(共17张PPT)
Unit3 B Reading
exchange
students
Mailing
A. Where are the restrooms
B. Excuse me, could you please tell me where the restrooms are
In a park
direct
indirect
correct
If you were Mailing, which request (请求) will you choose
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
In a restaurant (when order food)
A. When does the class begin
B. Excuse me, do you know when the class begins
In our school
Why should we choose B
impolite
polite
Where do we need to make polite requests
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
In a restaurant
In a park
At a school
Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car
Sure. There's an underground parking lot over there.
Where are they
What is the man asking for
Does the boy help the man
Role-play the short conversation.
directions
Where's the post office
Sorry, I can't help you.
Why not
Role-play the short conversation.
Do they look happy
Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car
Sure. There's an underground parking lot over there.
Where's the post office
Sorry, I can't help you.
Who is better at asking for help
Why do you think so
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).
Reading
Underline the topic sentence for each paragraph.
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
Careful reading
Para. 3:
Usually polite questions are longer.
What words can we use to make polite questions
Please circle those “magic words”.
Careful reading
longer
polite questions
Could you please ...
May I ask ...
Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me ...
I'm sorry to trouble you, but ...
Where's the post office
Sorry, I can't help you.
Can you help the man make a more polite question by using the “magic words”
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.
Para.4: It is important to learn how to use the
right language in different situations.
Q: What does “this” refer to(指的是)
Careful reading
Choose and complete the summary.
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
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 Germany 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…
…
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.
Group work
Questions
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
Group work
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
…
