Unit 11. Traveling around Vietnam

Unit11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson2: Speak + Listen
1. Speak
Use “mind” in requests.
Can you find some requests with “mind” in “listen and read”?
Would you mind sitting in the front sit of the taxi, Mr. Jones?
Would you mind if I took a photo?
* Do you mind closing
the door?
* Would you mind opening
the windows?
* Do you mind if I take
a photo?
* Would you mind if I took
a photo?
*No, I don’t mind.
*No, of course not.
*Not at all.
*Please do.
*Please go ahead.
*I’m sorry, I can’t.
*I’m sorry, that is not possible.
*I’d prefer you didn’t.
*I’d rather you didn’t.
Do you mind + V_ing?
Would you mind + V_ing?
Do you mind if I + V?
Would you mind if I + Ved/ V2?
Work with a partner. Look at the information about your role and use it to make requests and suggestions.
Student A
(a tourist on vacation in HCMC)

Want to visit:
A market
The zoo
A museum
A restaurant

Useful expressions:
Would you mind if I asked you a question?
I want to visit a market?
Do you mind suggesting one?
Thank you very much.
Student B
(a tourist information officer)

Places to suggest:
Thai Binh Market/Ben Thanh Market
Zoo and Botanical Garden
History Museum.
Good Food Vietnamese Restaurant.
Lucky’s Ice-Cream Cafe’
Useful expressions:
No, I don’t mind.
How about going to Thai Binh Market?
I suggest going to Ben Thanh Market.
Example:
Would you mind if I asked you a question?
No, I don’t mind.


I want to visit a market?
Do you mind suggesting one?


How about going to Thai Binh Market?
(I suggest going to Thai Binh Market.)

Thank you very much.

You’re welcome.
Make some more examples?
Do you mind opening the windows?
No, I don’t mind.
Would you mind turning on the fan?
No, of course not.
Do you mind if I turn off the lights?
Please do.
Would you mind if I turned off the lights?
Please go ahead.
Unit11: TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
Lesson2: Speak + Listen
Speak
Listen.
Match the places in the box to their correct positions on the map



a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Bus station
Hotel
Temple
Pagoda
Restaurant
Restaurant
Hotel
Bus station
Pagoda
Temple
True or False?
1) The restaurant is on Ho Tay Road.
2) The hotel is on Da Lat Street.
3) The bus station is opposite the Tourist Information Center.
4) The Mrs. Jones is going to walk over the bride.
5) The temple and the pagoda are on the same road.
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HOMEWORK
Practice making requests with “mind”.
Prepare for “Read”.

Thanks for your attention!
Goodbye!