湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Task: Writing a letter of advice Tips ASKING FOR ADVICE: What can/should I do? How can/should I …? Should I …? What do you think of … What would you suggest … What’s your opinion on … May I have your comment on … Would it be a good idea to... GIVING ADVICE: You should/must … You must make sure … Do … / Don’t … What/How about … Why not … You’d better … It is better to … I’d like to suggest … I strongly recommend … You might as well … If I were you, I would …

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the entries below 16 October Today has been a great day! I’m so excited! Mum and Dad bought me a bicycle. It is splendid! Now I can ride my bicycle to school instead of waiting so long for the bus. I know it was a little bit expensive, but they said that is OK because they are proud of me for being so hardworking and getting good marks at school.

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 20 October I’m very tired today. We had a Maths test at school. It was very challenging. I studied a lot yesterday and stayed up very late. I didn’t feel very well this morning. But I still think I did a good job in the test. I hope so! I’m afraid if I did badly, Mum and Dad may regret that they bought me such an expensive bicycle. My friends say that I should not worry, but, anyhow, I’m still nervous about my results. Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the entries below

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 22 October I failed the Maths test! I’m so upset. I don’t know how to tell Mum and Dad. I don’t understand – I studied so hard! How can this happen? I don’t know how to handle this … Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the entries below

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 23 October All that worry was for nothing. I’m very happy today! I didn’t fail my Maths test after all. Miss Xu made an error and mixed up my results with someone else’s! In fact, I got one of the top scores in the class. I’m glad to know that Mum and Dad can still be proud of me. Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the entries below

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the letter at page 35 and answer the question Questions 1) Who wrote the letter? 2) To whom is the letter written? 3) What is the letter talking about? 4) What’s the purpose of the letter? Liu Zhen, a worried father. Dr Fang, the editor of an advice column. The writer’s son. To ask for some guidance.

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Task: Writing a letter of advice Read the letter Main points Para 1) His son _____________ what his parents ask him to do. Para 2) His son is ___________________ during this important period in his life. Para 3) He is ____________________ and wants to know _________________. refuses to do wasting valuable time worried about his son what he can do

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Task: Writing a letter of advice Conclusion When planning your letter of advice, you should … 1) find the main points; 2) answer each of the points; 3) offer comfort and support; 4) give your advice.

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 Review find the main points (page 37): Para 1) I can’t get along with my father. Para 2) My parents always make me do things I don’t like. Para 3) My father get annoyed with me. Para 4) I love father but I don’t understand.

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 1. To whom 2. From whom _______________________________________ Dear Mr. Liu, Yours sincerely/truly, Mr. Zhu FORMAT OF LETTERS

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 3. 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 try to make some suggestions.  I am writing in reply to …

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 4. Closing sentences  I hope you will find my suggestions/recommendations/advice helpful/practical/ useful.  At last, I hope I will be your best friend’s forever! Good luck to you!  Let’s keep in touch. I do hope to hear good news from you.

湖南长郡卫星远程学校 2011 年下学期制作 :07 5. Body (giving advice)  We can use conjunctions or phrases to make the letter better.