Unit 01 Family Life Lesson 3 Reading NEW

What may happen to women whose husbands do not contribute to the household chores.. How does the family benefit when everyone works together on household chores?.?[r]

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LESSON

What do the members in family share the

household chores?

Which are household chores? Name them.

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Unit 1: FAMILY LIFE

Lesson 3: Reading

Sharing housework

Look at the picture then answer the question

- psychologist /saɪˈkɒlədʒist/ a scientist who studies the mind and

how it influences people’s behaviour

- enormous /ɪˈnɔːməs/ (adj) : very large/big

- sociable /ˈsəʊʃəbl/ (adj) : friendly

- tend /tend/ (v) likely to behave in a particular way

- vulnerable /ˈvʌlnərəbl/ (a) able to be easily hurt

- critical /ˈkrɪtɪkl/ (a) saying that something is bad

SHARING HOUSEWORK

1 Vocabulary:

SHARING HOUSEWORK

2 READING

a Doing Housework is Good for Children

b Husbands Who Share Housework Make Their

Wives Happy

c Sharing Housework Makes the Family Happier

3.1 Choose the best title for the text.

3 TASK

SHARING HOUSEWORK

a What does “ it ” in line 11 (line 14 on the screen) mean ?

A women feeling happy

B women seeing their husbands doing housework

C the husbands doing housework

b What does “ it ” in line 14 ( line 17 on the screen) mean ?

A a good example for children

B everyone working together in the house

C a positive family atmosphere

3 TASK

SHARING HOUSEWORK

3.2 Multiple choice

1 How do children benefit from sharing housework?

2 Why do men tend to have better relationships with their wives when they share housework?

3 What may happen to women whose husbands do not contribute to the household chores?

4 How does the family benefit when everyone works together on household chores?

3.3 Answer the questions.

SHARING HOUSEWORK

* Homework:

- Learn all the new words.

- Prepare for the next lesson:

Unit 1: Speaking.