新目标 八下Unit3-4.ppt

Section B Period 4 (2a-2e) 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 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 Answer the questions. 1. What is Ms. Miller’s opinion? 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? 1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. 2. According to Ms. Miller’s letter, she thinks housework is not a waste of kids’ time. 3. Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith have different ideas on doing chores. 4. Mr. Smith thinks it is useful to do chores. F F T T 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. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. Doing chores helps children understand the idea of fairness. 2c 2d Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters. 1. a waste of time _____________________ 2. there is no need for..to ______________ 3. do not mind ________________________ 4. spend time on ______________________ Its a waste of time playing computer games. There is no need for him to come so early. I dont mind opening the window. She spent much time on collecting stamps. 5. in order to _________________________ 6. it is not enough to ___________________ 7. the earlier… the better ______________