Unit 3Could you please clean your room?Discussion What do you often do to help your parents at home?Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?Lets see what they say:备注：见视频备注：见视频 孩子该不该做家务孩子该不该做家务2a Discuss the questions with your partner.1. What do you often do to help your parents at home?2. Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?A: What do you often do to help your parents at home?A: Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?B: I often help my mum do the dinner, wash clothes, sweep the floor.B: Yes, I think its better for kids to help out with chores at home, because it can make them independent and learn to share.2b. The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Read the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees?SkimmingThis means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully.Dear Sir,I do not understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school.They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as students? They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get goodgrades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so there is no need for them to do it now. It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I do not mind doing them.Ms. Miller Dear Sir,I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps to develop childrens independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. Italso helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbors son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.Mr. Smith2c According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?ProsConsDoing chores helps to develop childrens independence.Housework is a waste of childrens time.Pair workPair work1. a waste of time 2. there is no need for to3. do not mindAttempting to change someone is a waste of time and energy.Everything is fine with me. There is no need for you to worry about me.I do not mind doing the dishes.2d Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.4. spend time on5. in order to 6. it is not enough to7. the earlier the betterDont spend time on market research. We grow up in order to give out. It is not enough to know and apply the knowledge, you must live it! The earlier children start learning, the better they will be. 2e Discuss the questions with a partner.1. Which letter do you agree with? Why?2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you dont agree with?DiscussionDo you think children should do some chores at home? Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes. Language points1.It is the parents job to provide a clean and 2. comfortable environment at home for their 3. children. 在家中给他们的孩子提供一个干在家中给他们的孩子提供一个干4. 净、舒适的环境是家长们的事情。净、舒适的环境是家长们的事情。 it 为形式主语，真正的主语是为形式主语，真正的主语是provide a clean and for their children. Its ones job (duty) to do something. 看作一看作一个固定句型，表示个固定句型，表示“做某事是某人的职责做某事是某人的职责”。2. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. 反正我觉的得干家务也不太难。反正我觉的得干家务也不太难。 anyway 是个副词，置于句首时，其后常常是个副词，置于句首时，其后常常 用逗号与其他成分隔开。意为用逗号与其他成分隔开。意为“反正，仍反正，仍 然，依然然，依然”。 e.g. Sam didnt get the job, but he is not unhappy because it didnt pay well anyway. anyway还可以表示还可以表示“不管怎样，无论如何不管怎样，无论如何” e.g. Its just a cold. But anyway you should still see the doctor. 3. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.孩子们越孩子们越 早学会独立，对他们的未来就越好。早学会独立，对他们的未来就越好。 “the +比较级比较级+, the +比较级比较级+”, 表示表示“越越,就越就越。又如：又如： The more he explained, the better we understood. 他解释的越多，我们就理解的越透彻。他解释的越多，我们就理解的越透彻。下列各题中均有一处错误，请指出下列各题中均有一处错误，请指出 并改正。并改正。1. Nancy often takes her dog to a walk after dinner. A B C _ 2. Could you to buy some snacks, Dad? A B C _B to forB to buy buy3. Last Sunday I borrowed a book to the library. B C _ 4. Mine cousin often plays ping-pong A B with me. C _ Cto fromA Mine MyA 5. My grandfather and I are in vacation in Hong Kong. _ in onBA B C 单项选择填空单项选择填空1. Could you please clean the room? _ I have to do my homework. A. Yes, sure. B. Why not? C. Sorry, you cant. D. Sorry, I cant. 2. Could I please _? Sorry, you cant. Your mother has to use it. A. do chores B. go to the movies C. use the car D. go to school DC3. Mum, Could I go to Beijing with you? Yes, _. But you have to finish your homework first. A. you can B. you could C. you cant D. you couldnt4. Would you like to come to my birthday party? Id love to, _Im too busy. A. and B. if C. so D. butAD5. Thanks for your help. -_. A. No thanks B. Let me see C. It doesnt matter D. Thats OK （2010 2010 武汉市武汉市 ）DHomework1.List the words and expressions youve learnt in this section.2.If you are going to move to a new house, write a letter to your friend to ask for help.