Unit 11 Could you plea tell me where the restrooms are?
重点词汇：
1. restroom 公共厕所、休息室2. drugstore 杂货店、药店 3. department 部、局、部门 4. magic 魔术、魔力 5. fresh 新鲜的 6. uncrowded 不拥挤的 7. safe 安全的 8. park 停车9. lend 借给、借出10. market 市场11. direct 直接的 12. organized 有组织的 13. staff 职员、工作人员14. trouble 麻烦、打扰15. offend 冒犯、得罪 16. structure 结构、构造
重点词组及句型：
1. hand in 交上、上交2. dress up 打扮3. hang out 闲逛4. prefer doing something 乐意做某事5. exchange money 换钱6. go past 路过、经过 7. save money 存钱8. make a telephone call 打电话
1. Can you tell me where I can buy a dictionary?
你能告诉我在哪里可以买到词典？
2. －Could you tell me where to exchange money?
你能告诉我去哪里换钱？
－Sure. Take the elevator to the cond floor. The bank is on the left.
当然可以。乘坐电梯到二楼。银行在左边。
3. We decided to talk to some students about why they go there.
我们决定和一些同学谈论一下他们为什么去那里。
4. The air isn’t fresh. I prefer being outside. Also, it’s usually crowded.
空气不太新鲜。我喜欢呆在外面。并且商业街也非常拥挤。
5. While the children have fun, parents can take dance lesson on the beach.
当孩子们嬉闹的时候，父母可以在海滩上上舞蹈课。
6. Asking for information or help is a very common and necessary activity.
询问信息、请求帮助是非常普遍并且必要的活动。
7. Usually in English polite question are longer and include extra language, such as
“Could you plea?” or “Can I ask ” .
通常英语礼貌性的问题要长一些并且包含像“请你做什么好吗？”或者“我能问”这样的附加性的
语言。
8. We might first say , “Excu me. I wonder if you can help me” or “I am sorry to
trouble you but ”, before asking them for help.
在向他们请求帮助之前，我们可能先说“打扰一下，我想知道你能否帮助我”或者“对不起，打扰
你了，但是”。
9. I have been collecting them for many years.
我搜集它们已有多年了。
10. Sometimes, we might even need to spend more time learning into question or request.
有时候，我们可能要花费一段时间去引出一个问题或者要求。
11. However, in order not to offend people, learning about language etiquette is just as
important as learning grammar or vocabulary.
然而为了不冒犯别人，学习语言礼仪就如同学习语法和词汇同样重要了。
日常用语：
1. －Excu me. Could you tell me where I can buy some stamps？
对不起，你能告诉我到哪里去买一些邮票吗？
－Sure.There is a post office on the Main Street. 当然可以。在中心大街有一家邮局。
2. －Can you tell me where the bank is? 你能告诉我银行在哪里吗？
－Yes. It’s on the Center Street. 是的。它在中心大街上。
3. －Excu me. Do you know where I can exchange money? 对不起，你知道我到哪里去换钱吗？
－Sure. There is a bank on the cond floor. 当然。二楼有一家银行。
精讲巧练
1. Can you tell me where I can buy a dictionary? 你能告诉我在哪里可以买到词典？
（1.）本句子是由特殊疑问词where引导的宾语从句，作动词tell的宾语。Can you tell me是主句，特
殊疑问词引导的宾语从句用陈述语序，即Where I can buy a dictionary，而不是Where can I buy a dictionary.
