You are allowed to exercise.

Do your parents allow you to smoke? No, they don't.

You are not allowed to smoke.

Do your parents allow you to drive? No, they don't.

You are not allowed to drive.

Do your parents allow you to choose your own clothes? No, they don't.

You should be allowed to choose your own clothes.

Do your parents allow you to get your ear pierced? No, they don't.

You should not be allowed to get your ear pierced.

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

1. Pre-listening

What's the relationship of the two speakers?

They are mother and daughter.

2. 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

3. Listen again and answer the questions.

1) What does the woman think about John's driver's license?

2) What does Anna want to watch?

3) How is Anna going there?

4) What else is Anna going to do?

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.