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Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：allow, wrong, guess, deal, work out
能掌握以下句型：
① —What’s wrong?
—I’m really tried because I studied until midnight last night.
② You could give him a ticket to a ball game.
③ I think you should ask your parents for some money.
④ Why don’t you talk to him about it?
2) 能了解以下语法：
(1）能够运用所学知识谈论问题和困难、提出建议并做出选择；
（2）能根据对方所提出的问题，给出一些合理的建议。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
培养学生良好的合作意识，鼓励学生大胆表达自己的想法和意愿。正确认识生活中的一些困难，能采用正确的方式解决生活中的问题。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) Talk about the problems.
2) Learn the new language points.
2. 教学难点：
能根据对方所提出的问题，给出一些合理的建议。
学会表达建议的一些方式。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Objectives
To learn to talk about problems
too much…, too many…, have to, don’t allow …to do, get into a fight with…
To learn to give advice
Why don’t you…?
You should …
You could …
Step 2 Warming up
1. 导入学生们平时在学校和生活中存在的问题。
T: What’s the matter/ What’s wrong?
S: He has too much homework to do.
T: Do he like to do it?
S1：No, he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t have any free time to do things he likes.
…
Step 3 Talking
1. Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not? Ss discuss with their partners and give some advice.
① I have to study too much 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 too many after-school classes.
⑤ I got into a fight with my best friend.
Step 4 Listening
1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in 1a again. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences. What problems are they talking about?
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a.
3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss.
Step 5 Pair work
1. Let Ss read the conversation in the box.
2. Use the information in 1a to make other conversations.
3. Let some pairs act out their conversations.
e.g. A: What’s wrong?
B: I’m really tied because I studied until midnight last night.
A: Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
4. Language points
1) allow v. 允许；准许
allow sb. (not) to do sth. (不)允许某人做某事
e.g. My parents don’t allow me to stay up late. 我父母不允许我熬夜。
Mr. Smith allowed Mike to drive there. 史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。
2) wrong adj. 错误的；不对的
= not right
e.g. Some words on the advertisement are wrong. 广告上的一些字错了。
Step 6 Listening
Work on 2a:
T: Peter has some problems. What advice does his friend give him? Fill in the blanks with could or should.
1. Let Ss read the sentences in 2a.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and write the words in the blank.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know the meaning of each sentence.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the letters (a-e) next to the advice in 2a.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Answers: 1. d 2. e 3. a 4. c 5. b
Exercise:
Listen again. Fill in the blanks.
Boy 2 had a ______ with his best friend. He could ______ him a letter. But he isn’t good at writing letters. He ______ call him ____, but he doesn’t want to talk about it on the ______. He ______ talk to him so that he can say he’s sorry but it’s not ____. He ______go to his house but he doesn’t want to _______ him. He could take him to the _____________, but he doesn’t want to wait that long.
Step 7 Pair work
1. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b.
2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first.
3. e.g. 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.
4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.
Step 8 Role-play
1. Ss read the conversations and try to understand the meaning.
2. Read the conversation after the teacher.
3. Answer the questions.
1) How does Kim feel about her sister after her sister gave back the things?
2) Does Dave think it is all right for Kim’s sister to take away Kim’s things? How do you know?
3) Does Dave think the two sisters have a serious problem? How do you know?
4) What does Dave mean by saying “Hope things work out”?
4. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.
5. Explain some new words and main points in the conversation.
(1) I guess you could tell her to say sorry.
guess v. 猜测；估计
e.g. Let us guess the height of the building.
让我们来猜一下这个建筑物的高度。
(2) Although she’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.
big deal是英语中的一个固定搭配，表示 “重要的事情或状况”，多用于非正式交流。作否定用法时，常说It’s not a big deal或It’s no big deal.表示说话人并不认为某事有什么了不起。
e.g. 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。
It’s a big deal, David, bigger than you know.
这事挺重要的，戴维，比你所知道的要重要。
What's the big deal? It’s only a birthday, not the end of the world.
有什么了不起的？这不过是个生日，又不是世界某日。
(3) Hope things work out
希望事情会好起来。
这是一种常见的表达法，表示某些不如人意的事情会随时间的推移逐渐有
所改观。
work out 解决（问题）；算出
e.g. Mike worked out the difficult problem by himself.
迈克自己算出了那道难题。
Is it possible to work out the problem? 有可能解决这个问题吗？
Step 9 Summary
本课小结
too much 太多
too many 太多
allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
hang out with sb. 和某人闲逛
after-school classes 课外补习班
get into a fight参与 / 卷入打架中
have a fight with ... 与……打架
look through 快速查看；浏览
give sth. back 归还某物
find sb. doing sth. 发现某人在做某事
be angry with sb. 生某人的气
big deal 重要的事
write letters 写信
work out 成功地发展；解决
如何用英语表达建议
◆ Why not / Why don’t you do sth.? 你为什么不做某事呢？
◆ What / How about doing sth.? 做某事怎么样？
◆ Let’s do sth. 让我们做某事吧
◆ You should do sth. 你应该做某事
◆ You could do sth. 你可以做某事
Step 10 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示，补全所缺单词。
1. My parents don’t a me to go out at night.
2. —What’s w with Jack?
