Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents?
Language Goals
【语言目标】
Talk about problems and give advice.
Knowledge Goals
【知识目标】
Key Words
allow，wrong，guess，deal，relation，communication，argue，cloud，instead，whatever，nervous，offer，proper，explain，clear，copy，return，member，pressure，opinion，skill，typical，football，continue，crazy，development，cause，usual，perhaps
Key Phrases
allow sb. to do sth.，work out，get on with，argue with, communicate with，compete with，cut out，compare…with…，in one's opinion
Key Sentences
1.Why don't you talk to your parents?
2．My parents don't allow me to hang out with my friends.
3．You should call him so that you can say you're sorry.
4．My problem is that I can't get on with my family.
5．Why don't you sit down and communicate with your brother?
6．My parents give me a lot of pressure about school.
7．However，the tired children don't get home until after 7：00 p．m.
8．Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child's development.
Key Grammar
Learn to how to talk about problems and give advice.
Ability Goals
【能力目标】
1.Be able to give someone advice.
2．Be able to talk about problems.
Moral Goals
【情感目标】
1.Let the students know how to give advice.
2．Let the students know how to do it when they meet problems in his/her life.
Teaching Time
【课时】
Four periods
Period 1
Section A(1a～2d)
Period 2
Section A(3a～4c)
Period 3
Section B(1a～1e)
Period 4
Section B(2a～Self Check)
第1课时 Section A(1a～2d)
类别
课时要点
重点单词
allow(v.)允许；准许
wrong(adj.)错误的；不对的
guess(v.)猜测；估计
deal(n.)协议；交易
重点词组
hang out闲逛
get into a fight with与……吵架
go to sleep去睡觉
call sb. up给……打电话
look through浏览
work out成功地发展；解决
重点句式
What's wrong？怎么了？
Why don't you go to sleep earlier this evening?
今天晚上你为什么不早点睡？
I have too much homework so I don't have any free time to do things I like. 我有太多的家庭作业，所以我没有空闲时间做我喜欢做的事。
(一)自主学习
1．自学生词，并记住拼读及拼写。
根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。
(1)Her parents allow__ her to hang out with her friends on weekends.21世纪教育网版权所有
(2)She told me to guess__ who was in the living room.21·cn·jy·com
(3)Don't be angry. It's not a big deal__．
(4)I watched the Voice of China until__ midnight last night.www.21-cn-jy.com
2．预习课本，找出重点短语及句子。
(1)允许某人做某事__allow__sb.__to__do__sth.__
(2)与某人争吵__get__into__a__fight__with__sb.__
(3)快速查看；浏览__look__through__
(4)重要的事__big__deal__
(5)为什么不忘记它，这样你们能再次成为好朋友？
__Why__ __don't__ you __forget__ about it so that you can be friends again?2·1·c·n·j·y
(二)课堂导学
Step 1 情景导入
Let one student dress up as a worried one and the teacher has a conversation with him.www-2-1-cnjy-com
T：What's wrong？You look worried.
S1：Yes. I got into a fight with my best friend. But I don't know how to do it. So I need your help.
T：I think you should talk to him.(towards other students) Do you have any other advice?2-1-c-n-j-y
S2：I think you should say sorry to him.
S3：Why don't you write a letter to him?
S4：…
环节说明：通过贴近现实生活的情景教学，激起学生的表达欲望。引起学生的学习兴趣。
Step 2 完成教材1a～1c的任务
1．学习1a部分的内容，并根据内容完成表格。(1分钟)
2．讨论答案，先要求两位同学把图片中的内容叙述一下，然后要求学生根据提示内容编写对话，并把学生所编写的对话列举在黑板上。(3分钟)21*cnjy*com
参考案例
A：My parents want me to have many after-school classes. What should I do?【出处：21教育名师】
B：①You should have a talk with them.
②You should ask them to take you to place you like.【版权所有：21教育】
③Maybe you could ask your grandparents for help.
…
3．要求学生听第一遍录音，并完成课本上1b的听力任务。(1分钟)
4．要求学生听第二遍录音，并逐句进行跟读。(2分钟)
5．完成教材1c的任务，要求学生模仿听力内容进行对话练习，并邀请2～3名同学当堂进行演示。(3分钟)
参考案例
A：What's wrong?
B：I'm really tired because I studied until midnight last night.21cnjy.com
A：Why don't you go to sleep earlier this evening?
