Ask Ss: ? what they think of the way Daniel and his parents solve their problem ? what kind of a boy Daniel is
II. Difficult points:
(In this part, Ss are encouraged to raise their questions.)
1. Eric runs in after it, followed by a big dog, walking very slowly.
2. …you weren’t supposed to come home until tomorrow!
3. Daniel, we thought you were an adult, …
4. Eric sits on his bed looking at Daniel, who has his arms crossed and looks angry.
5. …but now that he has been so rude to us, I feel like we have to punish him or he won’t respect us.
III. Words focus: 1.Word definition:
In this part Ss are to understand words and expressions in the text. Ask Ss to match the expressions in Column I with the right definitions in Column II.
Column I Column II
a. be supposed to do 1. to talk about sb’s faults in an unfair way,
or to be too strict with sb.
b. deserve to do 2. to want to have sth. or do sth. c. now that 3. used to ask or
talk about how sb. should
deal with sth.
d. in charge 4. used to say a light or fire is off or out
e. be hard on 5. used to say
what is/was expected to happen,
esp. when sth. didn’t happen; used to say that one should or should not do
f. go out 6.to hope that one will get sth. from sb.
g. expect…from… 7.in a position where you have the duty to make
decisions so that anything bad will not happen
h. feel like 8.used to say
one should receive (a reward or
a special treatment) for what he has done
i. (what to) do with 9. because of
sth. or as a result of sth.
2. Ask Ss to read the following sentences and try to complete them with words or expressions in the text so that each of the sentences makes sense.
1. The new company was set up last month and has some problems and difficulties, so we can say the company is experiencing ________. (growing pains)
2 ---Doctor, my son feels pains in his arms and legs at night. What’s wrong?
---It really doesn’t matter. That’s ________ and will soon pass. (growing pains)
3. His strange question made his
friends feel surprised; that means his strange question ______ his friends. (surprised)
surprise—n./ vt. surprised—adj. surprising—adj. surprisingly—adv. ? My dad bought me an iPod on my birthday, which is a great ____ to me. (surprise) ? What _____ me most was that flowers there were so cheap. (surprised) ? He had a _____ look on his face at the news that she married John. (surprised) ? ---How was the exam?
---_____ easy. (surprisingly)
5. The sports meet _________ to