大学英语 Unit 3 Road Signs and Commuting

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Road Signs and Commuting

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Unit Goals:What You Should Learn to Do1. Ask where a particular place is:in a city within a building

2. Show directions3. Talk about means of transport to take 4. Understand and write road and office signs

What You Should Know About1. Different feelings about traveling 2. Forming of plural nounsUnit | Three

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ContentsTalking Face to FaceSection ⅠSection Ⅴ

Appreciating Culture TipsSection Ⅱ

Being All EarsSection Ⅲ

Section Ⅳ

Maintaining a Sharp Eye

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Section Ⅰ Talking Face to FaceImitating Mini-TalksSpeak and Recite

Acting out the TasksStudying Maps Following Sample Dialogues Putting Language to Use

Speak and Perform

Study and Imitate

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SECTION I Talking Face to FaceImitating Mini-TalksSpeak and Recite 1 Work in pairs. Practice the following mini-talks about giving directions. Window on Key Words 1) Asking How to Get to the Railway Station A: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the railway station? 交通灯，红绿灯 B: Sure. Go down this street and turn right at the traffic lights. A: Right at the traffic lights. B: Yes. You'll see the railway station when you get there. 大街 2) Asking How to Get to West Avenue A: Excuse me. Do you know where West Avenue is? B: Well, you go down Market Road, pass the market, and turn left. West Avenue is the first turning on the right. A: Pass the market and turn left. First turning on the right. Thanks. Unit | Three B: You are welcome.

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Window on Key Words 销售部经理 电梯3) Asking How to Get to the Sales Manager's Office A: Good morning. Can you tell me where the Sales Manager's office is? B: Sure. The Sales Manager's office is on the fifth floor, Room 512. A: Where is the lift, please? B: Over there. Take the lift to the fifth floor, and then turn left. It is the second room on the left.

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4) Asking How to Get to the Meeting Room A: Hello, Miss. I'm looking for the meeting room. B: The meeting room is on the third floor. You can take the lift or just walk upstairs. A: When I walk out of the lift, how can I get there? B: Just go straight ahead. It's in front of you. You can't miss it.5) Asking How to Get to the City Center A: Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the city center? B: You know the school gate, don't you? There is a bus stop there. Back A: Oh, yes, the bus stop is in front of the gate. Unit | Three B: Take Bus No. 16 or Bus No. 19, and you'll get downtown.

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Acting out the TasksSpeak and Perform 2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks.

1 Task: Look at the street map in Exercise 3. Suppose you are at the bus stop at the corner of Hall Street and Wynn Street. Ask how to get to Low Street Underground Station.2 Task: Look at the street map in Exercise 3. Suppose you are at the bus stop at the corner of Hall Street and

Wynn Street. Ask how to get to the church. 3 Task: Look at the street map in Exercise 3. Suppose you are at the bus stop at the corner of Hall Street and Wynn Street. Ask how to get to the car park.

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Acting out the TasksSpeak and Perform 2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks.

4 Task: Look at the building map in Exercise 3. Suppose you are just out of the stairs. Ask how to get to the Marketing Department.

5 Task: Look at the building map in Exercise 3. Suppose you are just out of the stairs. Ask how to get to Mr. Green's office.Back

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Studying MapsStudy and Imitate 3 Maps are very useful for giving and understanding directions. Read the following sample maps carefully and try to use the information to practice short dialogues.

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Following Sample DialoguesImitate and Perform 4 Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks. 1) Talking About How to Get to Work Peter: Mark, do you live far away from the museum where you work? Mark: Yes. You know I live in an apartment on Wynn Street and the museum is on Low Street. Peter: How do you usually get to work? Mark: I usually drive my car up Hall Street and park the car behind the church. Then I walk over to the museum. Peter: Oh. Then how about the winter time when it snows? Mark: Well, in winter when it snows, I'd rather not drive. I take the underground from Wynn Street to Low Street. Then I walk across from Low Street station to the museum. Peter: That's convenient, isn't it? Mark: Yes, it is. I can take Bus No. 16, too. The bus stop is just opposite my apartment. The bus turns from Hall Street into Church Street. I get off at the corner of Church Street and Low Street and walk to the museum. Unit | Three

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2) Asking How to Get to the Manager's Office Bill: Excuse me, where is the manager's office? Clerk: The manager's office? It's not on this floor. It's on the fourth floor downstairs. You can just walk down the stairs there. Bill: Would you please tell me how I can find his office? Clerk: Sure. Go down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left. At the end of the corridor, turn left again. Bill: Left, and left again. Clerk: It's the second door on the right next to the meeting room. Bill: Thank you very much.Back

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Putting Language to UseSpeak and Complete 5 Sally wants to go to Beach Hotel. She is asking a stranger for directions to get there. Read aloud the following dialogue with your partner by putting in the missing words. Sally: 1 _____________ me, can you help me? I'm going to Beach Hotel, but Excuse I've lost 2 _____________. my way