人教版九年级英语课件：unit3unit3ctionb2a

Unit3
Couldyoupleatellme
wheretherestroomsare?
Sure,goeastalongthisstreet,thenyou’lleit.
Couldyoupleatellmewherethenearestbankis?
Youareatouristinacity,youwanttoknowsomethingaboutthecity.
Anddoyouknowwherethebiggesthospitalis?
Sure.Walkalongthisstreet,therestaurantisonyourright.
Canyoutellmeifthereisadeliciousrestaurantnearhere?
Godownthisstreet,turnleftatthefirstcrossing,youwilleit.
Afterdinner,Iwanttobuyapairofshoes,wouldyoumindtellingmewherethenearestsupermarketis?
It’soverthere,justacrossfromyou.
Haha!Ieit.Thankyouverymuch!
Youarewelcome.
2aWheredoyouneedtomakepolite
requests?Thinkofsomepossible
situations.Discussthemwithyour
partner.
Umorewordstohelpyou
soundmorepolite.
Itisimportanttoknowhow
tomakerequestspolitely.
GoodEnglishspeakersneedto
knowhowtospeakpolitely.
Thechoiceoflanguagedependsonthesituationandtherelationshipbetweenthespeakers.
Paragraph1
Paragraph2
Paragraph3
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Usingsuitablelanguage
Indifferentsituations,you
needtochooandu
suitablelanguagebadoncultural
knowledge.
CouldYouPlea...?
Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely.Forexample,youmayask“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleatellmewheretherestroomsare?”Thearesimilarrequestsfordirections.Botharecorrect,butthefirstonesoundslesspolite.
2bReadthearticleandunderlinethetopicntenceforeachparagraph.
Thatisbecauitisaverydirectquestion.Itisnotenoughtojustaskaquestioncorrectly.Wealsoneedtolearnhowtobepolitewhenweaskforhelp.
Goodspeakerschangethewaytheyspeakindifferentsituations.Theexpressionstheyumightdependonwhomtheyarespeakingtoorhowwelltheyknoweachother.Itisallrighttoaskdirectquestionstoyourclassmatesbecauyouknowthemwell.However,Ifyou
saytoyourteacher,“Whenistheschooltrip?”,thismightsoundimpolite.Butifyousay,“Excume,Mr.West.Doyouknowwhentheschooltripis?”,thiswillsoundmuchmorepolite.
Usuallypolitequestionsarelonger.Theyincludeexpressionssuchas“Couldyouplea...?”or“MayIask...?”Itsoundsmorepolitetosay,“Peter,couldyoupleatellmeyoure-mailaddress?”than“Peter,tellmeyour