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Unit 4 :
Talking about directions 接待英文

Elementary

Summary

Do you know how to give directions or ask directions?
 
你知道如何指路或問路嗎?

Transportation 4-1

Have you ever been asked to give directions?
你有沒有被要求指路?

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Vocabulary 接待英文單字

Repeat these words/ phrases with your teacher first.

  • Move in|入住
  • Got it!|知道了!
  • Mile|英里
  • Certainly|當然
  • Museum|博物館
  • Traffic light|紅綠燈
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Dialogue 1 接待英文對話

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Tom

Helen

Could you go to the supermarket and buy some food?

Sure, but I don’t know the way. We’ve just moved in.

I’ll give you directions. First, take a right at the end of the street.

Got it.

Next, drive two miles to White Rd. Then take a left onto 14th Street. You will see the supermarket is on the left, next to the bank.

Okay, I will be right back.

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Let’s practice 接待英文練習

Complete the dialogue by choosing the correct answer.

  1.  

A:Excuse me, how can I go to the nearest 7-11 store?

B: ______________.

a) Go straight for two blocks, and then turn left.  b) You should go home.

  1.  

A:I’m lost! How can I get to the nearest bus stop?

B: ______________.

a) The bus is coming!  

b) Just go down the street for 2 minutes walk, then you will see it.

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Dialogue 2 接待英文對話

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Kate

Helen

Excuse me, can you help me? I’m lost!

Certainly, where would you like to go?

I’d like to go to the museum, but I can’t find it. Is it far?

No, not really. It’s about a five-minute walk.

Ok, can you give me directions?

Sure! Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Do you see them?

Yes, I can see them.

Right, at the traffic lights, turn left into Queen Mary Avenue and  go straight. Then take the second left and enter Museum Drive.

First is Queen Mary Avenue, straight on and then the second left, Museum Drive.

Right. Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road.

Great. Thanks again for your help.

Not a problem. You’re welcome.

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Role Play 接待英文對話

Role-play the following situation with your teacher.

  • You are in the school.你在學校。

  • Your teacher is lost in this city. 你的老師在這個城市迷路了。

  • Try to give him/her directions.試著給他/她指示。
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Discussion:接待英文討論

Share your ideas with your teacher.

  1. Do you have a sense of direction? 你有方向感嗎?

  2. If you are lost, do you prefer asking directions from someone, or do you prefer using a google map? 如果你迷路了,你更喜歡向別人問路,還是更喜歡使用谷歌地圖?