If you have problems with your parents, whom will you ask for help?

• If you have problems with your parents,

• whom will you ask for help?

an advice columnist

专栏作家

Run for the columnist of our school newspaper

• Our school newspaper needs an advice columnist. As good friends, all of you can run for it.

• As an advice columnist, what should we do firstly?

For you to understand better

• ask for some help 寻求帮助• refuse to do 拒绝做• as though 像

insist on/“坚持要求 (干 )，坚决主张”

• harm our relationship 破坏我们的关系• send me to bed 打发我上床

problems about his son in the father’s eyes He refuses to do everything his parents ask him to do.

He refuses to spend time with them.

He is rude to them.

He wastes time watching DVDs, listening to foreign music, chatting in Internet cafes, playing games and surfing the internet.

He refuses to do his homework.

Match 1. Refuse to do

everything his parents ask him to do.

2. He is rude to them though they treat him well.

3. He refuses to spend time with them.

4. He wastes time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music instead of doing homework.

5. He spends too much time in Internet cafes.

E Don’t force him to do anything he doesn’t like.

problems Suggestions

B Talk to him not as a father but as a friend.

A Show him that you love him and are proud of him.

C show interest in his hobbies such as foreign music.

D Allow him to arrange his spare time freely .

Dear Mary,

Yours sincerely,

Lucie

Closing sentences

. Opening sentences

Body

The format of an advice letter

Dear Mary,

Yours sincerely,

Carolyn

At last, I hope I will be your best friend’s forever! / Good luck to you! /Just keep in touch. I do hope to hear good news from you.

I have received your letter and I’m glad to give you some suggestions/ Glad to have your letter. …./ I’m sorry to hear that you had a quarrel with your father.

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•problems•suggestions

Sample writing

Dear Mr. Liu, I am very sorry to hear that. Here I want to give you some advice, I wish it could be helpful for you.

Dear Mr. Liu, I am very sorry to hear that. Here I want to give you some advice, I wish it could be helpful for you.

Firstly, You mustn't always shout at him. Respect him and his advice. Maybe his advice is of value.

Secondly, you may try to enjoy what he likes, such as music and DVDs. Take more notice of what he thinks.

Thirdly, you can turn to your son's close friends for help. They can understand what your son thinks and needs better.

I believe you can solve the problem, and everything will go well. Good luck to you!

I believe you can solve the problem, and everything will go well. Good luck to you!

Yours sincerely, Carolyn

How to write an advice letter

Discussion (problems & suggestions)

Format of an advice letter

Writing a letter in class

His father doesn’t listen to him when he wants to do something or suggests an idea.

problems about his father in the son’s eyes

His father 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.

His father sends him to bed or tells him to study when he watches a DVD.

His father forbids him from meeting his friends at the Internet cafe.

1. His father doesn’t listen to his ideas.

2. His father shouts at him whenever he tries to talk to him and they fight like crazy.

3. His parents always make him do things that he doesn’t like.

4. They call him selfish and unloving.

5. When he plays foreign music or watch DVDs , his father gets angry and sends him to bed.

6. His father forbids him from meeting his friends online.

1.Tell him that you are a ___boy and you can make your own_____.

2.Don’t _________when he shouts at you but ____ him later.

3. Don’t _____ their suggestions but tell them you want to do things in a ____ way.

4. Always tell them that you _____ them.

5. That is because he deosn’t ____________your hobbies.

You can _________ your hobbies to him

6. He _____ about you. Tell him ______ you are online

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Write an advice letter

• 1. To write an advice letter to Liu Wei.

• 2. To work in groups of 4.

• One of you is in charge of the outline.

• One of you is in charge to writing.

• One of you will check the article.

• One of you will present.

Dear Mary,

Yours sincerely,

Carolyn

At last, I hope I will be your best friend’s forever! / Good luck to you! /Just keep in touch. I do hope to hear good news from you.

I have received your letter and I’m glad to give you some suggestions/ Glad to have your letter. …./ I’m sorry to hear that you had a quarrel with your father.

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•problems•suggestions

1. His father doesn’t listen to his ideas.

2. His father shouts at him whenever he tries to talk to him and they fight like crazy.

3. His parents always make him do things that he doesn’t like.

4. They call him selfish and unloving.

5. When he plays foreign music or watch DVDs , his father gets angry and sends him to bed.

6. His father forbids him from meeting his friends online.

1.Tell him that you are a big boy and you can make your own decisions.

2.Don’t get angry when he shouts at you but talk to him later.

3. Don’t refuse their suggestions but tell them you want to do things in a different way.

4. Always tell them that you love them.

5. That is because he deesn’t understand your hobbies.

You can introduce your hobbies to him

6. He worries about you. Tell him why you are online

Do you know the meaning of family?

Do you want to know?

Let’s spell it : FAMILY

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