Would you mind keeping your voice down?,Would you mind keeping your voice down?,Unit7 Reading,May 23,2007,They are breaking the rules of etiquette,etiquette: Normal and polite social behavior 礼节,What are they doing ?,dropping,litter,talking on the mobile phone in a loud voice,smoking on the bus,spitting on the bus,talking and laughing loudly on the bus,drop V. 扔,丢 litter UN.垃圾,spit V. 吐痰,smoke V. 抽烟,bad behaviors,Warming-up,Can you match the bad behaviors with their pictures?,Dropping litter Smoking in public Talking and laughing loudly In public places Talking loudly on the mobile Phone spitting on the bus,Before We Read,2. Look at the picture, how many rules of etiquette can you see being broken? Make a list.,1.littering(dropping litter)on the bus/in the subway;,2.talking loudly on the mobile phone;,3.smoking on the bus/in the subway;,4.spitting on the bus /in the subway;,5.talking and laughing loudly on the bus;,Quarrel,Make requests politely,different ways to deal with(处理) trouble,A,B,C,Could you please stop smoking?,Would you mind stopping smoking?,Look at this picture. Whats the problem? (T),You have to stop smoking.,Please stop smoking.,Impolitely:,Politely:,More politely:,Most politely:,The man is smoking.,Summary:,一句形 Could you please do ? Please do. You have to do. Would you mind （not）doing ? No, not at all./ Sorry. Ill do it right away. 二Could 与 Would 这里的Could 与Would并非过去式他们一种委婉的表达法-委婉的向别人提出请求,New Language points:,非常有礼貌的请求别人做某事: 肯定: Would you mind + doing ? 你介意吗? 否定: Would you mind not + doing? 你介意不吗?,Remember,Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德乃是无价宝。,Reading stratagy,1. Look at the title and picture, predict what well read about.,From the passage, we may know_. A. how to catch a bus B. speaking to others loudly C. someone who break the rules D. talking loudly on the bus is not good,D,Can you find a sentence that can tell us the main idea in each paragraph?,As we read, we need to find ( ),topic sentence,These sentences usually give us a “summary”, or overall meaning of each paragraph and help us understand what the paragraph is about. After the topic sentence comes more detail and explanation,Match the paragraghs with the best summaries,d paragragh 1 a.We have to be very careful when we criticize people b.The way people behave is different in different cultures and situations paragragh 2 c. Sometimes,rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhere. d. Etiquette is a very important idea to understand . paragragh 3 e. We might want to ask someone to behave more politely if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette. paragragh 4 f. People in China and Europe have different ideas about etiquette.,3a,b,e,c,True or False : 1.In Europe, standing very close to the person with whom you are talking is quite common. ( ) 2.Talking loudly in public is allowed in China. ( ) 3.It is better to keep your voice down in public places. ( ) 4.“ Would you mind” is a polite way to give people suggestions . ( ) 5.We have to be careful to make requests. ( ) 6.Rules of etiquette are always different. ( ),F,F,T,T,T,F,If you spend some time in an English-speaking country, you might hear the term etiquette. It means normal and polite social behavior. This may seem like a difficult word at first, but it can be very useful to understand.,Would you mind keeping your voice down?,If you, you might,如果你， 你也许会,If you become an athlete, you might win a golden medal.,Etiquette is a very important idea to understand.,Paragragh 1,term:术语 voice :声音,Etiquette is not the same in every culture, or in every situation. For example, standing very close to the person you are talking with is quite common in some Asian countries. However, if you do this in Europe, some people might feel uncomfortable. Even in China, we all know that etiquette is not the same in all situations. Perhaps we think that talking loudly in our own homes is fine, but there are other places where talking loudly is not allowed. For example, most people would agree that talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is impolite. Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down in public places. In fact, we should also take care not to cough or sneeze loudly in public.,Asian adj. 亚洲(n)的；亚洲人的,European 欧洲(n) 的,uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的,allow v. 允许；承认,impolite adj. 无礼的；粗鲁的,public n. 公众,cough v. 咳嗽,Paragragh 2,If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may politely give them some suggestions. Perhaps one of the most polite ways is to ask someone, Would you mind doing this or Would you mind not doing that. For example, if someone cuts in front of you in line, you could ask them, Sorry, would you mind joining the line? If someone is smoking on the bus, we could ask, Excuse me, could you please put out that cigarette? People dont usually like to be criticized, so we have to be careful how we do th