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Unit 4 Problems and Advice
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Before you read
We often face problems or difficult situations in daily life.
We can ask our friends, parents or teachers for help or write to the advice page of newspapers or magazines.
So Anna, Peter, Simon and Julie wrote to Aunt Linda for help...
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Before you read
Anna is worried about her friend Jolin, who is always on a diet
Peter feels ashamed of himself for not helping the lady
Simon feels embarrassed about wearing braces
Julie was annoyed with her sister
They are asking for help.
Can you give suggestions?
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Read Aunt Linda’s replies on the Internet posts on Page51.
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Read Aunt Linda’s replies on the Internet posts on Page51.
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Let’s summarize Aunt Linda’s suggestions
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To Anna
try to get Join to see a doctor
tell her that she's not alone who worry about looks sometimes
To Peter
make up your own mind in the same situation next time
shouldn’t listen to your friends
To Simon
stop paying attention to your friends
think of the beautiful, straight teeth you'll have
To Julie
talk to your sister more
try spending some time with her every day
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After you read
After reading Aunt Linda’s suggestions, discuss what the four students will reply to Aunt Linda.
You may begin your reply like this.
Thank you for your reply. Your advice is very helpful. I have...
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Key Words & Phrases
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Key Words
You should try to get her to see a doctor.
1. get sb. to do 让某人做某事
类似 make sb. do
爸爸让Andy在晚饭前收拾好房间。
Dad got Andy to tidy up his room before dinner.
Dad made Andy tidy up his room before dinner.
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Key Words
Next time in the same situation, you should make up your own mind.
2. make up one’s mind 下定决心,拿定主意
change one’s mind 改变某人的想法
Andy已经决定去澳大利亚旅游。
Andy has made up his mind to travel to Australia.
然而,我还没决定好去哪里。
However, I haven’t made up my mind where to go.
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Key Words
If you stop paying attention to your friends, they’ll stop laughing at you.
3. stop doing 停止正在做的事情
stop to do 停下来,去做另一件事
stop sb. from doing 阻止某人做某事
老师来了。我们停止交谈。班长阻止我们跑动。我们停下来去听老师说话。
Teaching is coming. We stop talking. The monitor stop us from running around. We stop to listen to the teacher.
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Key Words
4. pay attention to + sth. / doing 注意/关注某事
Andy, 请注意听我讲的话。
Andy, please pay attention to what I am saying.
我现在要集中精神看书了。
I must pay attention to reading books now.
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Key Words
Try spending some time with her every day.
5. try doing sth. 尝试做某事
try to do sth. 努力去做某事
try one’s best to do 尽某人全力去做某事
他尝试去做新的运动并尽全力克服困难。
He tries doing new sports and tries his best to overcome difficulties.
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Practice makes perfect
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Exercise 语法选择
Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job.____1____ the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to employ new staff. My son targeted a company ____2____ was going to employ(雇用) only one person while there were more than twenty people ____3____ their resumes.
1. A. because B. because of C. Since D. As a result
2. A. that B. who C. what D. where
3. A. fill B. filled C. filling D. to fill
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Exercise 语法选择
After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later decide only one person ____4____. Everything seemed to go quite well and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and two other candidates arrived at the interview place on time, waiting for the test. ___5___, the interview was unbelievably simple. The ___6___ only said to them, "___7____ of you are very super.
4.A. employ B. employing C. employed D. to be employed
5.A. Surprise B. Surprised C. Surprising D. Surprisingly
6.A. interviewer B. interview C. interviewing D. to interview
7.A. both B. all C. none D. neither
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Exercise 语法选择
We will tell you the result ____8____3 days. Good luck to you guys!" On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very____19____.
8.A. in B. on C. for D. since
9.A. disappoint B. disappointing C. disappointed D. disappointment
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Exercise 语法选择
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me excitedly on the phone, "Dad, I have been employed!" Greatly surprised, I could not wait ____10____ him, "What's the whole matter?" My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually, the first text that ____11____ to my son was also part of the test in the interview. Three men received ____12____ same text this morning and only my son’s reply was "Thank you",while ____13____said "Goodbye."
10. A. ask B. to ask C. asking D. be asked
11. A. sent B. is sent C. was sent D. was sending
12. A. a B. an C. the D. /
13. A. the other B. the other C. other D. the others
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Exercise 完成句子
1.我顽皮的弟弟总是把我的房间弄得一塌糊涂。
My naughty brother always _______ _______ ______ in my room.
2. 你总是取笑那位生病的老人。
You always _________ _________ that sick old man.
西蒙比他班上的同学都高,这使他觉得格格不入。
Simon is taller than others in his class, This makes him _________ _________ _________.
我真替你感到羞愧。
I really _________ _________ _________ you.
makes a mess
laugh at
out
of place
feel ashamed of
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Exercise 适当形式填空
1. Can you________(suggestion) ways to learn English well?
2. Jack forgot to take his keys again. What a _________(careful) boy he is.
3.I didn’t buy anything in that store because_________(one) of things was good.
4. He regretted not __________(correctly)answer.
suggest
careless
none
correcting
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Exercise 适当形式填空
5. Jenny didn’t see any ___________(advantage) in playing computer games.
6. The boy are making noise when we are sleeping. They are so________(annoy) .
7. Last night, she gave me a lot of_________(advise).
advantage
annoyed
advice
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My father died when I was a little kid. We were too poor ______ buy food. My mother got two part-time jobs to pay for my education. She did everything to make me live h ______ .
At ______ age of twenty-two, I found a good job. However, a few m_______ later, the doctor told me I had a stomach cancer. It’s difficult for me to a________ the fact. My mother cooked simple but delicious food for me.
After another CT, the doctor told me my tumor (肿瘤) got much s________ than before, and I was away from the d________ of the cancer.
Exercise 语篇填词
to
appily
the
onths
ccept
maller
anger
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Thank you!
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