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第 3 课 时 (1a~2d)
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Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Learning Goals
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单词:corner, politely, request, direction, correct, polite, speaker, address
短语:parking lot
句型:连接词引导的宾语从句
学习描述地点特征的形容词,并能够谈论不同地点的特征
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What qualities do you think are important for these places?
library
quiet, bright
amusement park
fun, interesting
playground
big, clean
mall
busy, convenient
What qualities are important for each place? Write the words from the box next to each place below. Write the most important words first.
1a
interesting fascinating quiet safe inexpensive big beautiful uncrowded convenient clean
Places Qualities
restroom
museum
clean, convenient
interesting, uncrowded, clean
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Places Qualities
restaurant
park
subway
mall
interesting fascinating quiet safe inexpensive big beautiful uncrowded convenient clean
clean, uncrowded, convenient
interesting, fascinating, interesting, fascinating
safe, uncrowded, convenient, clean
big, beautiful, uncrowded
Talk about places in your city using the words in 1a.
1b
Yes, and it’s beautiful, too.
The Fine Arts Museum is really interesting.
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Yes, and it’s also very clean.
The park is very beautiful.
Listen to the conversations and complete the sentences.
1c
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.
a good restaurant
public restrooms
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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 suggests they go to the _________ museum.
a good museum
history
science
children’s
art
computer
Listen again and check your answers in 1c.
1d
information
n. 信息,消息
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Role-play the conversations between the clerk and the tourists.
1e
Can you tell me where there’s a good place to eat?
Of course. What kind of food do you like?
I’d like some fresh vegetables…
OK, you can go to…restaurant.
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Where do you need to make polite requests? Think of some possible situations. Discuss them with your partner.
2a
Where do we need to make polite requests?
In public places : a bank, a post office, a library, a shopping mall…
Read the article and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
2b
Paragraphs Topic sentences
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely.
Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations.
However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations.
Usually polite questions are longer.
Read the article again and try to answer the questions.
What’s the meaning of speaking politely?
It can help us communicate better with other people.
Why does the man say “Sorry. I can’t help you.”? Can you change the question to a more polite one?
Because he thinks the first man asks less politely.
Excuse me, could you tell me where the post office is?
Could you please tell me how to get to the post office?
1. inexpensive “不昂贵的” 为形容词
◉ inexpensive 意为“不昂贵的”,其反义词为 expensive/dear
(昂贵的),近义词为 cheap(便宜的)。in- 为否定前缀。
Language points
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2. politely “有礼貌地” 为副词
◉ politely作副词,意为“礼貌地;客气地”。它由形容词 polite(有礼貌的;客气的)加后缀-ly 构成副词。其相关词汇有:
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3. That is because it is a very direct question.
那是因为它是一句非常直接的问话。
◉ 本句为“that is+because 引导的表语从句”结构,从句由连词 because引导,强调原因。常跟表语从句的连系动词有 be、look、seem、sound、appear 等。表语从句的引导词主要有 that、whether、as、as if、because 等。
※ That’s because he didn’t understand me.
那是因为他不理解我。
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4. It might seem more difficult to speak politely than directly. 似乎礼貌表达比直接表达更为困难些。
◉ 句中 it 代替后面的动词不定式短语作形式主语。当句子主语太长时,为保持平衡可用 it 作形式主语,而将真正的主语放在句子后面。
※ It’s very nice of them to help me out.
他们帮了我的忙,真是太好了。
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5. The expressions they use might depend on whom they are speaking to or how well they know each other. 他们使用的表达方式可能取决于他们和谁谈话或他们彼此之间的熟悉程度。
◉ depend on 意为“取决于;视……而定”,on 可用 upon 替换。
※ The success depends on/upon your attitude towards it.
成功取决于你对此事的态度。
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◉ whom 作疑问代词,意为“谁;什么人”,是 who 的宾格形式,只能作宾语,一般可以用 who 代替,但介词后的 whom 不能被 who 代替。
※ Do you know who(m) Mr. Black is talking to?
你知道布莱克先生在和谁谈话吗?
※ With whom will I practice the conversation?
我将和谁一起练习对话?
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Find the direct questions and polite requests from the passage.
2c
Direct questions Polite requests
Where are
the restrooms?
1. Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Direct questions Polite requests
2. When is the school trip?
4. Where’s the post office?
2. Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you
know when the school trip is?
3. Peter, could you please tell
me your e-mail address?
4. Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car?
3. Peter, tell me your e-mail address.
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 these people are.
2d
Request Person Place
1. Will you pass the salt?
2. Do you know where I can change some money, please?
3. Could you tell me what just happened?
4. Can you please tell me where the nearest station is?
B
B
home/restaurant
on the street/in a bank
any public place/home
street
A
B
Request Person Place
5. Excuse me, do you know
what time it begins, please?
6. Let me know when you’re
ready, OK?
7. Could you possibly tell me
the way to the village school?
movie theater
street
home
A
B
B
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. It might seem more difficult to speak ________ (polite) than directly.
2. I think it’s ________ (polite) to keep others waiting.
3. The _____________(speak) gave us a wonderful speech.
4. Every Saturday I spend one hour ________(clean) my bedroom.
5. Excuse me, is there a ________(park) lot around here?
Practice
politely
impolite
speaker
cleaning
parking
1. We’ll go in the same ______. Let me give you a ride.
A. section B. direction C. position D. decision
2.(四川达州中考)—Which country has a ______ population, China or Canada?
—China. Canada is a lot ______ crowded than China.
A. bigger; less B. bigger; more
C. smaller; less D. smaller; more
Ⅱ. 单项选择
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3. (天津中考)It is ______ to say “thank you” very often, even to family members.
A. polite B. rude C. dangerous D. humorous
4. They don’t have too much money. So they want to stay in a(n) ______ hotel.
A. beautiful B. inexpensive
C. uncrowded D. convenient
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1.(烟台中考)能否实现梦想取决于你的努力程度。
Whether your dream can come true or not__________ __________ how hard you work.
2. 作为学生,我们应该有礼貌地向别人寻求帮助。
As students, we should __________ other
people for help __________.
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
on
depends
politely
ask
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