1、Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?,1. I have to study too much so I dont get enough sleep.,Revision,Why dont you go camping with your friends this weekend?,2. I have too much homework so I dont have any free time to do things I like.,Why dont you go to sleep earlier this evening?,Problems and
2、 advice:,4. I have too many after-school classes.,5. I got into a fight with my best friend.,3. My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends.,Why not read some interesting books at home?,Why dont you talk about it with your parents?,Why not call him up?,You look sad, Kim. Whats wrong?,Well,
3、I found my sister looking through my things yesterday. She took some of my new magazines and CDs.,Hmm thats not very nice. Did she give them back to you?,Role-play the conversation of 2d.,Warming up,Yes, I can. My parents care for me and I like to talk with them.,I think so. Though they argued somet
4、imes, they get on well with each other most of the time.,2. Are the relations between your parents good?,1. Can you get on well with your family?,Yes. I have a brother. We are not good with each other. We always get into a fight. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show.,I always talk t
5、o my best friend and ask her for help.,4. Who do you ask for help when you have problems?,3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you get on well with him/her?,3a,Read the article quickly and answer the questions.,He cant get on (well) with his family.,He always feels lonely and nervous.,2. How
6、does he feel at home?,1. Whats Sad and Thirteens problem?,Reading,Read the article again and fill in the chart.,His parents fight a lot, he really doesnt like it.,Talk about the feelings with his family. Do more jobs around the house.,His brother isnt nice to him. He refuses to let him watch his fav
7、orite TV show.,Sit down and communicate with his brother.,Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Hunts advice? Why?,1. I agree with his advice. Because more communication can make family members understand each other better and know about the feelings they have.,3b,I agree with his advice because anyway,
8、they are families, communication is thebest way to hold them together and makesthem get on well with each other.,2. I dont agree with his advice. I dont think their parents should fight any more. They should care more about their children and spend more time with them.,Language points,1. My problem
9、is that I cant get on with my family. get on with和睦相处；关系良好 相当于get along with。,e.g. The child doesnt get on well with others. 那个小孩不合群。,Language points,2. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却e.g. If we cant go to Huashan Mountain, well go to the city of Xian
10、 for the trip. 如果我们不能去爬华山，我们就去西安 游玩。,instead是副词，常置于句子末尾。,instead of是介词短语，后接名词、代词、动名词等。,辨析,例如：LastsummerIwenttoQingdao.ThissummerImgoingtoDalianinstead. 去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大连。 InsteadofgoingtoQingdaoImgoingtoDalianthisyear. 今年我打算去大连，而不去青岛。,2) whatever pron. 任何；无论什么 相当于 no matter what,e.g. Whatever I su
11、ggest, he always disagrees. 无论我提什么建议，他都不同意。,3. If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.,offer v. 主动提出；自愿给予,offer侧重主动或愿意给予，主动提出做某事。常用结构：offer sb. sth. 或offer to do sth.,e.g. She offered me a cup of tea. 她给我端了杯茶。 He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。,e.g. Li Mei can easily c
12、ommunicate with foreigners in English. 李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。,4. Secondly, why dont you sit down and communicate with your brother?1) communicate v. 交流；沟通,communicate with sb. 与某人交流,辨析： second和secondly,second用作序数词或形容词， 意为“第二”，常修饰名词。 secondly是副词，意为“其次，第二”，常用来修饰整个句子。如：,2) secondly adv. 第二；其次,First, its very
13、expensive. Secondly, its ugly. 首先，它很贵。其次，它很难看 。The second day of a week is Monday. 一周的第二天是星期一。,5. Can you explain to me how to do this math problem? explain v. 解释；说明,1. explain + that / what/ why等从句,2. explain sth. (to sb.)（向某人）解释某事,e.g. Can you explain what this means? 你能解释一下这个的意思吗？ Please explain
14、it to me. 请你向我解释一下吧。,Read the article again and fill in the blanks.,1. Sad and Thirteen has some _. He cant _ his family. His parents _ a lot. Its the only _ they have. When they _, its like a big black cloud _ their home. He doesnt like it.,get on with,problems,argue,fight,communication,hanging ove
15、r,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.,refuses,lonely,nervous,2. Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should _ these feelings to his family. He should _ to help.,offer,talk about,Maybe he _ jobs ar
16、ound the house so that they have more time _. Second, he could sit down and _ his brother. He could _ that he _ him watching TV all the time, however, he should let him watch his _.,doesnt mind,could do more,for proper communication,communicate with,explain,favorite show,Which words or phrases in th
17、e 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 thismath problem? talk _ _,communicate,The two friends hasnt communicated with each other for two years.,3c,worried _ _ get along with _,n
18、ervous,He was very nervous during his first job interview.,get on with,Linda cant get on well with her elder sister.,not allow _ _,The workers refused to work on weekends.,refuse,一、选词填空。,Exercises,instead argue nervous proper explain,1. My cousin is _ in front of strangers.2. He could not come up wi
19、th a _ answer.,proper,nervous,3. The TV shows are boring. Why not play cards _?4. I dont want to _ with you. Its waste of time. 5. Please _ to her how to use a computer.,instead,argue,explain,instead argue nervous proper explain,二、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。,1. All the _ (communicate) with the outside world was
20、broken.2. Jim is a doctor. His _ (old) brother is an engineer.,elder,communication,3. After high school Mike got a job instead of _ (go) to university.4. Its very kind of you to offer _ (help) us on the weekend. 5. To begin with we dont have much money, _ (second) we are too busy.,going,to help,secondly,1. Read the article several times after school.2. Make sentences with these words: argue; whatever; instead; nervous; explain; offer to do sth.; communicate with,Homework,
