1. Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Unit 3
Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Section B 3a-Self Check
九年级(全)

2. Revision 1. 提出礼貌的要求 make polite requests 2. 听起来更礼貌 3. 一个很直接的问题
4. 请求帮助
5. 在不同的情形下
make polite requests
sound more polite
a very direct question
ask for help
in different situations

3. 6. 取决于
7. 你所用的表达方式
8. 比如
9. 花时间导入
10. 变得更擅长
depend on
the expressions you use
such as
spend time leading in
become better at

4. Fill in blanks according to 2b.
When you visit a _______ country, it is _________ to know how to ask for help ________. For example, “Where are the restrooms?” or “Could you ______ tell me where the __________ _____?” these are similar ________ for _________ you may ask.
foreign
important
politely
please
restrooms are
requests
directions

5. Both are _______ English, but the first one sounds _____ polite
Both are _______ English, but the first one sounds _____ polite. That is because it is a very ______ question. It is not enough to just ask a question ________.
correct
less
direct
correctly

6. We also need to learn how to be polite — when we ask for _____.
In English, ___ in Chinese, we change the way we ______ in different _________.
help as
speak
situations

7. The expressions you use might _______ ___ whom you are speaking to ___ how well you know them. If you say to your teacher, “When is the school trip?” this might sound ________. But if you say, “Excuse me, Mr. West,
depend on or
impolite

8. Do you know when the school trip ___?”,
this will sound _______ more polite. However, it is all right to ask direct questions to your classmates because you know them ______. is
much
well

9. It might seem more _________ to speak politely than _________
It might seem more _________ to speak politely than _________. It is important to learn how to use ______ ________ in different situations. This will also help you _____________ better with other people.
difficult
directly
right
language
communicate

10. 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.
Topic
Question
The course you will study
The time of the course
Where and what you can eat

11. Topic
Question
Where you will stay
What activities you can do
Travel to the school
Other

12. The course you will study
2. The time of the course
Q: Excuse me, can you tell me what
course I will study?
Q: Pardon me, could you please tell
me when the course will start?

13. 3. Where and what you can eat
4. Where you will stay
Q: Excuse me, would you mind
telling me where and what I can eat?
Q: Excuse me, do you know where
I will stay?

14. 5. What activities you can do
6. Travel to the school
Q: Excuse me, can you tell me
what activities I can do?
Q: Pardon me, could you please
tell me how to get to school?

15. Could you please tell me what course I will study?
You will study spoken English.
Can you tell me when the course will start?
Next week.

16. En! You will eat in your host family. Of course, it’s not Chinese food.
Ok! Would you mind telling me what and where I can eat?
Your host family, too.
And do you know where I will stay?

17. You can visit some places of interest in our country
You can visit some places of interest in our country. You can also play with us.
Great! So can you tell me what activities I can do?
Ok! Could you please tell me how to get to school?
Take No. 11 bus.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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,
_____________

21. 写作：
典例导引

22. 刘明有两张下周日在Hongqi Theater 举行的演唱会门票，他希望和刚搬到赤峰的好友Rob一块去，并写信告诉他Hongqi Theater的路线。请根据下面的额图示完成刘明的信件。
__________________________________________________

23. 这是一篇图文结合式作文，时态以一般现在时为主，根据题目提示可考虑采用下面的模板。
There will be a concert
in Hongqi Theater.
指明目的地
如何指路
First, you can .... Then
turn left …Then ...
描述行进路线
I will meet you at
the gate of.,.
见面地点

24. Dear Rob,
Are you free next Sunday? There will be a concert in Hongqi Theater. I have two tickets and I hope you can go with me.① Now let me tall you how to get there.
First ②, you can walk along Zhaowuda Road after you leave your home. Then turn left onto Third Street. Go straight along Third Street. When you get to Walking Street，turn right.

