1、Unit 2 Growing painsTask:Skill building 2 and 3 If you have some problems with your parents in your family,what will you do?The ways to solve the problems:Talk to others Telephone Surf the Internet Watch TV shows for teenagers-Write letters to advice columnistsBut how to write?A good columnist can:G
2、et a rough idea about the trouble.Analyze the trouble.Feedback information.Give proper suggestions.Keep regular contact with the sender.Read the letter quickly and answer:1.Why does the father write the letter?2.How does he feel about his father?To ask for some guidance so as to help his son.He love
3、s his father a lot.He hopes his father can understand him better and respect the things he wants to do.Read the letter carefully then tell“T/F”.1.Both of the father and the son write to Mr.Zhu to ask what they should do to get on well with each other.2.The son thinks he should respect the things the
4、ir parents want him to do.3.The father understands his son and allows him his freedom.TFFRead the letter carefully then tell“T/F”.FT4.The son spends his spare time playing the piano alone instead of learning Japanese.5.The son thinks his father should be able to understand him and give him some free
5、dom because he was once a teenager.father sonComplains feels hopesRead the letters carefully then fill in the form.Know how to help his son without harming the relationship.His son may fail at school or even worse.His son refuses to do what they tell him to do and spend time with them;wastes time wa
6、tching DVDS and listening to foreign music;spends too much time playing games or chatting on line;rude to them.father soncomplains feels hopesRead the letters carefully then fill in the form.He loves his father who doesnt respect the things he wants to do.His father can understand him better.His par
7、ents dont listen to him when he suggestssomething;always ask him to do things he doesnt like;call him selfish and distant when he wants to be alone;get annoyed if he plays foreign music;even forbid him from chatting with his friends on the InternetDiscussion:Supposing you are Mr.Zhu,the columnist,wh
8、at will you advise the father and the son to do?Advice for the fatherTry to look at things from your sons angle.Prepare to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.Remember what your son needs is more than material comfort.Youd better not put too much pressure on your son.Unconditional love is very impor
9、tant,because he is your son.Advice for the son Never attempt to change your fathers character and to be an ideal father.Communicate with your father through letters if he happens to be short-tempered.Come up to your dad and tell him how much you care about him.Remember that its correct for a father
10、to urge his son to study hard.Make your father believe youll be successful in life by doing what you like.Advice for the sonRecently he has been refusing to do his homework,and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs.I have taught that class.我教过那个班。我教过那个班。I have been teaching that class.我教
11、着那个班。我教着那个班。insist that(should)do on/upon doing e.g.I insist that he write a letter of thanks to the school.She insisted on going to Beijing herself.Language points:2.At present,to prevent upsetting his mother with an argument.e.g.Her parents prevented her(from)going to work in the country.3.Wheneve
12、r I try to talk to him,he just shouts at me.无论何时我回家无论何时我回家,妈妈都很高兴。妈妈都很高兴。Language points:4.Also,every time I watch a DVD he sends me to bed or tells me to spend more time studying.翻译练习：翻译练习：我每次看这部电影我每次看这部电影,都很激动。都很激动。他每次来都给我带来一本好书。他每次来都给我带来一本好书。Language points:Every time I see the film,I am very exc
13、ited.Every time he comes,he brings me a good book.1.1.我我1616岁的儿子岁的儿子 2.2.那时，在早期那时，在早期 3.3.拒绝做某事拒绝做某事 4.4.寻求帮助寻求帮助 5.5.弹钢琴弹钢琴 6.6.禁止某人做某事禁止某人做某事my 16-year-old sonat the momentrefuse to doplay the pianoforbid sb.from doingask for helpTranslation1.What can be done to_ _(防止这种事故再发生防止这种事故再发生).2.Mother_ (禁
14、止孩子们看电视禁止孩子们看电视)before they finish their homework.3.He _(拒绝去参加这个聚会拒绝去参加这个聚会)because he didnt like it.4.You can come _ (无论何时你想来无论何时你想来).5._(每次他来每次他来),he asks me for money.Every time he comes,prevent this kind ofaccidents happeningforbids the children from watching TVrefused to attend the partyWhenever you want to 1.Read the letters again and write a letter of advice to your parents.2.Preview the next part“Project”.
