Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your
parents?
Section A2 (3a-3c)
【学习目标】
1.理解并掌握下列词汇及短语：
New words: relation, communication, argue, cloud, elder, instead,
whatever, nervous, offer, proper, secondly, communicate,
explain, clear
Key phrases: get on with, refuse to do…, communicate with…, don’t
mind doing…
2.理解并掌握下列重点句型:
1) My problem is that I can’t get on with my family.
2) When they argue, it’s like a big, black cloud hanging over our
home.
3) Also, my elder brother is not very nice to me.
4) He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show.
5) Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
6) I hope things will be better for you soon.
3.Grammar:
1）学习could/should的用法；
2）连词(词组)until, although, so that的用法；
3）句型Why don’t you. . . ?
【重点和难点】
1. 阅读短文，提高获取相关信息的能力， 提高阅读能力。
2. 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。
3. 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
【课前预习】
Ⅰ. 要点词汇
1. 争吵；争论 ____________ 2. 云 ____________
3. 代替 ____________ 4. 焦虑的；担忧的 ____________
5. 主动提出 ____________ 6. 交流；沟通 (n. ) ____________
7. 解释；说明 ____________ 8. 复制 ____________
9. 回来；归还 ____________ 10. elder ____________
11. whatever ____________ 12. proper ____________
13. secondly____________ 14. communicate ____________
15. relation ____________ 16. Clear ____________
Ⅱ. 短语互译
17. 和睦相处；关系良好____________ 18. 笼罩 ____________
19. 拒绝做某事____________ 20. 主动提出做某事____________
21. 向某人解释____________ 22. be nice to sb. ____________
【合作探究】
Reading activities
Task 1: Read the article fast and find the general idea of 3a.
The article is talking about ___________.
A. Sad and Thirteen’s problems and Robert’s advice
B. the students’ future jobs
C. how to be a good student
Task 2: Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What’s the writer’s problem?
2. How does he feel at home?
3. What’s the advice that Mr. Hunt gave?
Task 3: Read the passage again and write True (T) or False (F).
1. The writer’s problem is that he can’t get on with his family.
2. The writer’s parents don’t fight.
3. The writer’s elder brother is friendly to him.
4. The writer feels lonely and nervous at home.
5. Robert thinks he could talk about his feelings with his
parents.
6. Robert thinks he should argue with his brother.
Task 4: Read the article again and find out the answers.
Robert Hunt’s
advice
Sad and Thirteen’s main
problems
About his parents
About his elder brother
