Unit 2 Growing Pains Welcome to the unit Questions 1.Do you love your parents?2.Do you think you show respect to your parents?3.Will you tell your parents the true mark if you fail in the exam?4. What will you do if you parents want you to do something you dislike?5.Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? Why do arguments usually happen? Some parents may interfere in their children’s lives and try to influence their decisions about their future career or study plans.Parents may want to make decisions for children and also force them into doing things they don’t want to, such as household chores or extra study.Some parents don’t always trust that their child is telling the truth. They may ask lots of questions about a child’s social activities or the reason why they are late coming home. Some of the problems we have been discussing are quite common in families. What should we do to deal with these problems? Questions for discussion:What kind of behaviors of yours will make your parents feel unhappy? *not doing homework, *not getting up on time, *spending too much time or money on … *bad school behaviors *not helpful with housework *making friends with persons that parents don’t like *…… There are four pictures here. First of all, I’d like you to imagine the situation and try to describe it with your own words. Tom got home feeling very tired, and he just wanted to have a good relax. When his families said hello to him, he said nothing and just went straight to his bedroom. They didn’t ask him the reason though they were very confused. After a while, his mother rushed into Tom’s room and shouted at him for the loud music coming from his room. ··· 2One evenin...
