2. get some magazines买杂志

1. buy shampoo买洗发香波

3. S1: Excuse me. Do you know where I can mail a package?

S2: Yes. The post office just around the corner.

S1: Thank you very much.

Step III　 Homework

Ask the Ss to prepare for the next period: Talk about directions.

2. S1: Excuse me. Can you tell me where I can drink some coffee?

S2: Sure. There is a Starbucks Café on the first floor of that building.

S1: Thank you.

1. S1: Hi, good morning.

S2: Hi, good morning.

S1: Where are you going?

S2: I’m going to buy shampoo for my mother. Do you know where I can buy the cheapest shampoo?

S1: I know a mall between the cinema and the bookstore on River Road. Things are very cheap and nice there.

S2: Thank you very much.

2. Key sentences重点句子 (P86)

Do you know where I can ...?

Can you tell me where I can ...?

Ability goals能力目标

Enable the Ss to learn how to ask for directions politely.

Emotion && attitude goals情感和态度目标

Be polite when you ask for information.

Strategy goals策略目标

Matching.

Culture awareness goals文化意识目标

Etiquette in English language.

Teaching important points教学重点

Expressions used to ask for directions politely.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I　 Lead-in (1a: P86)

T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls. Nice to see you again.

Ss: Good morning / afternoon.

T: Do you like traveling? I am sure most of you do. When we are traveling in strange cities, sometimes we may find it difficult to get to a place. So we have to ask the locals for information. What do you usually say when you ask for directions, for example, you want to visit a museum? What should we pay attention to when we ask others for information?

S: I think we should be very polite in using language. T: You are right. In this unit, we will learn some polite expressions in English used to ask for information. They will be very helpful for you, especially when you travel in English-speaking countries.

Ask the Ss to match the places with activities in 1a, introduce the structures “Do you know where I can ... / Could you tell me where I can ...” to them.

T: What kinds of places do you usually go to in your city? List as many as possible.

S: Restaurant, bank, museum, theater, department store, shopping mall, bookstore, post office, supermarket, park and so on.

T: What do you do in a post office?

S1: I can send mails to my friends or buy some stamps.

T: Good. What do you do in a shopping mall?

S2: I usually go to the shopping mall with my mother and buy some clothing there.

T: OK. Now look at the box in 1a on page 86, suppose you want to do the following things, match each thing with a place in the picture below.

There may be different answers. After the Ss finish matching, collect the answers.

T: Now suppose you are not in your own city, you are traveling in another city, which you are not familiar. For example, you want to save money but you don’t know where the bank is. What would you do?

S3: I would ask a local citizen for help.

T: What would you say then?

S3: Where is the nearest bank? I can’t find it.

T: If I were the local citizen, I would say nothing and turn away.

S3: Why?

T: Because your request sounds very impolite. He / She won’t help a rude person, you see? We can use the following expressions instead to ask for help.

Show the following structures on the screen.

Could you tell me where I can ...?

Do you know where I can get to ...?

T: By using these two structures, your requests may sound very polite and I am sure he / she will tell you how you can get to the bank. Will you have a try Make? S3: Could you tell me where I can get to the nearest bank?

T: Great, that sounds much better. Or we can also say “Do you know where I can save money?” Make more sentences using these two expressions.

S: Do you know where I can buy any local presents? Could you tell me where I can make a phone call?

Step II　 Listening and Speaking (1b & 1c: P86)

Ask the Ss to listen and complete the conversations. After that let the Ss work in pairs and practice the structures orally.

T: Now listen to the tape and complete the conversations in the picture.

Check the answers.

T: Work in pairs, and make conversations by following the example.

Sample conversations:

分课时教案

Period 1 New function presenting

Language goals语言目标

1. Words & expressions生词和短语

restroom, shampoo, drugstore

2． 教材重组和课时分配

Period 1 (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c)　　

New function presenting

Period 2 (Section A: 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4)　

Practice

Period 3 (Section B: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c)　　

Vocabulary building

Period 4 (Section B: 3a, 3b, 3c, 4)　　　　　　

Integrating skills　

Period 5 (Self check: 1, 2)　　

Self check

Period 6　 (Reading： Section 1-Section 4)

Reading comprehension