1、Learning objectives1. Read to learn when and how to make polite requests.2. To learn to choose and use suitable language.3. To learn the words and expressions.Step 1 RevisionHow can we make polite requests?Step 2 Work on 2a1. Where do you need to make polite requests? Think of some possible situatio
2、ns.Discuss them with your partner.In a foreign country.In public places like a bank, a post office, a library, a shopping mall, etc.At school.At home, especially when speaking to your elders.2. Zhang Ming is traveling in the USA. He wants to go to a small town but he doesnt know the way now. What sh
3、ould he do?3. Discuss the language you used to make this request (要求, 请求). 1) you ask a stranger for information2) you ask your brothers or sisters3) you ask your teacher about somethingStep 3 Reading1. Listen and read. What is the main idea of the passage?A. What to do when you meet with difficulti
4、es.B. How to get along well with others.C. What to do when you fail.D. How to ask for help politely.2. Read the article and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Paragraph 1When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely (adv. 礼貌地).Paragraph 2Good speakers
5、 change the way they speak in different situations.Paragraph 3Usually polite questions are longer. Paragraph 4However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations. 3. Find the main idea of each paragraph.a) Use more words to help you sound more polite.b) It is impo
6、rtant to know how to ask for help politely.c) Good English speakers need to know how to communicate well with other people.d) The choice of language depends on the situation and the relationship between the speakers. 4. Read the article again and answer the questions.Read paragraph 1 and answer the
7、question. What else do we need to learn besides asking a question correctly when you ask for help?Read paragraph 2 and answer the question.What do we need to think about when we talk to different people?Read paragraph 3 and answer the question.What can lead into a request with a stranger on the stre
8、et?5. Find all the direct questions and polite requests from the passage.Direct questionsPolite requests1.1. Where are the restrooms?2. When is the school trip?3. Peter, tell me your e-mail address.4. Wheres the post office? 1. Could you tell me where the restrooms are?2. Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you
9、 know when the school trip is?3. Peter, could you please tell me your e-mail address?4. Pardon me, could you please tell me where to park my car?6. How do we make direct questions polite?By adding “excuse me” or “pardon me” at the beginning of the question.e.g. When does the bus leave? Excuse me, wh
10、en does the bus leave?By using “could” instead of “can” in questions.e.g. Can you help me? Could you help me?By adding “please” at the end of a question.e.g. Could you help me, please? (NOT “Please, could you help me?”)7. Read the requests below. In the second column, write A if you would say it to
11、someone you know and B if you would say it to a stranger. In the last column, write where you think these people are.RequestPersonPlace1. Will you pass the salt?Ahome2. Do you know where I can change some money, please?Bstreet3. Could you tell me what just happened?A/Bany public place/home4. Can you
12、 please tell me where the nearest station is?Bstreet5. Excuse me, do you know what time it begins, please?Bmovie theater6. Let me know when youre ready, OK?Ahome7. Could you possibly tell me the way to the village school?Bstreet8. Tom is talking about polite requests with his friend Lucy. Complete t
13、heir conversations according to the article.T: Is it important to know _?L: Of course. It is not enough to _. T: I agree with you. We also need to learn _. L: Good speakers change the way they speak in different situations. The expressions they use might depend on _. And direct questions sounds _. U
