Unit 2 Let’s talk teensSection I Welcome to the unitI don’t know what “home” is, but unhappiness and worries melt away once here. - Bing Xin“家”是什么，我不知道；但烦闷-忧愁，都在此中融化消灭 = 冰心In this unit, you are going to:Read a magazine article about relationship between teenagers and their parents.Write a letter of advice on parent-child tensions;Read a short story of a mother’s love for her childrenCreate a short play about parent-child relationshipsParents often give their children unconditional love. Read the poem below and discuss the following questions in pairs.Morning and night, Mother Bird is thereUntil her baby’s old enough to leave the nest.Mother Bird, with all her love and care,Longs to provide her baby with the best.Often ,she worries, from day to day-Very soon her baby will be full-grown.Excitedly, it will jump away,Spread its wings and fly aloneYet, she knows, she must let it flyOver the hills and across the sky, Under her careful, watching eye.1.How would you describe Mother Bird’s feelings in the poem?2. Can you think of any Chinese poems about parents’ love for their children?3. How do you think your parents feel about you? How can you tell?1. There is a skeleton in every house.2. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home 3. We never know the love of the parents until we become parents 家家有本难念的经。今窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。不养儿不知父母恩。ourselves.4. The family harmony is the happiest thing.5. A mother’s voice is the most beautiful sound in the world.6. The happy families are all similar; the unfortunate families have misfortunes of each’s 7. Where we love is home- home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.8. Maternal love is th...
