Unit 2 Let's talk teens Integrated skills 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第一册

Integrated skills Giving advice on parent-child relationships Let’s talk teens UNIT 2 01 Asking for advice Free talk 1. Did you ever have problems with your parents? How did you deal with them? 2. Did you solve it on your own or with others’ help? Some teenagers write to Cynthia, the host of a radio programme called Teen Time, about their problems with their parents. Read the parts of their emails below and describe each problem in one sentence. A Tips on how to summarize the whole passage in a sentence: Read to get a general idea without focusing on the details. Read for key words and phrases. Pay attention to the every first sentence. Combine all the information together into one sentence. My mum keeps a notebook of my grades in every exam. She asks my teachers how I’m doing at school whenever she can. It seems as if my grades are the most important thing in her life. When we’re at home, she keeps pressing me to study all the time. I do as she says, but she is never happy with my grades. Why can’t she leave me alone? I want to take a break once in a while. I want to listen to music or go out with my friends. Is that too much to ask for? —Rebecca I’m eager for my parents’ love. They’re always busy at work. I hardly ever see them during the week because they don’t get home until late at night. I tell them that I’m stressed about schoolwork, but neither of them show any concern. Sometimes I feel quite lonely at home. When was the last time we had a family outing at the weekend? When was the last time we had a long talk? How can parents not care about their children? —Simon Everyone says that youth is a time for adventure, but my parents disagree. I spend most of my spare time at home, because they hardly ever let me go out with my friends. When I do go out, they always ask, “Where are you going?” “Who are you going with?” “What are you going to do?” “When will you be back?” They’re always on my back about something. I understand that they’re trying to protect me fro