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课件网) ………… ……… …… Unit 3 Could you please clean your room Section B 2a-2e …… 2a. Discuss the questions with your parnter. 1. What do you often do to help your parents at home 2. Do you think kids should help out with chores at home your opinions …… 2b. The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Sunday Mail magazine parents’ opinions …… 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 Reading guidance look through 浏览 It is a good idea to... …是一个好主意 a little 修饰比较级...一点儿 …… 1. Who give the opinions 2. What are their opinions Ms. Miller that young people should do chores at home. Mr. Smith that young people should do chores at home. disagrees agrees state your opinions first Skim the passage. …… How do they prove their opinions – Ms. Miller Dear Sir, I do not understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as students They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so there is no need for them to do it now. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I do not mind doing them. Ms. Miller help (sb.) with sth. = help (sb.) (to) do sth. 帮忙做某事 make sb. do sth. 让某人做某事 如今 n. 精神压力；心理负担 have time to do sth. 有时间做某事 名前形副后 a waste of time 浪费时间 let sb. do sth. 作为 sb. spend time/money on sth./(in) doing sth. 某人花费时间/金钱做某事 为了; 否定 in order (not) to 取得好成绩 进入好的大学 变老 there is no need for sb. to do sth. 做某事对某人来说没有必要 It is one’s job to do sth. 做某事是某人的工作 provide sth. for sb. = provide sb. with sth. 为某人提供某物 动名词作主语；谓语动词用单数 mind doing sth. 介意做某事 …… How do they prove their opinions – Ms. Miller Ms. Miller proves her opinion from different perspectives(角度). For kids For parents For Ms. Miller …… How do they prove their opinions – Ms. Miller Housework is a waste of kids’ time. Why …… How do they prove their opinions – Ms. Miller reasons(原因) opinion(观点) For kids For parents For Ms. Miller …… Dear Sir, I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me ” or “Could you help me with that ... ...
