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Culture Corner
How can I get to the post office?
定西市安定区西巩驿中学 王云霞
Review useful patterns of asking in polite ways?
1.Excuse me,can you tell me the way to……?
2.Excuse me, would you like to tell me the way to……?
3.Where is ……?
4.How can I get to ……?
5.Do you know the way to ……?
6.I wonder where …… is.
7.I wonder the way to…….
1.How many places does the writer talk about?
2.Read the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Listening and Reading
Language Points
1. prefer 的用法
a. prefer to do sth.
e.g: I prefer dogs to cats.
b. prefer doing sth. to doing sth.
e.g: He prefers running to swimming.
2. lose one’s way 迷路
a: The child lost his way and couldn’t go home.
b: What would you do if you lost your way in a forest?
Can you use it now?
3.have a good time 玩的开心,过得愉快
e.g:I went to Shanghai last week and had a good time there.
Have a good time at the party?
Can you use it now?
我听说你上周去了宁波。
e.g: I heard that you went to Ningbo last week.
2. find out:了解,打听,弄清楚
e.g: I will try and find out who did this.
I won’t tell you , you must find it out by yourself.
Can you use it now?
I must find out the truth of the matter.
我必须弄清楚事情的真相。
5. have no idea (of sth.)
e.g: You have no idea how worried I was!
你不知道我有多担心。
I have no idea of the directions.
我不知道方向。
Can you use it now?
我不知道这条路同向何处?
I have no idea where this road leads to?
Try to say the different ways of giving directions
Different people
Different styles of giving directions
e.g: Los Angeles, Greece, New York, Japan, Mexico
Questions after reading
1.Does the writer always have a good time when he travels?
2. What can he do when he travels?
3.Why are foreign travels often confused in a Japanese city?
4.How do people in Los Angeles measure distance?
5.Do people in Greece always try to give diretions?
6.What will a Greek do when you ask someone t