(共34张PPT)
Section A (3a-3c)
Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
get on/along with; relation; communication; argue; elder; instead; whatever; nervous; offer; proper; secondly; communicate; explain; clear; cloud; be nice to; refuse to do.
Key sentences:
1. My problem is that I can't get on with my family.
2. I don't know if I should say anything to them about this.
3. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
To learn the usage of some conjunctions such as until, although ,so that.
Warming up
Let's watch the video.
Free talk
Can your parents always understand you
Have you ever argued with them
Do you have any brothers or sisters Do you get on well with them
与……争吵/争论
get on with 和睦相处；关系良好
Do you have these problems about family relations
parents fight a lot
fight with siblings
bad communication
n. 沟通；交流
n.兄弟姐妹
If you have these problems, who would you ask for help
A friend
Parents
A teacher
A school counselor
A school counselor is a person who is trained to help students with both school and personal problems.
Pre-reading
Let's predict !
Look at the picture and guess.
1. What's the relationship between them
2. What's the problem with them
How do you feel when your parents argue
worried, afraid, scared, nervous ...
They may be a couple.
They argue with each other. They don’t get on well with each other.
While-reading
Task 1 skimming and matching
Letter 1 from Sad and Thirteen
Letter 2 from Robert Hunt
advice
problem
Task 2 skimming and choosing the main idea
The letter from Sad and Thirteen _________
The letter from Robert Hunt __________
A. advice on solving family problems
B. advice on how to communicate with others
C. problems on how to get on well with family
C
A
与某人交流
Task 3 scanning
Read the Letter 1 and find out the key words to finish the mind map.
parents
elder brother
Sad and Thirteen's problem
I can't ____ ____ with my family.
get on
· They ______ a lot.
· I don't know _____ to do.
· It's like a big, black cloud _______
_____ our home.
fight
what
hanging
over
· He is not very _____ to me.
· He always ______ ____ let me watch my favorite TV show.
nice
refuses to
I always feels ______ and _________.
lonely
nervous
Read the Letter2 and find out the key words to finish the mind map.
Mr. Hunt's advice
Talk about these _______ with your family.
feelings
parents
elder brother
· You should ______ ____
help.
·You should ____ _____
_____ around the house.
· Sit down and ___________ with your brother.
· Explain that you don't _____ him ________
____ all the time, but he ______ let you
watch your favorite show.
offer to
do more
jobs
communicate
mind
watching
TV
should
Task 4 scanning and judging
( ) 1. The kid's problem is that he can't get on with his family.
( ) 2. The kid's parents don't fight.
( ) 3. The kid's elder brother is friendly to him.
( ) 4. The kid feels lonely and nervous at home.
( ) 5. Robert thinks he could talk about his feelings with his parents.
( ) 6. Robert thinks he should argue with his brother.
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F
F
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Presentation
3a
Look at this letter to a magazine and the reply from Robert Hunt, a school plete the chart.
Problems Advice
Dear Mr. Hunt,
My problem is that I can't get on with my family. Relations between my parents have become difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don't like it. It's the only communication they have. I don't know if I should say anything to them about this. When they argue, it's like a big, black cloud hanging over our home. Also, my elder brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.I don't think this is fair. At home I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal What can I do
Sad and Thirteen
relation n. 关系；联系；交往 (v. relate)
n. 交流； 沟通
adj. 年纪较长的
be nice to sb. 对某人友好
adv. 反而；代替
adj. 焦虑的；担忧的
与……和谐共处
是否
Dear Sad and Thirteen,
It's not easy being your age, and it's normal to have these feelings. Why don't you talk about these feelings with your family If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help. Maybe you could do more jobs around the house so that they have more time for proper communication. Secondly, why don't you sit down and communicate with your brother You should explain that you don't mind him watching TV all the time. However, he should let you watch your favorite show. I hope things will be better for you soon.
Robert Hunt
adj. 正确的；恰当的
adv. 第二；其次
communicate with sb. = have a communication with sb. 和某人交流/沟通
Problems Advice
· can't get on with his family · parents fight a lot · elder brother is not very nice to him and treats him unfairly (e.g. won't let him watch his favorite TV show while he watches whatever he wants) · always feels lonely and nervous at home · talk about these feelings with his family
· offter to help parents(e.g. do more jobs around the house so that they have more time for proper communication)
· communicate with his elder brother and let him know he doesn't mind him watching TV all the time, but he should let him watch his favorite show
3b
Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Hunt's advice Why
I agree/disagree with his advice because...
I agree with his advice because more communication can make family members understand each other better and know about the feelings they have.
I don’t agree with his advice. The parents and elder brother may get even angrier as they may think that the writer is disrespectful. They may feel that children should not comment on the behavior of their seniors.
3c
Which words or phrases in the letters have the same or similar meanings as the following Write a sentence using each word or phrase.
make sth. clear — explain
Can you explain to me how to do this math problem
adj. 清楚易懂的；晴朗的
talk — ________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
communicate
Family members should communicate with each other so that they can understand each other better.
not allow — ________________
____________________________________________________
refuse
Tom refuses to let her younger brother use her computer.
worried — ________________
____________________________________________________
nervous
I'm always very nervous before a test.
get along with — ________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
get on with
John and I get on with each other because we have a lot in common.
