九年英语Unit.pptVIP

Writing Zhang Ming is traveling in the USA. He wants to go to a small town but he doesnt know the way now. What should he do? Hi! Where is the East Town? Sorry. I can’t help you. Excuse me. Could you please tell me where the East Town is? Sure. Take No. 23 Bus and you will get there. If you need help with your homework, How would you ask? How can we try not to offend people when making requests? Is language etiquette as important as learning grammar or vocabulary? Why? Requests are made in any language. Using extra words helps to make language more polite. Knowing how to make requests politely is important. To become good English speakers, we need to do more than just learn language structure. Requests in English are the same as in Chinese. Choice of language depends on relationship, and the situation. Match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 request Suitable situation More polite request 1“Where are the restrooms?” A team player asking another player. “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?” 2“I want to go to the library. Where is it?” 3“How much did you pay for that soccer ball?” A teenager wants to stay out late, and asks a parent about it. A foreign friend is interested in your new video game, and asks about it. Some students want to hand in their homework later than the teacher asked for it. You want to change the time you asked a friend to come for a meal at your house. The culture of a nation is in its language. It is not enough to only know correct grammar. It is also very important to know how to choose suitable language for every situation. Why does she look so worried? What’s wrong? Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? Could you please tell me where …? Do you know where/if …? Can you tell me how I can get to …? buy/shampoo get/magazine save money buy writing paper buy stamps get/dictionary get information about the town Do 1a. Match each thing with a place in the picture. Many diff