Maybeyoushouldlearntorelax.1/16Section1BeforeYouReadWhatdoyouusuallydoafterclass?Ido:Idon’tdo:2/16Section1BeforeYouReadLookupthesewordsinadictionary.footballcomplainpressurefreedomorganizedpushycompare查字典是學習好方法.不過因為語境原因,有時候給你意思是錯誤.所以,最好是用學習字典,幫助你了解單詞在不一樣語境下意思.3/16Answerthefollowingquestionsafterreadingthetext.1.WhatdoyouthinkofthelifeofCathyTaylor’sthreechildren’s?

Theirlifeisverybusy.Descripttheirlifeusingthewordsgiven.busyenough,fromfootballtobasketball,pianolessons,don’tgethome,until,haveaquicksupper,homework.

Theirschooldaysarebusyenough.Afterschool,Taylortakesthetwoboysfromfootballtobasketballandtakesthedaughtertopianolessons.Thetiredchildrendon’tgethomeuntil7pm.Aftertheyhaveaquicksupper,it’stimeforthemtodotheirhomework.4/162.Whatdodoctorsthinkchildren’sproblemsare?

Doctorthinkchildrenareundertoomuchpressure.3.Whatdoteacherscomplainabout?

Teacherscomplainaboutteachingtiredkidsintheclassroom.5/164.Whatstartsinfamilieswhenthechildrenareveryyoung?

Competitionstartsbetweenchildrenfromaveryyoungageinsomefamilies.5.Whatistheresultoftakingthechildrenfromactivitiestoactivities?

Dr.Alicethinksthatthesechildrenmayfindithardtothinkforthemselveswhentheyareolder.6/166.Whatshouldparentsdointhissituation?Why?

Parentsshouldlearntogivetheirkidsabitmoretimetothemselves.Ontheonehand,childrenneedorganizedactivities.Ontheotherhand,theyalsoneedtimeandfreedomtorelax,andtheyneedtimetodothingsbythemselves.7/16Section2WhileYouReadLifeforCathyTaylor’sthreechildrenisverybusy.Theirschooldaysarebusyenough.Afterschool,though,Cathytakesthetwoboysfromfootballtobasketball.Thenshehastotakeherdaughtertopianolessons.Thetiredchildrendon’tgethomeuntil7pm.Theyhaveaquicksupper,andit’stimeforhomework.生活對于CathyTaylor三個孩子來說是非常忙碌.這些疲憊孩子們要到晚上7點才得到家.8/16Section2WhileYouReadTheTaylorsarelikemanyAmericanandBritishparents.Theytaketheirchildrenfromactivitytoactivity,andtrytofitasmuchaspossibleintotheirkids’lives.Doctorssaymanychildrenareundertoomuchpressure.Teacherscomplainaboutteachingtiredkidsintheclassroom.他們把孩子從一個活動送到另一個活動.竭盡全力把孩子生活填滿.在繁重壓力下.9/16Section2WhileYouReadMostchildrentakepartinafter-schoolclubs.Activitiesincludesports,languagelearning,music,andmathclasses.Pushyparentsarenothingnew,butnowparentsseemtopushtheirchildrenalotmore.Parentsseeotherchildrendoingalotofthings,andtheyfeeltheirownchildrenshoulddothesame.固執家長們沒有新改變,不過更多家長把孩子們推向這些壓力之下.10/16Section2WhileYouReadLindaMiller,amotherofthreeinLondon,knowsallaboutsuchpressure.“Insomefamilies,competitionstartsfromaveryyoungage,”shesays.“Motherssendtheirkidstoallotherchildren.It’scrazy.Peopleshouldn’tpushtheirkidssohard.”人們不應該兇狠把他們孩子們推向這種壓力下.11/16Section2WhileYouReadDrAliceGreenagrees.Shealsosaysthatthesechildrenmayfindithardtothinkforthemselveswhentheyareolder.“Parentsaretryingtoplantheirkids’livesforthem.Whenthesekidsareadults,theymightfinditdifficulttoplanthingsforthemselves.”這些孩子們就會發覺當他們長大后要自己思索問題是多么困難事.家長們總是盡力為他們孩子們計劃事情.不過當孩子們成年后就回發覺自己計劃事情很困難.12/16Section2WhileYouReadParentsshouldlearntogivetheirkidsabitmoretimetothemselves.Ontheonehand,childrenneedorganizedactivities.Ontheotherhand,theyalsoneedtimeandfreedomtorelax,andtheyneedtimetodothingsbythemselves.13/16Section3AfterYouReadIsthesituationthesameinChina?AmericanandBritishchildrendomanyafter-schoolactivities.Manychildrenareunderpressure.Parentsthesedayspushtheirchildrenmuchharderthanbefore.Competitionbetweenfamiliesstartsatayoungage.Childrenshouldhavefreetime