Unit 3 Could you please tell me
where the restrooms are?
Section B2(2a-2d)
Learning goals:
1. Master the reading strategies;
2. Learn some other ways to ask
questions politely.
Make a request using
the pictures below.
2a Where do you need to make polite
requests? Think of some possible
situations.
P1: When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely.
Skimming: 2b Skim the article and find out topic sentence for each paragraph
P2: Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations.
P3:Usually polite questions are longer.
P4…it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations. This will help you communicate better with other people.
Scanning 1: 2c Scan the article and find out all the direct questions and polite requests from the article.
Where are the restrooms?
Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
When is the school trip?
Excuse me, do you know
when the school trip is?
Peter, tell me your email address?
Could you please tell me your email addres?
Knowing how to ask for information politely is important.
2.“Where are the restrooms?” sounds more politely.
3. Knowing how to use correct language is enough when you make requests.
4. We needn’t change the way we speak when we talk with different people.
5. A very direct order sounds rude in English.
Scanning 2: Scan the text and complete True or False questions
T
F
F
F
T
directly
need to change
not enough
Scanning 3: Scan the text and complete 2d
A
B
A/B
B
B
A
B
restaurant
street
any public places
/home
street
Movie theater
/concert hall
home
street
How to ask politely?
Could you tell me where the corn chips are, please?
Is there any more milk, (please)?
Can you show me how this works? (e.g. a coffee grinder)
I'd like it sliced thicker / thinner,
please.
Will you give me a pound of that,
please? Can / Could I have a pound of that, please?
Pair work
Typical exercises 中考单选
1. — Excuse me. Could you tell me _______?
— It will leave at 4:00 p.m.
A. how will you go Shanghai
B. how you will go to Shanghai
C. when will the bus leave for Shanghai
D. when the bus will leave for Shanghai
【解析】从答句知问的应该是时间，排除A和B。又因为宾语从句必须用陈述语序，故选D。
D
2--- Could you tell me _________? --- You can take No. 16 bus.
A. how can we get to the Olympic Park
B. how we can get to the Olympic Park
C. how did we get to the Olympic Park
D. how we got to the Olympic Park
【解析】特殊疑问句做宾语从句时，用陈述语序；可排除A、C；根据答语可知问句用一般现在时，可排除D；故B为正确答案。
B
3. I wonder _______ at 8:00 last night?
— I was watching NBA.
A. what were you doing
B. what did you do
C. what you were doing
D. what are you doing
C
4. I don't remember ______ the book yesterday.
A. where I put
B. where did I put
C. where will I put
D. where l will put
5.They wonder _______ robots will make humans lose their jobs 
or not.      
A. that           B. if             C. whether
A
C
6. I wonder when _____ 
be held.                
--- If it _____, we’ll have it next 
Monday.     
A. the sports meeting will; doesn’t rain
    B. will the sports meeting; doesn’t rain      C. the sports meeting will; will not rain
A
7.--- I want to know _______.
--- Sorry. I’ve no idea. But she was 
here just now.  
  A. where is Ann    B. where Ann is   
C. where was Ann     D. where Ann was
8. People in Yancheng 
are proud of _______ they have achieved 
in the past thirty years. 
  A. how      B. which      C. what    D. when
B
C

Unit 3 Could you please tell me
where the restrooms are?
Section B3(3a-3b)
Learning goals:
Learn the uses of key phrases;
Learn to write a polite letter
3a 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.
3b 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
• thank the person for helping you
Use the following expressions to help
you:

My name is ... and I'm from…
I'll be coming to your school for...
I'd like to know about ...
I would like to thank you for…
I'm looking to your reply.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’ll be coming to your school soon for a short study vacation. I’d like to know more information about your school.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I would like to thank you for helping me and I look forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully,
_____________
Language points
1. When you visit a foreign country, it is important
to know how to ask for help politely.
当你去国外旅游时，知道如何礼貌 地寻求帮助
很重要。
politely作副词,意为“礼貌地;客气地”，其反 义词为impolitely(无礼地;粗鲁地）；polite是其形容词形式，反义柯为impolite(无礼的）。
► He is a polite child. He speaks to everyone politely.
他是个有礼貌的孩子。他对每个 人说话都很有礼貌。
polite + -ly politely
(adj. 有礼貌的) (adv. 有礼貌地)

