Using LanguageⅠ课堂实录【2】

2) Ask them to find some useful expressions when asking directions in the dialogue and put them together with the given expressions and try to recite. (2mins) Excuse me, ma’am/sir.

Could you please tell me where…?

Thanks.

Pardon?

I beg your pardon?

I don’t understand.

How do you spell that? Could you say that again please?

Could you speak more slowly please? Sorry, I can’t follow you.

Could you repeat that please? ④

Excuse me, sir? ⑤

You are welcome. ⑥

You mean petrol station? Homework:

Write down the dialogue they just made up. Blackboard:

3)

Work in pairs. (13mins) Make a dialogue according to the following situations or design some situations. They can also select actual streets and locations in their hometown for giving directions. Use the given expressions and pay attention to the intonation and the different words that mean the same in BE and AE.

Situation 1: You are British. Your partner is American. You are visiting America. Your car needs some more petrol but you cannot find a petrol station. Ask directions to the nearest one. Situation 2: You are a native in a town of China and can speak both BE and AE. Your friend is an American traveller in your town. He lost his way back to his hotel. Situation 3: …

After discussion, ask them to volunteer to perform their dialogue. After this work, say something for the purpose of emotional education. Step 5 Assessment (5mins) 1) Connect the words with the same meaning. (50 points, 5 points for each one.) BE

AE BE

AE flat

candy film

truck sweets

blocks football

the first floor biscuit

elevator underground

movie lift

apartment lorry

soccer streets

cookie ground floor

subway 2) Put the right number into the blanks. (50 Points, 10 points for each one.) A：_____ Could you tell me where the nearest gas station is? B：_____ Yes, of course. It’s straight ahead till you reach the traffic lights. Then turn left and cross one street. Then you’ll see it on your left-hand side. A：_____ I don’t understand./I am puzzled. B：You just go along this road. See those traffic lights? Then turn left and cross one street. It’ s on your left-hand side. A：_____That’s two blocks and it’s on my left. Thank you so much. B：_____

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It doesn’t matter.

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Could you say that again? ③

Yes, I see.

2 Unit 2 English around the world Dialects BE and AE Asking directions