Section A1 (1a– 2d)

Step 1 Warming-up

       Sing the song and dance to the music

Step 2 Presentation

  1. Watch the photos and talk about them “What does he do every day?’ and learn these phrases: do chores, do the dishes, make the bed, take out the rubbish, fold the clothes, do the laundry, clean the living room.

2. Look these phrases and practice the conversation: Could you please take out the rubbish? Sure. / Sorry, I can’t. I have to finish homework first.

3.1aDo you do these chores at home? Discuss them with your partner.

Step 3 Listening

       1b Listen. Who will do these chores? Check (√) Peter’s mother or Peter.

Chores	Peter’s mother	Peter
do the dishes
sweep the floor
take out the rubbish
make the bed
fold the clothes
clean the living room

Step 4 Practice

    1cMake conversations about the chores in1a.

Make conversations.

      Examples

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...

Step 5 Listening 2a&2b

Peter asks his father if he can do four things. What does his father say? Check (√) “yes” or “no”. Listen again. Draw lines to the reasons.

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.	Yes      No	You have to clean your room
stay out late.	Yes      No	I need to eat breakfast.
get a ride.	Yes      No	You have a basketball game.

Step 6 Practice

      2c   Make conversations using the information in 2a and 2b

           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?

      2d   Role –play the conversation

Step 7 Language points and summary

1. Tony, could you please help out with a few things?

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。

2. Could I at least finish watching this show?

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. Yes, because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now.

be back 回来

  e.g. I won't be back till 11:00.
     我11点以前回不来。

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。

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。

Step 8 Summary

1. New words and expressions

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.

Step 8 Homework

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）