B: Yes, sure. /All right. /No problem./Certainly.

　　　　　 Sorry, I can't. I have to do...

　　　　　 Sorry, I can't. I am doing...

Step 5 Listening 2a&2b

Peter asks his father if he can do four things. What does his father say? Check (√) "yes" or "no". Listen again. Draw lines to the reasons.

Peter wants to... Peter's father says... His father's reasons go out for dinner. Yes No I have to do some work. 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。