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Unit 3
Could you please clean your room?
Section A 3a—Grammar Focus
1
Make polite requests
Could you please...?
Could I ...?
Could you ...?
Task Card 1
What text type is the passage?
A. A letter.
B. A story.
C. A piece of news.
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Pre-reading
Scene 1
Task Card 3
Divide the passage into three scenes.
Scene 2
Scene 3
Task Card 4
Read Scene 1 carefully and finish the chart on the left.
Names Actions Information behind the words
Nancy
The dog
Mom
came home from school
threw down the bag
went to the living room
sat down in front of the TV
welcomed Nancy and wanted a walk
came over
tired,lazy,impolite
...
happy
...
tired,angry,busy
...
watchTV all the time and never help out around the house
shouted back
While-reading
Nancy:tired,lazy, impolite
Mom:tired,angry, busy
While-reading
3 mins
Task Card 5
Read Scene 2&3 carefully and answer three questions:
1.Who cleaned the house?
2.How did mom feel when she found the house clean and tidy?
3.Why did Nancy write this passage?
Answers:
1.Nancy.
2.She felt surprised.
3.To tell readers we need to share the housework to have a clean and comfortable home.
While-reading
How would Nancy’s mom feel after hearing Nancy’s words? What would she say?
3 mins
While-reading
Task Card 6
Read the sentences below. Underline the sentences from the reading that mean the same thing.
1. Neither of us did any housework for a week.
2. My mom came over as soon as I sat down in front of the TV.
3. You're tired, but I’m tired, too.
She did not do any housework and neither did I.
The minute I sat down in front of the TV,my mom came
over.
I am just as tired as you are.
— I don’t like this dress.
我不喜欢这件连衣裙。
— Neither / Nor do I. 我也不喜欢。
注意:neither 之后的主语要置于助动词、情态动词、be动词之后。
neither 用作代词,表示“两者都不,双方均不”。例如:
He answered neither of the letters.
他两封信都没回。
— Which one would you like? 你喜欢哪一个?
— Neither. 两个都不喜欢。
While-reading
Task Card 7
Decide whether the underlined words in the