九上:Unit3 Teenage problems
Reading II
Teaching aims:
Learn how to write your troubles and how to express feelings.
Learn how to ask for advice.
Step 1 Revision
1. Role play.
Act as Millie / Simon ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and talk about their problems. Use the words in the table.
Millie
a lot of homework, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) have no choice but, stay us late, stay awake, on time, hardly have…for, doubt, be worth doing, dream of a holiday, offer…suggestions
Simon
crazy about, the ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )use, after school, never worry about, forget, get into trouble, not allow…to, be strict with, develop our hobbies, valuable advice
2. Mr friend is repl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ying to Millie’s and Simon’s letters. Help him complete the sentences with words in the box.
advice hobbies homework important playing spare stay out stay up strict valuable volleyball worth
Dear Millie,
Thank you very much for your letter. I hope I can help you.
You said you ofte ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n _______ late to finish all your homework. Plan your day carefully. Make a list of all the _________ you have. Then work out how much time you need to finish it all. This will give you an idea of how much ______time you have.
You also said that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) you do not have enough time for your _________. What about choosing your hobby according to the time you have For example, play ___________ if you have a lot of time, and listen to music if you only have a short time.
I hope you think my advice is _________ taking.
Best wishes,
Sigmund Friend
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )letter. I hope I can offer you some useful ______. It seems that you spend a lot of time _______ football. Of course, it is very __________ to develop hobbies. However, it is not wise to spend hours playing football after school.21世纪教育网版权所有
I agree with y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )our parents that it is better for you to go home earlier. Enjoy your hobby, but do not forget about your schoolwork. Why not just play football for an hour or two, and then go home
Your parents ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )are not _______ with you; they just do not want you to __________ so late.
I hope you think my answer is _________ to you.
Best wishes.
Sigmund Friend
Keys: stay up homework spare hobbies volleyball worth
advice playing important strict stay out valuable
Step 2 Language points
1. …I do not know how I should deal with it. 我不知道我该如何处理它。
deal vi. 对付,处理
deal with sth. 处理某事物
how to deal with 意为“如何处理”,与what to do with意思相近
e.g. I don’t know how to deal with the rubbish
.= I don’t know what to do with the rubbish.
我不知道如何处理这些垃圾。
含with的短语
agree with → 赞同;持相同意见
begin with → 以……开始
be angry with → 对……感到生气;愤怒
come up with → 提出;想出(主意、回答等)
fall in love with → 爱上
get along with → 与……相处
make friends with → 与……交友
2. I have a lot homew ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ork to do everyday, and I have no choice but to do it.
每天我都有很多作业,我别无选择,只能去做。
choice n. 选择
句中的choice表示“选择权,选择的可能性”,have no choice but to …意思是“别无选择只能……”
e.g. The little girl had no choice but to ask for mother’s help.
这个小女孩没有其他办法,只能去找妈妈帮忙。
3. I often have to stay up late.
我经常不得不熬夜到很迟。
stay up 熬夜 stay up late 熬夜到很迟
e.g. I stayed up last night, so I am very tired now.
我昨天晚上熬夜了,所以现在很累。
stay away from 不要靠近;避开
stay out 待在户外;(晚上)不回家
含有up的短语
cut up 切碎 mix up 混合在一起
grow up 成长;长大 open up 打开
call up 打电话给…… pick up 捡起
end up 结束 look up 查阅
wake up 睡醒;醒来 give up 放弃
make up 形成;组成 think up 想出
use up 用完;用光;耗尽 clean up 打扫干净;梳理整齐
set up 建立;创立;开办 fix up 修理;修补
put up 展示;张贴 show up 出席;露面
dress up 穿上盛装;装扮
4. Then I sometimes find it hard to stay awake the next day.
然后我有时发现第二天保持清醒很困难。
awake adj. 醒着的
通常用在系动词be的后面作表语。
e.g. My grandfather was awake all night.
