(word完整版)人教版八年级英语下册课文

out fine. He now has 16 bikes up and to children

who don?t have bikes.

Unit 3 Could you please clean your room?

P19 3a

Last month, our dog welcomed me when I came home fr

om school. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired.

I threw down my bag and went to the living room. The m

inute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over. “

Could you please take the dog for a walk?” she asked.

“Could I watch one show first?” I asked. “NO!” she replie

d angrily. “You watch TV all the time and never help out

around the house! I can?t work all day and do housewor

k all evening.” “Well, I work all day at school, too! I?m jus

t as tired as you are!” I shouted back.

My mom did not say anything and walked away. For one

week, she did not do any housework and neither did I. Fi

nally, I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.

The next day, my mom came home from work to find th

e house clean and tidy. “What happened?” she asked in s

urprise.

“I?m so sorry, Mom. I finally understand that we need to

share the housework to have a clean and comfortable ho

me,” I replied. P22 2b Dear Sir,

I don?t understand why some parents make their kids he

lp with housework and chores at home. Kids these days a

lready have enough stress from school. They don?t have

time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a wa

ste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as st

udents? They should spend their time on schoolwork in o

rder to get good grades and get into a good university.

Also, when they get older, they will have to do housewor

k so there?s no need for them to do it now. It is the pare

nts? job to provide a clean and comfortable environment

at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing ch

ores is not so difficult. I don?t mind doing them.

Mr. Smith

Dear Sir,

I think it is important for children to learn how to do cho

res and help their parents with housework. It?s not enou

gh to just get good grades at school. Children these days

depend on their parents too much. They?re always askin

g, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me wi