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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents
Section A 1
1a-2d
What’s the matter with the boy
=What’s wrong with the boy
He has too much homework to do.
Warming up
Does he like playing football
Yes, he does. But he doesn’t have any free time to do things he likes.
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
2. I have too much homework so I don’t have any free time to do things I like.
Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not
1a
4. I have too many after-school classes.
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
Discuss these problems and give some advice.
Discussion
Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening
2. I have too much homework so I don’t
have any free time to do things I like.
Why don’t you go to a movie this evening
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out
with my friends.
Why not read some interesting books at home
4. I have too many after-school classes.
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
Why not talk about it with your parents
Why not call him up
Listening
Listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a.
1b
What problems are they talking about
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get
enough sleep.
2. I have too much homework so I don’t
have any free time to do things I like.
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out
with my friends.
4. I have too many after-school classes.
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
v. 允许
Pair work
1c
Look at the problems in 1a and make conversations.
What’s wrong
I'm really tried because I studied until midnight last night.
Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening
哪儿不舒服？
What’s wrong
My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
Why not __________________
______________________
read some interesting books at home
What’s wrong
I have too many after-school classes.
Why not ___________________
__________________
talk about it with your parents
1. My parents don’t allow me to hang out
with my friends.
allow v. 允许；准许
allow sb. (not) to do sth.
(不)允许某人做某事
e.g. Mr. Smith _________________ drive
there.
史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。
Language points
allowed Mike to
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1. 我妈妈决不会允许这样的习惯。
My mother will never ________________.
2. 请允许我好好休息一下。
Please _________________ a good rest.
allow such a habit
allow me to have
e.g. Some words on the
advertisement are wrong.
广告上的一些字错了。
2. What’s wrong
wrong adj. 错误的；不对的
= not right
Listening
Listen. Peter’s friend is giving him advice. Fill in the blanks with could or should.
2a
1. You ______ write him a letter. ( )
2. You ______ call him up. ( )
3. You ______ talk to him so that you can
say you’re sorry. ( )
4. You _____ go to his house. ( )
5. You _____ take him to the ball game. ( )
could
should
should
could
could
Why Peter doesn’t like the advice
a. It’s not easy.
b. I don’t want to wait that long.
c. I don’t want to surprise him.
d. I’m not good at writing letters.
e. I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.
Listen again. Why doesn’t Peter like his friend’s advice Write the letters (a-e) next to the advice in 2a.
2b
1. You ______ write him a letter. ( )
2. You ______ call him up. ( )
3. You ______ talk to him so that you can
say you’re sorry. ( )
4. You _____ go to his house. ( )
5. You _____ take him to the ball game. ( )
could
should
should
could
could
d
e
a
c
b
Pairwork
Read the conversation between Peter and his friend, then answer the questions.
2c
What’s the matter, Peter
Well, you should call him so that you can say you’re sorry.
I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do
What’s the matter, Peter
Well, you …
I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do
You look sad, Kim. What’s wrong
Well, I found my sister looking through my things yesterday. She took some of my new magazines and CDs.
Role-play the conversation.
2d
Hmm… that’s not very nice. Did she give them back to you
Yes, but I’m still angry with her. What should I do
Well, I guess you could tell her to say sorry. But why don’t you forget about it so that you can be friends again Although she’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.
v. 猜测
You’re right. Thanks for your advice.
No problem. Hope things work out.
解决
1. How does Kim feel about her sister after her sister gave back the things
Kim feels angry.
2. Does Dave think it is all right for Kim’s sister to take away Kim’s things How do you know
No, he doesn’t. He said that not very nice.
3. Does Dave think the two sisters have a serious problem How do you know
No, he doesn’t. Because he said it’s not a big deal.
4. What does Dave mean by saying “Hope things work out”
He means they can be friends agin.
Role-play a conversation between Peter and his friend.
1. I guess you could tell her to say sorry.
guess v. 猜测；估计
e.g. Let us guess the height of the
building.
让我们来猜一下这个建筑物的
高度。
Language points
2. Although she’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.
big deal是英语中的一个固定搭配，表示 “重要的事情或状况”，多用于非正式交流。作否定用法时，常说It’s not a big deal或It’s no big deal.表示说话人并不认为某事有什么了不起。
e.g. There’s a soccer game on TV this
evening but I don’t have to watch it. It’s no big deal. 今天晚上电视上有一场足球赛, 但我不一定看。没什么大不了的。
It’s a big deal, David, bigger than you
know.
这事挺重要的，戴维，比你所知道的
要重要。
What’s the big deal It’s only a birthday, not the end of the world.
有什么了不起的？这不过是个生日，又不是世界某日。
3. __________________________.
希望事情会好起来。
这是一种常见的表达法，表示某些不
如人意的事情会随时间的推移逐渐有
所改观。
Hope things work out
work out 解决(问题); 算出
e.g. Mike worked out the difficult
problem by himself.
迈克自己算出了那道难题。
Is it possible to work out the problem
有可能解决这个问题吗？
根据语境及提示，补全所缺单词。
1. —Can you go to a movie with us tonight
—Sorry, my parents don’t a me to go out at night.
2. —My mobile phone doesn’t work.
—There must be something w
with it.
llow
rong
3. —Who’s that young woman
—I don’t know. I g she is Kate’s aunt.
4. —Mom, Jill made my room dirty.
—Oh, it’s not a big d . After all she’s a 3-year-old girl.
uess
eal
Homework
Write three conversations about your problems and your friends’ suggestions.
A: I have too many after-school classes.
What could I do
B: You could …
