Transcript A: Could you take out the rubbish?

do homework
listen to music
watch TV
sleep
read some books
Do you often help your parents do the
dishes?
What do you often do to help your
parents?
do the dishes
take out the rubbish
fold your clothes
sweep the floor
make your bed
clean the living room
babysit the child
wash the car
clean the windows
mop the floor
1a Do you do these chores at home?
Discuss them with your partner.
1. do the dishes
2. take out the rubbish
3. fold your clothes 4. sweep the floor
5. make your bed
6. clean the living room
Listen.
Who
will
do
these
chores?
1b
Check ( ) Peter’s mother or Peter.
Chores
do the dishes
sweep the floor
Peter’s mother Peter
√
√
take out the trash
make the bed
fold your clothes
clean the living room
√
√
√
√
Make conversations about the
chores in 1a.
A: Could you please sweep the floor?
B: Yes, sure. Can you do the dishes?
A: Well, could you please do them?
I’m going to clean the living room.
B: No problem.
A: Could you please sweep the floor?
B: Sure. / Sorry, I can’t.
Could you please …?
■do the dishes
■ sweep the floor
■ take out the trash
■ make the bed
■ fold your clothes
■ clean the living room
A: Could you please take out the trash?
B: Sure. / Sorry, I can’t.
2a Listen. Peter asks his father if he can
do four things. What does his father
say? Check (√) yes or no.
Peter wants Peter’s father
to …
says…
go out for √
__yes ___no
dinners.
His father’s
reasons
I have to do
some work.
go to the
movies.
√__yes
___no Yu 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 Listen again. Why does Peter’s
father say “no”? Draw lines to
the reasons in the chart in 2a.
stay out late – no; You have a
basketball game.
get a ride – no; I have to do
some work.
2c
Yes,
I
can.
—Could you please …？
All right.
do the dishes
“Yes” Sure.
No problem.
sweep the floor
Certainly.
take out the trash
make your bed
fold your clothes
clean the living room
open the door
“No”
No , I can’t…
I have to …
Sorry, I can’t…
I have to …
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.
2d
Read the story and answer the
3a
questions.
1. Why was Nancy’s mom angry with
her?
Nancy wanted to watch TV first before
taking the dog out for a walk. Nancy watched
TV all the time instead of helping out around
the house.
2. Did they solve the problem? How?
Yes. Both Nancy and her mother did not do any
housework for a week. The house got so messy
that Nancy could not even find a clean dish or a
clean shirt. She decided to do the housework to
make the house clean and tidy again. She
apologized to her mom and said that she finally
understood they need to share the housework in
order to have a clean and comfortable home.
Read the sentences below. Underline
3b
the sentences from the reading that
mean the same thing.
1. Neither of us did any housework for
a week.
For one week, she did not do any
housework and neither did I.
2. My mom came over as soon as I sat
down in front of the TV.
The minute I sat down in front of
the TV, my mom came over.
3. You’re tired, but I’m tired, too.
I’m just as tired as you are!
Decide whether the underlined words
3c
in the sentences are verbs or nouns.
Then write another sentence using the
underlined word in the other form.
1. Could you take the dog for a walk?
(noun)
I walked home from school.
(verb)
2. Could I watch one show first?
(noun) Could you please show me your
___________________________________
new book? (verb)
___________________________________
3. I can’t work all day.
(verb) My father has a lot of work to
_____________________________________
do this weekend. (noun)
_____________________________________
4. You watch TV all the time.
_____________________________________
(verb) My best friend bought me a
watch as a birthday gift. (noun)
_____________________________________
5. “What happened?” she asked in surprise.
_____________________________________
(noun)
My parents surprised me on my
birthday
with a lovely birthday cake! (verb)
_____________________________________
Write R for requests and P for
4a
permissions. Then match each one
with the correct response.
a.
Yes,
here
you
1. ___
P Could I hang
are.
out with my friends
b.
Hmm.
How
after the movie?
much
do
you
need?
2. ___
R Could you
c.
Yes,
sure.
No
please pass me the salt?
problem.
I
finished
3. ___
P Could I borrow
reading
it
last
that book?
night.
d. Yes, but don’t
4. ___
R Could you help come back too late.
me do the dishes?
e. No, I can’t. I cut
5. ___
R Could you lend my finger and I’m
me some money?
trying not to get it
wet.
4b Fill in the blanks in the conversation.
A: I hate to _________
do
chores.
B: Well, I hate some chores too, but I like
other chores.
A: Really? Great! ______
Could I ask you to
help me with some chores then?
______
B: What do you need help with?
A: _______
Could you please _______
fold my clothes
for me?
B: I don’t want to do that! It’s boring!
Make a list of things your group needs
4c to do for a camping trip. Then discuss
who will do them and complete the
chart.
To-do list
Name
bring a tent
Liu Chang
Q1: Do you help your
parents do the chores
at home?
Q2:Do you always ask
your parents to do a
lot of things for you?
Q3:Do your parents
ask you to do a lot of
things for them?
teenagers
What do your parents always ask
you to do?
study hard
do chores
go to the store
/ supermarket to buy
things for them
What can you ask your parents to do?
buy food
drinks
snacks
invite friends to a party
borrow money from your parents
What
do
teenagers
ask
their
parents’
1a
permission for? What do parents ask
their teenagers to do? Write parents
or teenagers next to each phrase.
