Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?,1. Do you have a good relation between your parents?,Speaking,3. Why not ? What should he / she do?,2. How do you communicate with your parents?,Problems and advice:,Yes. I have a brother. We are not good with each other. We always get into fight. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show.,I always talk to my best friend and ask her for help.,5. Who do you ask for help when you have problems?,4. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Can you get on well with him/her?,cloud n. 云；云朵,elder adj. 年纪较长的,clear adj. 清楚易懂的；晴朗的 e.g. There is a clear sky. 天空晴朗.,e.g. Their relation seemed quite good. 他们的关系看起来很不错。,proper adj. 正确的；恰当的 They have a proper communication.,3a,May he is 13 years old, he feels sad.,Because he has a problem.,2. Why did Sad and Thirteen write the letter?,1. What can you get from the name “Sad and Thirteen” ?,Task 1 :Fast reading,3. Who gave the advice to him?,Robert Hunt.,阅读题： 解题策略1：提纲挈领的标题归纳题 _,比较筛选，浓缩概括。,阅读题： 解题策略2：Read the article quickly. (快速浏览全文) _,找切入口。,（ ）1. How are the relations between the Sad and Thirteens parents? A. friendly B. nice C. difficult D. terrible （ ）2. Does Sad and Thirteen get along with his family? A. Yes, he does B. No, he doesnt. C. We dont know. （ ）3. What often happen between the Sad and Thirteens parents? A. Need Money B. Fight C. Just have some communication D. Work all day （ ）4. Who watches TV late at night? A. Mother B. Father C. Brother D. Sad and Thirteen （ ）5 .How is Sad and Thirteens feeling at home? ? A. Lonely and unhappy. B. Angry and nervous. C. Nervous and lonely. D. Lonely and scared.,Task 2 :Detailed reading,解题策略3:Read the passage carefully. （细读课文） _,Find out the answers directly. (direct method直接法),get on well with,talk about,fight a lot,know what to do,offer to,do more jobs,isnt nice to,refuses to let,watch,six down,communicate with,explain,mind,watching,lonely,nervous,Task 3 :Detailed reading,conclusion,Reading strategy 1. Scan the questions first (扫读问题) 2. Find out the key words. （找关键词） 3. Read the article quickly. (快速浏览全文) 4. Read the passage carefully. （细读课文） A. Find out five “W” and an “H”. Find out the answers directly. (direct method直接法) B. Find out the numbers and work out the answers. (numeration计算法） C. Find out the right answers or wrong answers. (exclusive method排除法） D. Guess the meaning from the whole text. (comparison method 比较法） E. (Infer the details 细节推断法）,1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却 e.g. If we cant go to Huashan Mountain, well go to the city of Xian for the trip instead . 如果我们不能去爬华山，我们就去西安游玩。 Last summer I went to Qingdao. This summer Im going to Dalian instead. 去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去 Instead of going to Qingdao Im going to Dalian this year. 今年我打算去大连，而不去青岛。 instead :代替（常用于句末,有时句首) instead of+短语 / 名词 / 代词 / 动名词,Dave went swimming _ going skating. My brother isnt good at math. _, he is good at English. 3.I like reading in the library _ in the classroom. 4. Yesterday John _ Jim gave us a talk. 5.-Does your brother go to the library? - No, he doesnt. I will go _.,instead of,Instead,instead of,instead of,instead,用 instead , instead of 填空,3. If your parents are having problems, you should offer to help.,offer to do sth.:主动做某事,He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。 e.g. She offered me a cup of tea. She offer a cup of tea to me. 她给我端了杯茶。,提供某人某物： offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb.,Read the article again and fill in the blanks.,1. Sad and Thirteen has some _. He cant _ his family. His parents _ a lot. Its the only _ they have. When they _, its like a big black cloud _ their home. He doesnt 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 _.,dont mind,could do more,for proper communication,communicate with,explain,favorite show,Robert Hunt thinks its _ for Sad and Thirteen to have these feeling. And he advise him to _ _ these feelings with his family. And he should _ _ help for their parents problems. And he could do more jobs around the house _ _ _ make his parents have more time to communicate well. Secondly, Sad and Thirteen could sit down and _ _ his brother, and _ him that he doesnt mind him watching TV all the time. _ his brother s