II. Warming up

Obey the school rules!

As a teenager, you have a lot of rules at school. Can you write down some of them?

Students should be allowed to speak English loudly.

Students shouldn’t be allowed to sleep in class.

Students shouldn’t be allowed to make noises.

Students shouldn’t be allowed to throw the rubbish in the classroom.

Students shouldn’t be allowed to get to class late.

Explain:

allow sb to do sth

允许某人做某事

be allowed to do sth

被允许做某事

should be allowed to do sth

应该被允许做某事

1a. Read the statements below. Circle A for agree or D for disagree.

1. Teenagers should not be allowed to smoke. A D

2. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive. A D

3. Students should not be allowed to have part-time jobs. A D

4. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced. A D

5. Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes. A D

III. Listening

1b Listen and circle T for true or F for false.

1. Anna can go to the shopping center by bus. T F

2. Anna wants to get her ears pierced. T F

3. Anna wants to choose her own clothes. T F

IV. Practice

1c Look at the statements in la and make conversations.

A: I don't think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

B: I agree. They aren't serious enough.

V. Key phrases

1. be allowed to do 被允许去做

2. the shopping center 购物中心

3. driver’s license 驾驶执照

4. sixteen-year-olds 16岁的孩子

5. be worried about your safety 担心你们的安全

6. part-time jobs 兼职工作

7. get their ears pierced 穿他们的耳朵

8. their own clothes 他们自己的衣服

9. serious enough 足够严肃