湖南省株洲县渌口镇中学八年级英语下册《Unit 3 Could you please clean y

Unit 3 Could you please clean your room
Section A 2 (3a – 3c)
Step 1 Review
A: Could you please make sentences with these phrases in the past tense? B: Sure. I did some chor es.
take out the trash
do chores
do the dishes
sweep th e floor
make dinner
make the bed
fold the clothes
clean the living room
help out with
at least
finish doing s th.
be back from shopping
see this mess
mother clean
e.g. 1. 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 ...
2. A: What kind of c hores did you do last weekend?
B: I did the washes.
Step 2 Reading
3a Read the passage and answer the following questions.
1. Did Nancy do any housework that day?
2. Why was Nancy’s mom angry with Nancy?
3. Did they solve the problem? How?
3b. Read the story again and read the sentences below. Underline the sentences from the reading that mean the same thing.
1. Neither of us did any housework for a week.
2. My mom came over as soon as I sat down in front of the TV.
3. You’re tired, but I’m tired, too.
3c. Decide whether the underlined words in the sentences are verbs or nouns. Then write another sentence using the underlined word in the other form.
1.Could you take the dog for a walk? (noun)
2. Could I watch one show first?
3. I can’t work all day.
4. You watch TV all the time.
5. “What happened?” she asked in surprise.
Step 3 Language points
1. You watch TV all the time and ...
all the time（在该段时间内）一直；向来，一向；时时刻刻；每时每刻
e.g. I do this all the time. 我一直是这么做的。

This happens all the time. 这种情况是时时发生的。

2. I’m just as tired as you are!
as ... as 意为“和……一样” ，表示同级的比较。

使用时要注意第一个as为副词，第二个as为连词。

其基本结构为：as + adj./ a dv. + as。

e.g. This film is as in teresting as that one. 这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。

Your pen writes as smoothly as mine. 你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。

as … as 的否定形式为“not as/so + adj./adv. + as”。

e.g. He didn’t act as well as you. 他表现得不如你好。

3. For one week, she did not do any housework, and neither did I.
neither 用作副词，作“也不”解释，放在句首，表示前面否定的内容也适用于另一个人或物，句子须采用部分倒装。

此时也可用nor替换 neither 使用。

例如：
— I don’t like this dress. 我不喜欢这件连衣裙。

— Neither / Nor do I. 我也不喜欢。

注意：neither 之后的主语要置于助动词或系动词之后。

neither 用作代词，表示“两者都不，双方均不”。

例如：
He answered neither of the letters. 他两封信都没回。

— Which one would you like? 你喜欢哪一个？
— Neither. 两个都不喜欢。

also, too, either, neither 的用法
一、 also 是比较正式的用语，语气较庄重。

它通常放在句中，位于行为动词之前，连系动词之后; 如有助动词或情态动词，一般放在助动词或情态动词之后。

例如: Peter also has two brothers. 彼得也有两个兄弟。

I am also a student. 我也是一名学生。

Mrs. Green can also sing the song in Chinese. 格林夫人也能用汉语唱这首歌。

二、 too 是普通用词，多用于口语，语气较随便。

一般用在肯定句中，放在句末。

例如:
I’m in Row 1, too. 我也在第一排。

注意：also和too一般都用于肯定句，很少用于否定句。

三、either 表示“也”时，一般只用于否定句，且置于句末。

例如:
I don’t know him. Tom doesn’t know him, either.
我不认识他，汤姆也不认识他。

If you don’t go there, he won’t go there, either.
如果你不去那儿，他也不会去那儿。

注意：either 本身没有否定的意义。

所以多与 not 连用。

四、neither 表示“两个都不”，它作主语时，谓语动词常用单数。

例如：
Neither of you can do it. 你们两个都不能做这件事。

Step 4 Summary
1. New vocabulary
last month, come over
take the dog for a walk, watch one show
all the time, the next day, neither did I
2. The minute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over.
For one week, she did not do any housework, and neither did I.
I’m just as tired as you are!
Step 5 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 plea se …? Could I …?” （选做）。