millie and Simon, then make a dialogue to talk about their own problems and offer some suggestions.Model:I have a problem. I do not know how to deal with it. I feel worried /stressed-I do not know how to achieve a balance between -and-Can you offer me some suggestions?SuggestionsYou said you-I think it is better for you to -Why-What about-I hope my advice is worth taking.教学反思：Most students can understand the passage well, and they want to say something about their own problems. But some students have some difficulty in offering suggestions to their partners. Some students do not have good ideas and some students can not use some good sentence patterns. Such as, it is better for you to-. What about choosing your hobby according to the time you have?-