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Unit 5 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? Ⅰ . Analysis of the Teaching Material 1. Status and Function In this unit, students learn to talk about how to ask for information politely. The topic is very interesting and practical. It is very useful for students to use the topic to municate with others in their daily life. It’s also helpful for students to improve their speaking ability. All the students can learn some spoken English more or less. (1) The first period mainly gives students listening and oral practice using the target language Excuse me. Can you please tell me where 1 can get a dictionary? Sure. There’s a bookstore on River Road. (2)The activities in the second period give students more listening and oral practice as well as grammar focus to practise the target language. They are helpful to improve students’ listening and speaking skills. (3) In the third period, students learn to get detailed information from an article. It is a basic reading skill, and also it is of great help for students to improve their reading skill. (4) The fourth period not only introduces some new words but also provides students with many different kinds of activities. In this class, students learn to give advice to people who have difficulty in travelling. Students tell the people where they should go using the target language. (5)A lot of practice is designed in the fifth period to train students’ reading and writing skills. (6)All the activities in the last period in this unit are used to provide writing practice using the target language. 2. Teaching Aims and Demands (1)Knowledge Objects In this unit, students learn to talk about how to ask for information politely and how to give advice to thos