14、sually polite questions are longer. Sometimes we need to _.T: It might seem more difficult to _. But using the right language in different situations will help you _.Step 4 SummaryTranslate the phrases into English.请求帮助 依赖；相信 例如 引入；导入 与 联系Step 5 Language points 1. convenientconvenient用作形容词，意为“便利的；方便
15、的”，常用于句型“It+ be+ convenient (+for sb.) +to do sth.”中。如：It is simple and convenient for old people to use this kind of mobile phone.A bicycle is often more convenient than a car in big cities.【运用】单项选择(1) Traveling around big cities by taxi can cost a lot of money, but its usually _ to take the underg
16、round train to most places. A. amazing B. expensive C. convenient D. exciting(2) It is _ for me to go shopping. There is a new supermarket near my home. A. difficult B. important C. impossible D. convenient2. Both are correct, but the first one sounds less polite.less + 形容词或副词，构成降级比较形式，相当于中文“不那么；稍许不
17、”之意。e.g. His second movie is less interesting. 他的第二部电影就没那么有趣。polite作形容词，意为“有礼貌的；客气的”。be polite to sb. 意为“对某人有礼貌”。如：Please be polite to our guests.Its polite to do sth. 意为“做某事是有礼貌的”。如：Its polite to say “Thank you”.【拓展】polite的副词形式为politely，意为“有礼貌地；客气地”。polite的反义词是impolite，意为“不礼貌的；粗鲁的”。如：The girl told
18、me politely that her mother was not at home.Its impolite to refuse others directly.【运用】I. 根据所给提示，将下列句子翻译成英语。(1) 玛丽(Mary)对她的老师很有礼貌。(be polite to sb.) (2) 为别人开门是礼貌的。(Its polite to do sth.)(3) 那个小男孩客气地向我寻求帮助。 (politely)II. 根据句意，写出所缺单词。(1) It is p to say “thank you” when someone has helped you. (2) Tom
19、thinks people will help him if he asks for help (polite). (3) Talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is (不礼貌的). 3. It might seem more difficult to speak politely than directly.情态动词might 表达一种可能性及推测的不确定性，意思与表达可能性的may相当，表示“有可能，也许会”，但语气更加委婉，更不确定。e.g. He might come, but its very unlike
20、ly. 他也许会来，但非常靠不住。【运用】根据括号内所给提示将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。(1) 爸爸也许知道如何发动那台机器。 (might)(2) 他可能及时赶到了那儿，但我不确定。 (might)4. However, it is important to learn how to use the right language in different situations. it作形式主语 【梳理】 在英语中，如果主语是较长的动词不定式或一个句子，为了保持句子结构的平衡，避免头重脚轻，通常用it作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常见的句型有：1) It is + adj. (+
21、for + sb.) + to do sth.。常用于此句型的形容词有important, difficult, dangerous, necessary, useful, possible等，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。如：Its difficult for us to finish the work in an hour. 2) It is + adj. + of + sb. + to do sth.。常用于此句型的形容词有good, kind, nice, clever, wise等，用来对sb.的性格、品质等进行说明。如：Its kind of you to say so.5
22、. whom仔细观察下列例句，思考whom的用法，然后补全结论部分所缺内容。【例句】(1) I dont know whom / who Linda will invite. (2) Whom / Who are you talking with?(3) To whom did you give the pen, John? 【结论】whom是who的宾格形式，用作疑问代词，意为“谁；什么人”。通过观察以上例句我们可知，whom在句中可作_词或介词的宾语。由例句1和例句2我们可知，在口语或非正式用法中，whom往往可以被who代替。由例句3我们可知，如果whom紧接在_词之后，则不能被who代
23、替。 【运用】根据句意用who或whom填空。(1) _ are the children talking about? (2) With _ did Mary go shopping last Sunday? Step 6 Exercises.根据句意及提示，写出句中所缺单词。1. Show the man a map and tell him the _(方位).2. With _(谁) did Mary go shopping last Sunday?3. He is always ready to help those in need. He never refuses their _
24、(请求).4. Talking with English _(讲某种语言的人) helps Wang Ting improve her spoken English.5. The information we need includes your names, _(地址) and phone numbers. 6. When I worked in the small town, I went to that coffee shop at the _(拐角) after work every day.7. Tina and her friends got lost in a(n) _(地下的)
25、 parking lot in the Walmart. 根据意思及提示，翻译下列句子。1. 这个计划取决于天气情况。 (depend on)2. 你应该学会如何礼貌地请求帮助。 (ask for help)3. 辛迪(Cindy)喜欢动物，比如狗，熊和猴子。 (such as)4. 今晚你方便来我家吃饭吗？ (convenient)5. 昨天特德(Ted)整个上午都在看报纸。 (spend)6. 先生，很抱歉打扰你，请你给我开一下门，好吗？ (trouble)Step 11 Homework1. Review the new words and expressions youve learned today.2. Find more examples of other polite requests. 3. 完成优佳学案练习册Section B 部分 2a-2d的练习题.第 5 页