九年级英语全册Unit 3 Could you tell me where the restrooms are Section B 2a—3a课件（共22张PPT）

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Could you tell me where the restrooms are
Unit 3
Reading
(Section B 2a—3a)
politely
direction
request
correct
polite
impolite
direct
address
underground
parking lot
adv. 礼貌地；客气地
n. 方向；方位
n.&v. 要求；请求
adj. 正确的；恰当的
adj. 有礼貌的；客气的
adj.不礼貌的
adj. 直接的；直率的
n. 住址；地址；通讯处
adj. 地下的；n. 地铁
停车场；停车区
预习检测
If you were Crystal, which request(请求) do you choose
A. Where are the restrooms
B. Excuse me, could you please tell me where the restrooms are
A. Is there beef, chicken or potatoes in the restaurant
B. Pardon me, I wonder if there’s beef, chicken or potatoes in the restaurant
When does the class begin
Excuse me, do you know when the class begins
In our school
In a restaurant (when order food)
In a park
direct
indirect
correct
Why should we choose B
A. Is there beef, chicken or potatoes in the restaurant
B. Pardon me, I wonder if there’s beef, chicken or potatoes in the restaurant
A. Where are the restrooms
B. Excuse me, could you please tell me where the restrooms are
A. When does the class begin
B. Excuse me, do you know when the class begins

impolite
polite
Where do we need to make polite requests
In a restaurant
In a park
At a school
(less polite)
Using suitable language!
The culture of a nation is in its language. It is not enough to just ask a questions correctly.
In different situations, you need to learn how to ask much more polite.
Where are they
What is the man asking for
Does the boy help the man
Sure. There’s an underground parking lot over there.
directions
Do they look happy
Why not
Because the man asks for help less polite ( impolite).
MAN#1
MAN#2
Who is better at asking for help: Man #1 or #2
Why
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 2
Usually the first sentence is the topic sentence.
Pay attention to the signal words(信号词).
Fast Reading
Underline the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Fill in the blanks.
It’s important to know _________________________.
Good speakers ________________________________
___________________.
Usually polite questions are _______.
It might seem _____________ to speak politely than ________.
how to ask for help politely
change the way they speak in
different situations
longer
more difficult
directly
How to speak to foreigners when they visit your
country.
b) How you should ask for things differently in
different situations.
c) How being polite will make you a better person
and help you make friends.
What’s the passage mainly about
Para. 1: It is important to know how to make requests politely.
Q1: Is it enough to make requests correctly
Q2: What else do we need to learn
Two requests :
1.______________________________
2.______________________________
They are similar requests for the ________. The first one is a________question. It sounds less polite. If we want to ask politely, we need to use _________
questions.
Where are the restrooms
Could you please tell me where the restrooms are
directions
direct
indirect
Careful Reading
1. It is necessary to ask indirect questions to all the people around us.
2. We can ask direct questions to our classmates or friends.
3. We should ask indirect questions to our teachers or a stranger. It will be more polite.
Para. 2: Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations.
Check “True” or “False”.
F
T
T
Para. 3:
Usually polite questions are longer.
What words can we use to make polite questions
Please circle those “magic words”.
Usually polite questions are longer. They include the expressions such as “Could you please… ” or “May I ask… ” It sounds more polite to say, “Peter, tell me your e-mail address.” Sometimes we even need to spend time leading to a request. For example, we might first say to a stranger, “Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me” or “I’m sorry to trouble you, but…”before asking for help.
Can you help the man make a more polite question by using the “magic words”
Para.4: It is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.
It might seem more difficult to speak politely. However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations. This will help you communicate better with other people.
Q: What does “this” refer to(指的是)
important direct difficult correctly longer
polite impolite well
When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know
how to ask for help. It’s not enough to just ask a question
_____ .We need to learn how to be ______ when we ask for help.
Good speakers change the way they speak in different
situations. The expressions they use might depend on whom
they are speaking to or how______ they know each other.
For example , it’s all right to ask _______questions to your
classmates. But it will sound ________ to ask your teachers
direct questions.
Polite questions are usually _______and sometimes they
sound like a kind of request. It seems ________ to speak
politely, but it’s very _________ to learn how to use the
right language in different situations.
correctly
important
difficult
longer
impolite
direct
well
polite
Choose and complete the summary.
money (how much I need to take )
activities (what activities I can do )
…
travel(how I get to school)
food (where and what I can eat)
course (what course I will study and how long it lasts)
things I want to know
Q: What would you like to know before you go there
Group work
Suppose you are going on a short study vacation in America this summer. And you will live in a host family. Work in a group of four and discuss.
Topic
What course I will study
How long the course lasts
Where and what I can eat
Where I will stay
What activities I can do
How I travel to the school
…
“magic words”:
I would like to know….
Could you please…
Do you know…
May I ask…
I wonder….
Could you tell me…
…
Group work
Work in a group of four. One is the exchange student and the other three are the host family members(Mr. Smith: the father; Mrs. Smith: the mother ; Alan Smith: their child). Ask them some suitable questions about the following topics.
Topic
Questions
What course I will study
How long the course lasts
Where and what I can eat
Where I will stay
What activities I can do
How I get to the school
…
Group work
You: Excuse me, Mr. Smith. Could you tell me how I get to school
Mr. Smith: Umm, I can give you a ride.
You: Thank you very much. Hello, Mrs. Smith, may I ask you where and what I can eat
Mrs. Smith: You can eat at my home if you like…
You: … Hi, Alan. Do you know what course I will study
Alan: You will study…
You: the exchange student Alan Smith: their child
Mr. Smith: the father Mrs. Smith: the mother
Topic
Homework
Make up a suitable conversation and e-mail it to me. My e-mail address is 531128340@.
2. Read the passage and finish 2c, 2d.