Unit 3 Could you please clean your room

Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? Section B (3 a-Self Check)

Lead in Do you think doing chores is good/bad for you?

Do you know these words/phrases? • clean the room • do the dishes/cooking • take out the rubbish • sweep the floor • fold your clothes • make your bed • do shopping • fix machines • 打扫房间 • 洗餐具/做饭 • 倒垃圾 • 拖地板 • 叠衣服 • 整理床铺 • 购物 • 修理机器

3 a 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. . .

探究点一 Writing 3 b 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__________________

Dear Sir or Madam, kids should help their I think/believe that ___________ parents at home ________. important for children to learn I agree thatit’s _______________ how to do chores and help their parents with ____________________ housework ______. help out with I think it is fair for children to _______ chores at home ___________________. help their parents I think children should _________ with housework _________________.

doing chores helps to develop because ________________ children’s independence ___________. know since they For example, they should ________ live in one house with their parents, they ___________________ should do their parts in keeping it clean and ___________________ it is the idea of fairness. tidy _______because Yours truly, Helen ______

Summary We learn some words and phrases about chores. You should remember them.

Quiz 1 Make a list of chores using these verbs. do the dishes 1. do _______________ clean your room 2. clean ______________ make your bed 3. make ______________ fold the clothes 4. fold _______________ 5. sweep ______________ sweep the floor 6. take out _____________ take out the rubbish

2 Are these polite requests or permissions? Write the numbers in the correct places in the chart. 1. Could you please do your homework? 2. Could I watch TV? 3. Could you take out the rubbish first? 4. Could I use your computer? 5. Could I leave now? 6. Could you come back before nine?

Requests 1 3 6 Permissions 2 4 5

3 Use the questions in activity 2 to write a conversation. A: _________________ B: _________________ …

根据汉语提示完成下列句子。 do the dishes (洗餐具) 1. His sister has to ______ after dinner. fold the clothes (叠衣服), 2. Could you please _______ Jenny? do the cleaning (打扫卫生). 3. Ben likes to ________ 4. Linda, help your mother _______ take out the ______ rubbish (倒垃圾). do chores 5. My brother hates to _____(做家务).

选词填空 hate，take care of，work on， use，forget hate doing the dishes. It’s too boring. 1. I ____ work on 2. I’m going to ____my English project and then meet my friends.

3. My mom gets really angry when I forget to clean my room. _______ 4. Can I ____ use your dictionary, please? Mine is at home. take care of my cat 5. Could you ______ when I’m on vacation?

根据语境, 写出适当的答语或问句。 1. — Excuse me, Betty. Could you help me, please? —Certainly _____. This big box? wrong withyour watch? 2. — What’s __________ —I think it is broken.

Homework Write a message to your friend to ask him/her to take care of your house when you are on vacation.

Thank you!