Unit 1: WRITING
“Many hands make light work.”
1.Discuss the meaning of the saying above.
2.Complete the chore chart.
Dad: mending things around the house, cleaning the bathroom.
Mum: doing most of the cooking and grocery shopping.
Lam: doing the laundry, taking out the rubbish and cleaning the fridge, laying the table for meals, sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share with sister)
An: helping Mum prepare meals and washing the dishes, laying the table for meals, sweeping the house and feeding the cat (share with brother)
3.Answer the questions.
1.There are four people in Lam’s family.
2.Because both parents work and the children spend most of their time at school.
3.They split the housework equally in the family.
4.The father mends things around the house and cleans the bathroom; the mother does most of the cooking and grocery shopping; Lam does the laundry, take out the trash and cleans the fridge once a week; An helps her mother to prepare meals and washes the dishes; Lam and An take turns laying the table for meals, sweeping the house, and feeding the cat.
5.Yes, they do. They do it willingly.
6.The burden is less, so everyone has time to relax.
4.Make your family chore chart.