UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Period: 3
What do we call these jobs?
Household chores
Warm up:
What does she do everyday?
What do we call these jobs?
Household chores
Activity 1: Listen and read.
Nam: Hello?
Mr Long: Hello, Nam? This is Uncle Long. Is your dad there? I’d like to ask him out for a game of tennis.
Nam: Well, I’m afraid he can’t go out with you now. He’s preparing dinner.
Mr Long: Is he? Where’s your mum? Doesn’t she cook?
Nam: Oh, yes. My mum usually does the cooking, but she’s working late today.
Mr Long: How about your sister and you? Do you help with the housework?
Nam: Yes, we do. In my family, everybody shares the household duties. Today my sister can’t help with the cooking. She’s studying for exams.
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Mr Long: I see. So how do you divide household chores in your family?
Nam: Well, both my parents work, so we split the chores equally - my mother cooks and shops for groceries, my father cleans the house and does the heavy lifting, my sister does all the laundry, and I do the washing-up and take out the rubbish.
Mr Long: Really? It’s different in my family. My wife handles most of the chores around the house and I’m responsible for the household finances. She’s the homemaker and I’m the breadwinner. Anyway, I have to go now. Tell your dad I called. Bye.
Nam: Oh yes, I will. Bye, Uncle Long.
Activity 2: Work in pairs. Decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG) and tick the correct box.
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Activity 3: Listen and repeat the words or phrases.
rubbish washing-up laundry homemaker
household finances groceries breadwinner
household chores heavy lifting to be responsible for
Activity 4: Write the verbs or verb phrases that are used with the words or phrases in the conversation.
split, divide, handle, do
take out
do
shop for
be responsible for
do
do
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PRACTISE
List all the household chores in the conversation.
Chores from the conversation:
prepare dinner
cook
shop
clean the house
take out the rubbish
do the laundry
do the washing up
do the heavy lifting
be responsible for the household finances
3.Activity 3: Discussion
What household chores do you usually do?
I usually/ often ……..(and)……….
2. How do you divide household duties in your family?
Well, in my family we divide household chores equally.
My mother………………………………..
My father……………………………
- In my family, my mother does most of the household. She is………………and my father is………………….
HOMEWORK
- Learn the the new words by heart.
- Practice the dialogue again
- Preparing for Language (page 7).
GOOD BYE!
Thank you for your attention!
See you again.