Unit 11 READING,Could you please lend me your pen,Before You Read,If you need help with your homework, how would you ask :,1. your mother of father,2. your best friend,3. a teacher,Before You Read,Discuss the language you used to make this request. Was it the same each time ? If not, discuss why not.,While You Read,1. 用5分钟时间通读短文.,2. 将生词和不熟悉的短语 及有困难的句子打上记号.,3.和同桌讨论一下你的难点.,While You Read,While You Read,Asking for information or help is a very common and necessary activity, especially when we visit a foreign country, so knowing how to ask for information politely is important.,询问信息和求助帮助是非常普通也是 很重要的一项活动, 特别是当我们去 国外参观学习时. 所以知道如何有礼貌 的询问信息是很重要的.,In English, “Where are the restroom?” and “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?” are similar requests-both are correct English, but the first could sound rude.,While You Read,用英语说: “休息室在哪里?”和 “能告诉 我休息室在哪里?”都是正确的英语表达, 但是第一种听起来很粗鲁.,正确的,与right可以通用.,While You Read,Its important to use correct language, but sometimes this alone is not enough-we need to learn how to be polite when we make requests.,使用正确的语言是很重要,但是有时这还不 够,-我们还需要学习怎么礼貌的提出请求.,单独的，独立的,While You Read,In English, just like in Chinese, we change the way we speak when talking with different people. The expressions you use might depend on whom you are speaking to or how well you know them.,正如用汉语说话一样,我们在遇到不同的谈话 对象时会改变我们的说话方式.你使用的方式 可能是取决你要谈话的人或是你对他 的认识程度.,On the other hand, it might be alright to say “Where is my book?” in some situations, perhaps with people you know well.,While You Read,另一方面,如果你对非常熟的人,在一些环境 下这样说 “我的书在哪?”是可以的.,Usually in English polite questions are longer and include extra language such as “Could you please?” or “ Can I ask?”,While You Read,通常,用英语礼貌的提出请求的句子要长 一些, 而且还包括一些附加用语如 “请问 能否?”或者 “我能问一下?”,Sometimes, we might even need to spend some time leading in to a question or request.,While You Read,有时,我们甚至可能需要花费一段时间去 引出一个问题或要求.,It might seem that speaking politely is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true.,While You Read,可能礼貌的说话要比直接说困难些,某种 程度上说这可能是真的.,However, in order not to offend people, learning about language etiquette is just as important as learning grammar or vocabulary.,While You Read,然而,为了不冒犯他人,学习礼节语言就正 如学习语法和词汇一样重要.,After You Read,After You Read,Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4,Go For It,Role play the following situations.,A teenager wants to stay out late, and asks a parent about it. 2. A foreign friends is interested in your new video game, and ask about it. 3. Some students want to hand in their homework later than the teacher asked for it. 4. You want to change the time you asked a friend to come for a meal at your house.,Exercise,How to ask politely?,Could you tell me where the corn chips are, please?,Is there any more milk, (please)?,Can you show me how this works? (e.g. a coffee grinder),Id like it sliced thicker/thinner, please.,Will you give me a pound of that, please? Can/could I have a pound of that, please?,Bye!,