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Unit 18
Small favors for a roommate
海外生活/日常溝通
Oversea life /Daily communication
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Have you ever had a roommate? Were you close?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. take care of (phr.) 照顧
While we were on holiday a neighbor took care of our dog.
我們度假時,一個鄰居照顧我們的狗。
2. plants (v.) 植物
These are perennial plants.
這些是多年生植物。
3. a few (phr.) 一些
Quite a few of my friends were there.
我的幾個朋友在那裡。
4. feed (v.) 飼料
She gave her baby four feeds a day.
她每天給嬰兒餵四頓餐。
5. each time (phr.) 每次
He had three tries and failed each time.
他嘗試了三遍,每次都失敗了。
6. drop (n.) 下降
The drop in prices was quite unexpected.
價格下降是出乎意料的。
7. water (n.) 水
Those plants can grow only in deep waters.
這些植物只能在深水中生長。
8. roommate (n.) 室友
Jean was my roommate during our first year at college.
在我們大學的第一年,簡是我的室友。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
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Hey, James. Could you take care of my fish and plants for a few weeks?
嘿,James你能照顧我的魚和植物幾個星期嗎?
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Sure, what do I need to do?
當然,我需要做什麼?
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Feed the fish two or three times a day.
每天餵魚兩三次。
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Okay, got it. How much should I feed him each time?
好了,明白了。我每次要餵牠多少?
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Just drop a little fish food into the water. But not too much!
就把一點飼料扔進水裡。但不是太多!
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No problem. What about the plants?
沒問題。植物呢?
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Water them once a week.
每周澆一次水。
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Water the fish and feed the plants. Got it!
給魚澆水,餵植物。明白了!
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Um, maybe I’ll just ask the new roommate…
呃, 我看我還是找新室友幫忙好了..
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :Sure, what do I need to do?
1. Could you take care of my fish and plants for a few weeks?
2.How much should I feed him
A : How much should I feed him each time?
B : ________.
1.Just drop a little fish food into the water.
2.Water them once a week.
Just _______ a little fish food into the water.
1.drop
2.draw
Water the fish and ______ the plants.
1.take
2.feed
a day. Feed fish the two three times or
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plants. the feed Water and fish the
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Grammar
once/twice/three times
once/twice/three times + a + day/week/month…
1.I walk my dogs twice a day.
2.They have dinner together once a week.
3.She travels abroad three times a year.
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What do you think is the best part of having a roommate?
2.What do you think is the disadvantage of having a roommate?