Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are.

Period 4 Section A

4a—4c

Grammar focus

Excuse me, do you know where I can buy some medicine ?

Sure . There is a supermarket down the street.

Could you please tell me how to get to the post office ?

Sorry ,I am not sure how to get there.

Can you tell me when the band starts playing this evening ?

It starts at 8:00 p.m.I wonder where we should go next.You should try that new ride over

there.

4a Rewrite the questions to make them more polite.

1. Where can I buy some grapes or other fruit ?

Could you please tell me Where I can buy some grapes or other fruit ?

Excuse me, do you know Where I can buy some grapes or other fruit ?

Could you please tell me Where to buy some grapes or other fruit ?

2.How does this CD player work ?

Could you please tell me how this CD player works ?

Excuse me, do you know how this CD player works ?

I wonder how this CD player work s.

3.How do I get to the Central Library ?

Could you please tell me how I get to the Central Library ?

Excuse me, do you know how I get to the Central Library ?

Could you please tell me how to get to the Central Library ?

I wonder how I get to the Central Library .

4.Is the Italian restaurant nearby open on Monday?Could you please tell me whether\ if the Italian restaurant nearby is open on Monday ?Excuse me, do you know whether\ if the Italian restaurant nearby is open on Monday ?I wonder whether\ if the Italian restaurant nearby is open on Monday .

4b What should each person ask in the situation?

1.Tim is very hungry.

Could you please tell me where I can get something to eat ?

Excuse me, would you mind telling me how I can get to a nearby restaurant ?

Pardon me, do you know if there is a restaurant around here ?

Could you please tell me where I can mail a letter?

Excuse me, would you mind telling me how I can get to a nearby post office ?

Pardon me, do you know if there is a post office near here ?

2.Sally needs to mail a letter.

Could you please tell me when the bike shop closes?

Excuse me, would you mind telling me when the bike shop closes?

Pardon me, do you know when the bike shop closes?

3.Helen needs to know when the bike shop closes.

Could you please tell me whether/ if there’s a bank in the shopping center?Excuse me, do you know whether/ if there’s a bank in the shopping center?I wonder whether/ if there’s a bank in the shopping center.

4.Ben is wondering if there’s a bank in the shopping center.

4c Write five questions that a tourist might ask about your city. Then role play conversations with your partner.

G1: Excuse me. Could you tell me where I can buy some stamps?

Boy1: Yes, there’s a post office on Center Street.

Girl1: Oh, can you tell me where Center Street is?

B1: Sure. Go past the bank. Center Street is on your right.

Girl1: Thanks a lot.

A: Excuse me. Would you mind telling me

whether there is a hotel near here?

B: Yes there is. Just go along Bridge

Street and turn left when you see the

library. Go along Long Street and it’s

on the right. It’s next to the supermarket

and across from the bank.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You’re welcome.

G2: Excuse me. Do you know where I can get money?

Boy2: Sure. There is bank on Main Street.

Girl2: Oh, could you please tell me how to get there?

B2: Yes…Go straight ahead. The bank is on your left.

Girl2: Thank you.Boy2: You’re welcome.

Boy1:Boy1: Excuse me. Can you tell me wher Excuse me. Can you tell me where I can e I can buy some shampoobuy some shampoo??Boy2:Boy2: Yes. There’s Yes. There’s a drug store on the a drug store on the second floorsecond floor. Um. . Um. Let me thinkLet me think... ... Take tTake the escalator to the second floorhe escalator to the second floor and th and then... then you en... then you turn leftturn left. Let’s see... Then . Let’s see... Then go past the bankgo past the bank. And um... The drug st. And um... The drug store is ore is between the furniture store and tbetween the furniture store and the bookstorehe bookstore. You should be able to . You should be able to geget shampoot shampoo there. there.Boy1:Boy1: OK, great. Thanks a lot. OK, great. Thanks a lot. Boy2:Boy2: You’re welcome.You’re welcome.

A: Excuse me. Do you know where A: Excuse me. Do you know where I can get I can get a mapa map??B: Sure. There’s a bookstore on B: Sure. There’s a bookstore on the second floor. Take the lift to the second floor. Take the lift to the second floor and turn right. the second floor and turn right. The bookstore is next to the bank. The bookstore is next to the bank.

Tony: Hi, excuse me.

Linda: Yes. I wonder how I can help you?

Tony: Could you please tell me whether\if

there is a supermarket near here?

Linda: Yes, there is. Go along Bridge Street

and turn left at the first crossing. The

supermarket is on the right.

Tony: Oh, that’s great! Thanks so much.

Linda: No problem.

EXERCISE

( )1.How noisy the room is ! There are so many people______in it. A.sing B.to sing C.singing D.songC

( )2.Do you know______? A.what he happened B.what the matter is with himC.what happened to him D.what did he happened

B

( )3.Central park is a good place_________.Let’s go there this weekend.

A.for have fun B.have fun C.having fun D.to have fun

D

( )4. I love the mall. There’s always something______.

A.happened B.happening C.happens D.happen

B

( )5.This interesting book only_____me ten yuan and I______ ten month reading it.

A.cost; spend B.cost; spent C.spends; cost D.spent; costs

B

( )6.--Could you tell me ________? --Sorry, I don’t know. I was not at the

meeting.A. what the teacher says at the meeting B. what the teacher said at the meetingC. what does the teacher say at the

meeting D. what did the teacher say at the meeting

B