1. Unit7 Self check

2. Check the answers: mind wait follow order turn down 1.I’m trying to sleep.Could you ______ the music, please? 2.I’m going to be a bit late.Could you ask the bus driver to _____ for five minutes? 3.Would you _______ closing the door ?It’s cold outside. 4.I don’t know the way to the sports club.Can I _____ you? 5.Sorry,I ______ my food half an hour ago and it hasn’t arrived yet. turn down wait mind follow ordered

3. bad behaviors spit sneeze smoke What are the ? What do you want to say to them?

4. How many rules of etiquette are broken?

5. The bad behaviors are: littering on the bus/in the subway; talking loudly on the mobile phone in public/at the meeting; smoking on the bus/in the subway; spitting on the bus /in the subway; talking and laughing loudly on the bus/in public; coughing or sneezing loudly in public; breaking the rules of etiquette etiquette: Normal and polite social behavior 礼节

6. Writing: Write a polite letter complaining about your new neighbors’ impolite behaviors. I get annoyed when my neighbors make a lot of noise When this happens, I ________________

7. My neighbors Write a polite letter complaining about things to them. Dear Mr and Mrs Harris: Welcome to our neighborhood. You must be excited to be I a new house. However, would you mind not… Yours sincerely, ____________ turn down the music /not play soccer in the room / not talking on the phone too loud /not play the guitar How to make request( 请求 ) Please……. Could you please +V 原 ….. Would you mind ＋ V-ing….. Would you mind not ＋ V-ing..

8. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Welcome to our neighborhood. You must be excited to be I a new house. However, would you mind not telephoning so loudly at noon? Would you mind turning down the music? Playing the guitar is very good. But please pay attention to the time when you play it. Would you mind asking your children not playing football on the floor? I can’t get asleep if you make so much noise. Thank you very much. Yours sincerely, Linda

9. Find the topic sentence of each paragraph while you are reading.

10. d b e c talking loudly dropping litter

11. True or False : 1.In Europe, standing very 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.Rules of etiquette are always different. T T F T F F

12. 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 your voice down? Etiquette is a very important idea to understand.

13. Etiquette is not the same in every culture, or in every situation. For example, standing very close to the person you 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 where 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 loudly in public. Asian adj. 亚洲的；亚洲人的 Europe 欧洲 uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的 allow v. 允许；承认 impolite adj. 无礼的；粗鲁的 public n. 公众 cough v. 咳嗽

14. If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may give them some suggestions politely. Perhaps one of the most polite ways is to ask someone, 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 don’t usually like to be criticized, so we have to be careful how we do this. break the rule 不服从；不遵守 politely adv. 客气地；斯文地 smoke v. 抽烟；吸烟 put out 熄灭 cigarette n. 香烟；卷烟；纸烟 criticize v. 批判

15. Although rules of etiquette can often be different, some rules are the same almost everywhere in the world! For example, dropping 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；丢 litter n. 垃圾 pick up 捡起

16. 1. If you spend some time in an English- speaking country, you might hear the term ‘etiquette’. 2. If you do this in Europe, some people might feel uncomfortable. 3.If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may give them some suggestions politely. 4. If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may give them some suggestions politely. 5. If someone is smoking on the bus, we could ask, Important and useful sentence

17. 9. People don’t usually like to be criticized, so we have to be careful how we do this. 10.For example, dropping litter is almost never allowed. 7. Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down in public places. 8. In fact, we should also take care not to cough or sneeze loudly in public if possible. 6. If you see someone you know doing this, you can ask them,

18. Would you mind not dropping litter? Would you mind picking up the litter? Would you mind keeping your voice down when you are making a telephone call? Could you please put out your cigarette? Could you please not spit anywhere?

19. Can you make polite requests to them? Work on Part 2.

20. Writing One day you saw someone breaking the rules of etiquette. Write a letter of complaint to your local newspaper. Dear Mr Etiquette, I’m writing to complain ________________________ _____________________________________________ Yours _______

21. Homework 1.Finish the homework in self check. 2.Revise the whole unit. 3.Write the letter.