Section B,UNIT 3,Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?,1a. What qualities are important for each place ? Write the words from the box next to each place below. Write the most important words first.,interesting fascinating inexpensive quiet uncrowded big beautiful convenient safe clean,地点,特征,迷人的；有吸引力的,不贵的,不拥挤的,方便的；便利的,安全的,1b Talk about places in your city using the words in 1a.,A: The Fine Arts Museum is really interesting.B: Yes, and its beautiful, too.,1c Listen to the conversations and complete the sentences.,Conversation 1 The boy asks about _ , and the clerk tells him to go to Green Land. Conversation 2 The girl asks about _, and the clerk tells her to go to the corner of Market and Middle Streets . Conversation 3 The mother asks about_ . The father wants to go to a museum. The younger girl wants to go to a _ museum. The boy wants to go to a museum . The older girl wants to go to an_ museum. The clerk tells them to go to the museum.,职员,角落；拐角,年龄小的女孩,年龄大的女孩,a good place to eat,public restrooms around here,a good museum in Sunvill,history,science,childrens,art,computer,1d Listen again. Check your answers in 1c.,1e Role-play the conversations between the clerk and the tourists.,A: Can you tell me where theres a good place to eat?B: Of course. What kind of food do you like?A: .,一个吃东西的好地方,哪种食品,2a Where do you need to make polite requests? Think of some possible situations. Discuss them with your partner.,做有礼貌的请求,可能的情况,USING SUITABLE LANGUAGE In different situations, you need to choose and use suitable language based on cultural knowledge.,Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car?,Wheres the post ofce?,Sure. Theres an underground parking lot over there.,Sorry. I cant help you.,Could You Please .?,2b. Read the article and underline the topic sentence for each paragraph.,阅读策略： 使用恰当的语言 在不同的情况下，你需要选择和使用以文化知识为基础的恰当的语言。,Could You Please .?When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely. For example, “ Where are the restrooms?” or “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?” are similar requests for directions to a place. Both are correct English, but the first one sounds less polite. That is because it is a very direct question. It is not enough to just ask a question correctly. We also need to learn how to be polite by being less direct or more indirect when we ask for help.,Its important to do sth. 很重要去做某事。,副词，礼貌地,例 如,类似的,方 向,Its enough to do sth. 足够充分去做某事。,不够礼貌,直接的,副词，正确地,形容词，正确的,介词，通过；凭借,间接的,寻 求 帮 助,Good speakers of English change the way they talk when theyspeak with different people. The expressions they use might depend on whom they are speaking to or how well they know each other. It is all right to ask direct questions in some situations, like with your classmates. However, if you say to your teacher, “When is the school trip?”, this might sound impolite. But if you say, “Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is?”, this will sound much more polite.,改变他们谈话的方式,他们所使用的表达方式,依赖；依靠,谁（who的宾格形式）,听起来不礼貌,得多(修饰比较级),Its all right to do sth.很正确去做某事。,在一些情况下,Usually polite questions are longer and include more language such as “Could you please .?” or “Can I ask .?” It sounds more polite to say, “Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?” than “Peter, tell me your e-mail address.” Sometimes we even need to spend time leading in to a request. For example, with a stranger on the street, we might first say, “Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me” or “Im sorry to trouble you, but .” before asking for help.,动词，包括,例 如,电子邮件地址,甚 至,花费时间导入一个请求,某人+spend+时间或金钱+doing sth. “某人花费时间或金钱去做某事。”,陌生人,是否,我很抱歉打扰你,be sorry to do sth.很抱歉去做某事,介词，在之前,It might seem more difficult to speak politely than directly. However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.This will help you communicate better with other people.,1. It seems difficult to do sth. 似乎很困难去做某事。,2.learn to do sth.学会怎样去做某事,3.communicate better with 和更好交流,2c. Find all the direct questions and polite requests from the passage.,直接的问题,礼貌的请求,2d Read the requests below. In the second column, write A if you would say it to someone you know and B if you would say it to a stranger. In the last column, write where you think the people are talking.,你把盐递过来好吗？,兑换一些钱,最近的车站,去乡村学校的路,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.,你将要学习的课程,3b Write a polite letter to the school asking for the information you want to know. Use your notes in 3a.,Use the following expressions to help you : My name is and Im from Ill be coming to your school soon for Id like to know about I would like to thank you for I look forward to your reply.,