Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents

―它是这样工作的。‖她解释道。

3. elder adj. [only before noun]指人，尤指同一家庭里两个成员年纪较长的

? my elder brother我的哥哥 ? his elder sister他的姐姐

? the elder of her two daughters. 她两个女儿中年长的那个

? 辨析 older ? elder

old 的比较级通常为 older。

英国英语中形容词 elder 通常只用来指哥哥、姐姐。older用于指年龄。elder 后不能接 than，而 older 则可以。

? 我有个姐姐。I've got a sister who is ____than me .

4. communicate /k??mju?n?ke?t/ verb ~ (with sb) （与某人）交流（信息或消息、意见等）；

沟通

? We only communicate by email. 我们只是互通电邮。

? to communicate a message to sb 把信息传递给某人

? 海豚用声音相互沟通。Dolphins use sound to ___________ _______ each other. ? The novel is about a family who can't

__________ _______ each other. 这部小说写的是成员彼此无法沟通的一个家庭。 同义词辨析

? communicate? discuss ? speak ? talk 以上各词均含交流、交谈之义。 talk指说话、讲话、谈话：

? We talked on the phone for over an hour.我们在电话里谈了一个多小时。 ? 你同你父母谈过你的问题吗？

Have you talked to your parents_____ the problems you're having? discuss指谈论、讨论、商量： ? 你与谁商量过这个问题吗？

Have you discussed the problem ____ anyone? speak 指谈话、交谈：

? —Can I speak to Susan?

—Speaking. ―请问苏珊在吗？‖―我就是。‖

communicate 指与某人交流信息或意见说话者要让人注意交流的方式时常用。 5. communication /k??mju?n??ke??n/noun 表达；交流；交际；传递

? Doctors do not always have good communication skills . 医生不一定都具备良好的交际能力。 ? 说话是人与人之间交流最快捷的方

法。Speech is the fastest method of______________ between people. 6. clear adj. (clearer, clearest )

1) clear清晰易懂的;明白清楚的;不含混的

? You'll do as you're told, is that clear? 叫你做什么你就去做什么，明白吗？ ? The book is clear, readable.

这本书明白易懂，可读性强 ? 这些说明够清楚了吗？

Are these instructions ______ _____? 2) clear adj.容易看见的；听得清的

? The photo wasn't very clear. 这张照片不太清晰。

? 电话里的声音清晰洪亮。

The voice on the phone was _____ and strong. 3) clear adj.无云（或雾）的；晴朗的

? a clear blue sky 晴朗的碧空

? On a clear day you can see France. 天气晴朗时你可以看见法国。

7. instead /?n?sted/ adv. in the place of sb/sth代替；顶替；反而；却

? He didn't reply. Instead, he turned on his heel and left the room. 他没有回答，反而转身离开了房间。 ? 罗伯特病了，所以我去了。 ? Robert was ill so I went _______. 【检测反馈】

1. I a_____ with my best friend yesterday. So she doesn‘t talk with me any longer. 2. His e_____ brother joined the army last year. 3. We‘ve got no coffee. Let‘s have tea i_______.

4. —The boy can speak both English and Japanese a________ he is only ten. —What a

clever boy!

5. Could you e_______ that again? I don‘t understand.

6. A student in Fudan University was killed by his roommates just because of small things in

daily life. It is important for students to learn how to_______ each other. A. get on with B. stay away from C. come over to

7. His parents often argue____ each other___ the housework. A. to; about B. with; about C.

about; with

8. My parents give me too much pressure.—That‘s not nice. Maybe you should ___ them. A.

talk about B. communicate with C. explain to D. argue with 9. We will go there on foot _____ _____by bus.(而不是)

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Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Grammar Focus Section A 4a -4c 【知识技能目标】

? 掌握并灵活运用本课的重点词汇copy return anymore

? 重点短语spend…on, leave sth. at sp., be afraid of, not…anymore

? 重点语法：although引导让步状语从句，so that引导结果状语从句及until引导时间状

语从句。

【情感态度目标】

? 遇到问题要主动地去和家人、朋友或亲近的人交流；如果遇到身边的人遇到问题，能

主动提供帮助。 【自主学习】

1. _______________使某人生气

2. ________________ 担心某事 3. ________________ 为考试学习

4. __________________抄袭某人的作业 5. ________________ 一条建议

6. borrow sth without returning it_______ 7. _______________把某物忘在家里了 8. _________________ 害怕讲话 9. ________________ 不再信任某人 【合作探究】 1. copy

1) copy noun (pl. copies )一本，一册，一份

? a copy of The Times一份《泰晤士报》 ? 这本书在两周内销售了2万册。

The book sold 20?000 ______ within two weeks.

