Could you please clean your room? Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? Section A 2a-2d 八年级(下)

Review A: Could you please take out the rubbish? B: Yes, sure./ Of course./ All right. /OK. Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework. Sorry, I can’t. I am doing the dishes.

do the dishes (Yes, sure.) clean the living room (study for my test) make the bed (babysit my sister)

fold the clothes (do my homework) take out the rubbish (clean the living room) sweep the floor (Yes, sure.)

Which group can ask and answer more questions with the verb phrases? Chain drills Which group can ask and answer more questions with the verb phrases? A: Tom, could you please do the dishes? B: Yes, sure. Ann, Could you…? C: Sorry, I can’t. Jim, … D: …

2a Listen. Peter asks his father if he can do four things 2a Listen. Peter asks his father if he can do four things. What does his father say? Check () “yes” or “no”. Peter wants to… Peter’s father says… go out for dinner yes no go to the movies stay out late get a ride    

2b Listen again. Why does Peter’s father say “no”? Draw lines to the reasons in the chart in 2a. Peter wants to… Peter’s father says… His father’s reasons go out for dinner Yes No I have to do some work. go to the movies You have to clean your room. stay out late I need to eat breakfast. get a ride You have a basketball game.

2c Make conversations between Peter and his father. A: Could I use your computer? B: Sorry. I’m going to work on it now. A: Well, could I watch TV? B: Yes, you can. But first you have to clean your room.

Yes, you can. No, you can’t. Could I … Peter go to the movies stay out late use the car get a ride

go to the movies -- Could I go to the movies? -- Yes/Sure, you can.

play computer games (I’m going to work on it.) -- Could I play computer games? -- Sorry, you can’t. I’m going to work on it.

-- Could I listen to music? -- Yes, you can.

get a ride （搭便车） -- Could I get a ride? -- Yes, you can.

2d Role-play the conversation. Sister: Tony, could you please help out with a few things? Brother: Could I at least finish watching this show? Sister: No. I think two hours of TV is enough for you!

Brother: Fine. What do you want me to do? Sister: Could you take out the rubbish, fold the clothes and do the dishes? Brother: So much? Sister: Yes, because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now. And she

won’t be happy if she sees this mess. Brother: But the house is already pretty clean and tidy! Sister: Yes, well, it’s clean, but it’s not “mother clean”!

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Language points 1. Tony, could you please help out with a few things? 托尼，你能帮忙做几件事吗？ help out (with something) 是一个动词短语， 表示在某人繁忙或是遇到困难时“给予帮助”。 再如本单元中这句话： You watch TV all the time and never help out around the house! 你老是看电视，从不帮忙干家务。

另外help 与out 之间还可以加具体的人。 如：Can you help me out? 你能帮我一把吗？ They helped (us) out with the clean-up. 他们帮助我们做大扫除。

2. I think two hours of TV is enough for you! 我认为你看两个小时电视就足够 了！ 此处，two hours of TV虽为复数，但却表达一种整体的观念。英语语法规定，当时间、长度、距离或其他可数名词表示一个完整的整体概念作主语时，其后的谓语动词用其单数形式。 Two months is quite a long time. 两个月是挺长的一段时间。 Thirty students is not a big number for a class. 30名学生对一个班来说不是大数目。

3. …because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now. ……因为妈妈随时都会买 完东西回来。 any minute now 是一种常见口语表达，相 当于“随时；马上；在任何时候”的意思， minute 还可替换为“second, moment, time” 等。 e.g. we are expecting them to arrive here any moment now.我们期待他们随时到来。

4. And she won’t be happy if she sees this mess. 如果她看到这么乱会生气的。 mess意为“脏乱状态；凌乱状态”，一般用于单数。 Your hair is in a mess. 你头发很乱。 与mess搭配的常用短语有：in a mess, make a mess, clean up the mess 以及What a mess! What a mess! Let’s clean it up! 好乱啊！咱们把它整理一下。

Exercise —What a dirty room! You shouldn’t throw your waste things everywhere. —Oh, I am sorry. I am going to ________ and put them in the waste box. A. fold my clothes B. take out the trash C. watch TV B

2. —Could you please go to the movies with me tonight? —Sorry, my mother is ill in bed, and I have to ________ her. A. take care of B. take a walk with C. take over 3. Don’t _________ the dog. it’s dangerous, it’ll bite you. A. play with B. play C. play for A A

4. —Jim, come out. Let’s play football. —Sorry. I’m _______ a math problem. A. working out B. working on C. working for 5. —Mum, Could I go shopping with you? —Yes, ________. But you have to finish your homework first. A. you can B. you could C. you can’t B A

Homework Help your parents do some chores at home and write a dialogue between you and your parents.

Thank You!