Unit 2 What should I do? Section B (3a – Self check)

When you have some problems, who will you ask for help?

Who do you usually go to for help?

Everyone in my class was invited to my friend’s birthday party except me.

I don’t know why. Did you experience such things before? How did you do?

Read the letter to a newspaper advice column. Try to underline the problems and translate them into Chinese.

Dear Mary, I have a problem, and I need your help. I always thought I was popular at school. But I just found out that my friends were planning a birthday party for my best friend, and they didn’t invite me. 但我发现我的朋友们正在为我的最好的朋友计 划开生日 Party 。

Everyone else in my class was invited except me, and I don’t know why. I can’t think what I did wrong. I’m very upset and don’t know what to do. What do you think? Can you help me? Yours, Lonely Kid 我们班除了我之外所有的人都被邀请了。 我想不出我什么地方做错了。

1. __ The author is popular at school. 2. __ The author’s friends were planning a birthday party for his best friend. 3. __ Everyone in the class was invited. 4. __ The author exactly know where the problem was. 5. __ The author felt unhappy. True or False T F F F T

Your advice for “Lonely Kid”: —You could _____________________. — You should ____________________. — Why don’t you _____________?

Dear Lonely Kid, There are a lot of things you could do. You could _______________________________________ Or maybe you_____________________________ _________________________________________ Good luck! Yours Mary call your best friend and talk about it with him buy some birthday gifts and go to the party that day. I think that will surprise him.

tell sb. to do sth. 告诉某人做某事 Mother told me to have healthy food to keep fit. tell sb. not to do sth. The teacher tells us not to talk in class.

except = but 除 …… 之外（不包括在内） besides 除 …… 之外（包括在内） All the students went to the park except him. Lucy and Lily will come to the party besides me.

Exercise 1. All the students go to park, _____ John. 除了约翰以外，所有的学生都去公园了。 （约翰没去） 2. All the students go to park, ______ John. 除 了约翰以外，所有的学生都去公园了。 （约翰也去了） 3. We go to school every day ______ Sunday. 除了星期日，我们每天都上学。（星期日 不上） 4. We go to school every day _______ Sunday. 除了星期日，我们每天都上学。 ( 星期日也 要上 ) except besides except besides

【 2012 广西玉林】 Don’t waste water. Water is very important and no one can live __________it. A. without B. with C. except D. besides A

find out = learned 了解到；找出 ; 查明 —— 强 调寻找后的结果 The police found out the murderer. 警方搜寻到了杀人犯。 Please find out when the train starts. 请查一下火车什么时候开。

find 找到找到, 发现, 感到, 查明, 得到 -—— 用在句子中强调的是找的过程 find a solution 发现解决办法 find the product of two numbers 发现两个数 的结果 find that it doesn’t really matter 发现无关紧 要

What’s wrong with you? What should you do? Suppose you are the person in the pictures. Try to answer the questions below. Group Work

lose your way in the city

isolated by classmates

come across a beggar

want to buy the toy but have no money at hand

Fill in the blanks with the words given. Then make your own sentences with the words. talk find out call up argue say

1. Let’s ________ Joe and invite him to play tennis. 2. You should _______ about your problem with your parents. 3. My friend is angry with me. what should I ______ to him? 4. I don’t want to _______. Let’s forget it. 5. I thought I failed my test but I just _______ I passed! call up talk say argue found out

2 Read the letter to Aunt Chen’s advice column and then write some advice. Dear Aunt Chen, My cousin is the same age as me. She ’s really nice and we get well.but she always borrows my things.Last week,she borrowed my math book and didn’t return it. So I couldn’t do my homework.I don’t want to have a fight with my cousin, because she ’s my best friend. I don’t know what to do.Could you please give me some advice? Yours, Looking for help

Dear Looking for help, There are lots of things you could do. First, you could tell her that you need to read the math book yourself and you’ll study for the coming math test. If she still doesn’t return it to you, you could talk about it with her and let her know she should return things in time ( 及时）.It’s not good to argue with her. It’s bad for your friendship. Good luck! Yours Aunt Chen

Fill in the blanks. 1. These clothes are _______ ( 新颖的 ). 2. My bike is ____________ ( 和 …. 一样 ) hers. 3. Her haircut is _________( 流行的 ). 4. I like ___________( 便宜的 ) clothes. 5. This picture is ________( 鲜艳的 ). 6. My friend has ______(nice) clothes than I do. original the same as in style inexpensive colorful nicer

7. You should tell your friend _______ (get) different clothes. 8. I think friends shouldn’t _____ ( 穿 ) the same clothes. 9. Her clothes are _____________( 新颖的 ) than mine. 10. I think his clothes are ________________ ( 最新颖的 ) n the class. to get wear more original the most original

Choose the best answer. 1.My parents want me ______ at home every night. A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. staies 2.Anna is my best friend, but we often argue ____ each other. A. with B. about C. at D. and 3. I don’t have any money with me. He doesn’t, _____. A. either B. too C. also D. but C A A

4.My friends, Lucy and Lily, often ____ the same clothes. A. wear B. wears C. put on D. puts on 5.I don’t know which school I should go to. Could you give me ____ advice? A. some B. any C. many D. a lot 6. My friend is angry with me. What should I ___ to him? A. say B. speak C. argue D. talk 7. Please show me the ticket ____ the concert. A. of B. for C. to D. on A A A C

8. I need to get some money to ___ the summer camp. A. pay on B. pay in C. pay with D. pay for 9. He doesn’t want to talk with his mother ____ the phone. A. in B. of C. on D. with May I ____ your Chinese-English dictionary? --- Sure, here it is. A. borrow B. lend C. keep D. borrow from D C A

Write your own opinions based on the questions.