Section B
1a What do teenagers ask their parents permission for? What do parents ask their teenagers to do?
Write parents or teenagers next to each phrase. __√_1.buy some drinks and snacks teenagers ____2.borrow some money_________ ____3.clean your room _________
____4.invite my friends to a party_________ ____5.go to the store_________
____6.use your CD player_________ ____7.take out the rubbish _________ ____8.make your bed _________
1b Use the phrases in 1a to make conversations. Child：Could I invite my friends to a party? Parent：Could you clean your Parent：No, you can’t have a party. You have a room? test on Monday. Child：Yes, I can. 1c Listen to a conversation between Sandy and her mom. Check(√)the things in 1a that you hear.
1d Listen again. Fill in the chart.
What are they going to do?
Sandy’s mom
Sandy invite her friends, Sandy and Dave
1e You are having a party. Ask your partner for help with these things： go to the store buy drinks and snacks do the dishes clean the living room take out the rubbish
A：Could you please take out the
rubbish?
B：Yes, sure.
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2a 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?
2bThe 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?
Skimmming Dear Sir,
This means looking quickly I don’t understand why some parents make their
through a piece of writing to find kids help with housework and chores at home.
the main idea without reading Kids these days already have enough stress from
every word. It is still a good idea school. They don’t have time to study and do
to read the first sentence in each housework, too. Housework is a waste of their
paragraph a little more carefully. time. Could we just let them do their job as students? They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so there’s no need for them to do it now. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I don’t mind doing them.
Mr. Smith
Dear Sir,
I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It’s not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They’re always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbor’s son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. Ms. Miller
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2c According to Mr. Smith and Ms. Miller, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?
2d Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.
1. a waste of time _________________________________________ 2. there’s no need for … to __________________________________ 3. don’t mind ___________________________________________ 4. spend time on _________________________________________ 5. in order to ___________________________________________ 6. it’s not enough to ______________________________________ 7. the earlier … the better __________________________________
2e Discuss the questions with a partner. 1. Which letter do you agree with? Why? 2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you don’t agree with?
3a Do you think children should do some chores at home? Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes.
Children should do chores because … Children should not do chores because …
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3b Write a letter to the Sunday Mail and express your opinion. Dear sir or Madam,
I think/believe that _____________________________________________. I agree/disagree that _____________________________________________. I think it is fair/unfair for children to ________________________________. I think children should/should not__________________________________ because________________________________________________________ . For example, they should/should not _________________________________ because________________________________________________________ . Yours truly, _________
Self Check 1 Make a list of chores using these verbs.
1.do _____________________________________________ 2.clean _____________________________________________ 3.make _____________________________________________ 4.fold _____________________________________________ 5.sweep _____________________________________________ 6.take out _____________________________________________
2 Are these polite requests or permissions? Write the numbers in the correct places in the chart.
1.Could you please do your homework?
Requests Permissions 2.Could I watch TV?
3.Could you take out the rubbish first? 4.Could I use your computer? 5.Could I leave now?
6.Could you come back before nine?
3 Use the questions in activity 2 to write a conversation. A：_____________________________________________ B：_____________________________________________ …
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