Yes,Ican.MyparentscareformeandIliketotalkwiththem.Ithinkso.Thoughtheyarguedsometimes,theygetonwellwitheachothermostofthetime.2.Aretherelationsbetweenyourparentsgood?1.Canyougetonwellwithyourfamily?Yes.Ihaveabrother.Wearenotgoodwitheachother.Wealwaysgetintofight.HealwaysrefusestoletmewatchmyfavoriteTVshow.Ialwaystalktomybestfriendandaskherforhelp.4.Whodoyouaskforhelpwhenyouhaveproblems?3.Doyouhaveanybrothersorsisters?Canyougetonwellwithhim/her?getonwithrelationn.communcationarguev.cloudn.elderadj.insteadadv.whateverpron.和睦相处;关系良好关系;联系;交往n.交流;沟通争吵;争论云;云朵年纪较长的代替;反而;却任何;每一Newwordsnervousadj.offerv.properadj.secondlyadv.communicatev.explainvclearadj.焦虑的;担忧的主动提出;自愿给予正确的;恰当的第二;其次交流;沟通解释;说明清楚易懂的;晴朗的3aTask1.Readthearticlequicklyandanswerthequestions.Hecan’tgetonwithhisfamily.Healwaysfeelslonelyandnervous.2.Howdoeshefeelathome?1.What’sSadandThirteen’sproblem?3a.LookatthislettertoamagazineandthereplyfromRobertHunt,aschoolcounselor.Completethechart.DearMr.Hunt,MyproblemisthatIcan’tgetonwithmyfamily.Relationsbetweenmyparentshavebecomedifficult.Theyfightalot,andIreallydon’tlikeit.Itstheonlycommunicationtheyhave.Idon’tknowifIshouldsayanythingtothemaboutthis.Whentheyargue,it’slikeabig,blackcloudhangingoverourhome.Also,myelderbrotherisnotverynicetome.HealwaysrefusestoletmewatchmyfavoriteTVshow.Insteadhewatcheswhateverhewantsuntillateatnight.Idon’tthinkthisisfair.AthomeIalwaysfeellonelyandnervous.Isthatnormal?WhatcanIdo?SadandThirteenDearSadandThirteen,It’snoteasybeingyourage,andit’snormaltohavethesefeelings.Whydon’tyoutalkaboutthesefeelingswithyourfamily?Ifyourparentsarehavingproblems,youshouldoffertohelp.Maybeyoucoulddomorejobsaroundthehousesothattheyhavemoretimeforpropercommunication.Secondly,whydon’tyousitdownandcommunicatewithyourbrother?Youshouldexplainthatyoudon’tmindhimwatchingTVallthetime.However,heshouldletyouwatchyourfavoriteshow.Ihopethingswillbebetterforyousoon.RobertHuntProblemsAdviceHisparentsfightalot,hereallydoesn’tlikeit.Talkaboutthefeelingswithhisfamily.Domorejobsaroundthehouse.Hisbrotherisn’tnicetohim.HerefusestolethimwatchhisfavoriteTVshow.Sitdownandcommunicatewithhisbrother.Task2Completethechart.Task3Fillintheblanks.1.SadandThirteenhassome_________.Hecan’t____________hisfamily.Hisparents_____alot.It’stheonly______________theyhave.Whenthey_____,it’slikeabigblackcloud____________theirhome.Hedoesn’tlikeit.getonwithproblemsarguefightcommunicationhangingoverHisbrotheralwayswatcheswhateverhewantsuntilmidnight.He_______tolethimwatchhisfavoriteTVshow.SoHealwaysfeels______and________athome.refuseslonelynervous2.RobertHuntthinksSadandThirteenshould__________thesefeelingstohisfamily.Heshould_____tohelp.offertalkaboutMaybehe______________jobsaroundthehousesothattheyhavemoretime_______________________.Second,hecouldsitdownand________________hisbrother.Hecould________thathe__________himwatchingTVallthetime,however,heshouldlethimwatchhis_____________.don’tmindcoulddomoreforpropercommunicationcommunicatewithexplainfavoriteshow1.MyproblemisthatIcan’tgetonwithmyfamily.getonwith和睦相处;关系良好相当于getalongwith。e.g.Thechilddoesn’tgetonwellwithothers.那个小孩不合群。2.Insteadhewatcheswhateverhewantsuntillateatnight.1)insteadadv.代替;反而;却e.g.Ifwecan’tgotoHuashanMountain,we’llgotothecityofXi’anforthetrip.如果我们不能去爬华山,我们就去西安游玩。instead是副词,常置于句子末尾。insteadof是介词短语,后接名词、代词、动名词等。例如:LastsummerIwenttoQingdao.ThissummerI’mgoingtoDalianinstead.去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大连。InsteadofgoingtoQingdaoI’mgoingtoDalianthisyear.今年我打算去大连,而不去青岛。2)whateverpron.任何;无论什么相当于nomatterwhate.g.WhateverIsuggest,healwaysdisagrees.无论我提什么建议,他都不同意。3.Ifyourparentsarehavingproblems,youshouldoffertohelp.offerv.主动提出;自愿给予offer侧重主动或愿意给予,主动提出做某事。常用结构:offersb.sth.或offertodosth.e.g.Sheofferedmeacupoftea.她给我端了杯茶。Heofferedtogoinsteadofme.他主动提出代替我去。e.g.LiMeicaneasilycommunicatewithforeignersinEnglish.李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。4.Secondly,whydon’tyousitdownandcommunicatewithyourbrother?1)communicatev.交流;沟通communicatewithsb.与某人交流辨析:second和secondlysecond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:2)secondlyadv.第二;其次First,it’sveryexpensive.Secondly,it’sugly.首先,它很贵。其次,它很难看。TheseconddayofaweekisMonday.一周的第二天是星期一。5.Canyouexplaintomehowtodothismathproblem?explainv.解释;说明1.explain+that/what/why等从句2.explainsth.(tosb.)(向某人)解释某事e.g.Canyouexplainwhatthismeans?你能解释一下这个的意思吗?Pleaseexplainittome.请你向我解释一下吧。DoyouagreeordisagreewithMr.Hunt’sadvice?Why?1.Iagreewithhisadvice.Becausemorecommunicationcanmakefamilymembersunderstandeachotherbetterandknowaboutthefeelingstheyhave.3b2.Idon’tagreewithhisadvice.Idon’tthinktheirparentsshouldfightanymore.Theyshouldcaremoreabouttheirchildrenandspendmoretimewiththem.Whichwordsorphrasesinthelettershavethesameorsimilarmeaningsasthefollowing?Writeasentenceusingeachwordorphrase.makesth.clear—explainCanyouexplaintomehowtodothismathproblem?talk—__________________________________________________________________________________communicateThetwofriendshasn’tcommunicatedwitheachotherfortwoyears.3cworried—_____________________________________________________________________________getalongwith—