Unit3Couldyoupleasecleanyourroom?R八年級下冊

第4課時DiscussShouldparentsasktheirchildrentodochores?Talkaboutit.Do

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fun?2aDiscussthequestionswithyourpartner.1.Whatdoyouoftendotohelpyourparentsathome?2.Doyouthinkkidsshouldhelpoutwithchoresathome?Readthelettersandfinishthefollowingtasks.Task1:Answerthequestions.1.WhatisMs.Miller’sopinion?Shethinksdoingchoresisparents’job.2.WhatisMr.Smith’sopinion?Hethinksit’simportantforchildrentodochoresandhelptheirparentswithhousework.Task2:Marktrueorfalse.1.Ms.Millerthinkskidsshoulddochoresathome.2.AccordingtoMs.Miller’sletter,shethinkshouseworkisnotawasteofkids’time.3.Ms.MillerandMr.Smithhavedifferentideasondoingchores.4.Mr.Smiththinksitisusefultodochores.FFTT2bTheSundayMailmagazineinvitedparentstowriteaboutwhethertheythinkyoungpeopleshoulddochoresathome.Readthefollowingletters.Whichoneagreesandwhichonedisagrees?TheletterfromMs.Millerdisagrees;theletterfromMr.Smithagrees.SkimmingThismeanslookingquicklythroughapieceofwritingtofindthemainideawithoutreadingeveryword.Itisstillagoodideatoreadthefirstsentenceineachparagraphalittlemorecarefully.DearSir,Idonotunderstandwhysomeparentsmaketheirkidshelpwithhouseworkandchoresathome.Kidsthesedaysalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Theydonothavetimetostudyanddohousework,too.Houseworkisawaste

oftheirtime.Couldwejustletthemdotheirjobasstudents?Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkinordertogetgoodgradesandgetintoagooduniversity.Also,whentheygetolder,theywillhavetodohouseworksothereisnoneedforthemtodoitnow.Itistheparents’jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironmentathomefortheirchildren.Andanyway,Ithinkdoingchoresisnotsodifficult.Idonotminddoingthem.Ms.Miller1.Kidsthesedaysalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Languagepointsenough作形容詞，修飾名詞時，可放在名詞前，也可放在名詞后，習慣放在名詞前。enough作副詞時，要放在形容詞/副詞后，即后置。1.Wehave_____________(足夠的錢)tobuyacar.2.She’s__________todecideforherself.(她已到了自己做決定的年齡了。)3.Littleoftheexistinghousingisofgood_____________.enoughmoneyoldenoughenoughquality2.Theyshouldspendtheirtimeonschoolworkinordertogetgoodgradesand...spend作動詞意為“花費”，其主語必須是人，句式:sb.spendssometime/moneyonsth.

或spendsometime/moneyindoingsth.

其中介詞in可以省略。安迪花了很多錢買書。Andyhasspentalotofmoneyonbooks.我看電視花的時間太多。IspendtoomuchtimewatchingTV.3.Itistheparents’jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironmentathomefortheirchildren.providesth.forsb.表示“為某人提供某物”，也可以換成providesb.withsth.。我們為饑餓的孩子提供食物。Weprovidedthehungrychildrenwithfood.Weprovidedthefoodforthehungrychildren.【辨析】provide,supply

與offerprovidesupplyoffer指為應付意外、緊急情況等作好充分準備而“提供；供給”。通常指定期供應或補充所需物品。常用于結構supplysb.withsth.或supplysth.tosb.。側重表示“愿意給予”。常用于結構offersb.sth.或offertodosth.。4.Idonotminddoingthem.mind表示“介意，反對”，是及物動詞，后接名詞/動名詞/從句，不接不定式。你介意關上門嗎？Doyoumindclosingthedoor?DearSir,Ithinkitisimportantforchildrentolearnhowtodochoresandhelptheirparentswithhousework.Itisnotenoughtojustgetgoodgradesatschool.Childrenthesedaysdependontheirparentstoomuch.Theyarealwaysasking,“Couldyougetthisforme?”or“Couldyouhelpmewiththat?”Doingchoreshelpstodevelopchildren’sindependenceandteachesthemhowtolookafterthemselves.Italsohelpsthemtounderstandtheideaoffairness.Sincetheyliveinonehousewiththeirparents,theyshouldknowthateveryoneshoulddotheirpartinkeepingitcleanandtidy.Ourneighbors’songotintoagoodcollegebutduringhisfirstyear,hehadnoideahowtotakecareofhimself.Asaresult,heoftenfellillandhisgradesdropped.Theearlierkidslearntobeindependent,thebetteritisfortheirfuture.Mr.Smith5.Theearlierkidslearntobeindependent,thebetteritisfortheirfuture.“the+比較級…,the+比較級…”意為“越……，就越……”。你學習越努力，你的成績就越好。Theharderyouworkatyourstudy,thebettergradesyouwillhave.AccordingtoMs.MillerandMr.Smith,whataretheprosandconsaboutkidsdoingchores?2cProsConsDoingchoreshelpstodevelopchildren’sindependence.Houseworkisawasteofchildren’stime.ProsConsItteachesthemhowtolookafterthemselvesIthelpsthemtounderstandtheideaoffairness.Itisgoodfortheirfuture.Childrenalreadyhaveenoughstressfromschool.Theyhavenotimetostudyanddohousework.Theirjobnowistobestudents.Theywilldohouseworkinthefuture.Itistheparents’jobtoprovideacleanandcomfortableenvironmentathomefortheirchildren.2dWriteonesentencewitheachphrasefromtheletters.1.awasteoftime2.thereisnoneedfor…toThereisnoneedforyoutogotothetown.It’sawasteoftimetowaterthegardenwhenitisraining.

