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Unit 3 Could you please clean your room?
第五课时 Section B (2a-2e)
What do you often do to help your parents at home?
Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?
Let's discuss.
What about
parents' ideas?
Warm- up
Name: Cathy
Job: reporter
Work Place:
Sunday Mail Magazine
Cloud Interview:
(云采访)
Should children do chores at home?
Pre-reading
1. What do you often do to help your parents at home?
2. Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?
Discuss the questions with your partner.
2a
Mr. Smith
Ms. Miller
Sunday
Mail magazine
What are their opinions?
Kids have different opinions about doing chores.
How about their parents?
2b
Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees?
Skimming
This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully.
略读
The last sentence is important, too.
Fast-reading
They are probably about whether kids should________.
A. spend time on schoolwork
B. help out with chores at home
C. learn to be independent(独立的)
√
The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Skim the letters.
Look, read and predict (预测)
The title and the picture in the passage can help you predict what you will read about.
题目(要求)和文章中的图片能够帮助你预测要读的内容。
请学生拿出答题器作答。
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disagree
agree
Topic sentence主旨句
Topic sentence主旨句
Should kids help out with
chores at home?
Mr. Smith
Ms. Miller
Kids shouldn’t
do chores.
Kids should
do chores.
opinion
Topic Sentences:
主题句,直接体现作者的观点(摆观点),经常居于段首,以便读者浏览主题句就可掌握文章的概要。
While-reading
Read quickly and answer the questions.
1.What's the type of the passage ?
A.Story B. News C.Letter
2.Who are invited to write the letters
in this passage ?
3.What will you read about ?
A. Kids should spend time on schoolwork.
B. Should kids do chores at home?
C. Kids should be dependent.
Ms. Miller
Mr. Smith
Ms. Miller
Mr. Smith
B. Should kids do chores at home?
Skim the letters. Who agrees ? Who disagrees ?
Ms. Miller
Mr. Smith
Cons
Disagree
Agree
Pros
The structure of the first letter.
Opinion
Kids__________do chores at home.
shouldn’t
Reason
Kids have these days already______________from school.
They have no time____________.Housework is ________ their time.
As students, they should_________their time __________ schoolwork____________ get good grades.
They will have to do housework when they ____________ so there is _________ for them to do it now.
It’s the parents' job to _________ a clean and comfortable environment.
enough stress
to study
in order to
spend on
a waste of
get older
no need
provide
Conclusion
(结论)
It's not ___________. She does not mind_____________.
difficult
doing them
The structure of the second letter.
Opinion
Kids__________do chores at home.
should
Reason
It is ___________ to just get good grades at school.
Children these days ___________ their parents too much.
Doing chores helps to _________ children’s _____________.
It teaches them how to _____________ themselves.
It also helps them to understand the idea of _________.
Everyone should _________________ keeping it clean and tidy ________ they live together.
Conclusion
(结论)
The earlier kids learn to be ____________, the better it is for their _________.
not enough
depend on
look after
fairness
their part in
Since
Example
___________son fell ill and his grades ___________.
Neighbors's
future
independent
develop
independence
dropped
Should young people do chores at home?
Ms. Miller
Mr. Smith
Mark True or False.
1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at
home.
2. According to Ms. Miller’s letter, she
thinks housework is not a waste of kids’
time.
3. Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith have different
ideas on doing chores.
4. Mr. Smith thinks it is useful to do chores.
F
F
T
T
According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?
It helps children understand the idea of fairness.
Parents should provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
It teaches them how to look after themselves.
It is good for their future.
Children already have enough stress from school.
They have no time to study and do housework.
Their job now is to be students. They will do housework in the future.
2c
Post-reading
Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.
1. a waste of time __________________________
_________________________________________
2. there is no need for…to ____________________
_________________________________________
3. do not mind _____________________________
4. spend time on ___________________________
_________________________________________
It's a waste of time to water the
garden when it is raining.
There is no need for you
to do it yourself.
I do not mind sweeping the floor.
Please don't spend too much time
on computer games.
2d
Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.
5. in order to ______________________________
_________________________________________
6. it is not enough to ________________________
_________________________________________
7. the earlier… the better _____________________
_________________________________________
In order to get good grades, I work
very hard every day.
To keep healthy, it's not
enough to just eat healthy food.
The earlier you give up
smoking, the better it is for your health.