impolite + -ly impolitely
(adj. 无礼的) (adv. 无礼地)
2. For example, “Where are the restrooms?” or
“Could you please tell me where the restrooms
are?” are similar requests for directions to a
place.
request [C]n.要求;请求
make a request for sth 请求…
We must make a request for help.
我们必须请求帮助。
request v.
①request sth. ( from/of sb.)意为“（向某人） 请求某物”。
He requested some hot water from me.
他向我要了些热水。
②request sb. to do sth.意为“请求某人做某事”。
►They requested him to leave at once.
他们要求他立刻离幵。
拓展：
③request + that sb (should) do
要求某人做某事
► I requested that she (should) come an
hour earlier.
我请她早一小时来。
3. Both are correct English, but the first one
sounds less polite.
两者都是正确的，但第一句听起来不如第二
句显得礼貌。
correct adj. 正确的= right ；
v. 纠正
► I can tell you the correct answer.
我可以告诉你正确答案。
► You must correct the mistakes in your homework.
你必须改正作业中的错误。
4. That is because it is a very direct question.
因为它是一个很直接的问题。
because it is a very direct question此处作is
的表语，是表语从句。
► The trouble is that I have lost his address.
问题是我把他的地址丢了。
(2)direct adj. 直接的 indirect “间接的”
directly adv.直接地 direction n. 方向
► You'll have to get used to his direct manner.
你得慢慢习惯他这种直率的方式。
5. Usually polite questions are longer and
include more language such as “Could you
please ...?” or “Can I ask ...?”
有礼貌的问句通常更长一些，而且包括像
“Could you please ...?” 或“Can I ask ...?”之类
的表达方式。
include v.包括;包含  including prep.
►The price ________both the house and the
furniture inside.
► Six people, _______ a baby, were injured in
the accident.
includes
including
6. Sometimes we even need to spend time leading
in to a request.
有时, 我们甚至需要花些时间来导入一个请求。
lead in to 引入;导人
►We often use “excuse me” to lead in to a request.
我们常用“excuse me”来导入一个请求。
lead to 导致;通向
► Too much work and too little rest often lead to
illness.
过量的工作和过少的休息经常引起疾病。
► All roads lead to Rome. 条条大道通罗马。
7. whom pron. 谁，什么人
whom 是who的宾格，但多数情况下用who代替whom。
若紧跟介词之后则只能用whom.

________ did you meet in the street?
你在街上遇到谁了？
This is the man with ________ I talked just now.
8. look forward to doing 期待/期望 做某事
相同形式的还有：
pay attention to doing sth.
be used to doing sth.
Who / Whom
whom
完成句子：
1.沿着这条路直走，然后左转。
Go along/down this street and _______ _________.
2.我路过那家商店的时候停了下来。
I stopped when I __________ ______ the store.
3.昨天吉姆直到下午3点才回来。
Jim ________ ______ ______ ______ three o'clock in the afternoon yesterday.
turn left
went past
didn’t come back until
4.[2013·黄冈] Talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is __________ (不礼貌的).
5. 你能告诉我到邮局怎么走吗？ ______ you _____ me ______ ______ ______ _____the post office?
impolite
Can tell how
to get to
6. 你能告诉我在哪里能买到字典吗？
_______ you _______ tell me ______ _______ _______ ______ a dictionary?
7. 你能告诉我中心街在那吗？
Can you ______ ______ _______ Center Street _____?
8. 你能告诉我在新镇上是否有一些好的博物馆？Could you please tell me _____ ________ _____ ______ good museums in Newtown?
Can tell
where I can get tell
telll me where the
is
Whether\if there is a
9. 你知道在这儿附近是否有一些公共洗手间吗？
Do you _____ ____ ______ _______ _______ pubic restrooms _______ ________?
10. 我想知道你是否能帮助我。
I ______ ______ you can help me.
know whether\if there
is a
near here
wonder whether\if
10. 你所使用的表达方式可能取决于你说话的对象或你对他们的熟悉程度。
The _________ you use might _______ _____ ______you are speaking to or how ______ you know them.
way
depend on who
well