八年级下英语课件《Why don＇t you talk to your parents 》 (12) 23页

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? Read the article again and fill in the chart. Problems Advice 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 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 _____________. doesn’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. If we can’t go to Huashan Mountain, we’ll go to the city of Xi’an for the trip instead.如果我们不能去爬华山，我们就 去西安游玩。 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。 例如： Last summer I went to Qingdao. This summer I’m going to Dalian instead. 去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大 连。 Instead of going to Qingdao I’m going to Dalian this year. 今年我打算去大连，而不去青岛。 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. 李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。 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 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： 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 1. explain + that / what/ why等从句 2. 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。 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. To begin with we don’t have much money, ________ (second) we are too busy. going to help secondly