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Unit 3 Could you please tell me
where the restrooms are
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Section B (3a-self check)
Learning objectives
Key sentences & phrases:
course; look forward to; for the first time.
Key sentences:
1. I wonder why you don’t wake up earlier in the morning.
2. Could you tell me which place would be a good choice for me to
go to
3. In many countries, it is often not polite to ask very direct questions
when you meet someone for the first time.
To learn to write a letter to ask for information politely you want
to know.
1. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the bookstore is
2. Excuse me. How can I get to the bookstore
ask for directions
Revision
What would you say in this situation
have dinner
1. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where I can have dinner
2. Excuse me. Is there a restaurant near here
What would you say in this situation
3a
Imagine you are going on a short study vacation at a school in an English-speaking country. What would you like to know before you go Write some polite, indirect questions about the following topics.
Pre-writing
Sample
The course you will study
2. The time of the course
3.Where and what you can eat
Q: Excuse me, can you tell me what course I will study
Q: Pardon me, could you please tell me when the course will start
Q: Excuse me, would you mind telling me where and what I can eat
4. Where you will stay
5. What activities you can do
6. Travel to the school
Q: Excuse me, can you tell me what activities I can do
Q: Pardon me, could you please tell me how to get to school
Q: Excuse me, do you know where I will stay
3b
Write a polite letter to the school asking for the information you want to know. Use your notes in 3a.
In your letter you should:
Dear …,
introduce yourself
say when you are coming
politely ask for information
thank the person for helping you
…
While-writing
Use the following expressions to help you:
My name is ... and I’m from
I’ll be coming to your school for...
I’d like to know about ...
I would like to thank you for ...
I’m looking to your reply.
Sample Writing
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Li Jie and I’m from Beijing, China. I’ll be coming to your school for a short study vacation this year. I’d like to know more about your school and the course I would like to take.
First, I would like to find out exactly how long the course is and when it will begin. I wonder if you could send me the course online and some information about the course fees.
Could you please also send me some information about student housing and transport to your school In addition, it would be interesting for me to know about the activities that students can take part in and the places where they can hang out and have their meals after school.
I would like to thank you for your help and I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Li Jie
Self Check
1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
corner direct polite
rush suggest plan
1. A: Could you tell me where the library is
B: It’s on the ______ of Main and Center Streets.
2. A: I wonder why you don’t wake up earlier in the morning. You’re always in a _________ to get to school on time.
B: Yes, you’re right. I need to ________ my time better.
corner
rush
plan
3. A: I want to buy some winter clothes. Could you tell me which place would be a good choice for me to go to
B: I _________ Jenny’s Clothes Store in Century Shopping Mall. It’s convenient to get to.
4. In many countries, it is often not ________ to ask very _________ questions when you meet someone for the first time.
suggest
polite
direct
2. Write questions and answers using the words given.
1. buy a magazine / bookstore on the third floor
Q: _________________________________________________
A: _________________________________________________
2. get some stamps / post office on Green Street
Q: __________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________
Do you know where I can get some stamps
You can get them at the post office on Green Street.
Could you please tell me where I can buy a magazine
There’s a bookstore on the third floor.
3. shopping center opens / 10:00 a.m.
Q: _________________________________________________
A: _________________________________________________
4. get to the Japanese restaurant / go along Main Street and turn right on Lake Street
Q: __________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________
Could you tell me what time the shopping center opens
It opens at 10:00 a.m..
May I ask how to get to the Japanese restaurant
Just go along Main Street and turn right on Lake street.
Language Points
look forward to 中的to为介词,其后接名词、代词、动名词(动词-ing)作宾语。
We all look forward to seeing you again soon.
1. I’m looking forward to your reply. (教材P24)
look forward to 期盼
reply用作名词,意为“答复”,相当于answer,表示“……的答复”时,reply与answer都需要与to连用。
I received no reply/answer to my request.
我的要求没有收到任何答复。
reply用作不及物动词,意为“回答,回复”,
reply to sb./sth.表示“对某人/某事作 出回答”。用作及物动词,其后可接宾语从句。
She cried, but didn’t reply. 她哭了,但没有回答。
He didn’t reply to my letter. 他没有回复我的信。
answer作及物动词,其后可直接跟名词或代词作宾语。
Please answer my question. 请回答我的问题。
拓 展
一、单项选择。
1. — Sam, can you tell me ________
— Music World on Huangyuan Street.
A. why to buy a CD B. where to get a CD
C. how to choose a CD D. when to record a CD
2. — What do you think of Mary
— She is a good girl. She always answers the phone _____ when I call her.
A. politely B. suddenly C. easily D. luckily
B
A
Exercises
3. — Why do you look unhappy
— Because Susan didn’t say hello to me when she _______.
A. waited for B. passed by
C. gave up D. put on
4. I’m really __________ you at the next gathering!
A. look forward to see B. look forward to seeing
C. looking forward to see D. looking forward to seeing
B
D
二、完成句子。
1. 请再说一遍,我没听见你刚才说的话。
__________ I didn’t hear what you said.
2. 你知道他正在和谁说话吗?
Do you know ____________ ____ ___ speaking to
3. 他不知道如何有礼貌地求助。
He doesn’t know ______ ______ ______ ______ help politely.
4. 昨天吉姆直到下午3点才回来。
Jim______ _____ _____ _____ three oclock in the afternoon yesterday.
Pardon
whom/who he is
how to ask for
didn’t come back until
5. 我路过那家商店的时候停了下来。
I stopped when I _______ ____ the store.
6. Talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is __________ (不礼貌的).
7. 你能告诉我到邮局怎么走吗?
______ you _____ me ______ ____ ______ _____the post office
impolite
Can tell how
to get to
went past
三、将下列简单句合并为复合句。
1. Where is my Chinese book I don't know.
I don't know ______ my Chinese book ____.
2. She studies in Lantian Middle School. Jane says.
Jane says ______ ________ in Lantian Middle School.
3. Do you study French Could you tell me
Could you tell me ________ ____ ________ French
4. Was he the first to come here Please tell me.
Please tell me ________ ____ ______ the first to come here.
5. The earth goes around the sun. The teacher told thestudents.
The teacher told the students ______ the earth ______ around the sun.
where
is
she studies
whether you study
whether he was
that
goes
Homework
1.Remember the words and phrases of this class.
3.Do the exercises in students’ book.
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