Unit 3
Could you please clean your room?
Section B(2a-3b)
Chores for kids
What do you often do to help your parents at home?
Lead-in
Do you help to do housework at home?
Lead-in
Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?
Discussion
1. a waste of time
2. have enough stress at school
3. parents’ job
1. help to develop independence
2. better for their future
3. help to understand the idea of fairness
Discussion
The letter from Ms. Miller disagrees; the letter from Mr. Smith agrees.
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?
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.
Reading
Dear Sir,
I don't 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
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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
Reading
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 children's independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It
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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 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
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According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?
Pros Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence.
Doing chores teaches them how to look after themselves.
Doing chores helps them to understand the idea of fairness.
2c
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Cons Housework is a waste of children’s time.
When they get older, they will have to do housework so there’s no need for them to do it now.
It’s the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
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2d
Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.
1. a waste of time
2. there is no need for … to
3. do not mind
Computer games are a waste of time.
There is no need for her to go to the market every day.
I do not mind doing the dishes.
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4. spend time on
5. in order to
6. it is not enough to
7. the earlier … the better
I like to spend time on my hobby.
We started early in order to catch the first bus to the Great Wall.
It is not enough to just do grammar exercises.
The earlier a child starts learning a new language, the better he will be at it.
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Ms. Miller says: Kids these days already have enough ______ from school. They do not have time to study and do _________, too. Housework is a ____________. They should _____ their time on schoolwork __________ get good grades and ________ a good university. It is the parents’ job to ________ a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
根据课文内容填空。
stress
housework
waste of time
spend
in order to
get into
provide
Retell
Mr. Smith says: It is important ___ children to learn how to do chores and ____ their parents _____ housework. Children these days _________ their parents too much. Doing chores helps to _______ children’s ____________ and teaches them how to ________ themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of _______. They should know that everyone should do their ____ in _______ it clean and tidy. _________ kids learn to be independent, ________ it is for their future.
for
help
with
develop
independence
depend on
look after
fairness
keeping
The earlier
part
the better
Retell
2e
Discuss the questions with a partner.
Which letter do you agree with? Why?
What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you don’t agree with?
Work in pairs
Talking
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?
I agree with the first letter. Because study is the most
important job for students.
Children will have to do the chores when they get older.
2e
Talking
Do you think children should do some chores at home?
Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes.
Children should do chores because… Children should not do chores because…
3a
Writing
3a
Do you think children should do some chores at home? Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes.
Children should do chores because... Children should not do chores because...
doing chores can help them learn to be independent and understand the idea of fairness. It can also teach them how to look after themselves.
Writing
Write a letter to the Sunday Mail and express your opinion.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I think/believe that____________________
I agree/disagree that__________________
I think it is fair/unfair for children to________________________________________
I think children should/should not
_________________ because _________________
For example, they should/should not because
_____________________________________
Yours truly,__________
3b
Writing
玲玲讨厌做家务，但是她的父母经常让她做家务，她为此感到烦恼。假如你是玲玲的笔友Lisa，请你给玲玲写一封不少于80词的信，告诉她你在家里经常帮父母做家务和做家务的好处：
1. 做家务可以动手动脑，使人更聪明；
2. 帮父母做家务可以使父母有更多的时间休息；
3. 通过做家务，可以学到基本的生活技能；
4. 家庭中的每个人都有义务做家务。
要求：
1. 文章必须包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥；
2. 不少于80词。
Writing
Dear Lingling,
I’m writing to you to talk about the chores. You don’t like doing chores. And you think doing chores is boring. But I don’t agree with you. I often help my parents do chores at home. Doing chores can help us a lot. First of all, when you do chores, you can use your hands and head. This can make you
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smarter. As we know, our parents are busy working all day. If you help them do some chores, they will have more time to relax at home. Besides, it is necessary for us to learn some life skills, such as cooking and doing the dishes. And it is our duty to share some housework at home. Do you think so?
I hope you can enjoy the chores.
Yours,
Lisa
Writing
1. 孩子们已经有了来自于学校的足够压力了。
Kids already have from school.
2. 为了取得好成绩，我们要把时间花在功课上。
We should spend our time schoolwork
get good grades.
3. 我们没有必要买那么多的衣服。
There is for us so many clothes.
enough stress
on
in order to
no need to buy
根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词
Let's Do It
4. 林涛起晚了，结果上学迟到了。
Lin Tao got up late and ,
he was late for school.
5.谢谢你的邀请，但是很抱歉我不能去。我需要在家
照顾我的宝宝。
Thanks for your invitation, but I'm so sorry I can't go. I
need to my baby at home.
as a result
take care of
Let's Do It
本节课主要练习了听力，学习了两位家长针对孩子在家是否应该做家务发表的观点，通过学习，掌握了知识点in order to, provide, depend, develop, as a result的用法, 学会了“略读”这一阅读方法。
Summary
谢谢
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