Unit3 Could you please clean the room-2015年望子成龙学校讲义--Frank

望子成龙学校2015暑假英语讲义 八年级 Frank

2b Unit3 Could you please clean the room?(Section B)

The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether they think young people should do chores at home. Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees? Skimming This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully. According the passage, fill the following form. Parents’ point Mr. Smith Dear Sir, I do not understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They do not have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as students? They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so there is no need for them to do it now. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I do not mind doing them. Ms. Miller Dear Sir, I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbors’ son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. Mr. Smith Should kids help out with chores at home? 3.____ to support their points. 1.Kids have enough 4.____from school 2.Kids should spend their time 5_______their homework 6._____they can get good grades and get into a good university. 3.When kids get older, they will have to do housework so it’s 7.____to it 1

望子成龙学校2015暑假英语讲义 八年级 Frank

now. Mr. Miller

Words

No 1 2 Words meaning No Words fair [fε?] Meaning 合理的 adj.

Phrases

1.Children these days depend on their parents too much. 2.Doing chores helps children to be 8.____ and look after themselves well. it’s 9._____for their future. 3.It’s their 10._____in keeping the house clean and tidy because they share the house with their parents. snack [sn?k] 9 点心； 小吃 n. stress [stres] 精神压力 n. 10 since [sins] conj. 因为； prep. 自…以来 3 4 waste [weist] 浪费 n./v. provide [pr?u'vaid] 提供 v. 11 12 neighbor [neib?] 邻居n. ill [il] 有病的，不舒服的 adj. drop [dr?p] 落下，掉下 v. 5 anyway [eniwei] 而且；加之 adv. depend [di'pend] 依靠 v. 13 6 14 independent 独立的 adj. [indi'pend?nt] fairness [fε?nis] unfair [?n'fε?] 公正性n. 7 develop [di'vel?p] 发展， 壮大 v. 15 8 independence [indi'pend?ns] Meaning 目的是； 为了 依靠；信赖 照顾；处理 提供 独立 n. 16 不合理的 adj. No 1 2 3 4 Phrases 要点点击：

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望子成龙学校2015暑假英语讲义 八年级 Frank

一、单项选择

1. -----Could I ____your bike? -----Yes, but you can’t _______it to others.

A. borrow; lend B. lend; borrow C. keep; borrow 2. The girl isn’t outgoing. She______asking others for help.

A. hates B. begins C. enjoys

3. ----Could I watch TV this afternoon? -----Yes, of course you_______.

A. Could B. will C. can 4. Could you ______the chairs_______another room?

A. move; for B. take; for C. move; to

5. On my 10th birthday, my mother______a computer _____me.

A. bought; for B. buy; to C. bought; to 6. This book is boring, it’s a waste of money_______it.

A. bought B. to buy C. buy

7. _________catch the first bus to the Great Wall, we started early.

A. In order to B. So that C. In order that

8. Our parents are willing to ______us_______money and food so that we can study better.

A. offer; to B. provide; with C. provide; for 9. ----How long are you staying? ----I don’t know._______.

A. Never mind B. That’s OK C. It depends

10.----I can give you a lift if you wait. ----No, thanks. ________. A. anyway B. someway C. each way 11. _____this method doesn’t work, let’s try another. A. When B. Since C. Before 12. He didn’t work hard, ______he didn’t pass the final test. A. Because of B. As a result C. As a result of

13. It is not enough only _____the fire fighters, we should know what to do when the fire breaks out. A. depend on B. to depend on C.depending on 14. We have plenty of time, there is no need for you_________. A. hurry B. hurrying C. to hurry 15. ----Would you mind_______with me this evening? ----Sorry, I haven’t finished my homework yet.

A. to go to the movies B. going to the movies B. go to the movies 二、用could, can, may, must, needn’t填空。

1. A:_____you answer the question in English?

B: Sorry, I _______. _________I answer it in English? A:No, you_______. You _____answer it in Chinese. 2. A: ______I ask a question?

B: Yes, you_________. But you ______wait a minute. 3. A: _________I use your eraser, Nicole?

B: Sorry, I don’t have one. Ask Mary. She__________have one.

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望子成龙学校2015暑假英语讲义 八年级 Frank

4. A: ________you help me do the shopping?

B:Ok, sure.

5. A:________you sweep the floor?

B: But I ________finish my homework first. 综合能力训练： 一．完型填空

Life is not easy, but I’d like to say \

When I was young, I was 1 nervous(紧张的) that I couldn’t talk to anyone. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later(后来), something happened. It changed (改变)my life. It was an English speech contest(比赛). My mother asked me to take part in it. It meant I had to 3 in front of all the teachers and students in my school!

\ 4 .\topics. At last I 5 the topic, \in yourself\I tried my best to remember the whole speech and practiced it over 100 times. 6 my mother's great love, I did well in the contest. I could 7 believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first prize. I heard the 8 from the teachers and students. Those who once looked down on (瞧不起) me, now all said \ 9 . Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to have confidence. This can be 10 not only for a person but also for a country.

( ) 1. A. so B. to C. very D. quite ( )2. A. worked on B. broke down C. fell off D. laughed at ( ) 3. A. write B. speak C. tell D. say ( ) 4. A. win B. lose C. beat D. pass ( ) 5. A. reached B. brought C. chose D. thought ( ) 6. A. At B. To C. As D. With ( ) 7. A. almost B. nearly C. ever D. hardly ( ) 8. A. cheer B. noise C. thank D. wish ( ) 9. A. angrily B. sadly C. quietly D. excitedly ( )10. A. real B. really C. true D. truly 二、6选5。

My husband, our younger daughter and I were traveling home from New York one evening. We were driving north when my husband said, “ Look at those lights（光）in the eastern sky（天空）.” 1 Our younger daughter was sitting in the back seat and said, “What is it?”

I tried to stop the car beside the road, but my husband said he couldn’t see it then. 2 Then he said, “ Look, there they are again!” I then stopped the car, got out and looked. It was a round, bright thing with orange lights. 3 It was so amazing. My husband said maybe it was an UFO.

4 So he stayed outside for about two hours after we returned home, but he didn’t see anything else that evening. It was not the first time that we saw things that came and flew away without making a sound. They moved very fast, so we couldn’t follow them. 5 Next time I will try to take some pictures because I want to

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