Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
学习要点
学习积累本单元重点词汇及短语；
学习掌握本单元句型：1.Why don’t you+V. ...?等提出建议的句型及常用的答语；
精讲精练
1. Why don’t you talk to your parents? 你为什么不和你打父母谈谈呢？
【解析】Why don't you do sth ?= Why not do sth? 为什么不......呢？
【拓展】用于提建议的句型有：
与……争吵用英语怎么说，(1) What about doing sth ?=How about doing sth? ….怎么样？
(2) Why don’t you do sth?= Why not do sth? 为什么不呢？
(3) Let’s do sth.让我们一起做某事吧。
(4) Shall we/I do sth?我们做…好吗？
(5) had better do/not do sth 最好做/不做某事
(6) Will/Would you please do sth 请你做…好吗？
(7) Would you like to do sth? 你想去做某事吗？
(8) Would you mind doing sth？你介意做某事吗？
【回答】
(1). 同意对方的建议时，一般用：
◆ Good idea./ That’s good idea. 好主意
◆OK/ All right./ Great 好/ 行/太好了
◆ Yes，please ./ I’d love to 是的/ 我愿意
◆ I agree with you 我同意你的看法
◆ No problem 没问题
◆Sure/ Of course/ Certainly 当然可以
◆Yes，I think so 对，我也这样想
(2).对对方的帮助或要求表示委婉谢绝时，一般用：
◆ I don’t think so 我认为不是这样
与。相同 the same as 或 be similar to (楼上的不对，similar 跟 with 好像没有的吧)与。争吵 argue with sb 或 quarrel with sb
◆Sorry，I can’t 对不起，我不能
◆I’d love to，but…
◆ I’m afraid…我愿意，但恐怕……
2. I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
我要学的太多，因此我睡眠不足。
【解析】
(1)too many + 复数名词 许多 too many people
(2)too much +不可数名词 许多 too much homework
(3)much too +形容词 太… much too cold
3. My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
我的父母不允许我和我的朋友们出去闲逛。
【解析】allow sb. to do sth 允许某人做某事
【拓展】allow与let的辨析：
allow指“允许”，表示“默许，听任，不加阻止”。
allow sb to do sth允许某人做某事。
Let指“让”，let sb do sth让某人做某事，语意较弱，多用于口语中，let不能用于被动语态。
4. What’s wrong? 怎么啦？
【解析】What’s wrong( with sb./ sth) （某人/物） 怎么了？
5. I’m really tried because I studied until midnight last night.
我真的很累，因为我昨天晚上一直学习到半夜。
【解析】until 直到......时（时间状语）
6. Why don’t you go to sleep earlier this evening?
今天晚上你为什么不早点睡觉呢？
【解析】go to sleep 去睡觉 (强调“入睡，睡着”这一动作）
7. You look sad，Kim. 金，你看起来很伤心。
【解析】look 看起来 （系动词，后跟形容词作宾语）
【拓展】：系动词：后跟adj. 作表语
一是：（be） am /is /are be quiet=keep quiet 保持安静
二保持：stay/keep （表示持续状态） stay healthy=keep healthy 保持健康
三变化：become/get/turn （表示状态变化）
五起来：sound/look/smell/taste/feel （表示感觉）
争吵，因意见不合大声争辩，互不相让。下面就由我为大家带来关于争吵的英语短语集锦，希望大家能有所收获。关于争吵的相关短语 争吵 fall out 小争吵pillow fight 一次争吵 A quarrel 停止争吵stop quarreling 没有争吵 there。
8. You ____ call him up. 你____ 给他打电话。
【解析】call up (v + adv) call on 拜访；号召
I call up my parents every Sunday.
9.Well，I found my sister looking through my things yesterday.
哦，昨天我发现我妹妹翻了我的东西。
【解析1】find sb. doing sth 发现某人正在做某事
Mr. Wang found Li Dong reading a storybook in the class.
类似动词：hear，watch，see，feel
【解析2】look through 浏览
【拓展】与look相关的短语：
look for 寻找 look after=take care of照看
look like看起来像 look the same看起来一样
look over检查，复习 look through温习，检查
look out小心，从里向外看 look up向上看，查单词
look around环视 look forward to期望
10. Yes，but I’m still angry with her. 是的，但是我仍然很生她的气。
【解析】be angry with sb. 生某人的气
【拓展】angry adj. 生气的→ angrily adv. 生气地
(1)be angry with sb. =be mad at sb. 对某人生气【with后接人】
(2)be angry at/about sth对某事感到生气 【at后接事】
(3)be angry to do sth 做某事感到生气
mad 气愤的；疯狂的
11.Although she’s wrong，It’s not a big deal.
