Discussthequestionswithyourpartner.pptVIP

* 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? 2a stress n. 精神压力; 心理负担 waste n. 浪费; 垃圾 v. 浪费; 滥用 depend v. 依靠; 依赖 develop v. 发展; 壮大 fairness n.公正性; 合理性 since conj. 因为; 既然 prep., conj. adv. 从……以后; 自……以来 neighbor(=neighbour) n. 邻居 drop v. 落下; 掉下 The Sunday Mail magazine《周日邮报》杂志invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees? 2b Skimming 意为“快速掠过，从中提取最容易取得的精华”。这种读法包含有原词的所有意思——快速读过去，取出读物中关键性的东西。因此，我们可以把这种读法理解为快速浏览课文，领会文章大意。一般而言，通过标题可知道文章的主题。对文章的首段和末段要多加注意，以便发现作者的观点。 1. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. 此处代词it仅为形式上的主语, 真正的主语是to provide … for their children。我们也可将It is one’s job (duty, …) to do something.视为一个固定的句型, 表示“做某事是某人的工作(职责等)”。如: provide 作动词，意为“ 提供；供应”。 provide sb. with sth.或provide sth. for sb.意为“为某人提供某物”。如： 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。 The movie theater provides us with good service. His school provided a house for him. 汉译英。他们提供给他钱和衣服。 They provided him with money and clothes. They provided money and clothes for him. 2. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. 反正我觉得干点家务也不难。 anyway是一个副词, 若位于句首, 其后往往会有逗号将其与句子的其他内容隔开。anyway在此句中的作用是追加评论, 相当于汉语的“反正; 仍然; 依然”。如: 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还可用来表示“不管怎样; 无论如何”之意。例如: It’s just a cold. But anyway, you should still see the doctor. 这只不过是感冒, 但不管怎样, 你还是应该看看医生。 4. 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+……”是英语中一个常用的句型结构, 表示“越……, 就越……”。如: The more he explained, the better we understood. 他解释得越多, 我们就理解得越透彻。 Many people