我祖父整晚都醒着。
作定语时通常放在被修饰词之后。
e.g. Mary is the only person awake now.
玛丽是现在唯一醒着的人。
将下列句子翻译成英语。
1)你为什么还醒着?已经夜里11点钟了!
_________________________________
2)昨天晚上,某个醒着的人打开了电视。
_________________________________
Keys: Why are you still awake It’s already eleven o’clock at night!
Someone awake turned on the TV last night.
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com / )wake和awake
wake与awake只有一个字母之差,wake是动词,意为“叫醒”,通常与up连用。
e.g. It’s time for lunch. Go and wake up your father.
午餐时间到了。去叫醒你爸爸。
Mum, please wake me up before six o’clock tomorrow morning.
妈妈,明天早上六点前叫醒我。
awake可以用作及物动词,意为“唤醒,弄醒,叫醒”,也可以用作不及物动词,意为“醒来”。
e.g. The songs of birds awoke me. 小鸟的歌声叫我唤醒了。
I awoke early this morning. 我今天早上醒的很早。
请用wake或awake填空。
1. When Mum came back last night, I was still _________.
2. Don’t _____________ your father. He has just fallen asleep.
3. Mr King asked his wife if the baby was _________.
Keys: awake wake / awake awake
5. …I hardly have any ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )spare time for my hobbies like volleyball and music.
hardly adv. 几乎不
表示否定意义。它常和can, could等连用,在句中位于动词be、情态动词或助
动词之后、行为动词之前。
e.g. I’m so tired and I can hardly walk. 我太累了,几乎不能走了。
The dog hardly had anything to eat for a week.
我的狗几乎有一周什么也不吃了。
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com / )hard 和hardly
hard作“困难的”讲时,是形容词;作“努力地;猛烈地”讲时,是副词。
hardly是副词,意为“几乎不”, 含有否定意义,它并不是hard的副词形式。
e.g. It’s hard for me to remember so many new words. (困难的)
As a student, you should work hard at your lessons. (努力地)
根据句意选用 hard或hardly填空。
1. Listen! The wind is blowing ________.
2. Do you think it ________ to finish the work this afternoon 【版权所有:21教育】
3. I can ________ answer my little brother’s questions
Keys: hard hard hardly
6. I cannot imagine my life without hobbies.
imagine vt. vi. 想象;设想
imagine sth. 表示“想象某事”。
e.g. We can hardly imagine life without electricity.
我们不能想象没有电的生活。
imagine doing sth. 表示“想象做某事”。
e.g. Try to imagine being on the moon. 试着想象月球上生活。
imagine +从句
e.g. Don’t imagine tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t I can lend you money every time you need it.
不要想每回你需要钱的时候和我借。
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) 你能想象到,当他们告诉我这个消息时我有多吃惊。
You could ___________________ when they told me the news.
2) 想象一下你是一位科学家。
_______________ you are a scientist.
3) 我难以想象一路走到北京。
I can’t _______________ all the way to Beijing.
Keys: imagine my surprise Imagine that imagine walking
7. I often dou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bt whether it is worth spending so much time on my homework.
我常常怀疑花这么多时间做家庭作业是否值得。
doubt vt. 怀疑
在肯定句中一般接if/whether引导的从句;在否定句中接that引导的从句。
e.g. We doubt if/whether David told us the truth.
我们怀疑戴维是否告诉了我们事情的真相。
We never doubt that David is honest.
我们从不怀疑戴维的诚实。
短语be worth (doing) something 意思是“值得……”后面接动词-ing形式或名词。
e.g. The Summer Palace is worth a visit. 颐和园值得一游。
8. I dream of a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )long holiday so that I could have more time for my hobbies.
我梦想有个长假好让我有更多的时间从事我的爱好。
短语dream of/about (doing) something意思是“梦想,想象”。
e.g. She dreamt of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )entering one of the top universities in the world.
