uNIT 3 Section B1 (1a-2d)教案

Section B1 (1a-2d)教案
Step 1 Revision
You are a tourist in a city, you want to know something about the city. Make a conversation about asking information politely.
A: Could you please tell me where the nearest bank is?
B: Sure, go east along this street, then you’ll see it.
A: Can you tell me if there is a delicious restaurant near here?
B: Sure. Walk along this street, the restaurant is on you right.
A: And do you know where the biggest hospital is?
B: Go down this street, turn left at the first crossing, you will see it. 
A: After dinner, I want to buy a pair of shoes, would you mind telling me where the nearest supermarket is?
B: It’s over there, just across from you.
A: Haha! I see it. Thank you very much!
B: You are welcome.
Step 2 Lead in
1) Talk about places in your city.
2) Show some pictures of places and discuss what qualities are important for each place.
Step 3 1a & Pairwork 
1a What qualities are important for each place? Write the words from the box next to each place below. Write the most important words first.
 
Places Qualities
restroom clean, uncrowded, convenient
museum interesting, quiet, uncrowded
restaurant  clean, inexpensive, quiet
park  beautiful, safe, big
subway  uncrowded, safe, convenient
mall inexpensive, big, interesting, convenient, safe
Pair work
1b Talk about places in your city using the words in 1a.
A: The Fun Arts Museum is really interesting.
B: Yes, and it’s beautiful, too.
A: …. 
Step 4 Listening (1c)
1) Listen and check the sentences you hear.
Conversation 1
______ You can go to Green Land.
Conversation 2
_____ Could you tell me where the bookstore is?
2) Listen to the conversations and complete the sentences.(1c)
Conversation 1
The boy asks about ___________, and the clerk tells him to go to Green Land.
Conversation 2
The girl asks about _________, and the clerk tells her to go to the corner of Market and Middle Streets.
Conversation 3
The mother asks about ________. The father wants to go to a ________ museum. The younger girl wants to go to a _______ museum. The boy wants to go to a __________ museum. The older girl wants to go to an ______ museum. The clerk suggests they go to the _________ museum.
3) Listen again and answer the questions (1d)
Conversation 1
The boy asks about restaurants, the clerk suggests him go to Green Land, they have delicious salad.…
Step 5 Practice 
Role-play the conversations between the clerk and the tourist.
A: Can you tell me where there’s good place to eat?
B: Of course. What kind of food do you like?
A: I’d like fresh vegetables.
B: You can go to Green Land, they have delicious salad.
A: ….
Step 6 Presentation
2a Where do you need to make polite requests? Think of some possible situations.
Discuss them with your partner.
 In a foreign country.Ø
 In public places like a bank, a post office, a library, a shopping mall, etc.Ø
 At school.Ø
 At home, especially when speaking to your elders.Ø
Zhang Ming is traveling in the USA. He wants to go to a small town but he doesn't know the way now. What should he do?
Step 7 Discussion
Discuss the language you used to make this request (要求，请求). Was it the same each time? If not, discuss why not.