Section A 3a-3c

Read the article again and fill in the blanks. 1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. problems He can’t ____________ get on with his family. His parents _____ fight a lot. It’s the only ______________ communication they have. When they _____, argue it’s like a big black cloud ____________ hanging over their home. He doesn’t like it.
3a Read the article quickly and
answer the questions. 1. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s problem? He can’t get on with his family. 2. How does he feel at home? He always feels lonely and nervous.
5. Can you explain to me how to do this math problem? explain v. 解释；说明 1. explain + that / what/ why等从句 2. explain sth. (to sb.)（向某人）解释某事 e.g. Can you explain what this means? 你能解释一下这个的意思吗？ Please explain it to me. 请你向我解释一下吧。
2. Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should __________ talk about these feelings to his family. He should _____ offer to help.
Maybe he ______________ could do more jobs around the house so that they have more time _______________________. for proper communication Second, he could sit down and ________________ communicate with his brother. He could ________ explain that he __________ don’t mind him watching TV all the time, however, he should let him watch his _____________. favorite show
not allow — _______ refuse ___________________________________ The workers refused to work on ___________________________________ weekends. worried — ________ nervous __________________________________ He was very nervous during his first ___________________________________ job interview. get along with — ______________ get on with Linda can’t get on well with her elder ___________________________________ sister. ___________________________________
3c
Which words or phrases in the letters have the same or similar meanings as the following? Write a sentence using each word or phrase.
make sth. clear — explain Can you explain to me how to do this math problem? talk — _____________ communicate __________________________________ The two friends hasn’t communicated ___________________________________ with each other for two years.
instead是副词，常置于句子末尾。
instead of是介词短语，后接名词、代词、动名词等。
Last summer I went to Qingdao. This summer I’m going to Dalian instead. 去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大连。 This year, I’m going to Dalian instead of going to Qingdao. 今年我打算去大连，而不去青岛。
Read the article again and fill in the chart.
Problems His parents fight a lot, he really doesn’t like it. His brother isn’t nice to him. He refuses to let him watch his favorite TV show.
Do you agree or disagree with 3b Mr. Hunt’s advice? Why? 1. I agree with his advice. Because more communication can make family members understand each other better and know about the feelings they have.
1. Can you get on well with your family? Yes, I can. My parents care for me and I like to talk with them.
2. Are the relations between your parents good? I think so. Though they argued sometimes, they get on well with each other most of the time.
refuse to do sth.
elder 年纪较长的 年龄长幼 只能做定语 older 较老的 可指人，也可指物 做定语或表语 eg：My elder brother is 1 year older than me.
2. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night. 1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却 e.g. If we can’t go to Huashan Mountain, we’ll go to the city of Xi’an for the trip instead. 如果我们不能去爬华山，我们就去西安游玩。
一、选词填空。
instead argue nervous proper explain
1. My cousin is _______ nervous in front of strangers. 2. He could not come up with a proper _____ answer. 3. The TV shows are boring. Why not play instead cards _______? argue with you. It’s 4. I don’t want to _______ waste of time. explain to her how to use a 5. Please _______ computer.
e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate with foreigners in English. 李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。
2) secondly adv. 第二；其次 辨析： second和secondly
second用作序数词或形容词， 意为 “第二”，常修饰名词。 secondly是副词，意为“其次，第二”， 常用来修饰整个句子。如： First, it’s very expensive. Secondly, it’s ugly. 首先，它很贵。其次，它很难看 。 The second day of a week is Monday. 一周的第二天是星期一。
2. I don’t agree with his advice. I don’t think their parents should fight any more. They should care more about their children and spend more time with them.
e.g. She offered me a cup of tea. 她给我端了杯茶。 He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。
4. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother? 1) communicate v. 交流；沟通 communicate with sb. 与某人交流
His brother always watches whatever he wants until midnight. He _______ to let refuses him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at lonely nervous home.