Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
重点短语:
look through work out get on with
cut out compare...with in one’s opinion
a big deal so that get into a fight
communicate with not...until... call sb. up
instead of
语言知识归纳：
1. Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Why don’t you do sth.= Why not do sth. “为什么不……?”
【拓展】提出建议的句型
①What/How about doing sth.? 做某事怎么样？
②Shall we do sth.? 我们做某事好吗？
③You’d better(not) do sth. 你最好（不）做某事。
④Why don’t you do sth. 为什么不做某事呢？
⑤Would you mind doing sth.? 你介意做某事吗？
2. allow v. 允许，许可
① allow sb. to do sth. “允许某人做某事“
My parents allow me to play computer game on weekends.
② allow doing sth. “允许做某事”
She doesn’t allow smoking in her house.
③ allow+名词
We can’t allow such a thing.
【例题】( ) Do you often allow____until 11:00 p.m.
A. to stay up B. stay up C. staying up D. and stay up
3. work out 产生……效果，进展……
Things worked out quite well for us. 对我们来说，事情进展很好。
He worked out the maths problem. 他算出了这道数学题。
Can you work out the problem alone? 你一个人能把问题搞清楚吗？
4. communicate v. 交流信息；沟通
I can’t communicate with them at the moment. 此刻我无法同他们进行交流。
communication n.交流
People can’t get on well with each other without communication. 没有交流，人们就无法相处得好。
【例题】选出能代替句中划线部分的一项。
( )People choose to keep in touch with their friends by e-mail.
A. write B. read C.agree D. communicate
5. argue vi. 争论；争吵
argue with sb. 与某人争论
Don’t argue with your parents. 不要和你的父母争论。
argue的名词形式是 “argument”, have an argument with sb. 与某人辩论。
Alice hand an argument with her best friend.
【例题】( )I never argue ____my parents.
A.in B.to C.for D.with
6. instead adv. 代替，顶替
If you are busy, you may come another day instead.
【辨析】instead 与instead of
instead | 副词 | 舍前取后，可单独使用，位于句首或句末。 |
instead of | 介词短语 | 舍后取前，后面常跟名词，代词及动词ing。 |
He didn’t answer. He asked his father instead.
We eat rice instead of noodles.
【例题】( ) What a nice day! We should go sightseeing ____watching TV in the hotel.
A.because of B. instead of C.together with D.out
7. offer v. 提供；提出；建议
① offer 做“提供”讲时，可接双宾语。
offer sth. to sb.= offer sb. sth. 向某人提供某物
The waitress offered a cup of tea to the man.= The waitress offered the man a cup of tea.
② offer还有“提出，建议”的意思，其后接不定式，表示主动提出做某事。
The old man offered to lend the boy some money.
【例题】( ) The little boy ___ his seat to an old lady on the crowded bus.
A. lent B. offered C. took D. brought
8. And they are always comparing them with other children.
compare 作动词，意为“比较， 和……相比”。
① compare...with... 把……同……相比较
Parents shouldn’t always compare their children with others.
父母们不该总是把自己的孩子同别人相比较。
② compare...to... 把……比作……
People often compare the life to a stage. 人们常把生活比作一个舞台。
【例题】( ) My handwriting can not be compared___ my father’s.
A. to B. with C. on D.for
9. My cousin borrows my things without returning them.
① return 意为“归还”，其后可接双宾语
return sb. sth. = return sth. to sb.
Don’t forget to return me the keys.
② return 还有“返回”的意思，相当于go back, 后接地点时需要介词to。
He returned to Shanghai a week ago.
【例题】①那本书你还给图书馆了吗？
Did you _______the book_______the library?
②( ) I don’t know when we will _______Hong Kong.
A. return back B. return to C. return back to D.return
。