2. Unit 2
What should I do?
Section A

3. Problem: What should I do
I want to buy a new guitar but I don’t have enough money.
What should I do

4. Advice: You could / should … Wait until next year. Don’t buy a guitar.
Borrow one.
Buy a used guitar.
Get a part-time job.

5. What should I do? 我应该怎么办？
Grammar Focus
What should I do? 我应该怎么办？
should: 应该，一般是用来提出请求和建议。
同类型的词还有： could , shouldn’t 经常是用来给出建议。
区别： 用could给出建议一般是指自己不太肯定，
或者只是很多建议中的某一个，尽供参考；
而should就是自己很肯定的或唯一的最好的一个建议。

6. My parents want me to stay at home every night.
1 a Look at these problems. Are they serious or not?
Write them in the appropriate box.
My parents want me to stay at home every night.
My brother plays his CDs too loud.
I don’t have enough money.
I argued with my best friend.
My clothes are out of style. 播放
大声的
和某人争吵
不时髦的

7. Serious
Not serious

8. My parents want me to stay at home every night.
1 b Listen and circle the problems you hear in Activity 1a.
My parents want me to stay at home every night.
My brother plays his CDs too loud.
I don’t have enough money.
I argued with my best friend.
My clothes are out of style. 播放
大声的
和某人争吵
不时髦的

9. 1c PAIRWORK
Look at the problems in activity 1a and make conversations.
What’s wrong?
My clothes are out of style.
Maybe you should buy some new clothes.

10. You could / should write him a letter. You could / should call him up.
2 a Listen. Peter’s friend is giving him
Advices. Circle the word “could” or “should”.
You could / should write him a letter.
You could / should call him up.
You could / should say you’re sorry.
You could / should go to his house.
You could / should give him a ticket to a ball game.

11. Reasons that Peter doesn’t like the advice.
2b Listen again. Why doesn’t Peter like
his friend’s advice? Draw lines to match the advice with the reasons.
Advice
Reasons that Peter doesn’t like the advice.
You could write him a letter.
Maybe you should call him up.
You should say you’re sorry.
Maybe you could go to his house.
You could give him a ticket to a ball game.
It’s not easy.
I don’t have enough money.
I don’t want to surprise him.
I don’t like writing letters.
I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.

12. 2c GROUPWORK What’s the matter, Peter? I argued with my best friend.
Role play the conversation between Peter and
his friend.
What’s the matter, Peter?
I argued with my best friend.
Maybe you could call him up.
I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.

13. 3a Read the conversation. What do you think of the advice
3a Read the conversation. What do you think of the advice? Next to each suggestion, write “good idea”, “okay idea” or “bad idea”.
I need to get some
money to pay for
summer camp.
What should I do?
I don’t have time.
Well, you could
get a part-time
job.

14. 3 a I have an idea. You could borrow some money from your brother.
No, he doesn’t
have any money,
either.
I have an idea.
You could borrow
some money from
your brother.

15. 3 a I think you should ask your parents for some money.
Or you could sell
your CDs.

16. Maybe you could
have a bake sale.
No, I don’t think
so. I love my
CDs.

17. No, I can’t bake. Then maybe you should call “Teen Talk”, the radio
advice program.
No, I can’t
bake.

18. PAIRWORK 3b Student A gives advice about getting more
money. Student B says if the ideas are good, okay or bad.
A: I need some money to buy gifts for my family.
What should I do?
B: I think you should borrow some money from your friends.
A: Oh, no. I don’t like to do that.
B: Then I think you should get a part-time job.
B: That’s a good idea.

19. Homework
Finish off the other exercises in Section A.

20. Good Bye!