Unit 4
Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Section A 2
3a-3c
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get
enough sleep.
Revision
Why don’t you go camping with your friends this weekend?
2. I have too much homework so I don’t
have any free time to do things I like.
Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
Problems and advice:
4. I have too many after-school classes.
5. I got into a fight with my best friend.
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out
with my friends.
Why not read some interesting books at home?
Why don’t you talk about it with your parents?
Why not call him up?
You look sad, Kim. What’s wrong?
Well, I found my sister looking through my things yesterday. She took some of my new magazines and CDs.
Hmm… that’s not very nice. Did she give them back to you? ...
Role-play the conversation of 2d.
cloud n. 云; 云朵
elder adj. 年纪较长的
communication n. 交流; 沟通
Presentation
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。
Let's learn more new words.
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。
Yes, I can. My parents care for me and I like to talk with them.
I think so. Though they argued sometimes, they get on well with each other most of the time.
2. Are the relations between your
parents good?
1. Can you get on well with your family?
Yes. I have a brother. We are not good with each other. We always get into fight. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show.
I always talk to my best friend and ask her for help.
4. Who do you ask for help when you
have problems?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Can you get on well with him/her?
3a
Read the article quickly and answer the questions.
He can’t get on with his family.
He always feels lonely and nervous.
2. How does he feel at home?
1. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem?
Reading
Read the article again and fill in the chart.
His parents fight a lot, he really doesn’t like it.
Talk about the feelings with his family. Do more jobs around the house.
His brother isn’t nice to him. He refuses to let him watch his favorite TV show.
Sit down and communicate with his brother.
Read the article again and fill in the blanks.
1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t ____________ his family. His parents _____ a lot. It’s the only ______________ they have. When they _____, it’s like a big black cloud ____________ their home. He doesn’t like it.
get on with
problems
argue
fight
communication
hanging over
His brother always watches TV whatever he wants until midnight. He _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.
refuses
lonely
nervous
2. Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should __________ these feelings to his family. He should _____ to help.
offer
talk about
Maybe he ______________ jobs around the house so that they have more time _______________________. Second, he could sit down and ________________ his brother. He could ________ that he __________ him watching TV all the time, however, he should let him watch his _____________.
don’t mind
could do more
for proper communication
communicate with
explain
favorite show
Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Hunt’s advice? Why?
1. I agree with his advice. Because more
communication can make family
members understand each other
better and know about the feelings
they have.
3b
2. I don’t agree with his advice. I
don’t think their parents should
fight any more. They should care
more about their children and
spend more time with them.
Which words or phrases in the letters have the same or similar meanings as the following? Write a sentence using each word or phrase.
make sth. clear — explain
Can you explain to me how to do this
math problem?
talk — _____________ __________________________________
___________________________________
communicate
The two friends hasn’t communicated with each other for two years.
3c
worried — ________ __________________________________
___________________________________
get along with — ______________
___________________________________
___________________________________
nervous
He was very nervous during his first job interview.
get on with
Linda can’t get on well with her elder sister.
not allow — _______ ___________________________________
___________________________________
The workers refused to work on weekends.
refuse
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。
instead是副词，常置于句子末尾。
instead of是介词短语，后接名词、代词、动名词等。
辨析
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. 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。
e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate
with foreigners in English.
李梅能和外国人用英语轻松交流。
4. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and
communicate with your brother?
1) communicate v. 交流；沟通
communicate with sb. 与某人交流
辨析: second和secondly
second用作序数词或形容词， 意为“第二”，常修饰名词。
secondly是副词，意为“其次，第二”，常用来修饰整个句子。如：
2) secondly adv. 第二；其次
First, it’s very expensive. Secondly, it’s ugly. 首先，它很贵。其次，它很难看 。
The second day of a week is Monday.
一周的第二天是星期一。
5. 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。
一、选词填空。
Exercises
instead argue nervous proper explain
1. My cousin is _______ in front of
strangers.
2. He could not come up with a ______ answer.
proper
nervous
3. The TV shows are boring. Why not
play cards _______?
4. I don’t want to _______ with you. It’s
waste of time.
5. Please _______ to her how to use a
computer.
instead
argue
explain
instead argue nervous proper explain
二、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。
1. All the ______________ (communicate)
with the outside world was broken.
2. Jim is a doctor. His ________ (old)
brother is an engineer.
elder
communication
3. After high school Mike got a job
instead of ________ (go) to university.
4. It’s very kind of you to offer _______
(help) us on the weekend.
5. Firstly we don’t have much money,
________ (second) we are too
busy.
going
to help
secondly
1. Read the article several times after
school.
2. Make sentences with these words:
argue; whatever; instead; nervous;
explain; offer to do sth.;
communicate with…