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Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
第一课时 Section A (1a-2d)
1. Is the girl writing a letter or doing her homework?
2. Is she happy? Why?
She is doing homework.
No, she looks unhappy. Maybe she is too tired.
What problems does she have?
Leading in
1. Is she playing the piano or the violin?
She is playing the piano.
2. Is she happy? Why?
Yes, she is. Because she likes playing the piano.
Peter
Peter looks unhappy.
What’s wrong with him?
I have to study until late, so I don’t get enough sleep.
I have too much homework to do every day.
My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
What should I do?
Serious Not serious
1, 2, 5
3, 4
Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not? Write them in the appropriate box.
1a
1. I have to study until really late so I don’t get enough sleep.
2. I have too much homework so I don’t
have any free time to do things I like.
3.My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
4.I have take more lessons after school.
5.I got into a fight with my best friend.
Do you think Peter’s problems are serious or not?
Which problems do you think are serious? Which one are not serious?
What about you? Do you have these problems?
Pre-listening
study until really late
not get enough sleep
have too much homework
take more lessons after school
get into a fight with my best friend
parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends
Listening
Listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a.
1b
While-listening
1. I have to study until really late so I don’t get enough sleep.
2. I have too much homework so I don’t
have any free time to do things I like.
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out
with my friends.
4. I have take more lessons after school.
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
Pair work
1c
Look at the problems in 1a and make conversations.
Post-listening
1c
A: What’s wrong?
B: I’m really tried because I studied until really late last night.
A: Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
Listen. Peter’s friend is giving him advice. Fill in the blanks with could or should.
2a
1. You ______ write him a letter. ( )
2. You ______ call him up. ( )
3. You ______ talk to him so that you can
say you’re sorry. ( )
4. You _____ go to his house. ( )
5. You _____ take him to the ball game. ( )
could
should
should
could
could
d
e
a
c
b
While-listening
Why doesn’t Peter like the advice?
a. It’s not easy.
b. I don’t want to wait that long.
c. I don’t want to surprise him.
d. I’m not good at writing letters.
e. I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.
2b
Role-play a conversation between Peter and his friend.
A: What's the matter, Peter?
B: I had a fight with my best
friend. What should I do?
A: Well, you should call him so that you can say you're sorry.
B: But I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.
A: ...
B: ...
2c
Post-listening
Who has a problem? What’s wrong with him/ her?
Read the dialogue in 2d, then answer the questions below.
Kim has a problem. He found his sister looking through his things yesterday. And she took something.
Dave gave him the advice. Dave thought Kim could tell his sister to say sorry and forgot about that.
2. Who’s giving advice? What’s his/her advice?
2d
2d
Dave: You look sad, Kim. What’s wrong?
Kim: Well, I found my sister looking through my things
yesterday. She took some of my new
magazines and CDs.
Dave: Hmm...that’s not very nice.
Did she give them back to you?
Kim: Yes, but I’m still angry with her.
What should I do?
Dave: Well, I guess you could tell her to say sorry.
But why don’t you forget about it so that
you can be friends again? Although she’s
wrong, it’s not a big deal.
Kim: You’re right. Thanks for your advice.
Dave: No problem. Hope things work out.
1.What are Dave and Kim’s relationship?
2.What’s Kim’s problem?
How does Kim feel about it?
3.What’s Dave’s advice?
Does Kim like Dave’s advice?Why?
What does Dave think of the argument?
Will Kim take the advice? Why?
What does Dave mean by saying “ Hope things work out”?
1.allow v.允许;准许
My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.我父母不允许我和朋友们闲逛。
Language points
2. Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
Why don’t we / you …? 何不……?后面接动词原形。
Why don’t we stay here another day?
我们为什么不在这儿再待一天呢?
Why don’t you …? 表示提建议 ,相当于 Why not +
动词原形?
call up 打电话;召唤
I will call you up when I need your help.
如果需要你的帮助,我会打电话给你。
This photo called up his memories of the last trip.
这张照片勾起了他对上次旅行的回忆。
该短语通常构成call up sb. / sth.,当sb. / sth.是代词时,该代词通常放在call与up之间。
3. … call him up.
与call有关的短语还有:
call on (拜访某人;号召)
call at (参观某地) call out (大声呼叫)
call in (尤指向工作单位打电话汇报)
call sb. in (请某人来帮忙)
4. … it’s not a big deal.
big deal 重要的事情或状况
It’s not (a) big deal.
表示说话人并不认为某事有什么了不起。
There’s a soccer game on TV this evening but I don’t have
to watch it. It’s no big deal.
今天晚上电视上有一场足球赛,但我不一定要看。没什么大不了的。
deal n. 协议;交易
The Japanese Government had a secret deal with Germany during the Second World War.
第二次世界大战时,日本政府和德国订有密约。
He was trying to make a deal with them.
他试图和他们做一笔交易。
deal口语用词,指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交。
5. Hope things work out.
work out 解决(问题);改善(状况)
Don’t worry. Things will work out.
别担心,事情会慢慢解决的。
Do you want to stay with us to see how things work out?
你想和我们待在一起,看看事情如何得以解决吗?
We can find a way to work out this problem.
我们可以找到解决这个问题的方法。
Practice!
1.Our parents won’t allow us in the river alone.
A.swim B.to swim
C.swimming D.swam
2.We don’t allow (talk) loudly in the classroom.
talking
6.so that以便;为了
You should call him so that you can say you’re sorry.
你应该给他打电话,这样你就能对他说对不起了。
so that意为“以便;为了”,引导目的状语从句,与in order that同义。
Practice!
1.Speak loudly and clearly everyone here can understand you.
A.because B.so that C.as soon as
2.We should protect the environment we can make a better world to live in.
A.so that B.even though C.as soon as
7.find sb.doing sth.发现某人正在做某事
look through快速查看;浏览
I found my sister looking through my things yesterday.
(1)find+宾语+v.-ing意为“发现……正在做某事”。
She found her mother sleeping on the sofa when she came back.
她回来的时候发现妈妈在沙发上睡觉。
(2) look through为“动词+介词”构成的动词短语,意为“快速查看;浏览”。
拓展
与look有关的短语:
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1.Thank you for giving me some good _______(advice).
2.You could ________(take) him to the park.
3.You should go to bed ________(early) because you'll have a test tomorrow.
4.We found a little girl _________(play) under the tree.
5.Why don't you ____(tell) him about that?
advice
take
earlier
playing
tell
Exercises
Ⅱ.单项选择
1.My parents don't allow me ___late.
A.stay up B.to stay up
C.stays up D.staying up
2.Try to ___.Do not depend on your dictionary all the time.
A.know B.achieve
C.help D.guess
B
D
3.If you want to know more about space, please ___the book
A Brief History of Time.
A.look through B.look around
C.look after D.look down upon
4.Tigers wait ___it is dark,then go out to find their food.
A.since B.until
C.as D.because
A
B
3.你应该和你的朋友一起逛逛。
You should _________with your friends.
4.我没有太多的时间参加太多的课外活动。
Idon't have _________time to take part in_________afterschool
activities.
5.希望事情得到解决。
Hope things __________.
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成英语句子1.他昨天把字典还给我了。
He _____the dictionary _______to me yesterday.
2.我昨天和我最好的朋友吵架了。
I ____________________my best friend yesterday.
gave
back
got into a fight with
hang out
too much
too many
work out
Homework
1.Write three conversations about your problems and your friend’s advice.
2.Preview the conversation in 3a.
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