1、Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?Section B3 (3a-Self Check)Step 1 Revision1) Write down the phrases 提出禮貌的要求 聽起來更禮貌 一個很直接的問題 請求幫助 在不同的情形下 取決于 你所用的表達方式 比如 花時間導入 變得更擅長2）Fill in the blanks according to 2b. When you visit a _ country, it is _ to know how to ask for help _. For exam

2、ple, “Where are the restrooms?” or “Could you _ tell me where the _ _?” these are similar _ for _ you may ask. 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 _. We also need to learn how to be polite when we ask

3、 for _.In English, _ in Chinese, we change the way we _ in different _. 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, do you know when the school tr

4、ip _?”, this will sound _ more polite. However, it is all right to ask direct questions to your classmates because you know them _. 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. Step

5、 2 Presentation 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. The topics are: The course you will study The time of the course Where and what you

6、 can eat Where you will stay What activities you can do Travel to the school OtherStep 3 Practice Make conversations according to the information in 3a.Step 4 Writing1) 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:in

7、troduce yourself say when you are comingpolitely ask for informationthank the person for helping you 2) Use the following expressions to help you:My name is and Im from Ill be coming to your school for Id like to know about I would like to thank you forIm looking forward to your reply. 3）寫作指導：本次寫作內容

8、是一封書信，信的開頭和結尾已經給出。但我們還是要記住書信的格式，便于今后自己運用。信中首先要介紹自己，然后告訴你去他們學校的時間，然后同學們可根據在3a環節中所問到的問題來禮貌的詢問你想知道的信息。One possible version:Dear Sir or Madam, My name is He Wei and Im from Beijing, China. Ill be coming to your school soon for a short study vacation. I will leave for your school on July 10th. Id like to

9、 know more information about the school. Could you tell me what course I will study in your school? And I also want to know when the course will start. I want to know where I will stay. Can you tell me? Would you mind telling me where and what I can eat in your school? I like all kinds of activities

10、. Could you please tell me what activities I can do in your school? The last question, can you tell me how I can get to your school? I would like to thank you for helping me and I look forward to your reply.Yours faithfully, He WeiStep 5 Self Check1) Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.2) W

11、rite questions and answers using the words given.Step 6 Language points1. Im looking forward to your reply. look forward to期待，盼望。后面接名詞或者動名詞。e.g. I look forward to your good news. 我等待你的好消息。 Look forward to hearing from you. 期待你的來信。2. I would like to thank you for thanks for“因而感謝”，是客套用語，thanks相當于thank you，for強調為何而感謝，其后可接名詞或V-ing。 e.g. Thanks for lending me the money. 多謝您借錢給我。 Thanks for reminding. Id forgotten all about his coming this afternoon. 謝謝你提醒我，我完全忘了他今天下午要來。3. I need to plan my time better.1) plan sth. 計劃某事，后接名詞。 e.g. I want t