3.…andtheclerktellshertogotothecorner

ofMarketandMiddle.……工作人員告訴她去市場大街和中心大街交匯的拐角處。corner是可數名詞,意為“拐角;角落”。常構成短語：①inthecornerof...意為“在......的拐角處/角落里”?Ifoundaboycryinginthecomeroftheroom.我發現一個男孩在房間的角落里哭。②on/atthecorner意為“在拐角處”。?Theshopisonthecorner.那家商店在拐角處。2aWheredoyouneedtomakepoliterequests?Thinkofsomepossiblesituations.Discussthemwithyourpartner.CouldYouPlease...?

Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely.Forexample,youmayask“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?”Thesearesimilarrequestsfordirections.Botharecorrect,butthefirstonesoundslesspolite.Underlinethetopicsentenceforeachparagraph.2bReadthearticle.politely作副詞,意為“禮貌地;客氣地”，其反義詞為impolitely(無禮地;粗魯地）；polite是其形容詞形式，反義柯為impolite(無禮的）。

?Heisapolitechild.Hespeakstoeveryonepolitely.

他是個有禮貌的孩子。他對每個人說話都很有禮貌。

polite

+-ly

politely

(adj.有禮貌的)(adv.有禮貌地)

impolite

+-ly

impolitely(adj.無禮的)(adv.無禮地)request是可數名詞，意為“要求;請求”，其后常接“for+名詞”,意為“……的要求/請求”。Wemustmakearequestforhelp.我們必須請求幫助。request用作及物動詞，意為“要求；請求”。常見用法如下：

①request sth.(from/ofsb.)意為“（向某人）請求某物”。

Herequestedsomehotwaterfromme.

他向我要了些熱水。

②request sb.todosth.意為“請求某人做某事”。

Theyrequestedhimtoleaveatonce.

他們要求他立刻離幵。

③request+that從句（從句用虛擬語氣，謂語動詞用“should+動詞原形should可省略）意為“請求/要求……”

Irequestedthatshe(should)comeanhourearlier.

我請她早一小時來。correct此處用作形容詞，意為“正確的；恰當的”，相當于right，其副詞形式為correctly.

?Icantellyouthecorrectanswer.我可以告訴你正確答案。

correct用作動詞，意為“改正”。?Youmustcorrectthemistakesinyourhomework.你必須改正作業中的錯誤。⑵one此處用作代詞，指代上文提到過的人或物。Thatisbecauseitisaverydirectquestion.Itisnotenoughtojustaskaquestioncorrectly.Wealsoneedtolearnhowtobepolitewhenweaskforhelp.direct此處用作形容詞，意為“直接的;直率的”，其反義詞為indirect,意為“間接的”,副詞為directly,意為“直接地”。Goodspeakerschangethewaytheyspeakindifferentsituations.Theexpressionstheyusemightdependonwhomtheyarespeakingtoorhowwelltheyknoweachother.Itisallrighttoaskdirectquestionstoyourclassmatesbecause

youknowthemwell.However,Ifyousaytoyourteacher,“Whenistheschooltrip?”,thismightsoundimpolite.Butifyousay,“Excuseme,Mr.West.Doyouknowwhentheschooltripis?”,thiswillsoundmuchmorepolite.

Usuallypolitequestionsarelonger.Theyincludeexpressionssuchas“Couldyouplease...?”or“MayIask...?”Itsoundsmorepolitetosay,“Peter,couldyoupleasetellmeyoure-mailaddress?”than“Peter,tellmeyoure-mailaddress.”Sometimesweevenneedtospendtimeleadingintoarequest.Forexample,wemightfirstsaytoastranger,“Excuseme,Iwonderifyoucanhelpme”or“I’msorrytotroubleyou,but...”beforeaskingforhelp.Sometimesweevenneedtospendtimeleadingintoarequest.有時,我們甚至需要花些時間來導入一個請求。?

leadto意為“導致;通向”。AllroadsleadtoRome.條條大道通羅馬。Itmightseemmoredifficulttospeakpolitelythandirectly.However,itisimportanttolearnhowtousetherightlanguageindifferentsituations.Thiswillhelpyoucommunicatebetterwithotherpeople.2cFindallthedirectquestionsandpoliterequestsfromthepassage.DirectquestionsPoliterequests1.wherearetherestrooms?2.Whenistheschooltrip?3.Where'sthepostoffice?1.Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?2.Excauseme,Mr.West.Doyouknowwhentheschooltripis?3.Peter,couldyoupleasetellmeyoure-mailaddress?2dReadtherequestsbelow.Inthesecondcolumn,writeAifyouwouldsayittosomeoneyouknowandBifyouwouldsayittoastranger.Inthelastcolumn,writewhereyouthinkthesepeopleare.RequestPersonPlace1.Willyoupassthesalt?2.DoyouknowwhereIcanchangesomemoney,please?RequestPersonPlace3.Couldyoutellmewhatjusthappe