1、Could you please clean your room?,义务教育教科书(人教)八年级英语下册,Unit 3,Period 4,Section B(2a-selfcheck),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?,2a,Warming up,stress n. 精神压力; 心理负担 waste n. 浪费; 垃圾 v.
2、浪费; 滥用 depend v. 依靠; 依赖 develop v. 发展; 壮大 fairness n.公正性; 合理性 since conj. 因为; 既然 prep., conj. 掉下,New works,The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees?,2b,Skimmi
3、ng,Skimming 意为“快速掠过,从中提取最容易取得的精华”。这种读法包含有原词的所有意思快速读过去,取出读物中关键性的东西。因此,我们可以把这种读法理解为快速浏览课文,领会文章大意。一般而言,通过标题可知道文章的主题。对文章的首段和末段要多加注意,以便发现作者的观点。,阅读策略,Answer the questions.,1. What is Ms. Millers opinion?,She thinks doing chores is parents job.,He thinks its important for children to do chores and help the
4、ir parents with housework.,2. What is Mr. Smiths opinion?,According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?,Parents should provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.,Doing chores helps children understand the idea of fairness.,2c,
5、I. 完成句子,每空词数不限。 1. Ms. Miller thinks children should spend their time on schoolwork in order to _. 2. Mr. Smith thinks these days children depend on _.,Read the letters again and finish the following tasks.,get good grades and get into a good university,their parents too much,II. 判断正(T)误(F)。 ( )3. M
6、s. Miller thinks doing chores is not difficult. ( )4. Mr. Smiths neighbors son looked after himself well during his first year in the college.,T,F,2d,Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.,1. a waste of timeIts a waste of time to water the garden when it is raining. 2. there is no nee
7、d for toThere is no need for you to go to the town.,3. do not mindI do not mind sweeping the floor. 4. spend time onI spent half of an hour on my homework. 5. in order toHe worked very hard in order to get the job.,6. it is not enough toIt is not enough to clean up the parks. 7. the earlierthe bette
8、rThe earlier you give up smoking, the better it is for your health.,1. Which letter do you agree with? Why? 2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you dont agree with?,Discuss the questions with a partner,1. It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at ho
9、me 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 ones 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)”。如:,Language points,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”。如:,Its every teachers job to explain things clearly to
10、 the students. 把东西给学生讲明白是每一位老师应做的事情。,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
11、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”。如:,Sam didnt get the job, but hes not unhappy because it didnt 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。例如: Its 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
12、医生。,3. ill & sick 相同点 ill 与sick 都可以表示“生病的”,都可作表语。如: Alice was ill / sick yesterday. 不同点 表示“生病”时,sick 可作定语,但ill 通常不作定语。如: Could you help the sick girl?,【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.,ill / sick,sick,4. The e
13、arlier 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”。如:,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
14、得越聪明。,I. 根据句意及所给首字母提示,补全句中所缺单词。1. He was i_ but nobody took him to the hospital.2. If you dont study hard, your grades will d_.3. I like Old Henry because he often p_ us with hot water.,ll,rop,rovides,Exercises,4. We can d_ on him for help. 5. Mother thinks playing computer games is a w_ of time. II
15、. 根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. He _(develop) a farm from nothing. 2. In fact, young people have too much _ (stress) today.,aste,epend,developed,stress,3. He didnt mind _(help) me with my English. 4. Mr. Li and Mr. Wang are both my _ (neighbor). 5. Why did the man make the little boy _(carry) water?,carr
16、y,helping,neighbors,1. 信头:发信人地址和日期。 有时可省去发信人地址,但一般要写日期。放在信纸的右上方。 2. 称呼:对收信人的尊称。 常用Dear,后用名字,而Mr,Mrs,Miss后不能单独用名字,而是姓或姓与名,如:John Smith的称呼,是Mr Smith,Mr John Smith或 Dear John。称呼后用逗号。 3. 正文。,写作指导,4. 结尾:发信人对收信人的谦称或敬语。放在信的右下方。要特别注意英语习惯,不可根据汉语意思写“此致敬礼”、“祝您健康”之类的中国式的结尾语。 写给同龄人或年长的朋友: Yours sincerely,Yours等等
17、。 写给亲朋好友: Love,Best wishes等等。 5. 签名:一般在结尾语的下面一行。,常见的私人信件的开头方式: 高兴:I was so glad/pleased/happy to receive your letter. 感谢:Thank you for your wonderful gift / your interesting letter. 关心与询问:How are you these days?/ How are you getting on these days?/ How are you getting on with your work/studies? 抱歉:I
18、 am sorry that I did not write to you sooner but I have been very busy these days.,一般在表示道歉没有及时给对方写信 时,还要简述原因或写上安慰的话。 遗憾:I was sorry to learn that you did not do well in the examination. / I was so upset to hear that you are ill these days. I do hope you are getting better.,help with housework and ch
19、ores at home have enough stress from school spend the time on school work in order to There is no need for them to It is important for sb. to do sth. Its not enough to develop childrens independence The more, the more,Useful phrases,Make a list of chores using these verbs. 1. do _ 2. clean _ 3. make _ 4. fold _ 5. sweep _ 6. take out _,do the dishes,clean the living room,make your bed,fold your clothes,sweep the floor,take out the rubbish,Self check,结束语,No man can do two things at once. 一心不可二用,