英Unit4Whydon’tyoutalktoyourparents?SectionA3a-3cfriend?Ifyouhaveproblemswithyourfamily,whowillyouaskforhelp?teacher?schoolcounselor?Aschoolcounselorisapersonwhoistrainedtohelpstudentswithbothschoolandpersonalproblems.SadandThirteenschoolcounselorWhatcanyouknowfromthename“SadandThirteen”?Whythenameis“SadandThirteen”?notrealmagazine1.Whoarethey?2.Whataretheydoing?Howdoyoufeelwhenyourparentsargue?worried,angry,scared,nervous...TheyareSadandThirteen’sparents.Theyarearguingwitheachother.Lookatthepictureanddiscuss.predictionMaybeSadandThirteenhasproblemswithhisparents.problemadviceListenandsummarizetwowordsforthetwoletters.Readletter1

andfindoutthestructure.DearMr.Hunt,MyproblemisthatIcan’tgetonwithmyfamily.Relationsbetweenmyparentshavebecomedifficult.Theyfightalot,andIreallydon’tlikeit.It’stheonlycommunicationtheyhave.Idon’tknowifIshouldsayanythingtothemaboutthis.Whentheyargue,it’slikeabig,blackcloudhangingoverourhome.Also,myelderbrotherisnotverynicetome.HealwaysrefusestoletmewatchmyfavoriteTVshow.Insteadhewatcheswhateverhewantsuntillateatnight,Idon’tthinkthisisfair.AthomeIalwaysfeellonelyandnervous.Isthatnormal?WhatcanIdo?SadandThirteenrelationn.關(guān)系；聯(lián)系(v.relate)benicetosb.對某人友好adj.焦慮的；擔憂的Readletter1andfinishthetasks.hangover籠罩refusetodosth.拒絕做某事副詞短語;常常是否belike像letsb.dosth.讓某人做某事arguewithsb.與…爭吵=getalongwithgeton/alongwellwithsb.和某人相處得好argument

n.haveanargumentwithsb.insteadof代替；而不是adj.公平的；反義詞為unfair現(xiàn)在完成時Read

Letter1andfindoutthekeywordstofinishthemindmap.Heisnotvery_____tome.Healways___________letmewatchmyfavoriteTVshow.Hewatches___________________untillateatnight.It’s_________.Ialwaysfeel______and_________.Idon’tknow___________.SadandThirteen’sProblemIcan’t__________myfamily.ParentsElderbrothergetonwithnicerefusestolonelynervouswhattodo___________betweenmyparentshave

become___________.They_______alotandit’sthe

only________________theyhave.Whenthey_______,it’slike

abig,black_______hangingoverourhome.difficultfightcommunicationarguecloudRelationswhateverhewantsunfairReadletter2

andfindoutthestructure.Readletter2andfinishthetasks.DearSadandThirteen,It’snoteasybeingyourage,andit’snormaltohavethesefeelings.Whydon’tyoutalkaboutthesefeelingswithyourfamily?Ifyourparentsarehavingproblems,youshouldoffertohelp.Maybeyoucoulddomorejobsaroundthehousesothattheyhavemoretimeforpropercommunication.Secondly,whydon’tyousitdownandcommunicatewithyourbrother?You

shouldexplainthatyoudon’tmindhimwatchingTVallthetime.However,heshouldletyouwatchyourfavoriteshow.Ihopethingswillbebetterforyousoon.RobertHuntItis+adj.+(forsb.)+todosth.談?wù)撘员?為的是;引導(dǎo)目的狀語從句mind(sb.)doingsth.介意(某人)做某事一直；總是communicatewithsb.和某人交流/溝通offertodosth.主動提出做某事offersb.sth.=offersth.tosb.給某人提供某物it是形式主語，不定式短語和動名詞短語都可以充當真實主語，區(qū)別是不定式指要發(fā)生的具體事情，動名詞表示通常就有的普遍事情。Read

Letter2

andfindoutthekeywordstofinishthemindmap.Mr.Hunt’sadvice

Talkaboutthese_______withyourfamily.feelingsParentsElderbrotherIfyourparentsarehavingproblems,youshould_______________________.Youcould_____________aroundthehousesothat______________________________________________.____________________________withyourbrother.Youshould________________________________________________

_____________________________Heshould___________________________________________________.offertohelpdomorejobstheyhavemoretimeforpropercommunicationSitdownandcommunicatedon’tmindhimwatchingTVletyouwatchexplainthatyouallthetime.yourfavoriteshowHopethingswillbebetterforyousoon.3a.LookatthislettertoamagazineandthereplyfromRobertHunt,aschoolcounselor.Completethechart.ProblemsAdviceProblemsAdvicecan’tgetonwithfamilyParents–relations(difficult)fightalotElderbrother–notverynice(TVshows)Feelings–lonelyandnervoustalkaboutthesefeelingswithfamilyParents–offertohelp(domorejobssothattheyhavemoretimeforpropercommunication)Elderbrother–sitdownandcommunicate;explainTrytoretellthelettersaccordingtoyouranswer.talkabouttheproblemsyouhaveWritedownyourproblemsonapieceofpaperandputitinthebottle.Groupleaderscometothefrontandpickapieceofpaper.Gobacktotheseatsandhaveadiscussionwithgroupmembers.Chooseoneproblemandtrytotalkaboutit.problemadviceresultsHowshouldwegetonwellwithothers?First,listentoeachother.Then,openyourmind.Next,voiceyourtruefeelings.Finally,equalisimportant.

Agoodrelationdependsongoodcommunication.3b.DoyouagreeordisagreewithMr.Hunt’sadvice?Why?Iagree/disagreewithhisadvicebecause...Iagreewithhisadvicebecausemorecommunicationcanmakefamilymembersunderstandeachotherbetterandknowaboutthetruefeelingstheyhave.Idon’tagreewithhisadvice.Theparentsandelderbrothermaygetevenangrierastheymaythinkthatthewriterisdisrespectful.Theymayfeelthatchildrenshouldnotcommentonthebehavioroftheirseniors.3c.Whichwordsorphrasesinthelettershavethesameorsimilarmeaningsasthefollowing?Writeasentenceusingeachwordorphrase.clearadj.清楚易懂的；晴朗的communicate

refuse

nervous

getonwithWe

should

communicatewithourparents.JohnandIgetonwitheachotherbecausewehavethesamehobbies.Iamalwaysverynerv