尽管她错了，但也不是什么大错。
【解析1】although= though 尽管 ，用来引导让步状语从句。
【注】though / although 不能与but连用
【拓展】although/however辨析
⑴although conj，“虽然；即使；纵然”，引导让步状语从句时，放在主句前后都可。
Although he is very old，yet he is quite strong.他虽然年纪大了，但身体还很健壮。
⑵ however adv，在句中作插入语，起一个连词的作用，一般用逗号与句子分开，可以放在句首或句中，意为“然而，尽管如此”。
It’s raining hard，However，I think we should go out.
雨下的很大。尽管如此，我认为我们还应该出去。
【解析2】It’s not a big deal. 没什么大不了；不是什么大事（常用于口语中）
12. Hope things work out. 希望事情顺利解决。
【解析1】hope v 希望
hope to do sth I hope to visit Guilin.
hope + that 从句 （表示希望） I hope that you’ll be better soon
【解析2】work out 解决；成功地发展，后跟fine，well，badly等词，表明产生的结果如何。
14.When they argue，it’s like a big，black cloud hanging over our home.
和某人争吵 [网络] Quarrel with sb.;与某人争吵 have a fight with sb.quarrel with sb have words with sb.argue with sb have an argument with sb.
当他们争吵的时候，就像有一大团乌云笼罩在我们家。
【解析1】argue 争吵
argument n 争论
have an argument with sb.与某人辩论
argue with sb. 与某人争吵
argue with sb. about sth 为某事与某人争吵
argue about sth 争论某事
【2013辽宁】11. —He looks unhappy today. —Let’s .
A. cheer him up B. help out him
C. look him after D. argue with him
【解析2】 hang over 挂在......之上； 悬浮在......之上
hang out 闲逛；常去某处
He likes reading and he often hangs out in the bookshop.
hang on to 紧紧抓住
You’d better hang on to me in the crowd.
hang up 挂电话；悬挂
After she finished her conversation
15.Also，my elder brother is not very nice to me.
【解析】elder adj.年纪较长的
His elder brother is ill.
elder
用来表示兄弟姐妹及子女之间的长幼关系，常用作定语
older
泛指新旧、老幼或年龄的大小关系；可以用作表语，是old的比较级形式。
【填空】 My ______brother is 7 years older than my younger sister.
【解析2】 be nice to sb. 对某人友好
be friendly to sb.
be good to sb.
argue with 与争吵 ; 争吵 ; 与某人议论 ; 争辩 词语辨析 argue, reason, discuss, dispute, debate, quarrel 这组词都有“辩论，争论，说理”的意思，其区别是：argue 指提出理由或证据为自己或自己一方的看法或立场辩护。
16.He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show.
他总是拒绝让我看我最喜欢的电视节目。
【解析】refuse =say no to v拒绝
refuse to do sth拒绝去做某事
填空题 ①The boy refused __________(go) to see his father with us.
17.Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night.
相反，他却想看什么酒看什么， 一直到深夜。
【解析1】 instead 代替，反而，替
(1) instead 副词，代替，常放在句首或句尾，表示前面的事情没做，而做了后面的事情。
Lee was ill so I went instead.李病了，所以我去了。
(2) instead of +n/doing 代替，而不是，放在句中
instead of 为 介词短语，后面一般接名词、代词、介词短语或动名词形式。
She wrote to him instead of calling him
=She didn’t call him. She wrote to him instead.
她没有给他打电话，而是给他写了封信。
A. instead B. instead of C. because of D. because
【解析2】 whatever = no matter what 任何，每一
【2013甘肃兰州】_________ happens，I won’t change my mind.(无论什么）
18.If your parents are having problems，you should offer to help.
如果你的父母有问题，你应该主动提供帮助。
【解析】 offer to do sth 主动提出做某事
【拓展】offer v 主动给予
(1) offer to do sth 主动提出做某事
(2)offer sb. sth= offer sth to sb. 主动提供给某人某物
19.Secondly，why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother?
其次，你为什么不能坐下来和你的哥哥交流一下呢？
【解析1】secondly adv.第二；其次
举报 非州丁二皇 argue with *** quarrel with aer 举报 “做某事有多困难”英语翻译（多种） “与某人争吵”翻译（2种） have difficulty doing sth have trouble doing sth have problem doing sth do sth with 。
【解析2】communicate v交流 communication n 交流；沟通
communicate with sb. 和某人交流
They communicate with each other by QQ.
