Could you please clean your room ？ Unit 3 Section B (2a-3b)

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do the dishes sweep the floor clean the living room make the bed take out the rubbish fold the clothes chores =housework [ 来源 :Z|xx|k.Com]

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?

Parents always discuss in this QQ Group. do chores These days, they are talking about whether the kids should do housework or not? [ ɔ :]

Li Lu’s mother ( ) 19:31:15 Kids already have enough stress from school. Pi Shu’s father ( ) 19:29:22 Kids should spend time on school work in order to get good grades. Yu Jie’s mother ( ) 19:32:25 I agree. Housework is a waste of time. They all think the kids shouldn’t do housework.

Cheng Men’s father ( ) 19:33:22 I disagree. Many Children depend on their parents too much. Zhang Bin’s Mother ( ) 19:35:56 Doing chores can develop children’s independence. Xu Dian’s Mother ( ) 19:37:55 It can also help them to understand the idea of fairness. （公正性） [d ɪ 'pend] [d ɪ 'veləp] [ ɪ nd ɪ 'pendəns] They all think the kids should do housework.

2b 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? Dear Sir, I don’t understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They don’t 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’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. Ms. Miller 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. Mr. Smith Skimming This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully.

According to Mr. Smith and Ms. Miller, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? Pros (Ms. Miller)Cons (Mr. Smith) Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence. Housework is a waste of children’s time.

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. Mr. Smith Topic sentence Reasons example Conclusion （结论） 越早 …… 越好 …… Scanning

Dear Sir, I don’t understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They don’t 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’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. Ms. Miller Topic sentence Reasons Scanning

ProsCons Debate

中小学生是否应当帮助家长干家务是世界各国教 育界讨论的热门话题之一。在美国，大多数的孩子 都有家务活清单。父母们认为，孩子参与做家务， 不仅仅是为了减轻父母的负担，更重要的是：可以 让孩子们更好地体验自己是家庭一员的感觉，从小 培养孩子的独立性和责任心。根据年龄大小，他们 分别设计了适合不同阶段孩子的家务活，比如： 个月，自己扔尿布 ……2-4 岁，扔垃圾、整理玩 具、浇花、喂宠物 ……5-7 岁，铺床、摆餐具、擦 桌子、收拾房间 ……8-12 岁，做简单的饭、清理洗 手间、使用洗衣机 ……13 岁以上，换灯泡、做饭、 洗衣、修剪草坪 ……

在英美等西方发达国家的一些中产家庭中，不少 家长给做好家务劳动的孩子发 “ 工钱 ” ，以此来激励 孩子参与家务劳动。孩子在几毛钱几块钱的鼓励 下把被动劳动变成主动劳动。随着年龄增长，他 们逐渐学会体谅父母，也知道了自己在家庭中应 当有所担当，懂得不劳而获是不对的。 哈佛大学的教育学者曾对 400 多名学生长期跟踪调 查，发现美国小学生每日平均劳动 1.2 小时。更值 得我们参考及反思的是，他们得出结论：爱做家 务的孩子与不爱做的相比, 长大后失业率为 1 ： 15 ， 犯罪率为 1 ： 10, 平均收入高出 20 ％，此外，离异 率、心理疾病患病率也比较低。 总而言之，孩子帮助家长从事适当的家务劳动可 以增强责任感，培养动手能力和观察能力，有利 于家庭成员间的理解和沟通。

2e 1.Which letter do you agree with? Why? Pros. … Cons. …

Topic sentence Discuss these questions with a partner. I think/ believe that _____________. I agree/ disagree that______________. I think it is fair/ unfair for children to ____. I think children should / should not __________ because __________________________________. Reasons Example(s) For example, they should /should not______ because_______________. Conclusion 2.What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you don’t agree with?

As a teacher, I suggest that students should help out with chores at home. Could you please help me write a letter to Mr. Smith? You can begin like this: Dear Mr. Smith, I’m a teacher in a middle school. I don’t think doing chores is a waste of time._______________________________________ ____________________________________________________ _______________________________. Olive 3b

Level 1: Finish 2d. Write one sentence with each phrases. Level 2: Interview your friends, your teachers or your parents about their opinions about kids doing chores and take notes. Level 3: Read the letters carefully and surf the Internet, try to find out more reasons to support your idea, then write a letter to the person that you don’t agree with.