Section A 3a—4c ( 含 Grammar Focus) Unit 3 Could you please clean your room? Read and answer:• What did Nancy’s mother ask her to do one day last month when she came home from school?She asked Nancy to take the dog for a walk.Q1: Why was Nancy’s mom angry with Nancy? Read and answer:Because Nancy wanted to watch TV show after school instead of taking the dog for a walk.Q2: Did they solve the problem? How?Yes, they did. Nancy made the house clean and tidy. And she understood that they need to share the housework to have a clean and comfortable home.3b Find the sentences that mean the same thing.1. Neither of us did any housework for a week.2. My mom came over as soon as I sat down in front of the TV.For one week, she did not do any housework and neither did I. The minute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over. 3. You’re tired, but I’m tired, too.I’m just as tired as you are. (1) throw down 扔下，使倒下eg. He threw himself down in the bed and fell asleep.他一头栽在床上就睡着了。 They threw down the tools and walked out. 他们扔下工具，举行罢工。(2) come over 过来，从远处来eg. Come over! Here’s a seat for you. 过来，这儿有个座位。 He came over from France last week, just to see us. 他上周从法国专程来看我们。 Key points(3) as…as 结构表示的是同级比较，第一个 as 后的形容词或副词必须用原级，比较的对象也须属同类。eg. She is as tall as her mother. 她和她母亲一样高。 Smith works as hard as you used to. 史密斯和你从前一样工作努力。The dinning room was twice as big as the Tom’s. 这个餐厅是 Tom 的餐厅的两倍大。(4) neither 也不在一个否定性陈述后，用 neither 表示这一否定性陈述也同样适用于另一人或另一事物，常用来接别人的话，引起一个主句或从句。 neither 可用在句子的开头或用在简略答语中， neither前可有 and...
