《Could you please tell me where the restrooms are》

Unit3Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?Lookatthefollowingpictures.Whatqualitiesareimportantforeachplace?restroomcleanparkbeautifulcleanmallinexpensiveconvenientsafemuseuminterestingquietrestaurantdelicious,cleansubwayuncrowdedcleanMatchtheadjectiveswiththeiropposites.(Ⅰ)(Ⅱ)1.crowdedA.safe2.dangerousB.inexpensive3.dirtyC.big4.expensiveD.beautiful5.smallE.clean6.uglyF.uncrowdedTalkabouttheplacesinyourcity,usingthewordsabove.A:TheFineArtsMuseumisreallyinteresting.B:Yes,andit’sbeautiful,too.A:ThePeople’sParkinthemiddleofourcityisreallybeautiful.B:Yes,andit’sinteresting,too.A:Thefoodoftherestaurantnearourschoolisreallydelicious.B:Yes,andit’sinexpensive,too.A:Therearemanybooksandmagazinesinthecitylibrary.B:Yes,andit’scleanandquiet,too.1aWhatqualitiesareimportantforeachplace?Writethewordsfromtheboxnexttoeachplacebelow.Writethemostimportantwordsfirst.interestingfascinatinginexpensivequietuncrowdedbigbeautifulconvenientsafecleanPlacesQualities1.restroomclean,2.museum3.restaurant4.park5.subway6.mallfascinatingcleaninterestingconvenientbig1bTalkaboutplacesinyourcityusingthewordsin1a.A:TheFineArtsMuseumisreallyinteresting.B:Yes,andit’sbeautiful,too.1cListentotheconversationsandcompletethesentences.Conversation1Theboyasksabout_________________,andtheclerktellshimtogotoGreenLand.Conversation2Thegirlasksabout________________,andtheclerktellshertogotothecornerofMarketandMiddleStreets.agoodplacetoeatpublicrestroomsConversation3Themotherasksabout_______________.Thefatherwantstogotoa_______museum.Theyoungergirlwantstogotoa_______museum.Theboywantstogotoa__________museum.Theoldergirlwantstogotoan____museum.Theclerksuggeststheygotothe__________museum.agoodmuseumhistorysciencechildren’sartcomputer1d.Listenagain.Checkyouranswersin1c.1eRole-playtheconversationsbetweentheclerkandthetourists.A:Canyoutellmewherethere’sagoodplacetoeat?B:Ofcourse.Whatkindoffooddoyoulike?A:...2aWheredoyouneedtomakepoliterequests?Thinkofsomepossiblesituations.Discussthemwithyourpartner.CouldYouPlease...?Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely.Forexample,youmayask“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?”Thesearesimilarrequestsfordirections.Botharecorrect,butthefirstonesoundslesspolite.Underlinethetopicsentenceforeachparagraph.2bReadthearticle.Thatisbecauseitisaverydirectquestion.Itisnotenoughtojustaskaquestioncorrectly.Wealsoneedtolearnhowtobepolitewhenweaskforhelp.Goodspeakerschangethewaytheyspeakindifferentsituations.Theexpressionstheyusemightdependonwhomtheyarespeakingtoorhowwelltheyknoweachother.Itisallrighttoaskdirectquestionstoyourclassmatesbecauseyouknowthemwell.However,Ifyousaytoyourteacher,“Whenistheschooltrip?”,thismightsoundimpolite.Butifyousay,“Excuseme,Mr.West.Doyouknowwhentheschooltripis?”,thiswillsoundmuchmorepolite.Usuallypolitequestionsarelonger.Theyincludeexpressionssuchas“Couldyouplease...?”or“MayIask...?”Itsoundsmorepolitetosay,“Peter,couldyoupleasetellmeyoure-mailaddress?”than“Peter,tellmeyoure-mailaddress.”Sometimesweevenneedtospendtimeleadingintoarequest.Forexample,wemightfirstsaytoastranger,“Excuseme,Iwonderifyoucanhelpme”or“I’msorrytotroubleyou,but...”beforeaskingforhelp.Itmightseemmoredifficulttospeakpolitelythandirectly.However,itisimportanttolearnhowtousetherightlanguageindifferentsituations.Thiswillhelpyoucommunicatebetterwithotherpeople.1.inexpensive不昂贵的，便宜的inexpensive形容词,意为“不昂贵的”，其同义词为cheap,反义词为expensive/dear。inexpensive是由expensive加上否定前缀in-构成的。►Thesweaterisinexpensive.这件毛衣不贵。LanguagePoints①dis-表示“不;非；相反”，如：like喜欢—dislike不喜欢；agree同意—disagree不同意。②in-(im-，ir-)表示“不；非”，如：expensive昂贵的—inexpensive便宜的；polite礼貌的—impolite不礼貌的;regular有规律的—irregular无规律的。③un-表示“不，非”，如：able有能力的—unable无能力的；like像—unlike不像；crowded拥挤的—uncrowded不拥挤的；陈述句中如果有带否定前缀或后缀的单词，整个句子仍被视为肯定句，反意疑问部分用否定形式。►Sheisunhappy,isn’tshe?她不高兴，是吗？2.convenient便利的；方便的convenient形容词，意为“便利的;方便的”，其主语不能是表示人的词，常用于句型It’sconvenientforsb.todosth.，意为“对于某人来说做某事是方便的”。It’sconvenientforustostartworkingrightnow.我们立刻开始工作是方便的。convenience是convenient的名词形式，既可作可数名词，意为“便利的设施”，也可作不可数名词，意为“方便，便利”。►Thehousehasallthemodernconvenience.这所房子配有各种现代化便利设旅。►Ikeepmybooksnearmydeskforconvenience.为了方便,我把书放在书桌旁。3.…andtheclerktellshertogotothecornerofMarketandMiddle.……工作人员告诉她去市场大街和中心大街交汇的拐角处。corner是可数名词,意为“拐角;角落”。常构成短语：①inthecornerof...意为“在......的拐角处/角落里”►Ifoundaboycryinginthecomeroftheroom.我发现一个男孩在房间的角落里哭。②on/atthecorner意为“在拐角处”。►Theshopisonthecorner.那家商店在拐角处。4.Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely.当你去国外旅游时，知道如何礼貌地寻求帮助很重要。politely作副词,意为“礼貌地;客气地”，其反义词为impolitely(无礼地;粗鲁地）；polite是其形容词形式，反义柯为impolite(无礼的）。►Heisapolitechild.Hespeakstoeveryonepolitely.他是个有礼貌的孩子。他对每个人说话都很有礼貌。polite+-lypolitely(adj.有礼貌的)(adv.有礼貌地)impolite+-lyimpolitely(adj.无礼的)(adv.无礼地)5.Forexample,“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?”aresimilarrequestsfordirectionstoaplace.例如，“公共厕所在哪里?”和“您能告诉我公共厕所在哪里吗？”是询问地点的类似的请求。request是可数名同，意为“要求;请求”，其后常接“for+名间”,意为“……的要求/请求”。Wemustmakearequestforhelp.我们必须请求帮助。request用作及物动词，意为“要求；请求”。常见用法如下：①requests