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Unit3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are Section B 2a-2e
Key words & Phrases:
politely, request, direction, correct, polite, direct,
speaker, whom, impolite, address, underground,
request sb. (not) to do sth. , a request for
Difficulties and points:
Use skimming and scanning to get information of the reading.
Functions:
Learn to be polite, Learn to ask, Create harmonious relationships
Learning Objectives
Free Talk
Imagine you're new to the United States. You don’t know how to get to the hotel.
What should you do
read a map
ask for help
Where is this hotel
Sorry, I can’t help you!
impolite
Excuse me! Could you please tell me how I can get to this hotel
Sure. You can take the No.57 bus there.
polite
Excuse me! Could you please tell me how to get to...
Excuse me! Do you know where I can...
Could you please tell me when...
How to ask politely
...
Where do you need to make polite requests
Discussion
Pre-reading
2a
At school
At home
In foreign country
In public places
Where do you need to make polite requests Think
of some possible situations. Discuss them with your
partner.
2b
Read the article and underline the topic sentences for each paragraph.
While-reading
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely.
Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations.
Usually polite questions are longer.
Para.4
However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.
1. Is it enough to just ask a question correctly
No, it isn’t. We also need to learn how to be polite when we
ask for help.
Read Para1 carefully and answer.
It is necessary to ask indirect questions to our
classmates.
We should ask indirect questions to our teachers
and strangers.
Read Para2 carefully and tell T or F.
F
T
1.What are the features of polite language
Usually polite questions are longer. They include
expressions such as “Could you please ... ” or
“May I ask ... ”
Read Para1 carefully and answer.
It might seem more ________ to speak politely than directly. However it is ________ to learn how to use the _____________ in different __________. This will help you_____________ better with other people.
Read Para4 carefully and fill in the blanks.
difficult
important
right language
situations
communicate
Find the direct questions and polite requests from the passage.
2c
Direct questions Polite requests
1. 2. 3. 1.
2.
3.
Where are the restrooms
When is the school trip
Where’s the post office
Could you please tell me where the restrooms are
Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is
Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address
Post-reading
2d
Read the requests below. In the second column, write A if you would say it to someone you know and B if you would say it to a stranger. In the last column, write where you think the people are .
Request Person Place
1. Will you pass the salt
2. Do you know where I can change some money, please
3. Could you tell me what just happened
A
B
A/B
kitchen
street
any public place
Request Person Place
4. Can you please tell me where the nearest station is
5. Excuse me, do you know what time it begins, please
6. Let me know when you’re ready, OK
7. Could you possibly tell me the way to the village school
B
street
B
cinema
A
home
B
street
How to ask politely
Group work
How to ask for help politely
different situations
suitable language
Whom you’re speaking to
know well
don’t know well
[观察1] These are similar requests for directions.
[探究] requests 意为 ______________
多指比较正式的请求，其后常接介词for，
They made a request for further aid.
他们要求再给一些帮助。
n.&v. 要求；请求
[观察2] These are similar requests for directions.
[探究] direction n. 方向；方位
常与介词in 连用。
in the direction of 意为___________________
Tom went off in the direction of home.
汤姆朝家的方向去了。
向着...的方向
[观察3] Both are correct, but the first one sounds less polite.
[探究] correct __________________
此作形容词，其同义词是right，
反义词是incorrect“不正确的” ，
其副词形式是correctly。
correct还可作及物动词，意为“纠正，批改”。
I think you've made the correct decision.
我认为你的决定是正确的。
adj. 正确的；恰当的
[观察4] Good speakers change the way they speak in
different situations.
[探究] speaker ____________________________
还可意为“扬声器，喇叭”。
I looked around to see who the speaker was.
我四下环顾看说话的是谁。
Their names were called over the loudspeaker .
喇叭里叫着他们的名字。
n.讲（某种语言）的人；发言者
1.我们必须学会如何在困难中求助。
We must know how ____ ____ _____ help when we’re
in trouble.
2.明天我们是否举行运动会视天气而定。
Whether we will have a sports meeting tomorrow
_____ ______the weather.
3. 好像没有人知道这个问题的正确答案。
It _______ ______ nobody knows the right answer to
this question..
Exercises
to ask for
seems that
depends on
4.我们可以把这个话题引入一场热烈的讨论中。
We can ______ this topic ______ a heated
discussion.
5. 你能告诉我去最近医院的路吗？
Could you please tell me______ ____ ____ the
nearest hospital
lead into
the way to
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