Unit3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are
sectionB(2a----2d)
1.Teaching aims:
Learn to choose and use suitable language and talk about how to ask for help politely.
To improve the ability of reading.
Educate students to be polite students.
2.Teaching importance: Learn to choose and use suitable language.
3.Teaching dificulty: Talk about how to ask for help politely.
4.Teaching methods:group work
5.Teaching steps:
Step1.Review words
V request 要求,请求
adj correct 正确的,恰当的
polite 有礼貌的,客气的
impolite 不礼貌的
direct 直接的,直率的
underground 地下的
adv correctly 正确地,恰当的
politely 礼貌地,客气地
pron whom 谁,什么人
n request 要求,请求
direction 方向,方位
speaker 发言者
address 住址,地址,通讯处
underground 地铁
phrase parking lot 停车场,停车区
step2.lead--in
Zhang Ming is traveling in the USA.He wants to go to a small town (East Town) but he doesn't know the way now.What should he do
Ask for information or help.He asked two persons to help him.
A:Hi! Where is the East Town
B1:Sorry. I can’t help you.
A:Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the East Town is
B2:Sure. Take No. 23 Bus and you will get there
So knowing how to make requests ________is important.
Step3. Before you read
(1)Look at the pictures,the titles and the first sentence of each paragraph on page22,then fill in the blanks.
1.It’s important to know____________________.
2.Good speakers change the way they speak_______________.
3.Usually polite questions are _______.
4.It might seem more difficult to__________.
(2)Read the article and underline the topic sentences for each paragraph.
Para 1: When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely.
Para 2: Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations.
Para 3: Usually polite questions are longer.
Para 4: However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.
Step4.while you read
Ask students to read the article carefully,then answer the following questions for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
1.What do you think of the two questions in paragraph1
2.Why is using correct language not enough
paragraph2
1.What should we do when we are talking with different people
2.What might the expressions you use depend on
3.If you need help with your homework, how would you ask these people
(!)your best friend:____________________
(2)a teacher:_________________________
paragraph3
1.Usually polite questions are longer than impolite questions.( )
2.“Peter,tell me your e-mail address.”is a polite request.( )
3.We first say to a stranger,we shouldn’t say “I’m sorry to trouble you .”before asking for help.( )
4.Sometimes we don’t need to lead to a request.( )
paragraph4
Why is it important to use the right language in different situations
Step5.After you read
(1)Find all the direct questions and polite requests from the passage.
(2)Fill in blanks according to 2b.
When you visit a _______ country, it is _________ to know how to ask for help ________. For example, “Where are the restrooms ” or “Could you ______ tell me where the __________ _____ ” these are similar ________ for _________ you may ask. Both are _______ English, but the first one sounds _____ polite. That is because it is a very ______ question. It is not enough to just ask a question ________.We also need to learn how to be polite — when we ask for _____.In English, ___ in Chinese, we change the way we ______ in different _________.The expressions you use might _______ ___ whom you are speaking to ___ how well you know them. If you say to your teacher, “When is the school trip ” this might sound ________. But if you say, “Excuse me, Mr. West,Do you know when the school trip ___ ”,this will sound _______ more polite. However, it is all right to ask direct questions to your classmates because you know them ______.It might seem more _________ to speak politely than _________. It is important to learn how to use ______ ________ in different situations. This will also help you _____________ better with other people.
Step6 Practice
用polite correct direct depend on的适当形式填空
After learning the article,it is important to know how to ask for help ________.Where is the bank or Could you please tell me where the bank is These are similar requests for__________.Both are ________,but the first one sounds less________.That is because it is a very ______question.It’s not enough to just ask a question _________.The expressions they use might ___________whom they are speaking to or how well they know each other.
Blackboard design:
Unit3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are
polite----politely----impolite correct----correctly
direct----direction----indirect depend on
It’s important to do sth
It sounds +adj +to do sth
I wonder if …
It might seem +adj +to do sth