go to the movies. Yes No You have to clean your room stay out late. Yes No I need to eat breakfast. get a ride. Yes No You have a basketball game. Step 6 Practice

2c Make conversations using the information in 2a and 2b

A: Could I use your computer?

B: Sorry. I'm going to work on it now.

A: Well, could I watch TV?

B: Yes, you can. But first you have to clean your room?

2d Role -play the conversation

Step 7 Language points and summary

1. help out 动词短语，表示在某人繁忙或

遇到困难时"给予帮助"。help和out之间还可以加入具体的"人"。

e.g. He helped me out with my task.

他帮我完成了任务。

They helped (us) out with the clean-up.

他们帮助我们做大扫除。

2. at least 至少

e.g. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day.

我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。

3. be back 回来

e.g. I won't be back till 11:00.

我11点以前回不来。

4. any minute now

一种常见的口语表达法，相当于"随时；马上；在任何时刻"的意思，表示事情有可能在极短的时间内发生或眼下就要发生。

minute还可以用second, moment, time等词替换。