Would you mind turning down the music?

1. Unit 7 Would you mind turning down the music? Period 4

2. free talk 1. What always bothers you? 2. Have you complained about things? 3. What will you say if that happens?

3. smoke in public put out the cigarette 把烟熄灭 Could you please notsmoke in public? Would you mind putting out the cigarette?

4. Speak loudly keep ….down 控制，压低 Could you please notspeak loudly? Would you mind keeping your voice down in public places?

5. wait in line Cut in line What’s the problem? When this happens, what will you do? Could you please notcut in line? Would you mind waiting in line?

6. A shop assistant has a long telephone conversation Would you mind helpingme?

7. Someone talks to me while I’m reading in the library Would you mindnot talkingto me while I’m reading?

9. True or False F The girl doesn’t care if she waits in line.( ) When the shop assistant is having a long telephone conversation, she often waits.( ) She usually asks the shop assistant not to follow her around politely. ( ) When the shop assistant gets mad, she will never go to that store again.( ) F T T • What annoys the girl? • When this happens, what will she do ?

10. True or False • To the boy, it is always happens that someone talks to him while he was reading in the library. ( ) • He usually refuses to talk with the person ( ) • Perhaps in the future, he should try not to be so polite . ( ) T F T • What annoys the boy? • When this happens, what will he do ?

11. 2.  I get annoyed when people cut in line. When this happens, 1. I get annoyed when someone stands in subway door. When this happens, I usually say, “Would you mind waiting in line? It’s not polite to cut in line.” I usually say,“Would you mind not standing here? / Would you mind not standing in the subway door?”

12. What are the other things that are annoying ? At the restaurant 1.Order one food but get other kind. When it happens, say to the waitress _____________________________________ 2.Wait for quite a long time to get the food. When it happens, say to the waitress _____________________________________ 3. The dishes aren’t clean enough. When it happens, say to the waitress ______________________________________ Would you mind changing the right food? Would you mind being quicker? Would you mind bringing me a new dish?”

13. At home 1. Neighbors play music too loud When this happens, say to him/her ____________________________________ 2. Children make much noise． When this happens, say to them _____________________________________ 3. Neighbor upstairs throw litter out of the window When this happens, say to them Would you mind turning your music down? Would you mind keeping your voices down? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Would you mind not throwing anything out of the window? It is very dangerous to people outside and it makes our surroundings dirty.

14. In the clothing store 1.The shop assistant is cold to me When this happens, say to her _____________________________________ 2.The shop assistant follows me around all the time. _____________________________________ 3. Get larger size shirt _____________________________________ Would you mind helping me ? Could you please not follow me around? Could you please get me a small one?

15. At School 1.Someone talks to me when I am doing homework ______________________________________ 2.Someone drops litters everywhere. ______________________________________ 3. Someone spits everywhere. _______________________________________ ________________________________________ 4. Someone talks loudly when the teachers is giving a lesson. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Would you mind waiting for a moment? Would you mind picking it up? Would you mind not spitting anywhere? You have to care for the environment. Would you mind stopping talking?You have to listen to teachers carefully.

16. Find out some of the things that annoys your classmates and fill the chart. What is the most common problem? What do different students do for them? A: What annoys you, Lin Zheng? B: I get annoyed when my classmates borrow my eraser and don’t return it. A: What do you do? B: I say, “Would you mind returning my eraser?” Lin Zheng gets annoyed when his classmates don’t return his eraser…. Report

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

18. My neighbors Write a politeletter 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, ____________ How to make request(请求) Please……. Could you please +V原….. Would you mind ＋V-ing….. Would you mind not ＋V-ing.. turn down the music /not play soccer in the room/not talking on the phone too loud /not play the guitar

19. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Welcome to our neighborhood. You must be excited to be I a new house. However, would you mind nottelephoning 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

20. Homework Write an article about your partner and classmates’ problem and their solution after you make a survey.

21. Goodbye