20.You should explain that you don’t mind him watching TV all the time.
你应该跟他解释说你并不介意他一直看电视。
【解析】explain 解释；说明 → explanation n 解释；说明
explain sth to sb. 向某人解释某事。
explain to sb sth给某人解释某事
classroom
21. I’m worried about my school grades. 我很胆小我的学习成绩。
【解析】 be worried about sth. 担心某事
【拓展】worry v 担心 → worried adj. 焦急的
worry about = be worried about 为……担心
22.My cousin borrows my things without returning them.
我堂弟借我东西没有还我。
【解析】return v. 归还 = give back
return ... to ... = give back to ... 把......还给......
v. 回来；返回 = come back
【2012】He borrowed my iphone 4 and didn’t ____(归还） it to me.
23. My parents give me a lot of presure about school.
我父母在学习上给了我很多压力。
【解析】press v 按；压 →pressure压力
⑴不可数名词 （物理学）压力
air pressure 气压 blood pressure 血压
⑵不可数名词 还可指精神上、外界施加的压力 = stress
under pressure 在压力下
24. I have to compete with my classmates at school.
在学校我不得不和我的同学们竞争。
【解析】compete v竞争；对抗 → competition n 竞争
compete with sb. 和某人竞争
compete against/ with 与……竞争
compete for 为……参加比赛
填空题：We are ready for the coming ________________(compete).
25. You should all be ___ each other to improve.
你们都应该互相____ 而全面发展。
【解析】improve =make ... better 改进 →improvement n 提高
26. These days ，Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes .目前，中国的孩子有时周末比平常还要忙，因为他们不得不上那么多的课后辅导班。
【解析】some time /sometime/some times/sometimes
【口诀】：分开是一段， 合起是某时； 分开s 是倍次，合起s是有时
(1) some time一段时间，做时间状语
It takes sb. some time to do sth. 做某事花费某人多长时间
(2) sometime adv 在某个时候。
(3) some times 名词词组，“几次，几倍”
Mr. Green went to Sanya some times last summer.
(4)sometimes=at times 有时 （一般现在时的标志词）
单选( ) I hope to visit the USA _____ in the future.
A. sometimes B. some times C. sometime D. some time
27.Others are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.
其他人正在练习体育运动， 这样他们就能参与竞争并获胜。
【解析】 others pron. “其他的人或事物”
There are other ways of doing it. 做这事还有其他的办法。
( ) My sister is outgoing . She likes making friends with ____.
A. other B. another C. the other D. others
28. I really want them to be successful. 我真的很想他们成功。
【解析】successful 成功的
【拓展】
succeed v 成功，达到
have words with sb 与…吵嘴，口角 argue with sb; 跟某人辩论 quarrel with sb.与某人吵架 单词解析：1、words 读音：英 [wɜ:dz] 美 [wɜ:dz]n.字( word的名词复数 );（说的）话;诺言;口令 。
→success n 成功
→successful adj 成功的
→successfully adv成功地
◆succeed in doing sth
①If at first you don’t ____________(success) . try，try again.
( )② She works very hard ，so she will ____ in ____ the exam.
A. successful; pass B. success ;passing
C. succeed; passing D. successful; passing
A. terrified，successful B. scary，successfully
C. amazing，successfully D. convincing，successful
29.It’s time for homework.该写作业了。
【解析】It’s time for sth. 是到做某事的时候了。It’s time for lunch.
=It’s time to do sth.It’s time to go to school.
( ) It’s 9:30 pm.，children! _____ is time to go to bed.
A. That B. It C. This D. They
30. In some families，competition starts very young and continues until the kids
get older.
在有些家庭，竞争从孩子们很小的时候就开始了，一直持续到他们长大。
【解析】continue 继续；持续
【拓展】continue doing sth =go on doing sth 继续做某事(前后做同一件事)
continue to do sth = go on to do sth 继续做某事（前后不是同一件事）
①Let’s continue____________(read) the text.
②Many students hope to continue ________ (study) after _______(finish) school.
（ ）③ The two teams continued _____ the game after half an hour.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
过去-现在-将来
31.Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes.
妈妈们把她们的小孩子送去各种各样的辅导班。
【解析1】send→ sent → sent v 发送
send sb. sth = send sth to sb. 送给某人某物
【注】类似的动词有：show (展示； 给……看) give (给) lend (借出)
( ) Please send a photo of your family ____ me.