环节说明：通过学习1a，使学生了解自己或别人的问题；通过1b，锻炼学生的听力及抓取关键信息的能力；通过1c的训练锻炼学生的口头表达能力，同时初步学会如何询问对方的问题并给出建议。21教育网
Step 3 完成教材2a～2d的任务
1．听录音，在2a的句子中填写could或should，将朋友的建议补充完整，集体核对答案。
2．请再听一遍录音在2a后面的括号内填上不喜欢的原因，原因从2b中选择，完成后集体核对答案，再跟读。
3．让学生分角色朗读2c中的对话，并要求多组学习。
4．学生自读2d对话，回答下面的问题。
(1)Who was Kim angry with?
(2)What did Kim's sister do?
(3)What should Kim do?
5．大声朗读2d中的对话，读熟后与同伴结对练习，分角色表演对话。
小结训练。
1．我发现我的妹妹正在查看我的东西。
__I__found__my__sister__looking__through__my__things.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
2．为什么你不忘记这件事以便你们重新成为朋友呢？
__Why__don't__you__forget__about__it__so__that__you__can__be__friends__again?
3．即使是她错了，那也不是什么大不了的事情。
__Although__she__is__wrong，it's__not__a__big__deal.21·世纪*教育网
环节说明：将听、说、读、写的任务结合起来不仅锻炼了学生的语言综合运用能力，还巩固了学生对目标语言的学习、识记和运用能力。【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
(三)当堂评价方案(详见当堂训练部分)
第2课时 Section A(3a～4c)
类别
课时要点
重点单词
relation(n.)关系；联系；交往
communication(n.)交流；沟通
argue(v.)争论；争吵
cloud(n.)云；云朵
elder(adj.)年纪较长的
instead(adv.)代替；反而；却
whatever(pron.)任何；每一
nervous(adj.)焦虑的；担忧的
offer(v.)主动提出；自愿给予
proper(adv.)正确地；恰当地
secondly(adv.)第二；其次
communicate(v.)交流；沟通
explain(v.)解释；说明
clear(adj.)清楚易懂的；不含混的
copy(v.)复制；复印
return(n.)回来；回去
重点词组
get on with和睦相处；关系良好
communicate with与……交流
feel good about oneself感到自信
so that为了；以便
重点句式
My problem is that I can't get on with my family.我的问题是我难以和家人和睦相处。
Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.取而代之的是他看他喜欢看的任何东西直到很晚。
Although you don't have any now，you will soon make some.虽然你现在没有很多朋友，但你很快就会交到一些。
(一)自主学习
1．自学生词，并记住拼读及拼写。
用所给单词的适当形式填空。
(1)I think you and your classmates are short of __communication__(communicate)．21世纪教育网版权所有
(2)My __elder__(old) brother often helps me with my study.21教育网
(3)__Secondly__(second)，you'd better talk with your friend.21cnjy.com
(4)I __argued__(argue) with my father yesterday.
2．预习课本，找出重点短语及句子。
(1)和睦相处；关系良好__get__on__with__
(2)与……交流__communicate__with__
(3)而他却看任何他想看的节目直到深夜。
__Instead__ he watches __whatever__ he wants __until__ late at night.2·1·c·n·j·y
(4)虽然你现在没有很多朋友，但你很快就会交到一些。
__Although__ you don't have __any__ now，you will soon make __some__．21*cnjy*com
(二)课堂导学
Step 1 情景导入
T：Sad and Thirteen is a boy，now he is very sad. He can't get on well with his family. Do you want to know what happened to him and his family on earth？Let's read the letters together.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
环节说明：由Sad and Thirteen的烦恼入手引出本节课要学的内容，过渡自然，引起学生的兴趣。
Step 2 完成教材3a～3c的任务
【操作案例】
1．学生自读3a，并完成3a中的表格，邀请几位同学将答案书写在黑板上。(2分钟)
参考案例
Problems
Advice
…
…
2.放录音，学生跟读课文。并邀请部分同学朗读示范，教师给予纠正和评价。(2分钟)
3．学生就3b中的问题展开讨论，以小组为单位发表观点。(3分钟)
参考案例
I agree/disagree with his advice because…
4．学生完成3c，邀请一位学生将自己的答案书写在黑板上，教师当堂纠正，学生朗读例句。(3分钟)
5．小结训练。(3分钟)
根据汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。
1．My sister __gets__ __on__ __well__(相处得好) with her classmates.【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
2．He __explained__ __to__ __me__(向我解释) how to get to the nearest library.【出处：21教育名师】
3．Why don't you sit down and __communicate__ __with__(和……交流)your parents?2-1-c-n-j-y
4．My parents __don't__ __allow__(不允许)me to go out at night.【版权所有：21教育】
5．My parents won't let me __have__ __a__ __pet__(养宠物)．21教育名师原创作品
小结训练
(A)1.—Do you ________ your parents?
