《Unit11Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare-TopicReading》Givingdirectionsindifferentplaces【Tipforyou】每个国家的文化都体现在语言的方方面面，比如在不同的场合或情境中选择得体的语言、恰当的表达方式就非常重要，而仅仅掌握其语法是远远不够的。在不同地方问路会得到各式各样的回答，很有趣哦！Ifyouaskpeopleofdifferentcountriesthequestion—“CouldyoutellmehowIcangettothepostoffice?”,youwillgetdifferentanswers.InJapan,peopleuselandmarks(路标)insteadofstreetnamesbecausemoststreetstheredon’thavenames.Forexample,theJapanesewillsaytotravelers,“Gostraightdowntothecorner.Turnleftatthebighotelandgopastafruitmarket.Thepostofficeisacrossfromthebusstop.”IntheMidwestofAmerica,therearenotownsorbuildingswithinmiles.Soinsteadoflandmarks,peoplewilltellyoudirectionsanddistance.InKansas(堪萨斯州),forexample,peoplewillsay,“Gonorthtwomiles.Turneast,andthengoanothermile.”(1)PeopleinGreecesometimesdonoteventrytogivedirectionsbecausefewvisitorsunderstandtheGreeklanguage.Insteadofgivingyouthedirections,aGreekwilloftensay,“Followme.”Thenheorshewillleadyouthroughthestreetsofthecitytothepostoffice.Sometimesifapersondoesn’tknowtheanswertoyourquestion,heorshe,likeaNewYorker,mightsay,“Sorry,Ihavenoidea.”ButinYucatan(尤卡坦),Mexico,nooneanswers“Idon’tknow”.PeopleinYucatanthink“Idon’tknow”isnotpolite.Theyusuallygiveananswer,butoftenawrongone.AvisitorcanoftengetlostinYucatan!Butonethingwillhelpyoueverywhere.(2)Youmightnotunderstandaperson’swords,butmaybeyoucanunderstandhisorherbodylanguage.Heorshewillusuallyturnandthenpointtothecorrectdirection.Gooninthatdirectionandyoumayfindthepostoffice!【Tasksforyou】1.TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesintoChinese.(1)__________________________________________(2)__________________________________________2.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.(1)Whooftengivesawrongdirectionwhenyouasktheway?(2)Howmanycountriesarementionedbythewriterinthispassage?TopicReading1.(1)因为几乎没几个游客懂希腊语,所以希腊人有时甚至都不想指方向。(2)你也许听不懂一个人的话,但是你或许能看懂他(她)的体态语。2.(1)ThepeopleinYucatan.(2)Four(countries).
