unit 3 reading part 八年级下册(新目标).pptVIP

2a.Discuss the questions with your partner. What do you often do to help your parents at home? Do you think kids should help out with chores at home? 2b. The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Skim the following letters. Which one agree and which one disagree? 2c. According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? 2d. Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters. a waste of time there is no need for …to do not mind spend time on in order to it is not enough to the earlier … the better make +sb./sth.+不带to的不定式（作宾语语补足语） 使某人做某事  相关链接： have,?make,?let, see, watch,?observe，feel, hear, notice, have ?等动词都可接不带to的不定式作宾补。help后可带to,也可不带to。 make +sb./sth.+形容词（作宾语补足语) 使某人/某事变得怎么样 ）　　 Waste n. 废物;浪费 v.浪费；滥用 a waste of time 浪费时间 It is a waste of time doing sth. 浪费时间做某事 It is a waste of time warning him—he is determined to go his own way. 警告他等于浪费时间，因为他决心要照自己的意思去做。 Its a mere waste of time waiting any longer. 再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。 spend, take,cost和pay的用法区别 spend的主语必须是人， 常用于以下结构：(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在……上花费时间（金钱）。例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。(2) spend time ／money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。 cost的主语是物或某种活动， 还可以表示“值”， 常见用法如下： (1)sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱,某物花了（某人）多少钱。例：A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间,某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间。例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。 take后面常跟双宾语， 常见用法有以下几种：(1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例：It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。(2)doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。 pay的基本用法是： (1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。 例：I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的房租。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。