Unit 3
Could you please clean your room?
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1. in a mess
2.get a ride
3.be back
4.help out
5.finish doing sth.
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5.help out
What's the missing phrase?
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do the dishes
fold the clothes
take out the rubbish
make the bed
sweep the floor
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Is the house clean and tidy, or is it a mess?
What would you do if your house is a mess like this?
What about
Nancy?
Predicting
What's the article about?
Who?
What?
Nancy and her mother
chores
Skimming
What's the text type of the passage?
A. a letter
B. a play
C. a short story
Listen and remember the order of the story.
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Ordering
Reading Skills: Finding the Order of Events
Finding the order of the events will help you understand what you are reading
When did this happen?
What did Nancy’s mother want Nancy to do?
Why was Nancy’s mom angry with her?
Did they solve the problem? How?
when
what
why
How
Read again and answer the questions.
What did Nancy’s
mother want Nancy
to do?
Why was Nancy’s
mom angry with
her?
Did they solve the problem? How?
When did this happen?
What did Nancy finally understand?
3. Why was Nancy’s mom angry with her?
Nancy wanted to watch TV first before taking the dog out for a walk. Nancy watched TV all the time and never helped out around the house.
4. Did they solve the problem? How?
Yes, they did. Both Nancy and her mother did not do any housework for a week. The house got so messy that Nancy could not even find a clean dish or a clean shirt. She decided to do the housework to make the house clean and tidy again. Nancy said sorry to her mother.
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the dog:
Nancy:
The dog welcomed Nancy ______ Nancy came from school.
welcomed Nancy
came home from school
Scene 1
was tired
when
wanted a walk
threw down the bed and went to ....
Read again and fill in the blanks.
____________ Nancy sat down _____________ the TV, her mother came over.
Scene 1
Mother:__________________________________
Nancy:______________
____________________
My mom came over ____________ I sat down in front of the TV.
as soon as
The minute
in front of
Could you please
...?
Could I ...?
(angrily)You watch TV __________ and never _________around the house!
I can't work _________ and do housework all evening.
Well, I work all day at school, too. I'm just ______________ you are!
(shouted back)
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as
tired
Scence 1
You're tired, but I'm tried, too.
as tired as
all the time
help out
all day
__________of them ______ any housework for a week. The house was too________. And Nancy couldn’t find anything clean.
At last, Nancy cleaned the house and this really
___________ her mother. Nancy understood that
she need _________ the housework ________
her mother __________a clean and comfortable home.
Scene 2
Scene 3
did
Neither
messy
surprised
to share
with
to have
Mother did not.... neither did I.
in a mess
She asked in surprise
The plots of the story
Last month
come home from school
throw down
the minute
=as soon as
in front of
come over
Could you...?
Could I...?
angrily
shouted back
all the time
as
tried
as
take the dog for a walk
Mother didn't do...and neither did Nancy.
Neither...nor...
Neither of...
in surprise
need to share
What will
happen
next?
Maybe...
Then, Nancy's mother was happy to hear that. So she decided to take Nancy to go to a camping trip.
Nancy will call her friends to make a list for it.
Could you please bring …, …?
…
Liu Chang
Li Yu
Wang Peng
Zhou Pei
Li Yan
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Everyone will be a
Language Points
1. The minute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over.
the minute在此引导时间状语从句,意为“一……就……”,= as soon as。
例句:他一到那里,
我就告诉他。
I’ll tell him the minute
he gets there.
2. I’m just as tired as you are!
“和……一样” ,
表示同级的比较。
as +?adj./?adv.?+ as
这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。
This?film?is?_______________?
that?one.
as? ?as
interesting
3. For one week, she did not do any housework
and neither did I.
“neither+助动词/系动词/情态动词+主语”表示上句否定的情况也适合于后者。
例句:他们昨天没有看电视。我也没看。
—They didn’t watch TV yesterday.
—Me neither./ Neither did I.
【拓展】neither…nor…“既不……也不……”,“就近原则”。
A: I hate to ___ chores.
B: Well, I hate some chores too, but I like other chores.
A: Really? Great! ______ I ask you to _____ me with some chores then?
B: What do you need help with?
A: ______ you please _____ my clothes for me?
B: I don’t want to do that! It’s boring!
A: OK. Then _____ you ______ do the dishes for me?
B: Sure, no problem. But _____ we go to the movies after that?
A: Sure. I’ll finish my homework while you help me with the dishes. Then we can go to the movies.
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Fill in the blanks in the conversation.
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Could
help
Could
fold
could
please
could
Homework