1、Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?,Section A 1 1a2d,Whats the matter with the boy? =Whats wrong with the boy?,He has too much homework to do.,Warming up,Does he like playing football?,Yes, he does. But he doesnt have any free time to do things he likes.,1. I have to study too much so I dont g

2、et enough sleep.,2. I have too much homework so I dont have any free time to do things I like.,Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not?,1a,4. I have too many after-school classes.,5. I got into a fight with my best friend.,3. My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends.

3、,1. I have to study too much so I dont get enough sleep.,Discuss these problems and give some advice.,Discussing,Why dont you go to sleep earlier this evening?,2. I have too much homework so I dont have any free time to do things I like.,Why dont you go to a movie this evening?,3. My parents dont al

4、low me to hang out with my friends.,Why not read some interesting books at home?,4. I have too many after-school classes.,5. I got into a fight with my best friend.,Why not talk about it with your parents?,Why not call him up?,Listening,Listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a.,1b,Pair work,1c,

5、Look at the problems in 1a and make conversations.,Whats wrong?,Im really tried because I studied until midnight last night.,Why dont you go to sleep earlier this evening?,Whats wrong?,My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends.,Why not read some interesting books at home?,Whats wrong?,I h

6、ave too many after-school classes.,Why not talk about it with your parents?,1. allow v. 允許；準(zhǔn)許,e.g. My parents dont allow me to stay up late. 我父母不允許我熬夜。 Mr. Smith allowed Mike to drive there. 史密斯先生允許邁克開車去那里。,allow sb. （not）to do sth. (不)允許某人做某事,Language points,e.g. Some words on the advertisement are

7、 wrong. 廣告上的一些字錯(cuò)了。,2. wrong adj. 錯(cuò)誤的；不對(duì)的 = not right,Listening,Listen. Peters 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 youre sorry. ( ) 4. You _ go to his house. ( ) 5.

8、 You _ take him to the ball game. ( ),could,should,should,could,could,d,e,a,c,Listen again. Fill in the blanks.,b,2b,Boy 2 had a _ with his best friend. He could _ him a letter. But he isnt good at writing letters. He _ call him _, but he doesnt want to talk about it on the _. He _ talk to him so th

9、at he can say hes sorry but its not _. He _ go to his house but he doesnt want to _ him. He could take him to the _, but he doesnt want to wait that long.,Listen again. Fill in the blanks.,fight,should,write,up,phone,easy,could,should,surprise,ball game,Pairwork,Role-play a conversation between Pete

10、r and his friend.,2c,Whats the matter, Peter?,Well, you should call him so that you can say youre sorry.,I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?,Whats the matter, Peter?,Well, you ,I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?,You look sad, Kim Whats wrong?,Well, I found my siste

11、r looking through my things yesterday. She took some of my new magazines and CDs.,Role-play the conversation.,2d,Hmm thats not very nice. Did she give them back to you?,Yes, but Im still angry with her. What should I do?,Well, I guess you could tell her to say sorry. But why dont you forget about it

12、 so that you can be friends again? Although shes wrong, its not a big deal.,Youre right. Thanks for your advice.,No problem. Hope things work out.,1. I guess you could tell her to say sorry. guess v. 猜測(cè)；估計(jì),e.g. Let us guess the height of the building. 讓我們來猜一下這個(gè)建筑物的高度。,Language points,2. Although she

13、s wrong, its not a big deal. big deal是英語中的一個(gè)固定搭配，表示 “重要的事情或狀況”，多用于非正式交流。作否定用法時(shí)，常說Its not a big deal或Its no big deal.表示說話人并不認(rèn)為某事有什么了不起。 e.g. Theres a soccer game on TV this evening but I dont have to watch it. Its no big deal. 今天晚上電視上有一場(chǎng)足球 賽, 但我不一定要看。沒什么大不了的。,Its a big deal, David, bigger than you know. 這事挺重要的，戴維，比你所知道的要重要。 Whats the big deal? Its only a birthday, not the end of the world. 有什么了不起的？這不過是個(gè)生日，又不是世界某日。,3. Hope things work out. 希望事情會(huì)好起來。 這是一種常見的表達(dá)法，表示某些不 如人意的事情會(huì)隨時(shí)間的推移逐漸有 所改觀。,work out 解決(問題); 算出,e.g. Mike worked out the difficult problem by himself. 邁克自