高一下英语外研版 必修3 Module1 Speaking—Pronunciation and everyday En

高一下英语外研版 必修3 Module1 Speaking—Pronunciation

and everyday English教案

Period 5 Speaking—Pronunciation and everyday English

■Goals

● To learn about tag questions ● To role-play a conversation ■Procedures

Step 1: Learning about Tag Questions

A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".

We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English. The basic structure is:

Look at these examples with positive statements:

Look at these examples with negative statements:

Some special cases:

Here are some mixed examples:

But you don't really love her, do you? This will work, won't it?

Well, I couldn't help it, could I?

But you'll tell me if she calls, won't you? We'd never have known, would we? The weather's bad, isn't it? You won't be late, will you? Nobody knows, do they?

Notice that we often use tag questions to ask for information or help, starting with a negative statement. This is quite a friendly/polite way of making a request. For example, instead of saying "Where is the police station?" (not very polite), or "Do you know where the police station is?" (slightly more polite), we could say: "You wouldn't know where the police station is, would you?" Here are some more examples:

You don't know of any good jobs, do you?

You couldn't help me with my homework, could you? You haven't got $10 to lend me, have you? Intonation

We can change the meaning of a tag question with the musical pitch of our voice. With rising intonation, it sounds like a real question. But if our intonation falls, it sounds more like a statement that doesn't require a real answer:

Answers to tag questions

How do we answer a tag question? Often, we just say Yes or No. Sometimes we may repeat the tag and reverse it (..., do they? Yes, they do). Be very careful about answering tag questions. In some languages, an opposite system of answering is used, and non-native English speakers sometimes answer in the wrong way. This can lead to a lot of confusion!

For example, everyone knows that snow is white. Look at these questions, and the correct answers:

In some languages, people answer a question like "Snow isn't black, is it?" with "Yes" (meaning "Yes, I agree with you"). This is the wrong answer in English! Here are some more examples, with correct answers: The moon goes round the earth, doesn't it? Yes, it does. The earth is bigger than the moon, isn't it? Yes.

The earth is bigger than the sun, isn't it? No, it isn't! Asian people don't like rice, do they? Yes, they do! Elephants live in Europe, don't they? No, they don't! Men don't have babies, do they? No.

The English alphabet doesn't have 40 letters, does it? No, it doesn't. Question tags with imperatives

Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.

Same-way question tags

Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometime possible to use a positive-positive or negative-negative structure. We use same-way question tags to express interest, surprise, anger etc, and not to make real questions. So you're having a baby, are you? That's wonderful!

She wants to marry him, does she? Some chance! So you think that's amusing, do you? Think again. So you don't like my looks, don't you? Negative-negative tag questions usually sound rather hostile: Step 2: Role-play a conversation about where you live

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A: What is it like? B: Dating from the Tang Dynasty, old Taiyuan is arguably the most artistically and architecturally attractive capital city in the country. A: Are there any places of interest on the street where you live? B: On the street where I live, you can see two towers called Double Towers. A: I know they are the famous symbols of Taiyuan. B: Down the road, you will come to Clothing Town, the most famous shopping center in Taiyuan. Here you can find varieties of clothing you like. A: They say that Taiyuan is the world’s biggest open-air museum and not even residents, let alone tourists, ever get the chance to see every temple (more than 350 of them), every tower, every statue, or every historic street within a lifetime. B: You are absolutely right. A: When is the best time to visit Taiyuan? B: The best time to enjoy the neighborhood is early morning. The sounds and smells are quintessentially Taiyuan. The memories linger long after one has left the city. The incessant yelling (a-o-o-oh! is a particularly favorite cry) and friendly insults of the trades people as they set up their market stalls along the streets, mammas calling down the corridor to their children as they head off to school, and young men on parked scooters greeting each other as if they hadn't seen each other for years, accompanied by sings of birds in the trees. Ah, what heaven? Everybody at this hour looks incredibly happy. A: What about the city later on in the day? B: Later on in the day, the streets and shops start to fill up. Locals gather for meals at the restaurants, standing around in groups engaged in deep, intense conversation. After meals, the chatting continues on the pavement, totally oblivious to the traffic, to other pedestrians (normally tourists) trying to get through and to anything that might possibly interrupt the subject in hand. A: It seems to me that Taiy …… 此处隐藏：4073字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……