stress
waste
in order to
provide
anyway
depend
depend on
develop
n. 精神压力;心理负担
n. 浪费;垃圾
v. 浪费;滥用
目的是;为了
v. 提供;供应
adv. 而且;加之
v. 依靠;信赖
依靠;信赖
v. 发展;壮大
Words and Review
independence
fairness
since
neighbor
n. 独立
n. 公正性;合理性
conj. 因为;既然
prep., conj. &adv. 从……
以后;自……以来
n. 邻居
take care of
ill
drop
independent
fair
unfair
照顾;处理
adj. 有病;不舒服
v. 落下;掉下
adj. 独立的;自主的
adj. 合理的;公正的
adj. 不合理的;不公正的
To try to write your own opinions
about chores did by young people
at home.
To read the two letters and get parents’
different opinions on whether young
people should do chores at home.
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
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。可以把这种读法理
解为快速浏览课文,领会文章大意。一
般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。
The Sunday Mail magazine
invited parents to write about
whether they think young people
should do chores at home. Skim
the letters. Which one agrees
and which one disagrees?
2b
Please skim the letters again. Find and underline
Mr. Smith’s and Ms. Miller’s points about
children helping with housework.
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
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 carefully 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 ne ighbors’ son
looked after himself well during
his first year in the college.
T
F
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示,补全所缺单
词。
1. —Are you i , Jack?
—Yeah, I need to go to the doctor.
2. To d her son’s independence, she
always asks him to do things alone.
3. The glass d and broke.
4. S you knew he was in trouble, why
didn’t you help him?
5. Jane sings well but she doesn’t sing now.
What a w of a lovely voice (嗓音)!
ill
develop
dropped
Since
waste
Ⅱ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示,写出句中所缺
单词。
1. They’re talking about the ________ (公正性)
of this election (选举).
2. Some of my ________ (邻居) volunteer to
give out food every day.
3. Mother certainly won’t let him stay with
them and ________ (而且) he wouldn’t.
4. Bill ________ (提供) us with lots of useful
information.
5. The exam put a lot of ________ (精神压力)
on my brother.
fairness
provided
anyway
stress
neighbors
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词。
1. 为了给家人做早饭,他早早地就起床了。
__ _____ __ make breakfast for his family,
he got up early.
2. 汤姆不知道怎么照顾这条小狗。
Tom doesn’t know how to ____ ____ __ this
little dog.
3. 儿童靠父母供给衣食。
Children _______ __ their parents for food
and clothing.
In order to
take care of
depend on
4. 她从不锻炼,因此她经常生病。
She never exercises. __ _ ______, she often
gets sick.
5. 昨天海伦邀请我去她家做客。
Helen ______ me __ her house yesterday.
6. 你没必要这么早到。
______ __ _____ for you __ ______ so early.
As a result
invited to
There’s no need to arrive
7. 你吃得越多,就会变得越胖。
____ _____ you eat, ___ _____ you’ll
become.
8. 对孩子来说做家务是公平的。
___ ____ for children __ __ housework.
The more the fatter
It’s fair to do