Growing Pains.ppt

* * Unit 2 Growing pains —Project (writing an advice letter) Lecturer: 唐蓉 * 3. sometimes feel lonely/distant and feel no one else can understand you 4.have to depend on your parents and can’t make your own choices 1.often quarrel with your parents because they forbid you listening to foreign music/ chatting online/ going out with friends/… 2.have too much homework and no time to relax Growing Pains * One of my friends, Mr. Zhu, has received a letter from a father, who asked him for advice, but Mr. Zhu doesn’t know how to write an advice letter, could you help him？ * First Read the first letter on Page 38 and answer the following questions: 1.Why does the father write the letter? To ask for some help so as to help his son. 2.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 homework; he spends to much time watching DVDs, listening to foreign music, chatting in Internet cafes, playing games and surfing the internet. 3.What is the father worrying about？ His son may fail at school or worse. * The format of an advice letter 1.To whom 2.From whom Dear Mr. Liu, _______________________________________ _________________________________ Yours sincerely/truly, Mr. Zhu 3.The opening part 4.The body part(giving advices) 5.The closing part * Opening sentences I am very glad to hear from you. Thank you for your letter. You have asked me for my advice with regard to…and I will ··· l try to make some suggestions. I am writing in reply to… Closing sentences I hope you will find my suggestions/recommendations/advice helpful/practical/ useful. At last, I hope I will be your best friend forever! Good luck to you! Let’s keep in touch. I do hope to hear good news from you. * Body part (giving advice) We can use some conjunctions and phrases to make our composition better. parallel relation: as well as; not only…but also… adversative relatio