新目标 八年级 ( 下 ) Unit 7

Would you mind turning down the music?

1. I’m trying to sleep. Could you __________ the music, please? 2. I’m going to be a bit late. Could you ask the bus driver to ____ for five minutes? turn down wait SELF CHECK mind wait follow order turn down

3. Would you _____ closing the door? It’s cold outside. 4. I don’t know the way to the sports club. Can I _____ you? 5. Sorry, I _______ my food half an hour ago and it hasn’t arrived yet. mind follow ordered

turn down the music not play soccer in the room not talk on the phone too loudly not throw litter out of the window play the guitar and sing too loudly Write a polite letter complaining about your new neighbors’ impolite behaviors.

Dear Mr. And Mrs. Harris, Welcome to our neighborhood. I am a middle school student. I have much homework to do every night. I must study hard for my tests. I need your help. Would you mind ____________________ ______? Could you please ____________ not playing the music so loudly ask your child

________________________? Please __________________________________. Would you mind not _____________ ___________. I really appreciate if you will do these for me. Thanks again. Yours sincerely, _____ don’t play the violin and sing so loudly talking on the Jenny not to play football at home phone loudly

Translation 1. 请你做些家务你不介意吧？ Would you mind doing the housework? 2. 好, 我马上就做。 Not at all. I will do it right now. 3. 请你帮我学英语好吗？ 好, 开始吧。 Would you mind helping me with my English? OK, let’s begin.

4. 离开教室之前请关灯好吗 ? 当然可以。 5. 当我掉了我的钥匙我会很生气。 Could you please turn off the light before you leave the classroom? Sure. I get annoyed when I lose my keys.

A. 选择正确的词或短语填空。 1. I _________ (ran out of/run out of) money. What should I do? 2.Would you mind _______ (close/ closing) the door? 3.Could you __________ (turning down/turn down) the music, please? Exercise ran out of closing turn down

4. His hobby is collecting old _____ (coins/cousins). 5. How long have you been __________ (watching/listening to) music videos? 6.The more Leo learns about Chinese, the _____ (more/most) he enjoys himself in China. coins listening to more

7. — Would you mind keeping your voice down? — ______. (OK, I’ll do/Sorry) 8. Would you mind _______________ __________ (not very close to me/not standing very close to me)? Sorry not standing very close to me

9. It’s so cold. Could you _____ (closing/close) the door? 10. I _______ (asked/ordered) a hamburger for my friend. But the clerk gave me French fries. close ordered

1. Would you mind _______ _____ ___ ______ ( 把音响声音关小点 ) ？ 2. If you _____ ____ ( 来这里 ), I’ll ____ you a ________ ( 给你个惊喜 ). 3. While I was ________ _________ ( 种 蔬菜 ) in the garden, one of my old friends _____ to ____ me ( 来访 ). stereo B. 根据汉语意思完成句子。 turningdownthe comeheregive surprise growing vegetables came visit

4. The reporter said we ______ ____ ___ ______ ( 将赢得这场比赛 ). 5. Would you mind ____ _______ __ ___ ( 不要对我讲话 )? would match me win the nottalkingto

C. 选择填空： 1.A: Would you mind doing the dishes ? B: __________. A. Certainly B. Sorry, I won’t C. OK. I will do it in a minute. D. Please don’t. 2. Would you _____ carrying this box? It’s too heavy for me. A. like B. love C. pleased D. mind

3. Could you _______ not shout in the street? A. mind B. please C. like D. love 4. Would you mind ________ out of the bathroom? A. getting B. to get C. gets D. got

你能不能开一下门 ? Would you mind _______ (open) the door? Could you please _____ (open) the door? Why don’t you ____ (open) the door? Why not ____ (open) the door? Please _____ (open) the door? Would you like ______ (open) the door? D. 正确形式填空： opening open to open

What are the bad behaviors? spit sneeze smoke What do you want to say to them? -- spitting

Bad behaviors are: littering in public places talking loudly on a mobile phone in public smoking in public spiting in public talking and laughing loudly in public coughing or sneezing loudly in public

How many rules of etiquette are broken?

drop litter in public Discussion: the impolite behaviors talk on the phone loudly in publicsmoke in publicspit everywherechat loudly in public How many rules of etiquette are broken?