—He has a sore throat.
3. —Mom, my little sister broke my cup.
—It’s not a big d . I will buy you a new one.
4. —G what I did last Sunday.
—You went camping, right?
Ⅱ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空。
work out, get into a fight, too much, so that, look through, give back
1. Mom, you put ________________ salt in the soup. It isn’t delicious.
2. I hope all the things will ________________ well.
3. Let’s walk quickly ________________ we can get there on time.
4. —Must I ________________ your bike next Monday, Bill?
—Yes. I will use it.
5. You shouldn’t ________________ with Bob. After all (毕竟), he is your best friend.
6. Peter turned on the computer and started to ________________ his e-mails.
Ⅲ. 根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。
A: Hey, Mona! You look unhappy. (1)________
B: My brother Jim lost my book.
A: Oh. Did he say sorry to you?
B: Yes, he did. (2)________
A: Did you finish reading the book?
B: No, I didn’t. (3)________
A: You could talk about it with your parents. Maybe they’ll buy you a new one.
B: That’s a good idea.
A: And don’t be angry with Jim again. (4)________
B: You’re right. (5)________
A: No problem.
A. But I’m still angry with him.
B. Thank you for your advice.
C. Although he’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.
D. You should go to the doctor.
E. What happened?
F. What did your brother do?
G. What should I do?
Keys:
Ⅰ. 1. allow 2. wrong 3. deal 4. Guess
Ⅱ. 1. too much 2. work out 3. so that
4. give back 5. get into a fight
6. look through
Ⅲ. 1-5 EAGCB
Step 11 Homework:
Write three conversations about your problems and your friends’ suggestions.
A: I have too many after-school classes.
What could I do?
B: You could …
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 学习掌握下列词汇：get on with; relation, communication, argue, cloud, elder, instead, whatever, nervous, offer, proper, secondly, communication, explain, clear
2）阅读短文，能按要求找到相应的信息。
3）通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。
4) 了解在如果生活中发生了一些不尽如人意的问题，应当如何面对理性地去解决。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
人的一生并不都是一帆风顺的，难免有一些挫折的困难，如果生活中发生了一些不尽如人意的问题，我们学会冷静对待，学会合理的办法去理性地去解决。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。
2. 教学难点：
1) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。
2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Objective
To read two letters to know Sad and Thirteen’s problems and Mr. Hunt’s advice.
Step 2 Revision
Some Ss give some problems. Other Ss give advice.
Problems and advice:
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
2. I have too much homework so I don’t have any free time to do things I like.
Why don’t you go camping with your friends this weekend?
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
Why not read some interesting books at home?
4. I have too many after-school classes.
Why don’t you talk about it with your parents?
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
Why not call him up?
Role-play the conversation of 2d.
Step 3 Presentation the new words
1. relation n. 关系；联系；交往
e.g. Their relation seemed quite close. 他们的关系看起来很亲密。
2. argue v. 争吵；争论
e.g. The couple began to argue about the child’s education.
那对夫妇开始就孩子的教育问题争吵。
3. proper adj. 正确的；恰当的
e.g. It’s not proper to visit a friend too late in the evening.
太晚了，去看朋友不合适。
4. nervous adj. 焦虑的；担忧的
e.g. Don’t be nervous. It is just a small test. 不要紧张。就是个小测试而已。
5. clear adj. 清楚易懂的；晴朗的
e.g. The sun shone out of a clear sky. 天空晴朗，阳光灿烂。
Step 4 Lead-in
一、通过问答一些有关家庭生活的问题来导入正题：
1. Can you get on well with your family?
2. Are the relations between your parents good?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you get on well with him/her?
4. Who do you ask for help when you have problems?
…
Step 5 Reading
Work on 3a:
1. Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to these questions:
What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem?
How does he feel at home?
方法指导：带着问题，然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，找到答案。
学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速回答这两个问题。最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。
2. Ss read the article again and fill in the chart.
学生们认真阅读短文，并在表格中填出男孩Sad and Thirteen面临的问题，并填写出罗波特先生所给出的建议。和同学们一起校对答案。
3. Ss read the article again and fill in the blanks.
Work on 3b:
1. 让学生们讨论罗波特先生对问题的建议，并发表自己的看法。
2. 学生们分小组讨论，发表自己的意见，由小组长汇总。
3. 让小组长并汇总的意见和其他同学汇报。
S1: I agree with his advice. Because more communication can make family members understand each other better and know about the feeling they have.
