1、1Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?Section A单词卡片名词： post, office, police, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street, pay, front, town, north动词： pay形容词： north副词： across, around介词： near, across, behind, around短语归纳 介词短语： across from, in front of名词短语： post office, police station, pay phone句型再现1.Is
2、 there a post office near here? 2Is there a hospital near here?Yes, there is.3The pay phone is across from the library.4Im new in town. 5Wheres Center Street? 6Its not too far from here. Section B单词卡片名词： left, right, crossing, neighborhood, monkey, road, air, sunshine, money动词： turn, spend, climb, e
3、njoy形容词： free副词： left, right, often, easily介词： along短语归纳 动词短语： go along, turn right, spend time, enjoy reading句型再现1.Go along Long Street and its on the right.2I love to watch the monkeys climbing around.3To get there, I usually walk out and turn right on Bridge Road.4The best things in life are free
4、!5To get to the park, you just have to cross Center Street. 6When I read books, time goes quickly! 7You can get to the library easily.8Just go down North Road and turn left.9I like to spend time with my grandparents on Sundays. 2本单元的中心话题是“问路与指路” 。Section A部分通过听说训练主要学习三个方面的内容：一是与社区环境和设施相关的词汇 bank, li
5、brary, restaurant, post office, police station等；二是表示方位的介词 across from, next to, in front of等；三是 there be句型的一般疑问句及其回答。通过三者的结合，运用正确的方位介词来描述各种社区设施的地理位置。Section B 部分的重点是用得体的语言问路和指路，并描述自己的街坊邻里、社区环境。常用的问路用语： Excuse me. Is there？ 常用的指路用语： go along, turn right/left, on your right/left, at the first crossing
6、等。1Is there a restaurant near your house?Yes, there is. Its on Center Street.2Wheres the supermarket?Its next to the library.3Where are the pay phones?Theyre in front of the post office.1用 there be句型询问或描述事物的所在位置 (详见 P 单元语法聚焦) 2where 引导的特殊问句询问事物的具体位置 (详见 P 单元语法聚焦)3表示方位的介词Asking the way in different p
7、laces If you travel a lot, youll find out different “styles” of giving directions every time you ask “How can I get to the post office？”In Japan, people use landmarks in their directions because most streets dont have names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight ahead and tur
8、n left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop.” In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. In Kansas, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east,
9、and then go another mile.” People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance. They measure (测量)distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office？” you ask. “Oh， ” they answer, “its about five minutes from here.”3Its true that a person doesnt know the answer sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I dont know.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I dont know”. People in Yucatan believe that “I dont know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
