Could you please clean your room? Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? The fifth period Section B (2a-2e)

2a 1. What do you often do to help your parents at home? 自主学习 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?

1. What is Ms. Miller’s opinion? 自主学习 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 do chores and help their parents with housework.

1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. Mark True or False. 1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. 2. According to Ms. Miller’s letter, she doesn’t think housework is 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

2c Pros Cons Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence. 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. Children already have enough stress from school. It can teach them how to look after themselves.

Pros Cons They have no time to study and do housework. It helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Their job now is to be students. They will do housework in the future. It is good for their future. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.

It’s a waste of time to water the garden when it is raining. Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters. 1. a waste of time It’s a waste of time to water the garden when it is raining. 2. there is no need for… to There is no need for you to go to the town. 3. do not mind I do not mind sweeping the floor.

4. spend time on I spent half an hour on my homework. 5. in order to He worked very hard in order to get the job. 6. it is not enough to It is not enough to clean up the parks. 7. the earlier…the better The earlier you give up smoking, the better it is for your health.

1. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. 此处代词it仅为形式上的主语, 真正的主语是to provide … for their children。我们也可将It is one’s job (duty, …) to do something.视为一个固定的句型, 表示“做某事是某人的工作(职责等)”。

e.g.:It’s every teacher’s job to explain things clearly to the students. 把东西给学生讲明白是每一位老师应做的事情。 provide 作动词，意为“ 提供；供应”。 provide sb. with sth.或provide sth. for sb.意为“为某人提供某物”。

The movie theater provides us with good service. His school provided a house for him. 汉译英：他们提供给他钱和衣服。 They provided him with money and clothes. They provided money and clothes for him.

2. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. 反正我觉得干点家务也不难。 anyway是一个副词, 若位于句首, 其后往往会有逗号将其与句子的其他内容隔开。anyway在此句中的作用是追加评论, 相当于汉语的“反正; 仍然; 依然”。

e.g.:Sam didn’t get the job, but he’s not unhappy because it didn’t pay well anyway. 萨姆没有得到那份工作, 但他并没有闷闷不乐, 反正薪酬也不算高。 anyway还可用来表示“不管怎样; 无论如何”之意。 e.g.:It’s just a cold. But anyway, you should still see the doctor. 这只不过是感冒, 但不管怎样, 你还是应该看看医生。

sick ill / sick 3. ill & sick ◆相同点 ill 与sick 都可以表示“生病的”，都可作表语。 e.g.:Alice was ill / sick yesterday.艾丽斯昨天生病了。 ◆不同点 表示“生病”时，sick 可作定语，但ill 通常不作定语。e.g.:Could you help the sick girl?你能帮那个生病的女孩吗? 【运用】根据句意，用ill或sick填空。 (1) The driver sent the _____ baby to the hospital. (2) My brother is ________. I have to look after him at home. sick ill / sick

4. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. 孩子们越早学会独立, 对他们的未来就 越好。 “the+比较级+……, the+比较级+……”是英语中一个常用的句型结构, 表示“越……, 就越……”。

e.g.:The more he explained, the better we understood. 他解释得越多, 我们就理解得越透彻。 Many people believe that the more a person reads, the wiser he will become. 很多人相信一个人书读得越多就会变得越聪明。

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?

What did we learn today? 1. Key vocabulary: have stress, a waste of time, in order to do sth. , depend on sb., an idea of fairness, fall ill, be independent 2. Important sentences: 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. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.