Could you please clean your room? Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? Section A Period One

Objectives To learn to make polite requests To learn to ask for permission To learn and review some verb phrases

Do you often help your parents do chores? do chores = do housework

Do you do these chores at home? do the dishes wash the dishes make the bed clean the living room

fold the clothes take out the rubbish sweep the floor

I think it is a little bit hot in our classroom and I want to ask someone to open the window. What can I say?

Different ways of saying. Can you find the difference? Which is the most polite expression? I can say 1. Open the window! 2. Can you open the window? 3. Could you please open the window?

Look and say Could you please ...? get up early sweep the floor cook for us

Could you please not ...? look out of the window play soccer here play the computer games

Conclusion 有礼貌地提出请求句型： Could you please do sth.？ 请你(做)……好吗？ Could you please not do sth.? 请你不要(做)……好吗？

What will you response if somebody says “Could you please …”? a dirty room Could you please clean your room? I’m sorry. I’ll do it right away. 不好意思，我马上做。

Could you please take out the rubbish? Yes, Sure./ Of course. / All right. / OK.

(have to do my homework) A: Could you please make the bed? B: Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework.

-- Could you please do the dishes? -- Yes, Sure./ Of course. / All right. / OK.

(am studying for my test) -- Could you please fold the clothes? -- Sorry, I can’t. I am studying for my test.

Do you do these chores at home? Discuss them with your partner. (1a) 1. do the dishes 2. take out the rubbish 3. fold your clothes 4. sweep the floor 5. make your bed 6. clean the living room

Listen. Who will do these chores? Check Peter’s mother or Peter. (1b) Do the dishes Sweep the floor Take out the rubbish make the bed fold the clothes clean the living room √ √ √ √ √ √

Make conversations about the chores in 1a. Example: A: Could you please sweep the floor? B: Yes, sure. Can you do the dishes? A: Well, could you please do them? I’m going to clean the living room. B: No problem.

(clean the living room) pairwork A: Could you please take out the rubbish? B: Yes, sure./ Of course./ All right. /OK. Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework. Sorry, I can’t. I am doing the dishes. do the dishes fold the clothes (Yes, sure.) (do my homework) take out the rubbish clean the living room (study for my test) (clean the living room) make the bed sweep the floor (babysit my sister) (Yes, sure.)

Chain drills A: Tom, could you please do the dishes? Which group can ask and answer more questions with the verb phrases? A: Tom, could you please do the dishes? B: Yes, sure. Ann, Could you…? C: Sorry, I can’t. Jim, … D: …

根据汉语意思填空。 1. I have to go to school _________ (尽快) possible. 2. Sam doesn’t like apples, _______ (也不) do I. 3. He broke his leg and had to lie __________ (一直). 4. The room was in a ______. (杂乱). 5. _____ (折叠) the letter and put it in an envelope. as soon as neither all the time mess Fold

Translate and write them down. 1. 请你替我开门，好吗？ 2. - 请你洗餐具，好吗？ - 对不起，我不能，我得做作业。 Could you please open the door for me? Could you please do the dishes? Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework.

3. 你能倒一下垃圾吗？ 当然可以。 Could you please take out the rubbish? Yes, sure./ Of course./Certainly. 4. 你能铺一下床和叠下衣服吗? 不行啊，我明天有考试。 Could you make the bed and fold the clothes? Sorry, I can’t. I have a test tomorrow.

Homework Help your parents do some chores at home and write a dialogue between you.

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