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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Section A 2
3a-3c
Warming up
A: What's wrong?/What's the matter...? B: I...
A: What should I do? B: Why don't you...?/You could/should/...
Free talk
What problems do you have in your life? And how to work out the problems?
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Problems
can’t get on with his family
parents fight a lot
elder brother not very nice to him and
treats him unfairly
always feels lonely and nervous at home
3a
Look at this letter to a magazine and the reply from Robert Hunt, a school counselor. Complete the chart.
Advice
talk about these feelings with his family
offer to help his parents
communicate with his elder brother and let
him know he doesn’t mind him watching TV all the time, but he should let him watch his favorite show
Read the article and answer the questions.
He can’t get on with his family.
He always feels lonely and nervous.
2. How does he feel at home?
1. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem?
Read the article again and fill in the blanks.
1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t ____________ his family. His parents _____ a lot. It’s the only ______________ they have. When they _____, it’s like a big black cloud ______________ their home. He doesn’t like it.
get on with
problems
argue
fight
communication
hanging over
Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Hunt’s 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
2. I don’t agree with his advice. I
don’t think their parents should
fight any more. They should care
more about their children and
spend more time with them.
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 t