Unit3 2b 课件 2023-2024学年人教版英语九年级全册

Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? Unit 3 1. Read the passage and find out the main idea. 2. Underline the topic sentence for each paragraph. Direct questions Polite requests 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. Find the direct questions and polite requests from the passage. Where are the resrooms? Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? When is the school trip? Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is? Peter, please tell me your e-mail adress. Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail adress. 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 there restrooms are?” These are similar requests for directions. He is a polite boy. He speaks to everyone politely. We must make a request for help. He requested some hot water from me. He requested him to leave at once. I requested that she (should) come an hour earlier. Both are correct, 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 when we ask for help. I can tell you the correct answer. You must correct the mistakes in your homework. You'll have to get used to his direct manner. He directed the building of the new bridge. You should go direct to him. She went dirently to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door. Tom went off in the direction of home. Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations. The expressions they use might depend on whom you are speaking to or how well they know each other. It is all right to ask your classmates direct questions because you know them well. 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. eg.: work-worker t