Project Writing an advice letter.ppt

* Project Writing an advice letter Jian Hu Foreign Language School English Preparation Group in Senior High 1.Have you ever become upset with your parents over small problems? 2.If your friends had the same problem, what would you do for them? Would you give them some advice? Lead-in Reading 1.Read the first letter by the father and answer the following questions: 1）Why does the father write the letter? 2）What is the father worrying about? To ask for some help so as to help his son. His son may fail at school or worse. 3) What does the father think about his son? His son disobeys everything his parents ask him to do; he is rude to them; he refuses to spend time with them, he refuses to do his home work; he spends too much time watching DVDs, listening to foreign music, chatting in Internet cafes, playing games and surfing the Internet. 2.Read the second letter by the son and answer the following questions: 1. Why does the son write the letter? To be helped with some problems he has at home. 2. How does he feel about his father? He loves his father a lot. He hopes his father can understand him better and respect the things he wants to do. 3. What are his problems? His father does not listen to him when he wants to do something or suggests an idea; he shouts at him when he tries to talk to him; when he refuses to listen to his father, his father tells his mother and they fight like crazy; his parents always make him do things he doesn’t like; they call him selfish and unloving when he wants to be alone; his father gets very angry when he plays foreign music; he sends him to bed or tells him to study when he watches a DVD; he forbids him from meeting his friends at the Internet café. Language Focus 1. as though= as if ①用在look, smell, taste, sound, walk后面，议论可能、真实的事情。如： It looks as if it is going to rain. ②用虚拟语气, 如：