Reading strategy: As we read, we need to find “topic sentence”. These sentences usually give us a “summary”, or overall meaning of each paragraph and help us understand what the paragraph is about. After the topic sentence comes more detail and explanation. 阅读时需要找到关键句子。这些通常是一段短文的 主要内容, 了解关键句子会帮助我们理解整段文章。

Read the article for the first time. Explain etiquette in English.

The topic sentences of each paragraph. 1. Etiquette can be very useful to understand. 2. Etiquette is not the same in every culture or in every situation. 3. If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may politely give the some suggestions. 4. Some rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhere in the world.

Match the paragraphs with the best summaries. ___________ a. We have to be very careful how we criticize people. ___________ b. The way people behave is different in different cultures and situations. ___________ c. Sometimes, rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhere. Paragraph 2 Paragraph 4

___________ d. Etiquette is a very important idea to understand. ___________ e. We might want to behave more politely if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette. ___________ f. People in China and Europea have different ideas about etiquette. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 3

I. 请根据短文内容, 完成下面的表格, 每空 词数不限。 Don’tsDos Talk loudly in public places (1)___________________ in public places (2) ___________ in public Cover mouth with a handkerchief ( 手帕 ) Keep your voice down Cough loudly

Cut in line(3)____________ Smoke on the bus(4)_________________ Drop litter(5)____________ Join the line Put out the cigarette Pick up litter

II. 根据短文内容，从方框中选出适当的 单词完成下列短语 ( 四个短语分别概 括了文章每段的大意 ) 。 criticize need same ideas Paragraph 1: The (1) ____ to understand the idea of etiquette Paragraph 2: Different (2) _____ about etiquette in different cultures and situations need ideas

Paragraph 3: Take care to (3) _______ people Paragraph 4: The (4) _____ rules of etiquette all over the world criticize same

III. 根据短文内容，判断句子正 (T) 误 (F) 。 ( )1. To understand the word “etiquette” can be very useful. ( )2. Standing very close to the person we are talking with is quite common in Europe. ( )3. In China, etiquette is the same in all situations. T F F

( )4. Most people think it is impolite to talk loudly in public places. ( )5. Dropping litter isn’t allowed all over the world. T T

1. allow e.g.: We don’t allow eating in the classroom. ( 我们 ) 不允许在教室吃饭。 My parents don’t allow me to go out at night. 我父母不允许我晚上外出。 【点拨】 用作及物动词，意为 “ 允许 ” ， 可直接跟动词的 -ing 形式作宾语 ( 不能跟 动词不定式作宾语 ); 但 allow 后可跟不定

【运用】 用 allow 的适当形式完成下列句子。 1. Swimming isn’t ________ here. 2. The teacher doesn’t ______ Tim to stay out late. allowed allow 式作宾补，即 allow sb. to do sth. ( 允许 某人做某事 ) 。

2. Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down in public places. 句中的 even if 表示 “ 即使 ” ，用来引导让步 状语从句，用法等同于 even though 。再如： Even if / Even though you are right, you should not beat him. 即使你是对的，你也不应该打他。

Homework There is a new family next door. They usually make too much noise. Please write a polite letter to them.

There is a new family next door. I get annoyed when ____________. When this happens, I __________.

Dear Mr and Mrs Harris, Welcome to our neighborhood. Would you mind not… Yours sincerely, __________

Sample Dear Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Welcome to our neighborhood. Would you mind not _________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ________________________ Yours sincerely, Linda telephoning so loudly at noon? Would you mind turning down the music? Playing the guitar is very good. But please pay attention to the time when you play it. Would you mind not playing football on the floor? Thank you very much.