Ex. 1. Make up similar dialogues asking someone the right way. Here are some models.
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Language Function
Reinforcing Vocabulary
Vocabulary File
Part B
a) You need to get somewhere
| Words and word combination | Translation |
| pick up, v way, n lose/find/make one's ~ on the ~ go all the ~ (to) For your personal vocabulary ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... ..................................................................................... |
| Asking the way | Showing the way |
| – Excuse me, could you tell me the way… show me the way… tell me how to get… direct me to… - What is the fastest way to get to…? - Am I going in the right direction? - Should I go this way? - What line do I take to…? - Where is the entrance to…? | - Yes, certainly, follow this road for 100 yards, turn sharp left, then second right, go down the street. It's on the right. - It's round the corner/on the corner/next to. - Take a second turn on the left. - Go straight ahead for … blocks. - The last stop but one. - It's about ten minutes walk from here. - First right, then left. |
- Excuse me, sir. Which is the right/shortest way to Scaryna Avenue/the railway station/the Central post office/the Gorky Park, etc.?
- Go down the street and then turn left/right/round. You'll see it.
- Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the Opera and Ballet House, please?
- Have you got a map?
- Oh, yes.
- Right. You are here in Kupala street. Go towards the city hospital. There's a little road on the right. Go down that road, leave M. Bogdanovich monument and behind if you can see the Opera and Ballet house. You can't miss it.
- Excuse me, could you help me?
- Yes, of course, what's it?
- I want to catch a 51 bus and I'm trying to find the bus stop. Do you know where is it?
- Oh, yes, right. It's two hundred meters away on the right, outside the book shop.
- Thanks very much.
- That's O.K.
- Excuse me, could you help me?
- Yes, of course, what's it?
- Could you tell me the stop for the 51, please?
- Yes, right. It's two hundred meters away on the right, near the book shop.
- Thanks a lot.
- That's OK.
- Excuse me, is there a bank in the hotel?
- No, there isn't. But there is one in the next street. Turn left when you leave the hotel and take the first street to the left. The bank is number 27 on the right.
Ex. 2. Explain your friend how to get:
- to 31 Kirov street;
- from the suburbs to the center of your city;
- to the central library;
- from the railway station to the central hotel;
- to the stadium;
- to the airport.
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