UNIT 2 ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD(PERIOD THREE) Lets discover useful structures!Command and Request Grammar Wash the clothes!Please wash the clothes!Would you please wash the clothes?not polite politevery politeDiscussion timeJust imagine if you were in the following situations, what would you doYou need to ask someone to close the door but you cannot do it yourself. There are many people in the room but you cannot tell who are important and who are not. So how do you do it politely?Situation 1A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he wont be hurt?Situation 2 Step1, three students make up a group named student A, B and C. Step2, every group should think of at least 3 commands that your parents, teachers or other elders usually give. Step3, student A give the first commands. Then student B ask student C what did student A say. At last, student C should change the request from direct speech into indirect speech. Step4. Change roles so each person gets the chance to give some commands and turn them into indirect speech. Rules of the gameExample:student A (as a mother): Clean the window.student B:What did your mother tell/ ask us?student C: She asked us to clean the window.Suppose you invite some friends to visit our school. Unfortunately, you found you lost your way, so you have to turn to somebodyfor helpAsk for directionExcuse me.Would you please tell me the way to How can I get to Which is the way toTurn right at the second crossing=take the second turning on the rightgo / walk along this road and.go around the corner on your left-hand side / on the leftgo across the bridgeon your right / left handIt betweenand straight onMarketRoad Park River Post officeshoppingcenterTV factoryABridgemuseumhospitalNo.7 middle schoolhotelPolice stationRiver Renmin PLEASE CHANGE THE DIRECT SPEECHINTO INDIRECT SPEECH1. He said, “Im going to Beijing tomorrow.He said he was going to Beijing the next day.2. “What a lovely girl!” they said.They said she was a lovely girl.Test ourselves3. He asked, “Are you a teacher?”He asked me if I was a teacher.4. “This is the craziest thing I have heard of so far,” she thought.She thought that was the craziest thing she had heard of so far.5. Mr Wang said, “I was born in China in September, 1972.”Mr. Wang said he was born in China in September, 1972.6. She said, “They had left when I arrived there.”She said they had left when she arrived there.7. She says, “Liu Fang is good at English.”She says Liu Fang is good at English.8. He said, “The plane takes off at 6:30 am.”He said the plane takes off at 6:30 am.9. He said, “Where there is a will, the is a way.”He said where there is a will, there is a way.10. “ How much do you think it will cost?” he said.He asked me how much I thought it would cost.Open your books.Please open your books.Can you open your books please?Could / would you please open you books?commandrequest (polite)request (polite)request (polite)Request and commandChange the commands into requests.Close the door!Get me something to drinkTake the dog for a walk!Speak louder!Clean your room.Watch out!Keep silent!1. You want to close the door, but you cannot do it by yourself. How do you do it politely?2. You are standing in the middle of a train carriage and you need to leave. How do you do politely?Give requests or commands according to the following situations.3. A bear is about to approach a boy. What do you say to him to make sure that he wont be hurt.4. A boss wants the secretary to type a letter for him.What will he do?5. Your father wants you to turn off the TV. What will he do? “Open the window,”the teacher said to the students .(command)The teacher told the students to open the window. Change a command into an Indirect Speech.told sb. to do sth.“Dont open the window,” the teacher said to the students.The teacher told the students not to open the window.told sb. not to do sth.(command)Change a command into an Indirect Speech.“Open the window, please,” the teacher said to the students. (requests)The teacher asked the students to open the window.Change a request into an Indirect Speech.ask(ed) sb. to do sth.(requests)“Dont open the window ,please,” the teacher said to the students.The teacher asked the students not to open the window.Change a request into an Indirect Speech.ask(ed) sb. not to do sth.LETS DO SOME EXERCISES Change the requests and the commands into Indirect Speeches1.“Shut up,”she said to him.2.“Speak louder, please,” he said to her.“Can you speak louder?” he asked her.3.“Try the lift,” she said to her.She told him to shut up.He asked her to speak louder.She told her to try the lift.4.“Dont wait for me,” he said to them.5.“Stop wasting the time,” she said to him.6.“Can you tell me a story?” the girl asked her father.He told them not to wait for him.She told him to stop wasting the time.The girl asked her father to tell her a story.“Follow his instructions, she said to me.“Please could you come to the reception desk?” she asked him.He ordered/told the clerk to change his dirty uniformShe told me to follow his instructions.She asked him to go to the reception desk.She asked him if he could go to the reception desk.“Change your dirty uniform!” he said to the clerk.“Can you lend me five yuan?” he asked me.He asked me to lend himfive yuan.He asked me if I could lend him five yuan.The English teacher said to us, “Dont speak Chinese, speak English.”She said to him, “ Dont play a trick on me again.” The English teacher told us not to speak Chinese but to speak English.She told him not to play a trick on her again.Fun TimeIt is said that there are two robots. One is called “slave robot”, who can only hear commands, the other is called “friend robot”, who can only respond to request. If you give correct requests or commands, they will do whatever you have them do. Believe it or not! Lets have a try! HOMEWORK 1.ORAL WORK:MAKE A DIALOGUE WITH YOUR DESKMATE USING REQUESTS AND COMMANDS.2.FINISH OFF THE EXTRA EX