2d
Discuss the questions with a partner.
1. Which letter do you agree with? Why?
2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you don't agree with?
2e
*It is one’s job (duty, …) to do sth. :“做某事是某人的工作(职责等)”
It’s every teacher’s job to explain things clearly to the students.
把东西给学生讲明白是每一位老师应做的事情。
*在这个句子中,it为形式主语,真正的主语是 to provide…for their children
1. It’s the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
*provide sth. for sb. “为某人提供某物”
1) We are here to provide a service for the public.
2) They provided the children with good food and clothing.
=provide sb. with sth.
Language points
1.provide v.提供;供应
It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
为孩子们提供干净、舒适的家庭环境是父母的职责。
provide意为“提供;供应”,后接名词或代词作宾语。常用固定搭配:provide sth.for sb.或provide sb.with sth.,意为“为某人提供某物”。
拓展
短语offer sb.sth.和offer sth.to sb.也有“为某人提供某物”的意思。
Language points
Practice!
1.The charity provides free food and clothes homeless people.
A.to B.for
C.with D.of
2.The little boy his seat to an old lady on the crowded bus.
A.lent B.took
C.offered D.provided
2. And anyway, … I do not mind doing them.
anyway adv. 反正;仍然;依然
Sam didn’t get the job, but he’s not unhappy because it didn’t 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 还可表示“不管怎样,无论如何”。
I am coming anyway, no matter what you say.
不管你怎么说,我无论如何都要来。
I don’t think they need help, but I think I should offer anyway.
我认为他们无须帮助,不过我想我应有所表示。
3. … helps to develop children’s independence …
develop v. 发展;壮大
We must do our best to develop the national economy.
我们必须努力发展国民经济。
A small seed can develop into a tall tree.
一粒小小的种子能长成一棵大树。
development n. 发展;生长;进展
4. Since they live in our house with their parents …
since conj. 因为,既然,由于 (引导原因状语从句)
Since you are so sure of it, he'll believe you.
既然你对此这么有把握,他会相信你的。
Since you can’t answer the question, perhaps we'd better ask someone else.
既然你无法回答这个问题,我们最好再问问别人。
take care of “照看;照顾”,相当于 look after,其后可直接接名词或代词作宾语。
He’s old enough to take care of himself.
他长大了,能照顾自己了。
take care 当心;保重
You must take care in busy city streets.
在繁忙的城市街道上你必须要当心。
5. … how to take care of themselves.
6. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped.
as a result “结果”,后面接的内容表示结果;
as a result of “……的结果,由于”,后面接的内容表示原因,相当于because of。如:
He didn’t work hard. As a result, he failed his exam.
As a result, Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the film Rom an Holiday.
We had to stay at home as a result of the heavy rain.
As a result of the earthquakes, thousands of Japanese lost their homes.
7. The earlier 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”: “越……越……”
1) The harder you work, the greater progress you will make.
你越用功,进步就越大。
2) The higher the ground is, the thinner the air becomes.
离地面越高,空气就越稀薄。
3) The more learned a man is, the more modest he usually is.
一个人越有学问,往往就越谦虚。
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Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母提示填写单词
1. He was i___ but nobody took him to the hospital.
2. If you don’t study hard, your grades will d______.
3. I like Old Henry because he often p_______ us with hot water.
4. We can d______ on him for help.
5. Mother thinks playing computer games is a w______ of time.
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rop
rovides
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Exercises
1.—Could you tell me why you learn English so well?
—It’s very simple. you study, grades you will get.
A.The harder;better B.The harder;the better
C.Harder;better D.Harder;the better
2.Many people believe that the a person reads,the he will become.
A.more;wiser B.less;happier
C.much;wise D.many;happy
B
A
Ⅱ.单项选择
3.He doesn’t do his homework _________.So he always makes some mistakes.
A.careful enough B.enough careful
C.carefully enough D.enough carefully
4. I think everyone ______ the environment, so we must protect it.
A.depends on B.takes care of
C.care about D.look after
C
A
5.She got up early this morning _______ catch the first bus.
A. in order that B. in order to
C. all that D. whether
6.—The local food may taste a bit bad.
—Well, ____we are here, why not give it a try?
A. though B. unless C. since D. because
B
C
1. Read the two letters and try to retell it.
2. Have a discussion about whether kids
should do chores or not with your parents,
and write down their opinions.
Homework
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