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Where is the Closest Gas Station?
Sometimes you want to go to a certain place, but it is a difficult one to reach for.
Meanwhile, not every place is covered in the online map. Therefore, you have to ask
for direction to other people. In turn, you can give direction of a place to a stranger
when he or she needs it. In this section, you will learn about it.
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Contents
A. Let’s Talk
B. Build Your Knowledge
C. Learn the Model
D. Let’s Learn Together
E. Show Off
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A. Let’s Talk
Sometimes we need to go to some places but we don’t know how to
get there. When we are in this situation, we can ask for directions.
What have you known about asking for and giving directions? What
do you want to learn about asking for and giving directions? What
have you learnt about asking for and giving directions? Write your
answers in the following chart.
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B. Build Your Knowledge
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. What does the picture show?
2. What does the man do?
3. What does the woman probably say to the man?
4. What probably happens to the man?
5. If you were the man, what would you do? Give more explanation.
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Match the pictures with the words in the box. • bridge
• police station
• traffic light
• roundabout
• entrance
• pedestrian crossing
• crossroad
• gas station
• T-junction
• train station
• exit
• sidewalk
• church
• shopping center
• mosque
• flyover
• airport
• harbor
• industrial center
• tower
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Match the pictures with the cardinal points in the box.
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C. Learn the Model
Listen to the conversation read by your teacher (Script 8.1) and tick
the correct answers.
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Listen to the conversation again (Script 8.1) and give numbers (1–
8) to arrange the jumbled directions into the correct order.
You will see a cinema on the south side of the road.
May I ask you to get to the closest gas station?
It’s about two blocks from here.
It will take you 5 minutes to get there.
No, it isn’t far.
That place is very close to the gas station.
Is it far?
Go along the street until you reach the traffic lights.
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D. Let’s Learn Together
Make a map from the school to your house in the following box.
Make a dialogue with a friend based on the situation below and
practice the dialogue.
Situation: Your friend wants to go to your house but she/he does
not know how to get to your house. Your friend asks you to tell
him/her how to get to your house from the school and you give
him/her the direction.
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E. Show Off
Work in pair to play a role based on the situation below.
You should use some properties (such as a zoo map) for
the best role play. Please, remember that the conver-
sation must include greeting, asking for directions,
giving directions, thanking, and leave taking.
Situation: You are a zoo keeper. At the entrance, you give
visitors maps of the zoo. One of the visitors asks you the
best way to get all places in the zoo.
