1. Could you please clean your room?
Unit 3
Could you please clean your room?
Period 1
Section A 1a-2d

2. What did you do on your last weekend?
do homework
play basketball
listen to the music
sleep
play computer games
do chores

3. Look! What are they doing?
She is doing the dishes.
She is sweeping the floor.
They are doing chores.

4. Look! What are they doing?
He is taking out the trash.
She is doing the laundry.
They are doing chores,too.

5. Look! What are they doing?
He is making the bed.
They’re folding the clothes.
They are also doing chores.

6. say
Do you do these chores at home?

7. 1a Do you often … at home? do the dishes 2. take out the rubbish
Do you do these chores at home? Discuss them with your partner.
Do you often … at home?
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

8. As a housewife, Anna needs to do some chores at home every day.
sweep the floor
make the bed
do the dishes
take out the trash
clean the living room
do some cooking

9. Brain storm
1. After dinner, you need to ___________.
2. After the washed clothes are dry, you need to _______________ .
3. If the dustbin is full, you have to _______________.
do the dishes
fold your clothes
take out the trash

10. 4. If there is lots of dust on the floor, you have to ____________.
5. After you get up in the morning, you need to ____________.
6. If your clothes are dirty, you need to ____________.
7. If your bike is dirty, you have to _____________.
clean the floor
make the bed
do the laundry
clean the bike

11. Listen. Who will do these chores? Check (√) Peter’s mother or Peter.1b
Chores
Peter’s Mom
Peter
Do the dishes
Sweep the floor
Take out the rubbish
Make your bed
Fold your clothes
Clean the living room √ √ √ √ √ √

12. Different ways of saying.
Can you find the difference ?
Which is the most polite(礼貌的）?
Sweep the floor , Peter!
Can you sweep the floor, Peter?
Could you please sweep the floor?
Yes, sure./ Yes，I can./All right
/ Certainly/No problem/Of course
/Not at all
Sorry , I can’t. I have to…
Sorry , I can’t. I am v.ing…

13. 1c Yes, sure. Can you do the dishes? Could you please sweep the floor?
Make conversations about the chores in 1a.
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.

14. pairwok --- Could you please …？ ---Yes, sure. Yes, of course.
All right.
No problem.
Not at all/Certainly.
pairwok
--- Could you please …？
---No, I have to…./I am v.img…
Yes, but I have to…/I am v.ing
Sorry, I have to …/I am v.ing…

15. A: Could you please take out the rubbish?
B: Yes, sure. Can you make your bed?
A: Well, could you please do them? I'm
going to buy some food in the supermarket.
B: No problem.

16. A: Could you please clean the living room?
B: Yes, sure. Can you fold your clothes?
A: Well, could you please do them? I'm
going to make dinner for us.
B: No problem.

17. go to the movies stay out late Could I use the car get a ride
There is a conversation between Peter and his father. Peter asks his father if he can do 4 things.
Could I
Peter
go to the movies
stay out late
use the car
get a ride

18. 2a     Peter wants to… Peter’s father says… go out for dinner.
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
stay out late
get a ride    

19. 2b
Listen again. Why does Peter’s father say “no”? Draw lines to the reasons in the chart in 2a.
Peter wants to…
Peter’s father says…
His father’s reasons
go out for dinner.
Yes No
I have to do some work
go to the movies
You have to clean your room
stay out late
I need to eat breakfast.
get a ride
You have a
basketball game

20. 2c Make conversations between Peter and his father.
A: Could I please 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.
从事，忙于
A: Could I do to the movies?
B: Yes, but don’t stay out late.
A: Could I stay out until eleven?
B: No, you can’t. You have a basketball
game tomorrow, remember? You need
to have a good rest.

21. pairwork Could you please take out the trash? Yes, sure./ No problem!
do the laundry
Sorry, I can’t. I have to do my homework.
Sorry, I can’t. I am doing the dishes.
sweep the floor
make the bed
fold the clothes
do the dishes
take out the trash

22. 2d Role-play the conversation.
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?
Sister: Could you take out the rubbish, fold
the clothes and do the dishes?

23. 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 dean, but it’s not “mother clean”!

24. Questions to 2d: 1. What’s Tony doing now?
2. How long has he been watching TV show?
3. What’s Tony’s mother doing?
4. What does sister want Tony to do?
5. What do you know about Tony’s mother from the conversation?
He’s watching TV.
Two hours.
She’s shopping.
He wants Tony to take out the trash,
fold the clothes and do the dishes.
She’s a very tidy mother.

25. Explanation
1. Tony, could you please help out with a few
things? 托尼，你能帮忙做几件事吗？
help out (with something) 是一个动词短语，
表示在某人繁忙或是遇到困难时“给予帮助”。
再如本单元中这句话：
You watch TV all the time and never help
out around the house!
你老是看电视，从不帮忙干家务。

26. e.g. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day. 我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。
另外help 与out 之间还可以加具体的人，
如：Can you help me out?
你能帮我一把吗？
They helped (us) out with the clean-up.
他们帮助我们做大扫除。
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。

27. 3. …because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now. …
因为妈妈随时都会买完东西回来。
any minute now 是一种常见口语表达，相当于“随时；马上；在任何时候”的意思，minute 还可替换为“second, moment, time等。
e.g. we are expecting them any moment now.
我们期待他们随时到来。
4. be back 回来
e.g. I won’t be back till 11: 我11点以前回不来。

28. Summary Phrases: do the dishes sweep the floor
make the bed fold the clothes
take out the trash clean the living room
Sentence patterns:
Could you please clean the living room?
-Yes, sure. /Okay./Certainly. /Of course.
/No problem.
-Sorry, I can’t. I have to…

29. HOMEWORK Read the new words in Unit 3.
Help your parents do some chores
at home .
3. Write a conversation between you and your parent about doing chores at home.

30. The end of this period!