Would you mind turning down the music?

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Would you mind turning down the music?
Unit 7
SECTION B
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Review!
Would you mind keeping the room clean ?
Not at all . Ill do it right away .
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Review!
Of course not . Lets help you .
Would you mind helping me cross the road?
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Review!
Could you please help me ?
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Review!
Would you mind not playing the computer games ?
Sorry . I really enjoy it.
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Review!
Would you mind getting up ?
1100 am
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Review!
Review!
Would you mind turning off the TV?
Of course not .
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Review!
Would you mind not smoking here?
Sorry, I wont do it any more.
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Review!
Would you mind stopping singing ?
Sorry . We will go and sing in the club.
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SECTION B

• 1a Have you ever complained about these
  things? Would you ever complain about them?

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Your barber gave you a terrible haircut.
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The store clerk gave you the wrong size.
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Your friend were late.
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The movie was terrible. Your best friend said it
was great.
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The waitress brought you the wrong food.
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The pen you bought didnt work.
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1b Group work

• Make a list of other things you have
  complained about. Then rank the items from the
  most to the least annoying.

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2a Listen and number the sentences in the order
you hear them in activity 1a.
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2
3
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2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in the
chart.
Places Problems Solutions
clothing store
ordered a hamburger with French fries but only got a hamburger
will get a new pen
got the wrong size shirt
will get a smaller shirt
restaurant
will bring some French
shore
got a pen that doesnt write
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2c PAIRWORK
Look at the problems. Role play the requests with
your partner.
B Not at all. Here you are.
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PAIRWORK
Look at the problems. Role play the requests with
your partner.
B Im so sorry. Ill bring it to you right away.
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PAIRWORK
Look at the problems. Role play the requests with
your partner.
A I bought this pen here, but its not good.
B Whats the problem?
A It doesnt work. Would you mind giving me a
new one?
B Not at all. Here you are.
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Activity 1
Tell your classmate your annoyance.
Name place Problem Action


In the classroom
Classmates dont return my eraser.
I dont lend it to them again.
Tom
For example
A What annoys you in the classroom?
Tom I get annoyed when Classmates dont return
my eraser. A What do you do
? Tom I dont lend it to them again.
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Activity 2
Words and useful expressions
annoy n. ??????
polite adj. ???????
annoyed adj. ?????? get annoyedget angry
perhaps adv. ????
wait in line ????
get mad ??(get angry)
all the time ????
try to do sth. ?????? try not to do sth.
?????? try sth. ????? try
doing sth. ???????
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Activity 3 Reading
Read the article for the first time.
(3a on page 56 )
Read the article. Underline the things that annoy
people. Circle what people do when annoying
things happen.
annoy n. ??????
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I cant stand it!
wait in line ????
I dont like waiting in line when a shop
assistant has a long telephone conversation. When
that happens, I usually say, Would you mind
helping me? And I dont like it when shop
assistants follow me around. Then I say, Could
you please not follow me around? Ill ask you if
I need some help. Usually the shop assistants
say they are sorry, but sometimes they get mad.
If that happens, I wont go back to that store
again.
get mad ??(get angry)
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I get annoyed when someone talks to me while
Im reading. This happens to me all the time in
the school library. When it happens, I usually
talk to the person because I want to be polite.
But because Im polite, people dont know Im
annoyed. So they do the same thing again. Perhaps
in the future I should try not to be so polite.
annoyed adj. ?????? get annoyedget angry
all the time ????
perhaps adv. ????
polite adj. ???????
try to do sth. ?????? try not to do sth.
?????? try sth. ????? try
doing sth. ???????
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3a. True or False

1. The girl doesnt care if she waits in line. ( )
2. When the shop assistant is having a long
   telephone conversation, she often waits. ( )
3. She usually asks the shop assistant not to
   follow her around politely. ( )
4. When the shop assistant gets mad, she will never
   go to that store again. ( )

F
F
T
T
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True or False ?

• 5. To the boy, it is usually happens that someone
  talks to him while he was reading in the library.
  ( )
• 6. He usually refuses to talk with the person (
  )
• 7. Perhaps in the future, he should try not to be
  so polite .( )

T
F
T
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• 3a. Read the passage, answer the following
  questions.
• When a shop assistant has a long conversation,
  what does the writer usually say?
• __________________________________
• 2. When a shop assistant follows me around, What
  does the writer say?
• _________________________________________
• 3. If the shop assistant get mad, what does the
  writer do?
• If that happens, _____________________________
  _.
• 4. What does the writer do when someone talks to
  him while he is reading? Why?
• ________________________________________________
  __.

He says, would you mind helping me?
He says, Could you please not follow me around?
he wont go back to that store again.
He usually talks to the person, because he wants
to be polite.
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3b Look at the pictures. Imagine you are the
people in the pictures. Complete the sentences.
Activity 4
I get annoyed when someone stands in the subway
door. When this happens,

I_______________________________
___________. I get annoyed when people cut in
line. When this happens,

I__________________________
_________________.
would say,Would you mind standing a little
inside?
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may say, Could you please not cut in line?
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Act
Act
Activity 5
Imagine you are the people in the article or
else.Please role play the article and more .
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mind wait follow order turn down
SELF CHECK
turn down
1. Im trying to sleep. Could you
the music, please? 2. Im going to be a
bit late. Could you ask the bus driver to
for five minutes? 3. Would you
closing the door? Its cold outside. 4. I dont
know the way to the sports club. Can I _______
you? 5. Sorry, I my
food half an hour ago and it hasnt arrived
yet.
wait
mind
follow
ordered
has not
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Translation
SELF CHECK
1.????????????
Would you mind doing the housework?
2.?,??????
Not at all . I will do it right now .
3.?????????? ?,????
Would you mind helping me with my English?
OK,lets begin .

• ????????????
• ????.

Could you please turn off the light before you
leave the classroom? Sure.
has not
5. ??????????????
I get annoyed when I lose my keys.
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Look at the picture, and complete the letter.
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Harris
Dear Mr. And Mrs. ______, Welcome to our
neighborhood. I am a middle school student. I
have much homework to do every night. I must
study hard for my tests. I need your help. Would
you mind ______________________________? Could
you please ______________________________? Please
____________________________. Would you mind not
_______________________. I really appreciate
if you will do these for me. Thanks again.

Yours sincerely,
___________
not playing the music so loudly
ask your child not to play football at home
dont play the violin and sing so loudly
talking on the phone loudly
Jenny
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Homework
Dear _____,
Welcome to our neighborhood. Would you mind
not ________ ________________________ ___________
_____________ _________________________ __________
_______________.
There is a new family next door. Write a polite
letter complaining about three things.
Yours sincerely, ____________
Write your own composition.
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Task
This month is the Polite Month in our school.
Some students have bad behaviors. You are the
member of the Volunteer Group, try to find these
bad behaviors out and talk with the students who
have them in a polite way. Lets make our school
better!
Discuss in groups and then write them on the
paper.
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Thank you very much!
Goodbye