Directions
Asking where services are
located
09-25-2012
Asking for directions
• Do you know how to get to the train
station, please?
• Can you tell me the way to the nearest
bus stop, please/
• I’m looking for the Language Center. Do
you know how to get there?
• Excuse me, is there a post office around
here?
• Where is the …
Giving Directions
Left
Right
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Go left
Turn left
It’s on the left
Take a left
Take the second
(turning) on the left.
Go right
Turn right
It’s on the right
Take a right
Take the second
(turning) on the right
Giving Directions
Ahead
• Go ahead
• Go straight ahead
• Go straight on
• Go straight down the street.
Location
across from
near
between
Just before
just past
next to
on the corner
just after
behind
Answer
Transcripts
subway station
pharmacy
Answer
fifth
bank
Transcripts
Key phrases
Asking for directions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
How far away is …
Thanks.
I am looking for …
Is this the …
I was told there is a…
Where can I find …
Is the bank on this
side of the street?
Giving directions
1. It’s just around the
corner.
You’re welcome.
2. There’s one across the
street.
It’s between … and …
3. Yes, it is.
I think it is up on the fifth
floor.
4. There’s a bank two
blocks down the street.
Yes, it is.
Just go straight down
the street.
Listening activity
Listen to the
conversation.
Which building
is the nearest
post office to
your location?
Transcript and Answer
A: Hello, excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the
nearest Post Office?
B: Erm, yea, sure – you go straight up this street. Take the
second turn on the right. Keep going along there, across
one junction, and it’s right there on your left.
A: Thanks
B: Oh, no, hang on, wait a minute, there’s a closer one.
Walk up this street, take the first left and there’s a Post
Office on your right at the next junction, sorry, I forgot
about that one.
A: Thanks again
Answer:
There are two Post Offices. One is building F but the
nearest is building N
Speaking practice
Useful terms:
• Roundabout,
traffic circle
圓環
• Intersection
十字路口
References
1. BBC Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learnin
genglish/radio/specials/1212_how_to_ins
truct/
2. Map of Tainan City extracted
from:http://pic.pimg.tw/angelofsan/12034
25157.jpg