√
_____ 1. buy some drinks and snacks
teenagers
___________
_____ 2. borrow some money _________
teenagers
_____ 3. clean your room
_________
parents
teenagers
4. invite my friends to a party _________
teenagers/parents
5. go to the store
_________
7. take out the rubbish
teenagers
_________
parents
__________
8. make your bed
parents
__________
6. use your CD player
1b Use the phrases in 1a to make
conversation.
Parent: Could you clean your room?
Child: Yes, I can.
Child: Could I invite my friends to a
party?
Parent: No, you can’t have a party.
You have a test on Monday.
Listen
to
a
conversation
between
1c
Sandy and her mom. Check (√) the
things in 1a that you hear.
√___ 1. buy some drinks and snacks
√___ 2. borrow some money
√___ 3. clean your room
√___ 4. invite my friends to a party
√___ 5. go to the store
√___ 6. use your CD player
___ 7. take out the trash
___ 8. make your bed
1d Listen again. Fill in the chart.
What are they going to do?
Sandy’s
mom
Sandy
go to the store, buy drinks
and snacks
clean her room,
invite
her
friends,
use the CD player
move the big chairs to the
Sandy and bedroom, clean the living room
Dave
1e You are having a party. Ask your
partner for help with these things:
go to the store
buy drinks and snacks
do the dishes
clean the living room
take out the rubbish
A: Could you take out the rubbish?
B: Yes, sure.
Is it cool to make kids do chores?
Do your classmates have any house chores?
What can your classmates learn from
doing chores?
How can you make chores more fun?
2a Discuss the questions with your
partner.
1. What do you often do to help your
parents at home?
2. Do you think kids should help out
with chores at home?
2b Skim the following letters. Which one
agrees and which one disagrees?
The letter from Ms. Miller disagrees;
the letter from Mr. Smith agrees.
2c According to Ms. Miller and Mr.
Smith, what are the pros and cons
about kids doing chores?
Pros
Cons
Doing chores helps Housework is a
to develop
waste of children’s
children’s
time.
It teaches them how
Children already
to
look
after
have enough stress
independence.
themselves.
from school.
Pros
It helps them to
understand the
idea of fairness.
It is good for their
future.
Cons
They have no time to
study and do housework.
Their job now is to be
students. They will do
housework in the future.
It is the parents’ job to
provide a clean and
comfortable environment
at home for their children.
2d Write one sentence with each phrase
from the letters.
1. a waste of time
Computer games are a waste of time.
_____________________________________
2. there is no need for…to
There is no need for her to go to the market
_____________________________________
every day.
_____________________________________
3. do not mind
I do not mind doing the dishes.
_____________________________________
4. spend time on
I like to spend time on my hobby.
_____________________________________
5. in order to
_____________________________________
We should read more books in order to improve
our English.
_____________________________________
6. it is not enough to
_____________________________________
It is not enough to just do grammar exercises.
7. the earlier… the better
The earlier a child starts learning a new
_____________________________________
language, the better he will be at it.
_____________________________________
2e 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?
Do you think children should do
3a some chores at hoe? Why or why not?
Discuss this with a partner and take
notes.
Children should do
chores because …
Children should not
do chores because
…
Write
a
letter
to
the
Sunday
Mail
and
3b
express your opinion.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I think / believe that ______________________
I agree / disagree that _____________________
I think it is fair / unfair for children to _______
I think children should / should not __________
Because _________________________________
For example, they should / should not ________
Because _________________________________
Yours truly,
____________
Dear Sir or Madam,
I believe that children should do some
chores at home. I disagree that children’s
only job is to study hard and do well at
school. Of course it is important for children
to study hard. However, I think it is unfair
for children to expect their parents to work
hard outside and do all the household chores,
too. I think children should at least do some
simple chores to help their busy parents.
For example, they should make their own
beds and clean their own rooms because they
are the ones who use these. They may not
have time to help with the other parts of the
house, but they should try to be responsible
for their own area. This will help them to
grow up to be independent and responsible
adults.
Yours truly,
Chen Shi
1 Make a list of chores using these verbs.
do the dishes
1. do _______________________________
clean the living room
2. clean _____________________________
3. make _____________________________
make the bed
4. fold ______________________________
fold the clothes
sweep the floor
5. sweep ____________________________
6. take out __________________________
take out the rubbish
2 Are these polite requests or
permissions? Write the numbers in the
correct places in the chart.
1.Could you please do your
homework?
2. Could I watch TV?
3. Could you take out the
Request Permission
rubbish first?
s
4. Could I use your computer? s
5. Could I leave now?
1, 3, 6
2, 4, 5
6. Could you come back
before nine?
3 Use the questions in activity 2 to write
a conversation.
A: _________________________________
B: _________________________________
…
A: Could I watch TV after dinner? I want to
watch my favorite program.
B: Well, have you finished your homework?
A: Ah … no. I’ll do my homework after
watching the program.
B: I don’t think that’s a good idea. Could
you do your homework first?
A: OK. But I’ll miss the first part of the
program.