3. A: What chores does he do every day? B: He … every day. do the dishes 洗餐具 fold the clothes 叠衣服 water the plant 浇花

4. make the bed 整理床铺 sweep the floor 扫地 wash the car 刷车 take out the rubbish 倒垃圾 A: What chores does he do every day? B: He … every day.

5. Mom: Peter, could you please ……? Peter: Yes, sure. /All right. /No problem. / Certainly./ Sorry, I can't. I have to do...

6. Do you do these chores at home? Discuss them with your partner. 1a do the dishes take out the rubbish fold your clothes

7. sweep the floor make your bed clean the living room

8. Listen. Who will do these chores? Check (√) Peter’s mother or Peter. ChoresPeter’s motherPeter do the dishes sweep the floor take out the rubbish make the bed fold the clothes clean the living room √ √ √ √ √ √ 1b

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

10. Yes, sure. Can you …? Could you please …? … …

11. A: Could you please...... ? B: Yes, sure./All right./No problem./ Certainly. Sorry, I can’t. I have to do...... Sorry, I can’t. I am doing...... Make polite requests 礼貌提出请求 take out the rubbish do chores do the dishes sweep the floor make dinner wash the car make the bed fold the clothes clean the living room

12. Listen. Peter asks his father if he can do four things. What does his father say? Check (√) “yes” or “no”. Peter wants to…Peter’s father says… go out for dinner. Yes No go to the movies. Yes No stay out late. Yes No get a ride. Yes No √ √ √ √ 2a

13. Listen again. Why does Peter’s father say “no”? Draw lines to the reasons. Peter wants to… Peter’s father says… His father’s reasons go out for dinner. Yes NoI have to do some work. go to the movies. Yes NoYou have to clean your room stay out late. Yes NoI need to eat breakfast. get a ride. Yes NoYou have a basketball game. √ √ √ √ 2b

14. Ask for permission 礼貌地取得同意 A: Could I use your computer? B: Sorry. I'm going to work on it now. A: Well, could I watch TV? B: Yes, you can, but first you have to clean your room. No, you can't.... 2c Make conversations between Peter and his father.

15. A: Could I use your … ? B: Sorry. I'm going to …. A: Well, could I …? B: Yes, you can. But … / No, you can't…

16. Role-play the conversation. (Pay attention to the colorful words.) Sister: Tony, could you please help out with a few things? Brother: Could I at least finish watching this show? Sister: No. I think two hours of TV is enough for you! Brother: Fine. What do you want me to do? 2d

17. Sister: Could you take out the rubbish, fold the clothes and do the dishes? Brother: So much? Sister: Yes, because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now. And she won’t be happy if she sees this mess. Brother: But the house is already pretty clean and tidy! Sister: Yes, well, it’s clean, but it’s not “mother clean”.

18. 1. help out 动词短语，表示在某人繁忙或 遇到困难时 “ 给予帮助 ” 。 help 和 out 之间还可以加入具体的 “ 人 ” 。 e.g. He helped me out with my task. 他帮我完成了任务。 They helped (us) out with the clean- up. 他们帮助我们做大扫除。

19. 2. at least 至少 e.g. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day. 我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。 3. be back 回来 e.g. I won’t be back till 11:00. 我 11 点以前回不来。

20. 4. any minute now 一种常见的口语表达 法，相当于 “ 随时；马上；在任何时刻 ” 的意思，表示事情有可能在极短的时 间内发生或眼下就要发生。 minute 还可以用 second, moment, time 等词替换。 e.g. Don’t worry, he will come here any minute now. 别担心, 他会马上来这儿。

21. The guests are arriving any time now but we’re still not ready. 客人即刻就到，但我们还没有准备好。 We’re expecting them any moment now. 我们期待他们随时到来。

22. What did we learn today? 倒垃圾 干家务 洗餐具 扫地 做饭 整理床铺 叠衣服 take out the rubbish do chores do the dishes sweep the floor make dinner make the bed fold the clothes

23. 打扫客厅 帮助解决 至少 完成（做 ) 某事 购物回来 看到这么凌乱 clean the living room help out at least finish doing sth. be back from shopping see this mess

24. 1. New vocabulary do the dishes, sweep the floor take out the trash, make the bed fold the clothes, clean the room 2. ---Could you please… ？ ---Yes, please./ Sorry, I can’t.

25. 1. List all the main phrases of doing chores that you know. （必做） 2. Make a conversation between you and your mother, using the sentence pattern “Could you please …?” （选 做）