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 1
Section A(1a-2d)
make the bed
整理床铺
sweep the floor
扫地
wash the car
刷车
take out the
rubbish
倒垃圾
A:
What
chores
does he do every day?
B: He …
every day
.
Mom: Peter, could you please ……
?
Peter: Yes, sure.
/
All right.
/
N
o
problem.
/
Certainly
./ So
rry, I can't. I have to do...
Do you do these chores at home?
Discuss them with your partner.
1a
do the dishes
take out the rubbish
fold your clothes
sweep the floor
make your bed
clean the living room
Listen. Who will do these
chores
?
Check (√) Peter’s mother or Peter.
Chores
Peter’s mother
Peter
do the dishes
sweep the floor
take out the rubbish
make
the
bed
fold
the
clothes
clean the living room
√
√
√
√
√
√
1b
Listening
Make conversations about the
chores in 1a.
1c
Yes, sure. Can you do the dishes?
Could you please sweep the floor?
Well, could you please do them? I’m going to clean the living room.
No problem.
Pair work
Yes, sure. Can you …?
Could you please …?
…
…
A: Could you please
...... ?
B:
Yes, sure.
/
All right.
/
No problem.
/
Certainly.
Sorry,
I can’t. I have to do......
Sorry, I can
’t. I am doing......
Make polite requests礼貌提出请求
take out the
rubbish
do chores
do the dishes
sweep the floor make dinner
wash the car
make
the
bed
fold
the
clothes
clean the living room
Listen. Peter asks his father if he can do four things. What does his father say? Check (
√
) “yes” or “no”.
Peter wants to…
Peter’s father says…
go out for dinner.
Yes
No
go to the movies.
Yes
No
stay out late.
Yes
No
get a ride.
Yes
No
√
√
√
√
2a
Listen again. Why does Peter’s father say “no”?
Draw lines to the reasons.
Peter wants to…
Peter’s father says…
His father’s reasons
go out for dinner.
Yes
No
I have to do some work.
go to the movies.
Yes
No
You have to clean your room
stay out late.
Yes
No
I need to eat breakfast.
get a ride.
Yes
No
You have a basketball game.
√
√
√
√
2b
Ask for permission礼貌地取得同意
A:
Could I
use your computer?
B:
Sorry.
I'm going to
work on
it now.
A: Well,
could I
watch TV?
B:
Yes, you can
,
but first you have to clean your room.
No, you can't...
.
2c
Make conversations between Peter and his father.
A:
Could I
use your
…
?
B:
Sorry.
I'm going to
…
.
A: Well,
could I
…?
B:
Yes, you can.
But
… /
No, you can't
…
Role-play the conversation.
(Pay attention to the colorful words.)
Sister: Tony, could you please
help out with
a few things
?
Brother: Could I
at least
finish watching
this show?
Sister: No. I think
two hours of TV
is enough
for you!
Brother: Fine. What do you
want me to do
?
2d
Sister: Could you take out the rubbish, fold the clothes and do the dishes?
Brother:
So much
?
Sister: Yes, because Mom will
be back from
shopping
any minute
now. And
she won’t be happy if she
sees this mess
.
Brother: But the house is already
pretty clean and tidy
!
Sister: Yes, well, it’s clean, but it’s not “
mother clean
”.
1.
help out
动词短语,表示在某人繁忙或
遇到困难时“给予帮助”。
help
和
out
之间还可以加入具体的“人”。
e.g. He
helped
me
out
with my task.
他帮我完成了任务。
They
helped
(us)
out
with the clean-up.
他们帮助我们做大扫除。
Language points
2.
at least
至少
e.g. We should brush our teeth
at least
twice a day.
我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。
3.
be back
回来
e.g. I won’t
be back
till 11:00.
我
11
点以前回不来。
4.
any minute now
一种常见的口语表达法,相当于“随时;马上;在任何时刻”的意思,
表示事情有可能在极短的时间内发生或眼下就要发生。
minute
还可以用
second, moment, time
等词替换。
e.g. Don’t worry, he will come here
any minute now.
别担心
,
他会马上来这儿。
The guests are arriving
any time now
but we’re still not ready.
客人即刻就到,但我们还没有准备好。
We’re expecting them
any moment now
.
我们期待他们随时到来。
What d
id
we learn today?
倒垃圾
干家务
洗餐具
扫地
做饭
整理床铺
叠衣服
take out the
rubbish
do chores
do the dishes
sweep the floor
make dinner
make
the
bed
fold
the
clothes
打扫客厅
帮助解决
至少
完成(做)某事
购物回来
看到这么凌乱
clean the living room
help out
at least
finish doing sth.
be back from shopping
see this mess
1. New vocabulary
do the dishes, sweep the floor
take out the trash, make the bed
fold the clothes, clean the room
2.
---Could you please…
?
---Yes, please./ Sorry, I can’t.
Summary
1. List all the main phrases of doing chores that you know.
(必做)
2. Make a conversation between you and your mother, using the sentence pattern “Could you please …?”
(选做)
Homework
结束语
No man can do two things at once.
一心不可二用