Unit11The sound of the world speaking

荷中 刘清忠

Useful expressions

Asking for advice

Can you help me decide...?

Could you please... ?

Can I ask you for some advice?

What can you suggest?

Would you like to...?

Giving adviceMaybe you could...?

Maybe it would be better to...

How /What about...?

Why not do sth?

Why don’t you do sth?

1. suggestion [C] n.: an idea of what you

might do in a particular set of

conditions.

e.g. Can I make a suggestion?

My suggestion is that we (should)

send a few people to help the other

groups.

2. advice (U) n.: a suggestion on about what

someone should do.

e.g. a piece of advice

some (much, pieces of) advice

They gave some advice (a piece of

advice) on our work.

Let’s ask for the teacher’s advice on

our English study.

If you take/follow my advice and study

hard, you will pass the examination.

3. make a decision: decide

e.g. They couldn’t make a decision

about where to go on holiday.

Am I supposed to make a decision?

4. have sb./sth. in mind (for sth.):

心中有适当的人选 ( 或想做的事 )

e.g.

Do you have anyone in mind for

this job?

你有没有想到什么人可以做这项工作 ?

5. Peter wouldn’t like that:

Here “would” is used to express opinions

politely, not express the past

e.g.

-- How about going to the cinema this

evening?

---That’s fine./That will be fine./That would

be fine.

Tomorrow morning isn’t/won’t/ wouldn’t

be very convenient.

This kind of food wouldn’t agree with

you.

Listen and practice

Choose one of the situations on P72 to

create your own dialogues.

Situation 1

A: Hello, Jack! You look worried. Do

you need help?

B: Yes, I do. I want to find a good song to

dance to. Could you choose one for me?

A: Sure. That depends on the kind of your

dancing. When will you need it?

B: On Saturday evening. We need a slow

and soft song to dance to.

A: I think you can play the famous song

“Edelweiss”( 雪绒花 ). It’s not fast.

B: It’s a good song, but we want to play the

song at the end of the party.

A: Hm. How about “Auld Lang Syne”( 友谊地久天长 )? It’s also an excellent song to

dance to.

B: That’s a good idea. Thank you.

Complete the following dialogue.

M: Hello, Jack. Can I ask you for

___________?

J: _________.

M: Well, I’ve recently started biology. I’m

tired of so much reading. I want to

improve, but I don’t know how. What

can you _______?

some adviceOf course

suggest

J: Well, maybe ________ use the lab in

your free class. I ______ you ask Mr.

Wu.

M: Well, yes. But I don’t want to do

anything alone.

J: I’ve got an idea. __________ doing a

tomato experiment?

you couldsuggest

What about

M: Why don’t you do the experiment? I’m

sure you would do it really well.

J: OK. I’ve got a better idea. ________ do it

together.

Why not

Homework

Read about the situation in Talking

P146, then use one of the situations to

create a dialogue to practise making

suggestions and giving advice.