—Yes. We are like friends.
A．get on with B．look after well
C．be angry with D．get along well
(C)2.He wants to refuse ________ me.
A．communicate
B．communicate with
C．to communicate with
D．communicating with
(D)3.He offers ________ me.
A．go instead B．go instead of
C．going instead D．to go instead of
环节说明：阅读训练不仅锻炼了学生的语言综合运用能力，还巩固了学生对目标语言的学习、识记和运用。
Step 3 完成教材Grammar Focus的任务
1．学生自读表格内容。(2分钟)
2．学生关上课本，完成以下练习。(2分钟)
用until，so that或although填空。
1．__Although__ it was cold outside，he went out without a coat.21·世纪*教育网
2．I'd like to arrive there 20 minutes earlier __so__ __that__ I can have time for a cup of tea.21·cn·jy·com
3．People do not know the value of their health __until__ they lose it.www-2-1-cnjy-com
环节说明：通过练习，让学生的语法知识得以巩固。
Step 4 完成教材4a～4c的任务
【操作案例】
1．学生完成4a，核对答案。(2分钟)
2．学生完成4b，比较各位同学所提的建议并判断其合理性。(2分钟)
3．学生完成4c，并邀请多位同学展示自己的答案。(2分钟)
参考案例
A：My best friend is more popular than me. I want to be like him. What should I do?www.21-cn-jy.com
B：You could try to be friendlier.
C：You should just be yourself.
环节说明：通过书面和口头练习进一步巩固所学知识。
(三)当堂评价方案(详见当堂训练部分)
第3课时 Section B(1a～1e)
类别
课时要点
重点单词
member，pressure，compete，opinion，skill，typical，continue，crazy，push，development，cause，football，quick，compare
重点词组
give sb. sth.，so much pressure，compete with，hang out with sb.，talk to sb.，cut out，compare…with，cause a lot of stress
重点句式
1.Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important，too.
2．Ask them why they give you so much pressure.
3．You should all be helping each other to improve.
4．I don't think that is fair.
5．Although it's normal to want successful children，it's even more important to have happy children.
(一)自主学习
1．自学生词，并记住拼读及拼写。
根据句意及汉语或首字母提示完成单词。
(1)I want to be a __member__(成员) of the chess club.21世纪教育网版权所有
(2)His parents give him lots of __pressure__(压力) about school.21·cn·jy·com
(3)I think it's not right to compare__ our kids with others'.2·1·c·n·j·y
(4)They have to learn some skills__ so that they can find jobs in the future.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
(5)I continued__ doing my homework after supper.
2．预习课本，找出重点短语及句子。
(1)与某人竞争__compete__with__sb.__
(2)删除；删去__cut__out__
(3)给某人如此多压力
__give__sb.__so__much__pressure__
(4)比较；对此__compare…with__
(5)像运动和与朋友闲逛这样的业余活动也重要。
Free time activities __like__ sports and __hanging__ __out__ with friends are important，too.
(6)孩子应该有时间放松也有时间独立思考。
Kids should have time __to__ __relax__ and think for themselves，too.21cnjy.com
(二)课堂导学
Step 1 情景导入
T：Everyone has pressure. We have a lot of stress from our school and our family. If we always have too much stress，we will feel uncomfortable. So we should have lower stress. Do you know the ways to lower stress？Now please talk about it in groups.21·世纪*教育网
环节说明：由竞争到压力，再由压力到缓解压力的方法，过渡自然，易于理解，同时会激起学生用英语表达的积极性，锻炼了学生的口语表达能力。21*cnjy*com
Step 2 完成教材1a～1e的任务
【操作案例】
1．学生迅速阅读1a部分的内容，并按要求完成课本上相应的任务。(3分钟)
2．要求5～8名同学给出自己的答案，完成1b部分的任务。(2分钟)
3．听第一遍录音，完成课本上1c部分的任务。(1分钟)
4．听第二遍录音，完成课本上1d部分的任务。(1分钟)
5．学生完成1e，针对魏明的烦恼提出自己的建议，并和同学分享自己的建议。(2分钟)
参考案例
A：I think Wei Ming should…
B：Why?
A：Because…
6．小结训练。
根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1．我爷爷每天做运动。
My grandpa __plays__ __sports__ every day.
