Unit4 Why don't you talk to you parents Section A 3a课件2022-2023学年人教版八年级英语下册

Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Section A 3a By Claire Wang Do you have a WeChat account? （账号） Do you often share the photos with your friends on WeChat?（朋友圈） Do you have lots of good friends on WeChat? Sad and Thirteen argue elder communicate with offer = have a communication with [kə`mju:nikeitʃən] = have a talk with Sad and Thirteen Robert Hunt He looks unhappy and nervous. wrote a letter Pre-reading reply Pre-reading Look at the picture and guess what the passage is about. What can you get from the name “ Sad and Thirteen” ? Maybe he is 13 years old, and he feels sad. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem about ? His study His friends His family Sad and Thirteen's parents Problem? Skim and Predict Topic sentence a letter from Sad and Thirteen a reply from Robert Hunt problem advice Structure What are the two letters about? What do the writer’s parents do at home? 2. What is the writer’s home like when his parents argue? 3. What does the writer’s brother always do to him? They fight a lot. He always refuses to let him watch his favorite TV show. A big, black cloud hanging over his home. 9 Sad and Thirteen 1. parents can’t________ with his family. problems get on 2. ________________ elder brother a. Their relations are ___________. b. _________ is the only _______________they have. c. It’s like a big, black cloud _____________our home. a. Isn’t _____________. b. __________ let him watch his favorite TV show. c. _________ he watched whatever he wants. d. He thinks it is ______________. difficult Fighting nice to him Refuses to not fair/unfair communication hanging over Instead lonely and nervous feels _________________ The 1st letter Listen to the 2nd letter and underline the sentence structure Mr. Hunt uses to give advice. Fast reading Robert Hunt might be ______. the writer of the passage       B Sad and Thirteen’s classmate    C. a person with a problem      D. an expert on students’ problems Further