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ss in your life? How do you relax yourself? 2b Skim the article and answer the questions. 1. What is the mon problem for Chinese and American families? Parents give their children too much stress. 2. Who gives their opinions about the problems? Linda, Miller and Dr. Alice Green. 1. Chinese children have to take so many afterschool classes on weekends these days. 2. Cathy Taylor really wants her three children to be successful, so she believes these afterschool activities are important for them. Read and circle again, judge T or F. T T 3. Linda Miller thinks parents should send their small kids to all kinds of classes. 4. Linda thinks some parents push their kids too much. 5. Alice thinks kids shouldn’t have time to relax and think for themselves. T F F Look at the words in bold in the article. Can you guess their meanings? Try to match them with the meaning below. 1. Keeping on happening _______ 2c continue v. 持續(xù);繼續(xù)存在 用法: continue to do sth. 強(qiáng)調(diào)繼續(xù)做另一件事情,前后所做的事情不同。 training3. Worries about things at home, school or work ______ stress n. 壓力 . In fact, stress isn’t always bad thing. 事實(shí)上,壓力并不總是壞事情。 development 7. Look for differences and similarities between things _________ pare v. 比較 pare …with… 比較;對(duì)比 . How does your new house pare with your old one?