Why don't you talk to your parents?
义务教育教科书(人教)八年级英语下册
Unit 4
Period 1
Section A(1a-2d)
What’s the matter with the boy?
=What’s wrong with the boy?
He has too much homework to do.
Warming up
Does he like playing football?
Yes, he does. But he doesn’t have any free time to do things he likes.
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.
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 don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
1. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
Discuss these problems and give some advice.
Discussing
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 to a movie this evening?
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.
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
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.
Pair work
1c
Look at the problems in 1a and make conversations.
What’s wrong?
I'm really tried because I studied until midnight last night.
Why don’t
you go to sleep earlier this evening?
What’s wrong?
My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
Why not
read some interesting books at home?
What’s wrong?
I have too many after-school classes.
Why not
talk about it with your parents?
1. allow
v.
允许;准许
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。
allow sb.
(
not
)
to do sth.
(
不
)
允许某人做某事
Language points
e.g. Some words on the advertisement are
wrong
.
广告上的一些字错了。
2. wrong
adj.
错误的;不对的
= not right
Listening
Listen. Peter’s 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 you’re sorry. ( )
4. You _____ go to his house. ( )
5. You _____ take him to the ball game. ( )
could
should
should
could
could
Why Peter doesn’t like the advice
a. It’s not easy.
b. I don’t want to wait that long.
c. I don’t want to surprise him.
d. I’m not good at writing letters.
e. I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.
1. ____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. ____ 5. _____
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
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.
Listen again. Fill in the blanks.
fight
should
write
up
phone
easy
could
should
surprise
ball game
Pairwork
Role-play a conversation between Peter and his friend.
2c
What’s the matter, Peter?
Well, you should call him so that you can say you’re sorry.
I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?
What’s the matter, Peter?
Well, you …
I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?
Role play
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.
Role-play the conversation.
2d
Hmm… that’s not very nice. Did she give them back to you?
Yes, but I’m still angry with her. What should I do?
Well, I
guess
you could tell her to say sorry. But why don’t you forget about it so that you can be friends again? Although she’s wrong,
it’s not a big deal
.
You’re right. Thanks for your advice.
No problem. Hope things
work out
.
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。
Language points
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?
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 …
结束语
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.
劳动强体
,
磨难强智