2．你想和我去看电影吗？
Would you like __to__ __watch__ __movies__ with me?21教育网
3．不要给孩子太多的压力。
Don't give your children __too__ __much__ __pressure__.www.21-cn-jy.com
4．我们不得不和别人竞争。
We have to __compete__ __with__ others.
5．我弟弟喜欢和朋友们闲逛。
My brother enjoys __hanging__ __out__ with his friends.www-2-1-cnjy-com
环节说明：将听、说、读、写的任务结合起来，不仅锻炼了学生的语言综合运用能力，还巩固了学生对目标语言的学习、识记和运用。2-1-c-n-j-y
(三)当堂评价方案(详见当堂训练部分)
第4课时 Section B(2a～Self Check)
类别
课时要点
重点单词
opinion(n.)意见；想法；看法
skill(n.)技艺；技巧
typical(adj.)典型的
football(n.)足球
continue(v.)持续；继续存在
compare(v.)比较
crazy(adj.)不理智的；疯狂的
push(v.)推动；移动
development(n.)发展；发育；成长
cause(v.)造成；引起
usual(adj.)通常的；寻常的
perhaps(adv.)可能；大概；也许
重点词组
cut out删除；删去
all kinds of各种各样
compare…with比较；对比
be good for对……有好处
in one's opinion依……看
重点句式
Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.另外一些人练习运动以便他们能够竞争并取胜。
However，this doesn't only happen in China.然而，这并不只发生在中国。
(一)自主学习
1．自学生词，并记住拼读及拼写。
根据句意及汉语或首字母提示完成单词。
(1)Perhaps__ Li Mei cleaned the classroom，I'm not sure.21世纪教育网版权所有
(2)Although Miss White was ill，she went to work as usual__．21·cn·jy·com
(3)I agree__ your opinion because you are an expert in this field.2·1·c·n·j·y
2．预习课本，找出重点短语及句子。
(1)继续不断做某事__keep__on__doing__sth.__
(2)同意__agree__with__
(3)在我看来__in__my__opinion__
(4)你应该做什么来放松？
What should you do __to__ __relax__？
(5)父母不应该给孩子太多压力。
Parents shouldn't __push__ their kids __so__ __hard__．21教育网
(二)课堂导学
Step 1 情景导入
T：After work，I have many activities to relax myself. For example，I often go shopping，play sports，talk with friends and so on. So I never feel tired. Do you have your after-school activities？What are your activities?
S：I often do homework.
I often watch movies.
I often play sports.
…
环节说明：带着问题去学习短文，从而达到导入新课的目的，同时也可以使学生积极反思自己的课外生活，引起学习短文的兴趣。21cnjy.com
Step 2 完成教材2a～2e的任务
【操作案例】
1．学生在小组内讨论2a中问题，并邀请学生给出自己的答案。(2分钟)
2．学生快速默读短文，熟知大意，并完成课本2b中的任务。然后邀请几位同学给出自己的答案，全班一起检查讨论。(3分钟)www.21-cn-jy.com
3．先邀请几位同学阅读短文(可一人一段)，教师要注意语音，及时纠正。然后播放录音，全班同学一起跟读。(3分钟)【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
4．完成教材2c中的任务，并邀请2～3名同学给出答案。(4分钟)
5．完成教材2d的任务，要求学生将答案书写在黑板上，并当堂修订。(3分钟)
6．小组内讨论2e中的问题，并邀请部分学生发表自己的观点。(2分钟)
参考案例
What do you think of after-school activities?
What should you do to relax?
环节说明：通过课本2b的阅读训练任务，培养学生的阅读能力，并让学生学会自己解决问题，在解决问题的过程中将所学知识得以运用。21·世纪*教育网
Step 3 完成教材3a～3b的任务
【操作案例】
1．小组内讨论3a中的问题，并将讨论的结果汇报给全班同学。(2分钟)
2．根据3b中的提示内容，让2～3名同学到黑板上写作文，然后全班同学帮助其修改，再让写得好的同学向全班朗读自己的作文。(2分钟)www-2-1-cnjy-com
3．指导学生的写作训练和写作技巧。(1分钟)
环节说明：通过小组讨论和写作训练，培养学生的写作技巧和综合运用语言能力。
Step 4 完成教材Self Check的任务
【操作案例】
1．学生完成任务1，核对答案。(2分钟)
2．学生完成任务2，强化提建议句型。邀请几位学生分享自己的建议。(2分钟)
环节说明：通过复习，让学生巩固已学的语言基础知识，更好地灵活运用所学的语言知识。
(三)当堂评价方案(详见当堂训练部分)
