Unit 1 Lesson 3 household appliances (reading)

Most family have to spend a lot of time doing housework. What is she doing ? How is she washing dishes?

What’s this? What’s the use of it? What’s the man doing? Vacuum cleaner helps us to clean our house. With the help of vacuum cleaner, we can clean our house.

改变我们的生活方式 过去 …… 手工 同时 在 …… 的帮助下 使我们的生活更容易 更快乐 make our lives both easier and more enjoyable Translate Chinese into English change our way of life used to do by hand at the same time with the help of……

Fill in the blanks by hand, with the help of, at the same time, way of life, 1.Can you do your homework and listen to the tape____________________? 2.You can find more information ______________ the Internet. 3.Modern technology has greatly changed people’s _______________. 4.These toys are all made__________. at the same time with the help of way of life by hand

( )1.Household appliances have greatly changed our way of life. ( ) 2.Household appliances will give us less time to enjoy ourselves. ( ) 3.We used to spend a lot of time doing our housework. ( ) 4.We can prepare our breakfast slowly with the help of the microwave ovens and toasters. ( ) 5.Nowadays all of the household appliances use digital technology. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. T F T F F

Pair work

Do Chinese families use more household appliances than before? What does that mean? Does it means that Chinese people’s lives are getting better and better? Is our country developing very fast? What shall we do to help our country develop even faster in the future?

cost 的主语是物或某种活动 sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱 某物花了（某人）多少钱 cost 的过去式及过去分词都是 cost 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。 (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间 某物（做某事）花了（某人）多 少时间。 Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. A new computer costs a lot of money. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。

spend ， cost ， take spend 的主语必须是人 Sb. spend time ／ money on sth. 在 …… 上花费时间（金钱） I spent two hours on this maths problem. Sb. spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。 They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。

我花 50 元买了这件大衣。 I spent fifty yuan on the coat. = I spent fifty yuan _________the coat. = I spent fifty yuan _____ ______the coat. buying in buying 我干这项工作用了 3 天。 He spend three days (in) doing the work. = He spent three days _______the work. on

take 后面常跟双宾语 It takes sb. ＋时间＋ to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。 doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间 做某事花了某人多少时间。 It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。 他花了一下午修车。 Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon.

Surf the Internet to find the household appliances and write an article about the household appliances in your home. Use the questions cues below. 1.What household appliances are there in your home? 2.Where are they made? 3.Which ones does each members of your family find most useful? Why ?