S2: I don’t agree with his advice. I think their parents should fight any more. They should care more about their children and spend more time with them.
Work on 3c
1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求：找出短文与下列词汇意思相同的句子。
2. 让学生们先读3c中的词汇，理解其意思，然后再在短文找出与其意思相同的词汇或词组。
3. 方法指导：根据上下文的意思，来确定词汇或词组的意思。
4. Check the answers。
5. 让学生们用这些词汇或词组造句子。
make sth. clear — explain
Can you explain to me how to do this math problem?
talk — _____________ __________________________________
not allow — _______ ___________________________________
worried — ________ __________________________________
get along with — ______________ ___________________________________
Step 6 Language points
1. My problem is that I can’t get on with my family.
get on with 和睦相处；关系良好 相当于 get along with
e.g. The child doesn’t get on well with others. 那个小孩不合群。
2. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却
e.g. Lee was ill so I went instead. 李病了，所以我去了。
辨析：
instead 是副词，常置于句子末尾。
词汇
instead
instead of
意义
反而，却
代替，而不是
词性
副词
短语介词
在句中的位置
可位于句子的开头 ，这时多用逗号与句子的主体部分隔开。
在句中的位置比较灵活，其宾语多由名词、代词、 v-ing形式 或介词短语等充当。
可位于句子的结尾，此时不用逗号与句子的主体部分隔开。
e.g. He didn’t answer. Instead, he asked me a question.
I don’t want to watch TV. Let’s play games instead.
I will send him a flower instead of a postcard.
Tim will go to the party instead of me.
I stayed in bed all day instead of going to work.
2) whatever pron. 任何；无论什么 相当于 no matter what
e.g. Whatever I suggest, he always disagrees.
无论我提什么建议，他都不同意。
3. At home I always feel lonely and nervous. 在家的时候我总是感觉寂寞和紧张。
lonely & alone
alone独自的，独立的，单独地。
lonely寂寞的，孤寂的。
e.g. He likes living alone. 他喜欢独居。
He is alone, but he doesn’t feel lonely. 他独自一人，但并不感到寂寞。
4. If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.
offer v. 主动提出；自愿给予
offer侧重主动或愿意给予，主动提出做某事。常用结构：offer sb. sth. 或offer to do sth.
e.g. She offered me a cup of tea. 她给我端了杯茶。
He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。
5. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother?
secondly adv. 第二；其次
辨析: second和secondly
Ø second用作序数词或形容词， 意为“第二”，常修饰名词。
Ø secondly是副词，意为“其次，第二”，常用来修饰整个句子。如：
First, it’s very expensive. _________, it’s ugly. Secondly
首先，它很贵。其次，它很难看。
The ________ day of a week is Monday. second
一周的第二天是星期一。
communicate v. 交流；沟通
communicate with sb. 与某人交流
e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate with foreigners in English.
李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。
6. Can you explain to me how to do this math problem?
explain v. 解释；说明
explain + that / what/ why 等从句
explain sth. (to sb.)（向某人）解释某事
e.g. Can you explain what this means?
你能解释一下这个的意思吗？
Please explain it to me.
请你向我解释一下吧。…
7. I don’t know if I should say anything to them about this .
我不知道是否应该对他们说些什么。
If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.
如果你的父母亲有困难，你应该给予帮助。
If 引导宾语从句表语从句，一般放在动词后；不能放在句子开头。从句根据句子意思可用不同的时态。
e.g. I don’t know if he will come tomorrow. 我不知道他明天是否会来 。
I want to know if he is from America. 我想知道他是否来自美国。
If引导条件状语从句，含有主将从现，主将从祈，主将从情态的原则。
e.g. We will go to the park if it doesn’t rain (rain) tomorrow.
如果明天不下雨，我们将去公园。
You must stop if the traffic light is (be) red.
如果交通灯是红的，我们必须停下来。
Don’t wait for me if I am (be) late. 如果我迟到了就别等我。
【即学即练】
1. I want to know if Mary ______ to the party tomorrow.
A. go B. went
C. will go D. goes
2. If he _____ hard, he will get good grades.
A. study B. studies
C. will study D. studied
Keys: C, B
Step 7 Summary
get on with 和睦相处；关系良好
refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
offer to do sth. 提议或主动提出做某事
mind sb. doing sth. 介意某人做某事
communicate with sb. 和某人交流
agree with 同意
disagree with 不同意
Step 8 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。
1. Jill looks like her ________(old) sister.
2. Listen! Kate is ________(argue) with her cousin now.
3. Lucy always offers ________(help) other people.
4. We are in ________(communicate) with them on the matter.
Ⅱ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
relation, nervous, explain, instead
1. John reached for the cup of coffee but didn’t drink. ________ he passed it to Kate.
2. Peter seemed a little ________ when he spoke to Mr. Miller.
3. I didn’t understand the question and the teacher ________ it t
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