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Unit 3 Could you please clean your room
Section B 2a-2e
情景导入
Look at the pictures and title in the passage in 2b.
What do you think the passage is about
生成新知
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
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
The letter from Ms. Miller disagrees; the letter from Mr. Smith agrees.
Skimming
This 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 good
n.精神压力；心理负担
n.浪费；垃圾v.浪费；滥用
目的是;为了
grades 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
v. 提供；供应
adv. 而且；加之
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
依靠；信赖
chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also 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
v.发展；壮大
n.独立
n.公正性；合理性
既然
n.邻居
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. Smith
照顾；处理
v.落下；掉下
adj.独立的；自主的
Task 1
Read the letters and answer the questions.
1. What is Ms. Miller’s opinion
She thinks doing chores is parents’ job.
2. What is Mr. Smith’s opinion
He thinks it’s important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework.
Mark true or false.
1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home.
2. According to Ms. Miller’s letter, she thinks
housework is not a waste of kids’ time.
3. Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith have different ideas
on doing chores.
4. Mr. Smith thinks it is useful to do chores.
F
F
T
T
Task 2
2c
According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what
are the pros and cons about kids doing chores
Pros Cons
Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence. Housework is a waste of children’s time.
Pros
It teaches them how to look after themselves.
It helps them to understand the idea of fairness.
It is good for their future.
Cons
Children already have enough stress from school.
Children should spend their time on their schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university.
When they get older, they will have to do housework so there’s 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.
2d
Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.
1. a waste of time
2. there is no need for … to
There is no need for them to spend so much
time playing computer games.
It’s a waste of time to water the flowers when it is raining.
3. do not mind
4. spend time on
5. in order to
I do not mind sweeping the floor.
I spent an hour on my homework.
He worked very hard in order to get the job.
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 don’t agree with
Discuss
Do you think kids should help out with chores at home Why or why not
I think kids should …
I don’t think kids should…
问题探究
【知识点拨】
1．over
over 意为“超过；多于”，相当于more than，与数词连用。
例句：There are over 70 students in this class.这个班有70多名学生。
【拓展】over 作副词还可意为“又；再”，常用于短语over again再；重新。
2．believe
believe作动词，意为“相信；认为真实”，其后可接名词、代词或从句。
例句：I still can't believe her story.我还是不能相信她的故事。
辨析：believe与believe in
(1)believe意为“相信；认为真实”，指相信某事是真实的或相信某人说的是实话。
例句：How can you believe him？He is always telling lies.你怎么可以相信他？他经常说谎。
(2)believe in意为“信任”，指信赖某人或相信某事物的存在。
例句：They need a leader they can believe in.他们需要一个可以信赖的领导。
随堂练习
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成句子。
1．Our teacher asked me to read the first _________(段落)
of the article.
2．Linda could speak a little Chinese when she was a
________(小学生)．
3．What was the _______(日期) yesterday
4．The ________(塔) is fifty feet in height.
passage
pupil
date
tower
Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1．All the kids were in _______(silent) when the teacher came in.
2．Can you tell me the event ___________(complete)
3．Finally I ________(realize) it was wrong to drive too fast.
4．Has anything unusual happened to her __________(recent)
5．She decided to tell the ________(true)．
silence
completely
realized
recently
truth