Fill in the blanks according to the letters.
Sad and Thirteen has some __________. He can’t _____ ____ _____ his family. His parents _____ a lot. It’s the only ______________ they have. When they ______, it’s like a big black cloud ________ _____ their home. He doesn’t like it. His brother always watches whatever he wants until midnight. He _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So he always feels ______ and ________ at home.
get on with
problems
argue
fight
communication
hanging
refuses
lonely
nervous
over
Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should ______ _____ these feelings to his family. He should ______ to help. Maybe he ______ ____ _____ jobs around the house so that they have more time ____ ______ _____________. Secondly, he could sit down and ____________ _____ his brother. He could ________ that he ______ _____ him watching TV all the time. However, he should let him watch his ________ _____.
offer
talk about
doesn’t mind
do more
for proper communication
communicate with
explain
favorite show
could
First, listen to each other.
Then, open your mind.
Next, voice your true feelings.
Finally, treat each other equally.
A good relation depends on good communication.
Language points
1. My problem is that I can't get on with my family.
get on with 和睦相处；关系良好
【拓展延伸】get on/along with sth. 意为“(谈及或问及工作情
况)进展”。
The new teacher is getting on/ along well with the students.
get on with后接表示人的名词或代词作宾语，相当于get along with。get on/along well/badly with sb. 意为“和某人相处得好/不好”。
How are you getting on with your novel
2. When they argue, it's like a big, black, cloud hanging over our home.
argue v. 争吵；争论
They were arguing about/over the matter again.
Mary often argues with her mother about which clothes to wear.
argue with sb. 与人争吵/争论
argue about/over sth. 就某事而争吵/争论
argue with sb. about sth. 为某事与某人争论
【拓展延伸】 argument作名词，意为“争吵；辩论”。have an argument with sb. 意为“与某人争吵/辩论”。
I'm very sorry to have an argument with you.
3. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
instead adv. 代替；反而；却
instead of 是介词短语，意为“代替……”，后面可跟名词、代词、介词短语、动词-ing形式等。
e.g. My mother went shopping on foot instead of by bus.
e.g. Why don’t you play football instead of just looking on
单独使用时位于句首或句末。
e.g. There’s no coffee. Would you like some tea instead
本句中whatever作代词，意为“任何；每一”，引导宾语从句，作watches的宾语。
whatever pron. 任何；每一
You can wear whatever you feel comfortable.
【拓展延伸】 whatever还可意为“无论什么；不管什么”，相当于no matter what，引导让步状语从句。
As far as we know, safety comes first whatever you do.
until作连词或介词，意为“直到……为止”，用于肯定句中时，表示主句的动作或状态一直持续到从句动作发生或状态出现时为止。用于否定句中，表示动作直到某时才发生。
e.g.He lived with his parents until he graduated from college.
e.g. I shall stay here until twelve o'clock.
e.g. We didn't leave until the rain stopped.
until conj. /prep. 直到
4. If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.
offer to do sth. 主动提出做某事
offer在此作动词，意为“提供”。
The kids offered to do the dishes.
【拓展延伸】
offer相关短语：offer sth. to sb.= offer sb. sth.为某人提供某物
The government tried to offer more jobs to the local people.
offer还可作名词，意为“提议；提供”。
Thanks for your offer of help.
5. You should explain that you don't mind him watching TV all the time.
explain v. 解释；说明
You'd better go and explain to the teacher.
Could you explain the reason of being late to me
He explained that he was too busy.
explain to sb. 向某人解释
explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释某事
sb. explains+宾语从句 某人解释说……
explanation n. 解释；说明
Exercises
一、单项选择
1.I wanted to see the Bejing Opera, so Lingling offered _____ me to watch an opera.
A. took B. takes C. to take D. taking
2.The speaker showed some _____ examples to make the science report easy to understand.
A. awful B. stupid C. proper D. thick
C
C
3.I'm going to take a vacation. Could you please _____ me ____ some information about interesting places to travel
A. offer; to B. offer; for
C. provide; with D. provide; for
4.Don’t try to _____why you were late again. I no more believe you.
A. introduce B. explain C. show D. check
5.Jenny is afraid to travel by plane. She always feels _____ when getting on it.
A. nervous B. interested C. relaxed D. happy
C
B
A
1.有礼貌能使人们相处得很好。
Good manners can make people ____ ____ _____ _____ each other.
2.她经常用电话和妈妈交流。
She often _____________ _____ her mother on the phone.
3.她在学校常常感觉孤独和紧张。
She often feels _______ _____ _______ at school.
4.你最好去向老师解释清楚。
You'd better go and _______ _____ the teacher.
二、完成句子
get on well with
communicates with
lonely and nervous
explain to
Homework
1. Read and recite the passage in 3a.
2. Do the exercises in students’ book.
Thank you!
