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Unit 3 Could you please clean your room?
Section A Grammar Focus-4c
What do you usually do at home?
do homework
watch TV
sleep
listen to music
read some books
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Do you often help your parents do the dishes?
do the dishes
What do you often do to help your parents?
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take out the rubbish
fold the clothes
sweep the floor
make the bed
clean the living room
do the dishes
Chant Time
Could you please sweep the floor, sweep the floor?
Could you please do the dishes, do the dishes?
Could you please fold your clothes, fold your clothes?
Could you please make the bed, make the bed?
If we are free, we all say “Yes, sure”.
If we are busy, we can say “Sorry, I can’t”.
A: Mum, could I go out for dinner with
my friends?
B: Sure, that should be OK.
A: Could I get something to drink with
my friends after the movie?
B: Sure, you can.
A: Could I get something to drink with my
friends after the movie?
B: No, you can’t, you have a basketball game
tomorrow.
Read the following sentences and observe the questions.
Ask for permission.
Make polite requests.
could
can 的过去时
礼貌的请求
提出建议
推测
I could run fast when I was a child.
Could you help me?
You could talk to your teacher now.
He couldn’t be at the school then.
Could you please clean your room?
你能打扫一下你的房间吗?
在表示请求帮助或请求允许的疑问句中,我们常用could代替can, 以表示礼貌、委婉或不确定的语气,而can 则不具有这些语气。这样用时,不能把could 看作为can 的过去式。
Could you please …?
请你……好吗?
这里的could 不是表示一般的过去式, 而是用来表示委婉地提出请求。
Could you please do sth?
Yes, I can.
All right.
“Yes” Sure.
No problem.
Certainly.
No , I can’t…
I have to ---
“No”
Sorry, I can’t…
I have to ---
1. could表示请求,语气委婉,显得有礼貌
Could you please clean your room?
你可以打扫你的房间吗?
肯定回答:Yes, I can.
是的,我可以。
Yes, sure. / Yes, of course.
否定回答:
Sorry, I c