她梦想进入一所世界一流大学。
9. Can you offer me some suggestions
你能给我些建议吗?
suggestion n. 建议 用作可数名词
advice也意为“建议”,常用作不可数名词,“一条建议”需用 a piece of advice
来表达。
e.g. Do you have any suggestions for the concert
你对音乐会有什么建议吗?
I wonder if I can get some advice from you.
我想知道我是否能从你那得到一些建议。
Let me give you a piece of advice.
让我给你一条建议吧。
10. …my love of football has become the cause of my problem.
我爱的足球变成了我问题的起因。
cause n. 原因
e.g. They are trying to find the cause of the fire.
他们试着找到起火的原因。
cause v. 引起;造成,可直接跟名词作宾语,也可用于cause sb. / sth. to do sth.结构中。
e.g. I’m not causing you any real trouble, am I
我对你没有造成真正的麻烦,是吧?
What caused Peter to change his plan
什么引起彼特改变了他的计划?
11. I do not understand why they are so strict with me.
我不理解他们为什么对我如此严厉。
strict adj. 严格的,严厉的
在句中既可以作表语,也可以作定语
e.g. Mr Smith is always very strict. 史密斯总是很严厉。
Miss Zhang is a very strict teacher. 张小姐是一位严厉的老师。
be strict with sb. 对某人严厉
e.g. She is strict with her children. 她对他的孩子严格.
be strict in sth.对某事严格
e.g. He is strict in everything. 他事事严格要求.
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) 李太太是一位严厉的母亲。
Mrs Li is a _____________.
2) 他们的历史老师对他们要求很严格。
Their history teacher is very _________ them.
Keys: strict mother strict with
12. I look forward to your valuable advice.
valuable adj. 宝贵的,贵重的
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com / )value & valuable
value可以作名词,意为“价值;有用性”;也可以作动词,表示“珍视,重视”。
e.g. His work has no value.
他的工作没有用。
I valued his advice. 我重视他的建议。
valuable是形容词,意为“值钱的;有价值的”。
e.g. Is the watch valuable 这表值钱吗?
13. What about choosing your hobby according to the time you have
根据你所拥有的时间选择你的爱好怎么样?
句中的you have 是定语从句,修饰其前的先行词time。
Step 3 Do some exercises.
1. 词组翻译:
1) 想知道怎么处理
2) 处理
3) 除了做作业别无选择
4) 熬夜为了完成练习
5) 保持清醒
6) 值得做
7) 痴迷于足球
8) 我对足球的爱好
9) 提供给我一些建议
10) 对我要求严格对
11) 陷入麻烦
12) 在外面很晚
13 )教我怎样在学习和爱好之间达到平衡
14 )期盼/盼望干某事
Keys: want to know how to deal with it
deal with
have no choice but to do homework
stay up late to complete the exercises
stay awake
be worth doing
be crazy about football
my love of football
offer me some suggestions
be strict with me
get into trouble
stay out late
teach me how to achieve a balance between the schoolwork and hobbies
look forward to doing sth
2. 翻译句子
1) 我有个问题但我不知道怎么解决它。
2) 此刻, 我几乎不能说出话。
3) 你能教我怎样在两者之间取得平衡吗?
4) Sandy很痴迷与舞蹈。
Keys: I have a problem. But I don’t know how to solve it.
I can hardly say anything at the moment.
Can you teach me how to achieve a balance between the two
Sandy is crazy about dancing.
3. 单项填空。
1. —Oh, my God! We have missed the last bus. What shall we do
—I’m afraid we have no __________ but to take a taxi.
A. decision B. choice C. advice D. reason
2. —Don’t _______ too late, or you’ll feel tired tomorrow.
—No, Dad. Good night.
A. stay up B. get up C. rest
Keys: B A
4. 用所给词的适当形式填空
1) Lily has no choice but __________(solve) the problem.
2) The topic is worth ________(argue) with him.
3) He is looking forward to ___________ (explain) to her.
Keys: to solve arguing explaining
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