unit 3 sectionA 阅读.ppt

Revision. 1e go to the store buy drinks and snacks do the dishes clean the living room take out the rubbish 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 Should young people do chores at home? Which one agrees and which one disagrees? 2b Skim the following letters. Skimming——快速读过去，取出读物中关键性的东西。我们可以快速浏览课文，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。 Answer the questions. 1. What is Ms. Miller’s idea ? She thinks doing chores is parents’ job. He thinks it’s important for children to do chores and help their parents with housework. 2. What is Mr. Smith’s opinion? According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? Pros Cons Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence. Housework is a waste of children’s time. Parents should provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. Doing chores helps children understand the idea of fairness. 2c I. 完成句子，每空词数不限。 1. Ms. Miller thinks children should spend their time on schoolwork in order to ________________________ ____________________. 2. Mr. Smith thinks these days children depend on _______________________. Read the letters again and finish the following tasks. get good grades and get into a good university their parents too much II. 判断正(T)误(F)。 ( )3. Ms. Miller thinks doing chores is not difficult. ( )4. Mr. Smith’s neighbors’ son looked after himself well during his first year in the college. T F 2d Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters. 1. a waste of time It’s a waste of time to water the gard