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人教新目标九年级上册
Section B
2a—2d
Unit3 Could you please tell me where
the restrooms are?
Let’s choose!
When you ask a stranger for information, you would say ________
A. Where is the restroom?
B. Could you tell me where
the library is?
When you ask your teacher about something, you would say ________
A. When is the school trip?
B. Could you please tell
me when the school trip is?
When you ask your little brother to do something, you would say ________
A. Help me.
B. Could you please do me a favor?
Good speakers can change the way they speak in
different situations.
Fast reading
Read the article and underline the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Some signal words, such as however and but, can help you find out the topic sentences.
Read Para. 1 carefully, and answer the questions.
A. Where are the restrooms?
B. Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Q1: When you visit a foreign country, you have to ask for help, which request is better?
Q3: Are the two requests correct?
Q2: Why is the request B better?
B is better.
Both are correct.
Because B is more polite. We also need to be polite when we ask for help.
Reading for details
Direct question
Polite question
“ Where are the restrooms?”
“ Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?”
“ When is the school trip?”
“ Peter, tell me your e-mail address.”
“ Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?”
“Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is ?”
Task 1: Underline the other two groups of direct questions and polite requests in the article.
Pay attention to the word order(语序) in objective clauses
Read Para. 2 carefully, and answer the questions.
depends on
how well they know each other
whom they are speaking to
2.If you say to your best friend, you can say_____
3.If you say to your teacher, you should say: ____
A. When is the school trip?
B. Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know when the school trip is?
A
B
1. How do good speakers change the way they speak in