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Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Section A (3a-3c)
人教八年级下
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
①通过阅读,感受主人公对家庭关系的烦恼,并且能够根据导图复述文章。
②通过学习此文章,知晓沟通的重要性并且能够理性面对和解决生活中的冲突和矛盾。
Learning Goals
Look at the picture and tell me what's wrong with the little boy?
Warming Up
His parents are arguing.
Are you happy today? Do you have worries or problems?
argue with brothers or sisters
too overweight
too much homework
If you have a problem, who would you ask for help? Who can give you useful advice?
parents
teachers
counselor
friends
A school counselor is a person who is trained to help students with problems, including school problems and personal problems.
counselor
a school counselor(学校心理咨询师)
学校心理咨询师是一个受过训练来帮助学生解决问题的人,包括学校问题和个人问题。
Pre-reading
Robert Hunt
There is a letter I received from a student.
1.What’s the relationship between them?
2.How do their children feel ?
Look at the picture and predict.
Maybe they are husband and wife.
nervous, sad, lonely...
While-reading
Let’s skim!
∙ Where do you usually find these letters?
∙ Who do you think has a problem?
∙ Who is giving advice?
Let’s scan!
3a. Look at this letter to a magazine and the reply from Robert Hunt, a school counselor. Complete the chart.
Problems
∙ can’t get on with his family
∙ parents fight a lot
∙ elder brother not very nice to him and treats him
Problems
Advice
aunfairly (e.g. won’t let him watch his favorite TV show while he watches whatever he wants
∙ always feels lonely and nervous at home
∙ talk about these feelings with his family
∙ offer to help his parents (e.g. do more jobs around the house so that they have more time for proper
communication)
Advice
∙ 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
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.