Unit-3----Could-you-please-tell-me-where-the-restrooms-are.doc

Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Period One Section A 1a-2d
Teaching aims and demands:
New words:
restroom, stamp, bookstore, beside, postcard, pardon, washroom, normally, rush
Key expressions:
have dinner, a pair of shoes, go along, turn left, turn right, pass by,
Key sentences:
1.Excuse me, could you please tell me how to
get to the bookstore?
2. Sure, just go along Main Street until you pass
Center Street. The bookstore is on your
right, beside the bank.
3.Could/Can you tell me the way to…?
4. Could/Can you tell me how I can get to…?
5.Could/Can you tell me how to get to…?
6.Could/Can you tell me where…is/are?
7.Do you know where/how…?
8.Which is the way to…, please?
9.Excuse me. Where is …, please？
10Excuse me. Is there a/an…near here?

Step 1:Warm—Up.
Ask questions and get the answers.
Where can we save money?
Where can we get a pair of shoes?
……
Step 2: Aims and demands.
Tell the students what they will learn this class.
Step 3: Self –learning.
Ask the students to learn the new words by themselves, correct the pronunciation. Finish 1a.
Step 4: Listen.1b,2a,2b.
Students listen to tape, finish 1b,2a and 2b. Play the tape once more, students repeat out and check their answers.
Step 5: Pairwork.
Make conversations following the example in 1c, use the phrases in 1a.
Then practice the conversation in 2c, make similar conversations using the information in 2a and 2b.
Step 6: 2d.
Role-play the conversation in 2d.

Language points:
1. Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the bookstore?
打扰一下，你能告诉我怎样到达书店吗？
(1) Excuse me. 是英语中常用的的客套用语，其意思根据不同情境理解为“请问”“请原谅”“不好意思，打扰一下”等。如：
Excuse me, just a minute, please.
对不起，稍等一下。
Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to No.1 Middle School?
打扰了，你能告诉我怎样去第一中学吗/
拓展：问路常用句型：
Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me the way to…?
Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me how I can get to…?
Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me how to get to…?
Excuse me. Could/Can you tell me where…is/are?
Excuse me. Do you know where/how…?
Excuse me. Which is the way to…, please?
Excuse me. Where is …, please？
Excuse me. Is there a/an…near here?

(2) Could you please…? “请你……好吗？”
否定式为“Could you please not…” “请你
别……好吗”交际用语，表示有礼貌的提出
请求，后接动词原形。
Could you please tell me where the bookstore is?
请你告诉我书店在哪里好吗？
Could you please not stand here?
请别站在这儿好吗？
拓展：表示委婉请求及请求允许某人做某事
Could you please do sth.?
Would/Will you please do sth.?
Would you like to do sth.?
May/Can/Could I do sth.?
肯定回答常用：Sure./Of course./ No problem./
I’d love to.等。
否定回答常用：Sorry, I’d love/like to, but I…/

（3）Sure, just go along Main Street until you pass Center Street.
当然，就沿着主街向前走，一直到你经过中心大街。
go along 表示“沿着……向前走”多指沿着街道、河边或堤坝等向前走，指路常用语。
go down也表示“沿着……向前走”，但其多指向
低处走，或向郊区走
Go along this street, and you will find the park in the end.
沿着这条街向前走，在路的尽头你会找到那个公园。
拓展：常见的指路路方式
Turn left/right at… 在……往左/往右转。
Turn right at the third crossing, and then walk
straight.
在第三个十字路口往右转，然后朝前直走。
Take the first/second…turning on the right/left.
在第一/二……个拐弯处往右、左拐。
Take the second turning on the right.
在第二个拐弯处往右拐。
It’s across from/near/next to …
它就在……对面/附近/旁边。
It’s across from/near/next to the hospital.
他就在医院对面/附近/旁边。
You can take the NO. …bus and get off at…
你可以乘……路公共汽车在……下车。
You can take the NO.3 bus and get off at the National Park Stop.
你可以乘3路公共汽车在国家公园站下车。

Step 7 Exercises:
一 选择填空
1. There is a ______ near our school. We often buy books there.
A. bank B. restaurant C. bookstore
2. –Could you tell me __________ ? --Yes, He __________ to USA.
A. where he is; has gone B. where is he; has been
C. where he was; has gone
3. The bookstore is ________ Bridge Street. A. on B. at C. in
4. He ____ half a year learning how to drive.
A. cost B. took C. paid D. spent
5. There is a bank ____ the second floor.
A. at B. on C. in D. with
二 补全对话：
A: Excuse me, sir? 4. __________________________________?
B: The cinema? It’s next to the library, but it’s far from here.
A: 5. ___________________________________?
B: It’s about seven kilometers away.
A: 6. ___________________________________?
B: Sure. You can take No. 16 bus.
A: 7. ___________________________________?
B: It takes about 25 minutes.
A: 8. ___________________________________.
B: It’s my pleasure.
教学反思：