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Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents ? Section A 3a-3c By the end of this period, you will be able to 1. use different reading strategies to read and analyze two letters; 2. learn to expand vocabulary by focusing on words or phrases with the same or similar meanings. 3. realize the importance of communication when solving family problems. 1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep. RevisionRevision Why don’t you go camping with your friends this weekend? 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 sleep earlier this evening? Problems and advice: 3 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. Why not read some interesting books at home? Why don’t you talk about it with your parents? Why not call him up? get on with relation n. communication n. argue v. cloud n. elder adj. instead adv. whatever pron. 和睦相处;关系良好 关系;联系;交往 交流;沟通 争吵;争论 云;云朵 年纪较长的 代替;反而;却 任何;每一 New Words nervous adj. offer v. proper adv. secondly adv. communicate v. explain v. clear adj. 焦虑的;担忧的 主动提出;自愿给予 正确地;恰当地 第二;其次 交流;沟通 解释;说明 清楚易懂的;晴朗的 Yes, I can. My parents care for me and I like to talk with them. 1. Can you get on well with your family? Dear Mr. Hunt, My problem is that I can’t get on with my family. Relations between my parents have become difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don’t like it. It’s the only communication they have. I don’t know if I should say anything to them about this. When they argue, it’s like a big, black cloud hanging over our home. Also, my elder brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is fair. At home I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do? Sad and Thirteen. 3a Underline the problems Sad and Thirteen has and the advice Mr. Hunt gives to him. Dear Sad and Th