Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? Section B 2a--2d 课件（19张PPT，无音视频）

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Section B
2a-2d
Unit 3
Could you please tell me
where the restrooms are?
Exercise
Where should we go next?



2. When does the band starts playing this evening?
I wonder___________________________.



Could you tell us____________________________________?
Where we should go next
When the band starts playing this evening

Make request more politely
P20 4a-4b
impolite
a direct question
polite
politely
1.在不同场合下，礼貌地使用语言。
2.在不同的背景下，得体的使用语言。
3.语言是一个人内在修养的体现，青少年时期正是各种习惯养成的黄金期，在人际交往中，要注意自己的语言文明，不说脏话，和气带人。
Sure. There’s an underground parking lot over there.
Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car?
a polite request
要求，请求
How do you feel after you compare the two conversations?
The longer question is more…
polite
Where do you need to make polite requests?
Think of some some possible situations.
Discuss them with your partner.
2a
In a foreign country?
In public places like a bank, a post office...?
At school?
At home, especially when speaking to your elders?
Discussion
Possible answers
In different situations, you need to choose the suitable language.
Task I Underline the topic sentences
Structure?
(结构)
to know how to ask …politely
change
the way..
polite questions
are longer
to learn how to use…situations
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
在不同的情景下，你需要根据
文化知识选择和使用合适的语言。

When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help _________.
How does the writer lead in the topic

examples
Where are the restrooms?
Could you please tell me
____________________?”



What’s the writer’s opinion about these?

Both of them are________, but the first one is ________. So, it’s not enough to just ask a question ________. We also need to be ________ when we ask for help.
politely
correct
less polite
correctly
polite
Para. 1
Topic
where the restrooms are
Paragraph 2
expressions you use
to speak with others

Depend on____...speaking to
whom

say to the teacher

Say to the people
you know well

Direct request
Polite question

Peter, tell me your e-mail address.
Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?

So, polite questions are usually _______.
longer
Para.3

Spend time leading into a request:
How to ask for help politely?
Changing the way you speak in different situations.
Using a longer question.
Test your memory
It seems ________ but _________to speak politely.
Para.4

Thus, you can ____________ better with others.
difficult
important
communicate
Direct questions Polite requests

1. Where are the restrooms?
1. Could you please tell me
where the restrooms are?
2. When is the school trip?
2. Excuse me, Mr. West. Do
you know when the school
trip is?
3. Peter, could you please tell
me your e-mail address?
3. Peter, tell me your e-mail
address?
4. Excuse me, I wonder if you
can help me.
easy
short
longer
hard
VS
less polite
more polite
Have a try
Thank you!
常见的句型有：
1) It is + adj. (+ ____ + sb.) + to do sth.。常用于此句型的形容词有important, difficult, dangerous, necessary, useful, possible等, 用来对to do sth. 进行说明。如：
It’s difficult for us to finish the work in an hour.
for
2) It is + adj. + ____ + sb. + to do sth.
常用于此句型的形容词有good, kind,
nice, clever, wise等, 用来对sb.的性
格、品质等进行说明。
如：
It’s kind of you to say so.
of
请根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子（每
空一词）。
对他来说，回答那个问题是十分困难
的。
It’s very hard ____ him ____ _______
that question.
2. 你这样说真是太好了。
It’s very kind ____ you ____ ____ so.
for
to answer?
of
to say?
Exercises
3. 我们在阅览室里保持安静是十分必
要的。
It’s necessary ______ ______
(should) keep quiet in the reading
room.
It’s necessary for us
_____ ________ ______ in the
reading room.
that we
to keep quiet?
Homework:
Write more polite requests, practice them with your classmates.

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