Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are
Section B 2 (3a-Self Check)
Step 1 Revision
1)Write down the phrases
鈶?/p>
鎻愬嚭绀艰矊鐨勮姹?/p>
鈶?/p>
鍚捣鏉ユ洿绀艰矊
鈶?/p>
涓�涓緢鐩存帴鐨勯棶棰?/p>
鈶?/p>
璇锋眰甯姪
鈶?/p>
鍦ㄤ笉鍚岀殑鎯呭舰涓?/p>
鈶?/p>
鍙栧喅浜?/p>
鈶?/p>
浣犳墍鐢ㄧ殑琛ㄨ揪鏂瑰紡
鈶?/p>
姣斿
鈶?/p>
鑺辨椂闂村鍏?/p>
鈶?/p>
鍙樺緱鏇存搮闀?/p>
2
锛?/p>
Fill in the blanks according to 2b.
When you visit a _______ country, it is _________ to know how to ask for help ______.
For example, 鈥淲here are the restrooms?鈥?nbsp;or 鈥淐ould you _____ tell me where the ________
___?鈥?nbsp;
these are similar ________ for _________ you may ask. Both are _______ English,
but the first one sounds _____ polite. That is because it is a very ______ question. It
is not enough to just ask a question ________. We also need to learn how to be polite
鈥?/p>
when we ask for _____.
In
English,
___
in Chinese,
we
change
the
way
we
______ in different
_________. The
expressions you use might _______
___ whom
you are speaking to
___
how well you know them.
If you say to your teacher, 鈥淲hen is the school trip?鈥?nbsp;th
is might sound ________. But
if
you
say,
鈥淓xcuse
me,
Mr.
West,
do
you
know
when
the
school
trip
___?鈥?
this
w
ill
sound
_____ more polite. However, it is all right to ask direct quest
ions to your classmates
because you know them ____.
It might seem more _______ to speak politely than _______. It is important to learn how
to use _____
________
in different situations. This wil
l also help you ___________
better
with other people.
Step 2 Presentation
Imagine you are going on a short study vacation at a
school in an English-speaking
country. What would you like to know before you go? Write some polite, indirect questions
about the following topics.
The topics are:
鈶?/p>
The course you will study
鈶?/p>
The time of the course
鈶?/p>
Where and what you can eat
鈶?/p>
Where you
will stay
鈶?/p>
What activities you can do
鈶?/p>
Travel to the school
鈶?/p>
Other
Step 3 Practice
Make conversations according to the information in 3a.
Step 4 Writing
1)Write
a
polite
letter
to
the
school
asking
for
the
information
you
want
to
know.
Use
your
notes in 3a.
In your letter, you should:
introduce yourself
say when you are coming
politely ask for information