3.donotmind4.spendtimeon5.inordertoIdonotmindsweepingthefloor.Ispenthalfofanhouronmyhomework.Heworkedveryhardinordertogetthejob.6.itisnotenoughto7.theearlier…thebetterItisnotenoughtocleanuptheparks.Theearlieryougiveupsmoking,thebetteritisforyourhealth.2eDiscussthequestionswithapartner.1.Whichletterdoyouagreewith?Why?2.Whatwouldyousaytothepersonwhowrotetheletteryoudon’tagreewith?用單詞或詞組的適當形式填空。

chore,makeone’sbed,clean,takeout,workon,livingroom,dothelaundry1.Thankyouverymuchfor__________thetrash.2.Ilike_______________myroom.Idon’twantittobedirty.3.Herearesomedirtyclothes.Couldyoupleasehelpme______________?takingoutcleaning/tocleandothelaundryExercise4.Motheraskshersonto____________aftergettingup.5.Mymotheristalkingonthephoneinthe__________.6.—Doyouoftendo______athome?—No.Idon’tliketodothehousework.7.Heis__________gettingreadyforhisEnglishtestnextmonth.makehisbedlivingroomchoresworkingonUnit3Couldyoupleasecleanyourroom?R八年級下冊

第5課時Review1.takeouttherubbish2.頻繁；反復3.dependon4.目的是；為了5.takecareof6.一……就……7.makethebed8.至少倒垃圾allthetime依靠；信賴inorderto照顧；處理assoonas鋪床atleast3aDoyouthinkchildrenshoulddosomechoresathome?Whyorwhynot?

Discussthiswithapartnerandtakenotes.Childrenshoulddochoresbecause…Childrenshouldnotdochoresbecause…3bWritealettertotheSundayMailandexpressyouropinion.

DearSirorMadam,Ithink/believethat__________________.Iagree/disagreethat__________________.Ithinkitisfair/unfairforchildrento__________.Ithinkchildrenshould/shouldnot_____________.because_________________________________.Forexample,theyshould/shouldnot________________________________________________because_________________________________.Yourstruly,__________1.信頭：發信人地址和日期。有時可省去發信人地址，但一般要寫日期。放在信紙的右上方。2.稱呼：對收信人的尊稱。常用Dear，后用名字，而Mr.,Mrs.,Miss.后不能單獨用名字，而是姓或姓與名，如：JohnSmith的稱呼，是Mr.Smith,Mr.JohnSmith或DearJohn。稱呼后用逗號。寫作指導3.正文。4.結尾：發信人對收信人的謙稱或敬語。放在信的右下方。要特別注意英語習慣，不可根據漢語意思寫“此致敬禮”、“祝您健康”之類的中國式的結尾語。寫給同齡人或年長的朋友:Yours

sincerely,Yours等等。寫給親朋好友：Love，Bestwishes等等。5.簽名：一般在結尾語的下面一行。

常見的私人信件的開頭方式：高興：Iwassoglad/pleased/happytoreceiveyourletter.感謝：Thankyouforyourwonderfulgift/yourinterestingletter.關心與詢問：Howareyouthesedays?/Howareyougettingonthesedays?Howareyougettingonwithyourwork/studies?抱歉：IamsorrythatIdidnotwritetoyousoonerbutIhavebeenverybusythesedays.一般在表示道歉沒有及時給對方寫信時，還要簡述原因或寫上安慰的話。遺憾：Iwassorrytolearnthatyoudidnotdowellintheexamination./Iwassoupsettohearthatyouareillthesedays.Idohopeyouaregettingbetter.helpwithhouseworkandchoresathomehaveenoughstressfromschoolspendthetimeonschoolworkinorderto…Thereisnoneedforthemto…Itisimportantforsb.todosth.It’snotenoughto…developchildren’sindependenceThemore…,themore…參考句型1Makealistofchoresusingtheseverbs.1.do______________________________2.clean____________________________3.make________________________