Directions Asking where services are located

Asking for directions Do you know how to get to the train station, please? Can you tell me the way to the nearest bus stop, please/ I’m looking for the Language Center. Do you know how to get there? Excuse me, is there a post office around here? Where is the …

Giving Directions Left Go left Turn left It’s on the left Take a left Take the second (turning) on the left. Right Go right Turn right It’s on the right Take a right Take the second (turning) on the right

Giving Directions Ahead Go ahead Go straight ahead Go straight on Go straight down the street.

Answer Transcripts

subway station pharmacy fifth bank Transcripts Answer

Key phrases Asking for directions: 1. How far away is … Thanks. 2.I am looking for … 3.Is this the … I was told there is a… 4. Where can I find … Is the bank on this side of the street? Giving directions 1.It’s just around the corner. You’re welcome. 2.There’s one across the street. It’s between … and … 3.Yes, it is. I think it is up on the fifth floor. 4.There’s a bank two blocks down the street. Yes, it is. Just go straight down the street.

Listening activity Listen to the conversation. Which building is the nearest post office to your location?

Transcript and Answer A: Hello, excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the nearest Post Office? B: Erm, yea, sure – you go straight up this street. Take the second turn on the right. Keep going along there, across one junction, and it’s right there on your left. A: Thanks B: Oh, no, hang on, wait a minute, there’s a closer one. Walk up this street, take the first left and there’s a Post Office on your right at the next junction, sorry, I forgot about that one. A: Thanks again Answer: There are two Post Offices. One is building F but the nearest is building N

Speaking practice Useful terms: Roundabout, traffic circle 圓環 Intersection 十字路口

References 1.BBC Learning English ngenglish/radio/specials/1212_how_to_in struct/ 2.Map of Tainan City extracted from: jpg