1、Would you mind keeping your voice down?,Would you mind keeping your voice down?,Unit7 Reading,May 23,2007,They are breaking the rules of etiquette,etiquette: Normal and polite social behavior 禮節(jié),What are they doing ?,dropping,litter,talking on the mobile phone in a loud voice,smoking on the bus,spit

2、ting on the bus,talking and laughing loudly on the bus,drop V. 扔,丟 litter UN.垃圾,spit V. 吐痰,smoke V. 抽煙,bad behaviors,Warming-up,Can you match the bad behaviors with their pictures?,Dropping litter Smoking in public Talking and laughing loudly In public places Talking loudly on the mobile Phone spitt

3、ing on the bus,Before We Read,2. Look at the picture, how many rules of etiquette can you see being broken? Make a list.,1.littering(dropping litter)on the bus/in the subway;,2.talking loudly on the mobile phone;,3.smoking on the bus/in the subway;,4.spitting on the bus /in the subway;,5.talking and

4、 laughing loudly on the bus;,Quarrel,Make requests politely,different ways to deal with(處理) trouble,A,B,C,Could you please stop smoking?,Would you mind stopping smoking?,Look at this picture. Whats the problem? (T),You have to stop smoking.,Please stop smoking.,Impolitely:,Politely:,More politely:,M

5、ost politely:,The man is smoking.,Summary:,一句形 Could you please do ? Please do. You have to do. Would you mind （not）doing ? No, not at all./ Sorry. Ill do it right away. 二Could 與 Would 這里的Could 與Would并非過去式他們一種委婉的表達(dá)法-委婉的向別人提出請求,New Language points:,非常有禮貌的請求別人做某事: 肯定: Would you mind + doing ? 你介意嗎? 否定

6、: Would you mind not + doing? 你介意不嗎?,Remember,Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德乃是無價(jià)寶。,Reading stratagy,1. Look at the title and picture, predict what well read about.,From the passage, we may know_. A. how to catch a bus B. speaking to others loudly C. someone who break the rules D. talking loudl

7、y on the bus is not good,D,Can you find a sentence that can tell us the main idea in each paragraph?,As we read, we need to find ( ),topic sentence,These sentences usually give us a “summary”, or overall meaning of each paragraph and help us understand what the paragraph is about. After the topic se

8、ntence comes more detail and explanation,Match the paragraghs with the best summaries,d paragragh 1 a.We have to be very careful when we criticize people b.The way people behave is different in different cultures and situations paragragh 2 c. Sometimes,rules of etiquette are the same almost everywhe

9、re. d. Etiquette is a very important idea to understand . paragragh 3 e. We might want to ask someone to behave more politely if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette. paragragh 4 f. People in China and Europe have different ideas about etiquette.,3a,b,e,c,True or False : 1.In Europe, standing ve

10、ry close to the person with whom you are talking is quite common. ( ) 2.Talking loudly in public is allowed in China. ( ) 3.It is better to keep your voice down in public places. ( ) 4.“ Would you mind” is a polite way to give people suggestions . ( ) 5.We have to be careful to make requests. ( ) 6.

11、Rules of etiquette are always different. ( ),F,F,T,T,T,F,If you spend some time in an English-speaking country, you might hear the term etiquette. It means normal and polite social behavior. This may seem like a difficult word at first, but it can be very useful to understand.,Would you mind keeping

12、 your voice down?,If you, you might,如果你， 你也許會(huì),If you become an athlete, you might win a golden medal.,Etiquette is a very important idea to understand.,Paragragh 1,term:術(shù)語 voice :聲音,Etiquette is not the same in every culture, or in every situation. For example, standing very close to the person you

13、are talking with is quite common in some Asian countries. However, if you do this in Europe, some people might feel uncomfortable. Even in China, we all know that etiquette is not the same in all situations. Perhaps we think that talking loudly in our own homes is fine, but there are other places wh

14、ere talking loudly is not allowed. For example, most people would agree that talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is impolite. Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down in public places. In fact, we should also take care not to cough or sneeze loudl

15、y in public.,Asian adj. 亞洲(n)的；亞洲人的,European 歐洲(n) 的,uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的,allow v. 允許；承認(rèn),impolite adj. 無禮的；粗魯?shù)?public n. 公眾,cough v. 咳嗽,Paragragh 2,If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may politely give them some suggestions. Perhaps one of the most polite ways is to ask someone,

16、 Would you mind doing this or Would you mind not doing that. For example, if someone cuts in front of you in line, you could ask them, Sorry, would you mind joining the line? If someone is smoking on the bus, we could ask, Excuse me, could you please put out that cigarette? People dont usually like

17、to be criticized, so we have to be careful how we do this.,break the rule 違反規(guī)則,politely adv. 客氣地；斯文地,smoke v. 抽煙；吸煙,put out 熄滅,cigarette n. 香煙；卷煙；紙煙,criticize v. 批判,Paragragh 3,Although rules of etiquette can often be different, some rules are the same almost everywhere in the world! For example, dr

18、opping litter is almost never allowed. If you see someone you know doing this, you can ask them, would you mind picking it up?,drop v. 扔；丟,litter n. 垃圾,pick up 撿起,Paragragh 4,Would you mind not dropping the litter?,Would you mind picking up the litter?,Would you mind keeping your voice down when you

19、 are making a telephone call?,Could you please put out your cigarette?,Could you please not spit anywhere?,Can you make a polite request to each of them ?(你能有禮貌地給他們每個(gè)人提建議么?.) For example :1.Would you mind doing/not doing? 2.Could you please do?,A. Would you mind my smoking here? B. Would you mind wa

20、iting in line? C. Would you mind standing straight? D. Would you mind not talking so long on the telephone? E. Would you mind not talking so loudly?,1. In the library, if someone is talking so loudly, you will say, _? 2.If he is a gentleman, before smoking, he usually asks, _? 3.If someone cuts in l

21、ine, you should say, _? 4. If you dont stand well, your teachers or parents will say, _? 5. If you often chat with your friends on a phone, your mother will say, _?,E,A,B,C,D,情景交際選擇,1. _ you please help me with my English? I cant learn it well. A. Could B. Do C. Will D. Were able to 2. Would you min

22、d_ your bike? A. move B. moving C. to move D. for moving 3. The baby is sleeping. Please turn _the music. A. on B. off C. over D. up 4. Would you _ the door? Its hot. A. mind not close B. not mind closing C. mind not closing D. not mind close 5. -Its 7:00 oclock now. -If you want to meet Mr. Wang, y

23、ou _ wait. A. have to B. must have to C. will have to D. must,Exercise:,A,B,B,C,C,?,1.Order one food but get other kind. When it happens, say to the waitress _ 2.Wait for quite a long time to get the food. When it happens, say to the waitress _ 3. The dishes arent clean enough. When it happens, say

24、to the waitress _,Would you mind changing the right food?,Would you mind being quicker?,Would you mind bringing me a new dish?”,At the restaurant,At home,1. Neighbors play music too loud When this happens, say to him/her _ 2. Children make much noise When this happens, say to them _ 3. Neighbor upst

25、airs throw litter out of the window When this happens, say to them,Would you mind turning your music down?,Would you mind keeping your voices down?,Would you mind not throwing anything out of the window? It is very dangerous to people outside and it makes our surroundings dirty.,_,In the clothing store,1.The shop assista