辽宁省灯塔市第二初级中学九年级英语全册 Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry(第3课时)课

Unit 11Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?

Self Check

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Exercisefascinating

beautiful safe delicious convenient

1. I live right next to a supermarket. It’s very convenient _______. 2. I find stamps _________. fascinating I’ve been collecting them for many years. 3. Mr Tan makes the best noodles in town. delicious They’re __________! beautiful 4. The Fine Arts Museum is both ________ and interesting. safe 5. Put your wallet in a ________ place.

If you are new here, how are you going to ask the way?

R B M L S

restaurant bank movie theater library shopping mall

How are you going to ask?Excuse me, could you please tell me where to park my car?

Where’s the post office?

Sure. Park it right here. I’ll help you.

Sorry. I can’t help you.

For example:1. Excuse me. Could you tell me where the bank is, please? 2. Could you tell me how to get to the library? 3. Could you please tell me where I can save money? 4. … 5. …

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Look at the map. Write five questions that a tourist might ask. Then role play conversations.R restaurant

B

bank

M movie theater

LS

libraryshopping mall

Section 1 Before You ReadGROUPWORK

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If you need help with your homework, how would you ask :

1. your mother or father:2. your best friend: 3. a teacher:

Discuss the language you used to make this request. Was it the same each time? If not, discuss why not.Mom, Can you help me with my homework? Could you please help me with my homework?

Excuse me, Sir? Could you please help me with my homework?

How can we try not to offend people when

making requests? Is language etiquette as important as learning grammar or vocabulary? Why?

Section 2 While You ReadCould you please lend me your pen?Asking for information or help is a very common

and necessary activity, especially when we visit aforeign country. So knowing how to ask for

information politely is important.询问信息或者请求帮助是一个很常见也比不 可少的社会活动,尤其在我们国家参观旅游时。因 此懂得如何礼貌的获取信息就很重要。

In English, “Where are the restrooms?” and “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?” are similar requests-both are correct English, but the first could sound rude. It’s important to use correct language, but sometimes this alone is not enough--we need to learn how to be polite when we make requests.alone :单独的,独立的correct:正确的,与right可以通用

在英语中， “Where are the restrooms?” 和 “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?”是相同的请求。都是正确的英语表达，但是， 第一句话听起来有点粗鲁，语言正确的运用是很重 要的，但有时仅仅正确是不够的，我们需要学习如 何礼貌地做出请求。

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 y

ou know them. If you say to your teacher, “ Where is my book?” this will sound rude. 就像在汉语里一样，在英语里和不同的人物 交谈，我们需要变换方式，在交谈时，你可能根 据正在交谈的对象和你们之间的熟悉程度使用不 同的表达方式。如：你问你的老师：“ Where is my book?” ,那可能很不礼貌。

But if you say, “ Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you know where my book is?” your question will sound much more polite. On the other hand, it might be alright to say “Where is my book?” in some situations, perhaps with people you know well. 但是，如果你对老师说： “ Excuse me, Mr West. Do you know where my book is?” ,这样 你的问题听起来就会礼貌得多。另一方面，有些 情况下说 “Where is my book?”,也许就可以,比 如你对很熟悉的人说。

And you would not usually say, “ Peter,lend me your pen.” a very direct order like this can sound rude in English. Usually in English polite questions are longer and include extra language such as “Could you please..?” or “Can I ask…?” It sounds more polite to say, “ Peter, could you please lend me your pen?” 及物动词, 意思是“包括,算在内”,一 通常你也不会说：“ Peter, lend me your pen.” 这样一个直接的命令句在英语中听起来很粗鲁。 通常在英语里，礼貌的问句比较长，而且包含一 些附加语，像： “Could you please..?” 或者 “Can I ask…?”, 你说“ Peter,could you please lend me your pen?” 听起来确实礼貌得多。般接名词或者是动词的-ing形式作宾 语.

Sometimes, we might even need to spend some time leading into a question or request. For example, if you stop a stranger in the street, we might first say, “ Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me” or “I’m sorry to trouble you but,” before asking them for help.need 这里是实义动词, 需要.一般跟 名词或不定式作宾语.

我们有时甚至需要花费一段时间引出一个问题 或者一个请求。例如：在大街上拦住一个陌生人， 我们首先可能会说： “ Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me.” 或者 “I’m sorry to trouble you but…”

It might seem that speaking politely is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true. However, in order not to offend people, learning about language etiquette is just as important as learning grammar or vocabulary. And doing this will also help you become better at English, or any other language you wish to speak. 礼貌的说话看起来似乎比直接说出来难得多，而 且，在某种情况下也确实如此。然而，为了不冒犯别 人，学习语言表达方面的礼仪也跟学习语法和词汇一 样重要。而且这样做也能帮助你更好 …… 此处隐藏：2571字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……