2) copy verb (copies, copying, copied, copied )抄写；誊写

? I copied out several poems. 我抄录了几首诗歌。

? 她把那个电话号码抄写在自己的通讯录上。 She ______the phone number into her address book. 3) ~ (from/off sb) 作弊；抄袭

? He would allow John to copy his answers to very difficult questions. 他会让约翰抄下自己对一些很难的题目的解答。 2. return v.

1) return v.返回，回到（出发地）to come back or go back again Blair will return to London tonight.今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦

She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never returned.她15岁时离开南非就一直没回去。

? We waited for you___ ______. 我们等你回来。 2) return v.归还;退还 to give back to the owner

I enjoyed the book and said so when I returned it. 我喜欢这本书，并且在还书时也这样说了。 ? He _______ two books he had borrowed from me in 2003.他还了我两本2003年借的书。 ? My cousin borrows my things without_______ ______. 我的表弟借了我的东西不还。 3. anymore adv. 副词 （不）再;再也（不）. I couldn't trust him anymore. 我无法再相信他。

She doesn't live here anymore. 她已不在这里住了。

? People are _____ interested in movies ______. 人们不再对电影感兴趣了。 4. although，until，so that 引导的从句

【观察】

（1） I studied until midnight last night so I didn‘t get enough sleep.我昨晚学习到半

夜所以我睡眠不足。

（2） Although she‘s wrong, it's not a big deal.尽管她错了 ，但这也不是什么大

事儿。

（3） He should talk to his friend so that he can say he‘s sorry. 他应该跟朋友谈谈以

便他能向朋友道歉。

【小结】

（1） until prep. conj.

a. until prep. conj. 直至；直到；在?之前(conj. 引导时间状语从句) I waited until it got dark. 我一直等到天黑。

I stayed up until morning./Wait until I call.

b. not until（与否定词连用）直到?之前，直到?为止(conj. 引导时间状语从句) We didn‘t go home until the rain stopped.直到雨停了，我们才回家。

You cannot go outside until you finish your homework. =when you finish your homework you can go outside, but not before then

（2） although conj.尽管，即使（表示让步）

( 引导让步状语从句)

Although we hardly see each other, we're still very good friends. = We're still very good friends although we hardly see each other.

? although 引导让步状语从句其位置可以在主句___ 或_____。 Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active. 尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。

Although [=while, even though] he was hungry, he could not eat.

（3） so that(用于引出原因或目的)为了;以便（引导目的或结果状语从句) I got up early so that I could catch the early bus. 我起得早，以便能赶上早班车 Carry it with both hands so that you don't drop it.为了不弄掉用双手拿。 ? 选择although，until，so that填空

a. Let's get there early ____ we can get good seats.

b. ________ he’s very rich，he spends little on clothes. c. We played _____ it got dark.

d. Keep going _____ I tell you to stop

e. She was saving money ______she could buy a car. f. Once he starts a job he won't stop _____ it's finished.

g. He's the basketball team's best player _______ he's the shortest one on the team 5. 提建议和回答建议的句型

（1） Why don‘t you forge t about it?你为什么不把这件事忘掉呢？ （2） May be you could go to his house.或许你可以去他家。

（3） I guess I could, but I don‘t want to surprise him.我想我可以.但我不想令他惊讶。 【小结】

（1） 提建议的句型

a. Why don‘t you do sth.=Why not do sth.?意为“为什么···不呢？” b. What/ How about doing sth? 表示征求性给出建议，意为“···怎么样/好吗？” c. Let‘s do sth.表示直接提出建议，意为“咱们···” d. You‘d better (not)do sth.意为“你最好（不）做某事” e. Would you like (to do) sth.?意为“你（们）想要···吗？” f. Would you please (not) do sth.?意为“请你···（不）好吗？” （2） 回答建议的方式

a． Good idea./That‘s a good idea./ OK.All right./Great.Yes, please./I‘d love to.No problem.I

agree with you.Sure./Of course./Certainly. b． I don‘t think so./Sorry, I can‘t. / Sorry, but… 【检测反馈】