Teenage Problems

your parents/teachers your close friends

They’ll offer you some suggestions. They will support you if you have difficulty.

青少年辅导员 Sigmund Friend

Now Millie has a problem, and she doesn’t know how to deal with it. So she wrote a letter to Sigmund Friend to ask for help. Let’s listen to the tape and then answer these following questions.

1. What problem does Millie have? She has a lot of homework every day and often stays up late to complete it. 2. Why does Millie accept to do so much work although she does not want to? She understands that it is important to do her homework and hand it in on time. 3. Does Millie have any hobbies? What are they? Yes. Playing volleyball and ping-pong.

Sigmund Friend wants to help Millie and he kept a record of Millie. Read the letter from Millie to Sigmund Friend to find out what Millie’s problem is.

What’s Millie’s problem?

do not know how to deal with the problem a lot of homework stay up late to complete it hardly have any spare time for my hobbies doubt whether it is worth working so hard look forward to a holiday without homework offer me some suggestions be of great value to me Millie’s problem

Can you give Millie some advice? I would advise Millie to …..

Plan her day carefully Choose one hobby to do each day Give up her hobbies Spend a whole day playing volleyball Go to bed early without completing homework Relax herself and get a balance between her hobbies and study

She hopes to hear from him soon. get a letter from /receive a letter from Millie wants Sigmund Friend to offer her some useful advice.

Page47 1. offer 2. choice 3. complete 4. hobbies 5. volleyball 6. worth

More key sentences

1. I understand that it is important to do my homework and hand it in on time. hand in hand sth. in (to sb.) 上交某物 ( 给某人） Please hand in your papers now. 现在请上交你们的试卷。 hand out 分发 on time 按时，准时 You have to return home on time. She gets up on time every day. in time 及时

2. Can you offer me some suggestions? ＝ Can you offer some suggestions to me? suggestion(s) n. 建议或提议的内容 suggest （ v. ） 近义词： advice (n.) 劝告，建议 advise (v.) offer v. 主动提出, 提供 offer sb. sth. / offer sth. to sb. 为某人提供某物 He offered her a glass of water. 他给她倒了一杯水． offer to do sth 主动提出做某事 I offered to teach him how to drive. 我主动教他如何开车．

3. I often doubt whether it is worth working so hard. doubt 表示 “ 怀疑 ”, 在肯定句中, 一般后面接 if/whether 引导的从句；在否定句和疑问句中 接 that 引导的从句。 We doubt whether/if David told us the truth. I never doubt that Amy has the ability to be a good monitor. Do you doubt that she will succeed? be worth sth/doing sth 值 ……/ 值得去做 …… Our house is worth about 100,000 yuan. The Summer Palace is worth a visit /visiting ． The book is worth reading.

4.They will be of great value to me. 他们（这些建议）对我会很有价值。 value ( n.) 价值，重要性 Do you know the value of the house? 你知道这房子的价值吗？ be of value to sb =be valuable to sb be of + 抽象名词＝ be + 该抽象名词相对应的形容词 类似的用法还有： be of importance =be important be of interest=be interesting (great) (very)

Filling the blanks Millie is a Grade N___ student. She has lots of h. Playing volleyball and ping-pong are her favourite. But she finds that she spends so much time d her homework. She wants to r_____to do so much work sometimes,but usually just a_____ it, and she can’t find any time f her hobbies. She can’t d_____what to do with the problem. She asks the y____worker to o___ her some a_____. She thinks they will be of great v____ to her. obbies ine oing efuse ccepts or ecide outhffer dvice alue

More exercises: 用适当的介词填空 1.Millie has a problem, and she doesn’t know how to deal ____it. 2.The meeting is ___great importance / very important ___me. 3.I’m looking forward ___his coming back. 4.We students should hand in homework ___time. 5.They have to stay ___late to prepare ____the exam. 6.Simon hardly has any spare time ____his hobby. 7. How often do you hear ______your penfriend? Once a week. with ofto on up for from

1. Read and recite Reading. 2.Write a letter to Sigmund Friend to tell him about your problems.

A creative idea…

However, I hardly have any spare time for my hobbies such as playing volleyball and ping-pong. I really feel bad about that. hardly adv. 几乎不 He hardly goes to bed before midnight. 他很少在午夜前就寝。 There’s hardly any money left. 几乎没有钱了。

I am looking forward to a holiday without homework so that I can relax and have some time for my hobbies. a holiday without homework 一个没有作业 的假期 relax ( v.)-relaxed(adj.)-relaxing(adj.) We felt relaxed after seeing the relaxing film.

I have a lot of homework every day, and I have no choice but to do it. I often stay up late to complete the exercises, and then feel tired the next day. have no choice but to do 别无选择, 只能 The little girl had no choice but to ask for her mother’s help. 这个小女孩别无选择只有去请求妈妈的帮助。 choice(n.) –choose(v.) –chose-chosen stay up 熬夜 complete (v./adj.)-completely(adv.) stay up late to do 熬夜做某事 You are completely wrong. 你完全弄错了。