Directions and Signs

Directions and Signs

Unit 3

Section I Talking Face to Face Section II Being All Ears

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New Practical English 1

Session 1

Section I Talking Face to Face

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If you don’t know how to get to

where you want to go, what

might you do?

Excuse me,

how can I…

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Warm up Lead-in

Words for directions:

east, west,

south, north, middle, center,

corner, left, right, front, back,

opposite side

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Expressions for directions:

go along the street

turn left / right

walk for two blocks

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go across the street

go straight on

go to the next turning


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take Bus No. 502 around the corner

walk about 5 minutes

go straight ahead


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walk back about a hundred meters or so


turn left at the crossroads

take the third turn to the right

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Speak out Lead-in

1. What do you think is the best way for

people to get to work in a city with busy

traffic? Give your reasons.

Sample dialogues Sample dialogues

Warm-upWarm-up

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2. Do you know how to

ask for directions in

a city in English?

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Sample dialogues Sample dialogues

Warm-upWarm-up

Speak out — giving directions in a city

向前走十分钟，它就在左侧。

向前走，然后在第一个拐角左转。

向前走两个街区。步行只需十分钟。

Go straight ahead about 10 minutes and you’ll see it on the left side.

Go straight and then turn left at the first corner.

Walk that way for two blocks. It’s only about ten minutes’ walk.

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Maybe the best way is to take the underground.

最好是乘地铁去。

Go straight ahead. The underground is just round the corner, and you can’t miss it.

After you turn left, you will see the sign of the restaurant.

向前直走。地铁就在拐角处，你能找到的。

向左转后你就能看到饭店的标识了。

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Keep going until you see a big white building on your left.

邮局就在公园的对面。

一直走 , 直到看见左侧的一座白色大楼。

The post office is just opposite the Park.

I’m sorry, sir. I’m also a stranger here.

对不起，我不是本地人。

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Sorry, I’m new around here. Ask the policeman over there, please.

对不起，我也不认识路 .

对不起，我对这一带不熟悉。问问那边的警察吧。

Sorry, I don’t think I can give you the direction.

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Speak out — asking for directions within a building

A.Would you please tell me how I can find the Personnel Department?

B. Excuse me, I’m looking for the Sales Department.

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C. Would you tell me where the

lift is?

D. Excuse me, how can I get to the fifth floor?E. Could you tell me where I can

see the sales manager, please?

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Speak out — asking for directions within a building

Speak out — giving directions within a building

A. Take the elevator to the ninth

floor.

B. Just go along the corridor in

the middle of the building and

then turn left at the end.

C. It’s in Room 608 on the sixth

floor.

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D. It’s just beside the stairs.

E. Go up to the second floor and it’s at the far end of the hall, on your right.

F. It’s on the fourth floor, next to the meeting room.

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Speak out — giving directions within a building

useful sentences and expressions for talking about

the transport means and asking for and giving directions.

Read and find out

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Sample dialogues

Sentences for talking about the means of transport:

1. How do you usually go to work?

2. I usually drive my car up Hall Street.

3. Then I walk to the museum.

4. I take the underground from Wynn

Street to Low Street.

5. I usually take Bus No. 16.

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1. Excuse me, where is the manager’s office?

2. Would you please tell me how I can find his office?

3. It’s on the fourth floor downstairs.

4. Go down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left.

5. It’s the second door on the right next to the meeting room.

Sentences for asking for and giving directions:

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Sample dialogues

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Make short conversations to tell each other how to get to

your dormitory, classroom building, school library, etc.

from the school gate.

Pair work

Sample dialogues

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Role play the similar situations

you create, first in groups,

and then before the class.

Role play

Section II Being All Ears

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Pre-listening task Pre-listening task

Read the printed materials


in in Listen Listen and and Decode

Decode in ONE minute.

in ONE minute.

Dialogue

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While-listening task While-listening task

Listen to the tape

Listen to the tape

WITHOUT looking

WITHOUT looking at the book.

at the book.

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Dialogue

Listen to the tape

Listen to the tape

one sentence after

one sentence after

another, taking

another, taking notes during the

notes during the pause.pause.


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Dialogue


Repeat the Repeat the sentences sentences after the tape.

after the tape.

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Dialogue

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Do the exercises in

Listen and Decode and Listen and Respond.

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Dialogue

Passage

Pre-listening task Pre-listening task


in Listen and Read in THREE minutes.

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Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.

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Passage


Listen again and check up the answers.

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Passage

Now, read the passage LOUDLY!

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Passage

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Do the exercises in

Listen and Match and Listen and Complete.

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Passage

1. Make up dialogues for asking and

showing directions in pairs,

referring to the dialogues in the

Workbook.

2. Preview Passage I and the

exercises.

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Documents

Directions and Signs