英语八年级下册Section A教案及反思

Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?

Section A (1a~2d)

教学目标

【知识与技能】

掌握以下知识：

(1) 能掌握以下单词：allow, wrong, guess, deal, work out 

能掌握以下句型：① —What’s wrong? —I’m really tried because I studied until midnight last night.

② You could give him a ticket to a ball game.

③ I think you should ask your parents for some money.

④ Why don’t you talk to him about it?

【情感、态度与价值观】

培养学生良好的合作意识，鼓励学生大胆表达自己的想法和意愿。正确认识生活中的一些困难，能采用正确的方式解决生活中的问题。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

1) Talk about the problems.

2) Learn the new language points.  

【教学难点】

能根据对方所提出的问题，给出一些合理的建议。 学会表达建议的一些方式。

教学准备

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教学过程

Step 1 Objectives

To learn to talk about problems

too much…, too many…, have to, don’t allow …to do, get into a fight with…

To learn to give advice.       Why don’t you…?    You should …

You could …

Step 2 Warming up

1. 导入学生们平时在学校和生活中存在的问题。

T: What’s the matter/ What’s wrong?

S: He has too much homework to do.  

T: Do he like to do it?

S1：No, he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t have any free time to do things he likes. 

…

Step 3 Talking

1. Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not? Ss discuss with their partners and give some advice.

   ① I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.  

   ② I have too much homework so I don’t have any free time to do things I like. 

   ③ My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.

   ④ I have too many after-school classes.  

⑤ I got into a fight with my best friend.

Step 4 Listening

1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in 1a again. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences. What problems are they talking about?

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a.

3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss.

Step 5 Pair work

1. Let Ss read the conversation in the box.  

2. Use the information in 1a to make other conversations.

3. Let some pairs act out their conversations.   

e.g.  A: What’s wrong?  

B: I’m really tied because I studied until midnight last night.

A: Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?  

4. Language points

1) allow v.  允许；准许

allow sb. (not) to do sth. (不)允许某人做某事 

e.g. My parents don’t allow me to stay up late.  我父母不允许我熬夜。

       Mr. Smith allowed Mike to drive there. 史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。

2) wrong adj. 错误的；不对的  = not right

e.g. Some words on the advertisement are wrong.  广告上的一些字错了。

Step 6 Listening 

Work on 2a: 

T: Peter has some problems. What advice does his friend give him? Fill in the blanks with could or should. 

1. Let Ss read the sentences in 2a.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and write the words in the blank.

3. Play the recording again to check the answers. 

Work on 2b:

1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know the meaning of each sentence.

2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the letters (a-e) next to the advice in 2a. 

3. Play the recording again to check the answers.

Answers:  1. d  2. e  3. a  4. c  5. b 

Exercise:

Listen again. Fill in the blanks.

Boy 2 had a ______ with his best friend. He could ______ him a letter. But he isn’t good at writing letters. He ______ call him ____, but he doesn’t want to talk about it on the ______. He ______ talk to him so that he can say he’s sorry but it’s not ____. He ______go to his house but he doesn’t want to _______ him. He could take him to the _____________, but he doesn’t want to wait that long.

Step 7 Pair work 

1. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. 

2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first. 

3. e.g. A: What’s the matter, Peter?  

     B: I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?  

     A: Well, you should call him so that you can say you’re sorry.

     B: But I don’t want to talk about it on the phone. 

4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations. 

Step 8 Role-play

1. Ss read the conversations and try to understand the meaning.

2. Read the conversation after the teacher.

3. Answer the questions.

1) How does Kim feel about her sister after her sister gave back the things?

2) Does Dave think it is all right for Kim’s sister to take away Kim’s things? How do you know?

3) Does Dave think the two sisters have a serious problem? How do you know?

4) What does Dave mean by saying “Hope things work out”?

4. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.

5. Explain some new words and main points in the conversation.

(1) I guess you could tell her to say sorry.

guess  v. 猜测；估计     e.g. Let us guess the height of the building.让我们来猜一下这个建筑物的高度。 

(2) Although she’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.

big deal是英语中的一个固定搭配，表示 “重要的事情或状况”，多用于非正式交流。作否定用法时，常说It’s not a big deal或It’s no big deal.表示说话人并不认为某事有什么了不起。

e.g. There’s a soccer game on TV this evening but I don’t have to watch it. It’s no big deal. 今天晚上电视上有一场足球赛，但我不一定要看。没什么大不了的。

     It’s a big deal, David, bigger than you know.

这事挺重要的，戴维，比你所知道的要重要。

What’s the big deal? It’s only a birthday, not the end of the world.

有什么了不起的？这不过是个生日，又不是世界某日。

(3) Hope things work out

希望事情会好起来。

这是一种常见的表达法，表示某些不如人意的事情会随时间的推移逐渐有所改观。

work out   解决（问题）；算出

e.g. Mike worked out the difficult problem by himself. 迈克自己算出了那道难题。

Is it possible to work out the problem? 有可能解决这个问题吗？

Step 9 Summary

本课小结

too much 太多                            too many 太多

allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事          hang out with sb. 和某人闲逛 

after-school classes 课外补习班              get into a fight参与 / 卷入打架中

have a fight with ... 与……打架              look through 快速查看；浏览

give sth. back 归还某物                    find sb. doing sth. 发现某人在做某事

be angry with sb. 生某人的气               big deal 重要的事 

write letters 写信              work out 成功地发展；解决

如何用英语表达建议

◆ Why not / Why don’t you do sth.?  你为什么不做某事呢？

◆ What / How about doing sth.? 做某事怎么样？

◆ Let’s do sth.让我们做某事吧

◆ You should do sth. 你应该做某事

◆ You could do sth. 你可以做某事

Step 10 Exercises

Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示，补全所缺单词。

1. My parents don’t a______ me to go out at night.

2. —What’s w______ with Jack?

—He has a sore throat.

3. —Mom, my little sister broke my cup.

—It’s not a big d______. I will buy you a new one.

4. —G______ what I did last Sunday.

—You went camping, right?

Ⅱ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空。

work out, get into a fight, too much, so that, look through, give back

1. Mom, you put ________________ salt in the soup. It isn’t delicious.

2. I hope all the things will ________________ well.

3. Let’s walk quickly ________________ we can get there on time.

4. —Must I ________________ your bike next Monday, Bill?

—Yes. I will use it.

5. You shouldn’t ________________ with Bob. After all (毕竟), he is your best friend.

6. Peter turned on the computer and started to ________________ his e-mails.

Ⅲ. 根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。

A: Hey, Mona! You look unhappy. (1)________

B: My brother Jim lost my book.

A: Oh. Did he say sorry to you?

B: Yes, he did. (2)________

A: Did you finish reading the book?

B: No, I didn’t. (3)________

A: You could talk about it with your parents. Maybe they’ll buy you a new one.

B: That’s a good idea.

A: And don’t be angry with Jim again. (4)________

B: You’re right. (5)________

A: No problem.

A. But I’m still angry with him.

B. Thank you for your advice.

C. Although he’s wrong, it’s not a big deal.

D. You should go to the doctor.

E. What happened?

F. What did your brother do?

G. What should I do?

Keys:

Ⅰ. 1. allow  2. wrong  3. deal  4. Guess

Ⅱ. 1. too much  2. work out  3. so that   4. give back  5. get into a fight   6. look through

Ⅲ. 1-5 EAGCB

课堂作业

Write three conversations about your problems and your friends’ suggestions.

A: I have too many after-school classes. What could I do?

B: You could …

教学反思