A. for B. at C. to D. with
【解析2】all kinds of 各种各样的
【拓展】kind (1) n 种类
kind of +adj.有点，有几分
kind of cold 有点冷
a kind of 一种的，某种的
different kinds of 不同种类的
What kind of…? 哪种
(2) adj. 友好的
be kind to sb. = be good to sb.=be friendly to sb. 对某人友好
( ) ①This kind of skirt looks ___ and sells _____.
A. nice ; well B. nice; good C. well; well D. good ;nice
( ) ②—What ____ animals do you like?
— Monkeys. I think they’re _____ clever.
A. kind of; kind of B . a kind of ;a kind of
C. kind of; a kind D. a kind of ; kind of
( )③ — It’s going to rain. Let me fetch an umbrella for you.
— Thank you ! You are so ____.
A. lucky B. kind C. relaxed D. Interesting
32.Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves，too. 孩子们也应该有时间放松和独立思考。
【解析】have time to do sth 有时间做某事
( ) Do you have time _____ this game with us?
A. to play B. play C. playing D. played
33. And they are always comparing them with other children.
她们总是把自己的孩子和其他的孩子作比较。
【解析】compare A with B 将A和B 比较
(1)compare…with… 把……与…..做比较
(2) compare…to… 把…..比做……
( ) ①. People often compare a teacher a candle.
A. to B. into C. as D. with
34.Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children.
爱丽丝. 格林医生说所有的这些活动可能给孩子们带来很多压力。
【解析】
cause v. 造成，使发生
(1) cause sb. to do sth 使某人做某事
(2) cause sb. for sb. 给某人添麻烦
( ) ①She always ___ trouble ___ people.
A. cause; to B. cause ; for C. causing; to D. causing; for
( ) ②Every year driving after drinking wine ____ a lot of traffic
accidents.
A. happens B. provides C. causes
35.In my opinion，it is important for children/ parents to ...
我认为， 对于孩子们/父母来说， ......是重要的。
【解析】in one’s opinion 以某人的观点； 在某人看来
36. Perhaps children/ parents should / could ......或许孩子们/父母应该/ 可能.......
【解析】perhaps 也许；可能
【拓展】perhaps，probably，possibly，maybe辨析（易考点）
⑴perhaps意为“也许，可能”，一般指比较小的可能性。
Perhaps I will see him the day after tomorrow，but I am not sure.
也许我后天去看他，不过我不能确定。
⑵probably“很可能，大概”，其可能性最大，表示一种几乎完全肯定的意思。
He will probably refuse the offer.他很可能会拒绝这份提议。
⑶possibly意为“可能，或许，也许”，可能性较大。
I’ll see you today，or possibly tomorrow.我今天要见你，不过也可能是明天。
⑷maybe“或许，大概”，主要用于非正式场合，常用在口语中，语气比perhaps轻。
Maybe you put the letter in your basket. 或许你把信放在你的篮子里了。
37. It’s crazy. 这是疯狂的。
【解析】crazy. adj. 不理智的；疯狂的 (在句中作定语、表语、宾语补足语)
be crazy about 对……着迷；热衷于……
I’m crazy about football.
38.Does Cathy Taylor think it’s important for kids to join after-school activities?
凯西. 泰勒认为对于孩子们而言参加课文活动重要吗？
【解析】It’s + adj.(easy，difficult，important，necessary) +(for sb.) to do sth
【注】若形容词表示事物特征的，如：easy ，difficult，hard ，important等。
须用介词for 【形容物，用for】
It’s +adj( kind，honest，friendly，)+(of sb) to do sth.
【注】 若形容词表示人的性格、品质与特点，如：good ，kind ，nice，wrong等，用介词of。【形容人用of】
【2012山东东营】It’s very convenient（方便的） ___ us to buy train tickets now because we can buy them either from the station or on the Internet.
A. to B. of C. by D. for
( )① It’s important for us _______(learn) English well.
( )②It’s hard（艰难的） for us ____________(finish) this task（任务） in two days.
( )③ It’s very nice ____ you to help me a lot.
A. for B. of C. in D. on
( ) ④ –It’s very ___ of you to work out the problem for me.
A. kind B. polite C. clever D. easy
39. keep on happening 持续发生
【解析】keep on doing 继续做某事
keep sb. doing sth 让某人一直做某事
keep up with 跟上
keep sb. from doing sth 阻止某人做某事
keep away from 避开
Mr. Li kept _________(work) here for nearly 30 years.
