师：Okay, good afternoon, boys and girls. Okay, thank you. I hope we can have some fun together in this class. Before that, I'd like to show you a special mailbox in my class. See that? Actually, my students from Grade 8 usually write about their problems to me in English. Do you have problems? And what problems do you usually have? Yes, you please.
生：I usually have some problems in my exams. And there's too much schoolwork.
师：Thank you. Sit down. Anybody else? Do you have problems?
生：I think there's too much homework to do.
师：Too much homework. Thank you. Sit down, please. When you have problems, how do you solve them?
生：I will talk to my friends about them.
师：I'll talk to your friends, right? Thank you. Sit down, please. Yes.
生：I will keep a diary to talk to myself.
师：Keep a diary to tell yourself. Very good. Sit down, please. Today I'd like to introduce another way to help you solve the problem. Take a look at the green box. Tell me what we can do to solve our problem. Together, what can we do? Yes, we can write to Diana and a boy named Steve. He had a problem. Do you want to know about this problem?
生：Yes.
师：Okay. Now please read the letter by Steve to Diana and choose the best summary of his problem on page 45. Okay, now here we go.
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生：Chinese Apple is his problem.
师：Hey, good. Okay. Hey, most of you have finished it. Which one is the best summary of Steve's problem? Which one? See? Okay, now let's read it together. Okay, Steve's problem is that his friend played a computer game on his father's computer. He was worried about what to do. So is playing the computer game a big problem?
生：No.
师：Right. So how did this problem come out? Do you want to know that? Now please read the letter again and fill in the blanks on our sheet. This time, I hope you can pay attention to the characters in the story, Steve's actions, what did he do, possible results, and last one, his feelings. Okay, now please start.
（学生阅读并填写）
师：Last week. Write it down well. And look at the picture.
（一段时间后）
师：Finished? Okay, most of you have finished. Let's check it together. Okay, any different ideas? Who are the characters?
生：David and his father, right?
师：And, well, his dad was out. They played a game. What did they decide to do?
生：Try out the game.
师：Let's pay attention to this phrase, "try out". Did they know what would happen before playing the game? You there, right?
生：No.
师：So maybe they just want to have a try. They want to test it, right? So here we have the phrase "try out". Read after me, "try out". Okay, but unluckily, something bad happened. What was the result?
生：Some files were missing, right?
师：So how did his father feel?
生：Very angry.
师：So was his father happy or very unhappy?
生：Very unhappy.
师：Good. Now please read after me. "Angry". Okay, so now we know about his problem. Very good.
Now please take a look at his actions. Did Steve do anything wrong? What were his mistakes? Now discuss with your partner. Okay? Okay, discuss with your partner. What was his mistake? Be quick, it's very easy, right? What was his mistake based on the table? Last week when his dad was out, right? So they decided to try out the game again. Didn't he make a mistake? Yes, good. Who would like to talk about his first mistake? Raise your hand. What was his mistake? Yes, you please.
生：In the first mistake, Steve used the computer to play games, right? His dad told him not to do that.
师：Yes, very good. Sit down, please. We can take a look at the first line. Right. Well, his dad was out and did his father tell him or allow him to play the games?
生：No.
师：Right. What about the second mistake? Yes, you please.
生：Steve didn't tell his father about the computer game. That is to say, they didn't tell him about the truth.
师：No. Thank you. Sit down, please. So that's about the two mistakes. Actually, these are the wrong actions, right? And the wrong actions led to the problem. And now we actually have known about Steve's problem. And we also know that he wrote to Diana to ask for help, right? So guess what advice will Diana give Steve? Discuss with your partner.
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师：Okay, have a discussion now. Yes, I'm sorry. What advice do you think Diana will give? I'm sure you have your ideas. Yes. What advice would you like to share first? Yes, you please.
生：I guess the first suggestion is that Steve should apologize to his father.
师：Apologize. So if Steve apologizes to his father, what will he say?
生：Sorry, right?
师：So to "apologize" means saying "sorry". Read after me, "apologize". Any other different ideas? Yes, you please. Use the microphone.
生：Maybe he should promise to his father that he won't do this anymore.
师：Make a promise. Very good prediction. Thank you. Sit down, please. Different ideas? Yes, you, please.
生：I guess he should give up his pocket money to fix the problem.
师：He should pay the bill, right? Thank you. Sit down, please. And before we read Diana's letter to check our predictions, I hope you can take a look at what Diana writes first in her letter. What is it? "Oh dear," what's the Chinese meaning for this expression? Yeah, I'm sure about that. Actually, I've looked it up in a dictionary. What does it mean?
生：It shows that she is really disappointed.
师：So my question is, is Steve's problem serious?
生：Yes.
师：Right. So maybe Diana will give strong suggestions. Now, please read the letter by Diana and complete her advice to Steve on page 45. Do you understand? Now please start.
（学生阅读）
师：Just find the relevant sentences. Underline the sentences. "Pay the bill".
（一段时间后）
师：Okay, most of you have finished. Who would like to talk about the first two suggestions? Tell the answer to us. Anybody else beside this boy? Yes, you please. I'll invite him to answer the first one and then you the second one, right? Okay, thank you.
生：Steve should never use his father's computer to play games when his father told him not to do it.
师：So where did you find that answer? Which sentence?
生：It is bad enough that you used your dad's computer to play games when he told you not to.
师：Very good. Thank you. Sit down, please. Now, could you please talk about the second suggestion?
生：Steve should tell his father the truth to show that he is honest.
师：Yes. So where did you find the answer?