25. Then go along the street until you see Hongqi Theater on your right. ③
I will meet you at the gate of Hongqi Theater.
Yours,
Liu Ming

26. 点评：
① Are you free next Sunday? There will be a concert in Hongqi Theater. I have two tickets and I hope you can go with me.
文章开篇自然、切题，语言简明扼要。

27. ②正确把握了图表信息；first，then等表顺序
的词使得文章条理清晰，一目了然。
③Then go along the street until you see Hongqi Theater on your right.
文中祈使句、时间状语从句等句式的使用使得文章句型丰富，长短句相互交替，相得益彰。

28. Self Check

29. 1 Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
corner direct polite
rush suggest plan
1. A: Could you tell me where the library is?
B: It’s on the ______ of Main and Center
Streets.
2. A: I wonder why you don’t wake up earlier
in the morning. You’re always in a
_____ to get to school on time.
B: Yes, you’re right. I need to _____ my time better.
corner
rush
plan

30. 3. A: I want to buy some winter clothes. Could
you tell me which place would be a good
choice for me to go to?
B: I ________ Jenny’s Clothes Store in
Century Shopping Mall. It’s convenient
to get to.
4. In many countries, it is often not _______ to
ask very ______ questions when you meet
someone for the first time.
suggest
polite
direct

31. 2. Write questions and answers using
the words given.
1. buy a magazine/ bookstore on third floor
Q: Could you please tell me where I can
buy a magazine?
A: There’s a bookstore on the third floor.
2. get some stamps / post office on
Green Street.
Q: Could you please tell me where I can
get some stamps?

32. A: there’s a post office on Green Street.
3. shopping center opens / 10:00 a.m.
Q: Could you please tell me when the
shopping center opens?
A: It opens at 10:00 a.m.

33. 4. get to the Japanese restaurant / go
along Main Street and turn right on
Lake Street
Q: Could you please tell me how to get
to the Japanese restaurant?
A: Sure! Go along Main Street and turn
right on Lake Street.

34. Exercises

35. 短语复习
1. 取一些钱________ some money 
2. 一对；一双；一副 a_________of 
3. 如何到达书店
______ ______get to the bookstore
4.  在你的右边_______ your right
5. 向左/右转_________ left / right.
save
pair
How to on
turn

36. 6. 在…和…之间________...and
7. 经过go _________
8. 对做某事感到兴奋
be__________to do sth
9. 来吧come __________
10. 在某人去…的路上
________one’s way________
between
along
excited on on to

37. 16一家地下停车场
_________ underground _______ 
17.听起来不礼貌sound___________
18.在某些情形下_________some_______________
19.花时间导入一个请求
spend time________ _____a request
20.很抱歉打扰你
be ________to _________ you an
park
impolite in
situation
leading to
sorry
trouble

38. 11. 走向前；朝…走去.
walk _____ _______
12. 什么；请再说一遍；抱歉；对不起_______ me
13. 沿着这条街往东走
go____ ___ _____ ____this street
14. 基于文化知识
__________ ____cultural knowledge
15. 如何礼貌地寻求帮助
how to_______ _____help________ up to
Excuse
to the east on
According to
ask for politely

39. 21. 兑换一些钱________ some money
22. 去…的路 the________ _______...
23. 盼望；期待（做）某事.
look________ to sth(doing) sth
24. 初次，第一次_______the________time
25. 在三楼_______the________floor
26. 由于（做）某事感谢某人 _______sb________(doing) sth
exchange
way to
forward
for
first on
third
Thank for

40. 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

41. 4.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

42. 1.Where is my Chinese book? I don't know.
将下列简单句合并为复合句
1.Where is my Chinese book? I don't know.
I don't know ______ my Chinese book____．
2. She studies in Lantian Middle School.
Jane says.
Jane says ______ ________ in Lantian
Middle School.
where is
she studies

43. 3.Do you study French? Could you tell me?
Could you tell me ________ ____ ______ French?
4.Was he the first to come here? Please tell me.
Please tell me ________ ____ ______ the first to come here.
whether you study
whether he was

44. The teacher told the students ______ the earth ______ around the sun.
5．The earth goes around the sun. The teacher told the students.
The teacher told the students ______ the earth ______ around the sun.
that
goes

45. Homework
Review what you have learned in this
unit and preview what you will learn
in next unit.

46. Thank You!