【学海风暴】2015-2016学年八年级英语下册 Unit 3 Could you please clean your room Section B(2a-2e).ppt

* Section B 2a-2e Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? To read the two letters and get parents’ different opinions on whether young people should do chores at home. To try to write your own opinions about chores did by young people at home. make the bed buy some drinks and snacks invite ones friends to a party do the dishes take the dog for a walk borrow some money 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? A: What do you often do to help your parents at home? A: Do you think kids should help out with chores at home? B: I often help my mum do the dinner, wash clothes, sweep the floor. B: Yes, I think its better for kids to help out with chores at home, because it can help them to be independent and learn to share. The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. 2b Dear Sir, I do not understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school.They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their 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 is 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 do not mind doing them. Ms. Miller Dear Sir, I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with