1、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,New words,stress n. 精神壓力; 心理負(fù)擔(dān) waste n. 浪費(fèi); 垃圾 v. 浪費(fèi); 濫用 depend v. 依靠; 依賴(lài) develop v. 發(fā)展; 壯大 fairness n.公正性; 合理性 since conj. 因?yàn)? 既然 prep., conj.

2、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,Skimming 意為“快速掠過(guò)，從中提取最容易取得的精華”。這種讀法包含有原詞的所有意思快速讀過(guò)去，取出讀物中關(guān)鍵性的東西。因此，我們可以把這種讀法理解為快速瀏覽課文，領(lǐng)會(huì)文章大意。一般而言，通過(guò)標(biāo)題可知道文章的主題。

3、對(duì)文章的首段和末段要多加注意，以便發(fā)現(xiàn)作者的觀(guān)點(diǎn)。,閱讀策略,Answer the questions.,1. What is Ms. Millers opinion?,She thinks doing chores is parents job.,He thinks its important for children to do chores and help their parents with housework.,2. What is Mr. Smiths opinion?,According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pro

4、s and cons about kids doing chores?,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，每空詞數(shù)不限。 1. Ms. Miller thinks children should spend their time on schoolwork in order to _ _. 2. Mr. Smith

5、 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. 判斷正(T)誤(F)。 ( )3. Ms. Miller thinks doing chores is not difficult. ( )4. Mr. Smiths neighbors son looked after himself well during

6、 his first year in the college.,T,F,2d,Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.,1. a waste of time Its a waste of time to water the garden when it is raining. 2. there is no need for to There is no need for you to go to the town.,3. do not mind I do not mind sweeping the floor. 4. spend

7、 time on I spent half of an hour on my homework. 5. in order to He worked very hard in order to get the job.,6. it is not enough to It is not enough to clean up the parks. 7. the earlierthe better The earlier you give up smoking, the better it is for your health.,1. Which letter do you agree with? W

8、hy? 2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you dont agree with?,Discuss the questions with a partner.,1. It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. 此處代詞it僅為形式上的主語(yǔ), 真正的主語(yǔ)是to provide for their children。我們也可將It is ones job (duty, )

9、 to do something.視為一個(gè)固定的句型, 表示“做某事是某人的工作(職責(zé)等)”。如:,provide 作動(dòng)詞，意為“ 提供；供應(yīng)”。 provide sb. with sth.或provide sth. for sb.意為“為某人提供某物”。如：,Its every teachers job to explain things clearly to the students. 把東西給學(xué)生講明白是每一位老師應(yīng)做的事情。,The movie theater provides us with good service. His school provided a house for

10、him. 漢譯英。他們提供給他錢(qián)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. 反正我覺(jué)得干點(diǎn)家務(wù)也不難。 anyway是一個(gè)副詞, 若位于句首, 其后往往會(huì)有逗號(hào)將其與句子的其他內(nèi)容隔開(kāi)。anyway在此句中的作用是追加評(píng)論, 相當(dāng)于漢語(yǔ)的“反正; 仍然; 依然”。如:,Sam didnt get the job, but hes not unhappy

11、 because it didnt pay well anyway. 薩姆沒(méi)有得到那份工作, 但他并沒(méi)有悶悶不樂(lè), 反正薪酬也不算高。,anyway還可用來(lái)表示“不管怎樣; 無(wú)論如何”之意。例如: Its just a cold. But anyway, you should still see the doctor. 這只不過(guò)是感冒, 但不管怎樣, 你還是應(yīng)該看看醫(yī)生。,3. ill & sick 相同點(diǎn) ill 與sick 都可以表示“生病的”，都可作表語(yǔ)。如： Alice was ill / sick yesterday. 不同點(diǎn) 表示“生病”時(shí)，sick 可作定語(yǔ)，但ill 通常不作定

12、語(yǔ)。如： Could you help the sick girl?,【運(yùn)用】根據(jù)句意，用ill或sick填空。 (1) The driver sent the _ baby to the hospital. (2) My brother is _. I have to look after him at home.,ill / sick,sick,4. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. 孩子們?cè)皆鐚W(xué)會(huì)獨(dú)立, 對(duì)他們的未來(lái)就越好。 “the+比較級(jí)+, the+比較級(jí)+”是英

13、語(yǔ)中一個(gè)常用的句型結(jié)構(gòu), 表示“越, 就越”。如:,The more he explained, the better we understood. 他解釋得越多, 我們就理解得越透徹。 Many people believe that the more a person reads, the wiser he will become. 很多人相信一個(gè)人書(shū)讀得越多就會(huì)變得越聰明。,I. 根據(jù)句意及所給首字母提示，補(bǔ)全句 中所缺單詞。 1. He was i_ but nobody took him to the hospital. 2. If you dont study hard, your grades will d_. 3. I like Old Henry because he often p_ us with hot water.,ill,drop,provides,4. We can d_ on him for help. 5. Mother thinks playing computer games is a w_ of time. II. 根據(jù)句意，用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng) 形式填空。 1. He _(develop) a farm from nothing. 2. In fact, young people have too much _