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Unit1
Teenage Life
Write a letter of advice
feel lonely
great pressure from heavy schoolwork
conflicts between friends/classmates
high expectations from parents and teachers
As a freshman, what challenges do you have at senior high school?
Lead-in
Talk to your teachers
about your challenges
Ask for advice on social media
Write a letter to a professional adviser
Turn to trustworthy friends for help
Facing these challenges, how will you seek for help?
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Susan Luo, an adviser for teenagers, has received a letter asking for some advice.
We are going to learn a passage of a professional adviser, Susan, someone ask her for help. So she has written a letter of advice.
Before we read the passage, please think about one Q: when do we write it? what should we write?
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challenge
advice
Who has a challenge?
__________
What’s the challenge?
______________
Who gives advice?
__________
What’s the advice?
1._________________
2._________________
3._________________
_____________
Chen Lei
Internet Addiction
Susan Luo
talk to your friend
try new hobbies
discuss the problem together
Read & Understand
Besides the suggestions, what else does Susan Luo say in her letter? Why does she say these?
Why?
To make her suggestions more acceptable and persuasive.
She understands the worries of the help-seeker and and talks about negative affects of computer addition.
I know what
The problem
is.
I understand
how you feel.
This is my
advice and
reason(s).
I think my advice
will help.
Reading for the organization
Now, lets focus on the body part, try to separate it into four parts. And circle the useful expressions.
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作者:An adviser
I know what the problem is.
I understand how you feel.
This is my advice and reason(s).
I think my advice will help.
1
2
3
4
体裁:Narrative
主题: Offer advice
读者:Questioner
I recommend that ...
It is not unusual for you to...
Doing sth is....
I think you should
I understand quite well that...
You wrote that ...
I am sure...
Extract some useful expresions from the sample letter
Homework
Assignment for the whole class:
A:write a letter of advice to yourself:
1.True challenge
2.At least two pieces of advice
B:recite the words from “castle” to “type”
Tomorrow English to Chinese
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