初中英语山东版九年级--Unit 5

Could you please lend me your pen?

[00:07.30]Section 1 Before You Read

[00:11.38]GROUPWORK

[00:13.63]1a If you need help with your homework,

[00:19.26]how would you ask these people?

[00:23.55]1b Discuss the language you used to

[00:27.71]make this request.

[00:29.82]Was it the same each time?

[00:32.34]If not,discuss why not.

[00:35.70]Section 2 While You Read

[00:39.37]Could you please lend me your pen?

[00:42.01]Asking for information or help is a very common

[00:45.07]and necessary activity,

[00:46.94]especially when we visit a foreign country.

[00:50.16]So knowing how to ask for information

[00:52.54]politely is important.

[00:54.97]In English,"Where are the restrooms?"

[00:57.88]and "Could you please tell me

[00:59.68]where the restrooms are?"

[01:01.35]are similar requests

[01:03.34]both are correct English,

[01:05.17]but the first could sound rude.

[01:08.20]It's important to use correct language,

[01:10.66]but sometimes this alone is not enough

[01:13.77]we need to learn how to be polite

[01:16.03]when we make requests.

[01:18.97]In English,just like in Chinese,

[01:21.52]we change the way we speak

[01:23.06]when talking with different people.

[01:25.94]The expressions you use might depend on

[01:28.35]whom you are speaking to

[01:30.00]or how well you know them.

[01:32.82]If you say to your teacher,"Where is my book?"

[01:36.09]this will sound rude.

[01:38.17]But if you say,"Excuse me,Mr West.

[01:41.21]Do you know where my book is?"

[01:43.60]Your quesiton will sound much more polite.

[01:46.61]On the other hand,

[01:47.88]it might be alright to say "Where is my book?"

[01:51.30]in some situations,

[01:53.40]perhaps with people you know well.

[01:56.31]And you would not usually say,

[01:58.40]"Peter,lend me your pen."

[02:00.73]A very direct 1 order like this

[02:02.30]can sound rude in English.

[02:05.06]Usually in English polite questions are longer

[02:08.40]and include extra language

[02:11.00]such as"Could you please.,.."or "Can I ask..."

[02:15.52]It sounds more polite to say,

[02:17.57]"Peter,could you please lend me you pen?"

[02:21.17]Sometimes,we might even need to spend some time

[02:23.66]leading into a question or request.

[02:27.89]For example,

[02:29.41]if you stop a stranger in the street,

[02:31.69]we might first say,

[02:33.65]"Excuse me.I wonder if you can help me?"

[02:36.56]or "I'm sorry to trouble you but,"

[02:40.02]before asking them for help.

[02:42.87]It might seem that speaking politely

[02:45.23]is more difficult than being direct,

[02:47.51]and in a way this may be true.

[02:50.39]However,in order not to offend 2 people,

[02:53.61]learning 3 about language etiquette 4 is just

[02:55.80]as important as learning grammar or vocabulary.

[02:59.80]And doing this will also help you

[03:02.11]become better at English,

[03:03.50]or any other language you wish to speak.

[03:07.38]Section 3 After You Read

[03:11.56]3a Look at the requests in the lefe-hand column 5,

[03:17.31]then

[03:18.84]a) describe a situation when the request

[03:22.64]would be suitable 6 as it is,

[03:25.18]b) make the request more polite.

[03:30.22]3b Read the article again.

[03:34.65]Match each paragraph 7 with its main idea.

[03:39.12]Section 4 Go For It!

[03:43.34]Role play the following situations.

[03:46.51]Think about the relationship between the speaker

[03:49.72]and the listener 8.

[03:51.33]Decide how to make the request.

[03:54.80]1.A teenager wants to stay out later

[03:59.01]and asks a parent about it.

[04:02.40]2. A foreign friend is interested in your new

[04:06.24]dictionary and asks about it.

[04:09.87]3.Some students want to hand in their homework

[04:14.52]later than the teacher asked for it.

[04:18.80]4.You want to change the time you asked

[04:22.13]a friend to come for a meal at your house.

[04:25.68]If you have time!

[04:27.79]Find more examples of language etiquette

[04:31.70]from watching movies or reading books.

[04:35.70]Share them with your partner.

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