3.12 Finding the way

1. How to ask someone the way:

Excuse me

can could

you tell me

the way to where ... is how to get to

please

b) How to say you are unable to give directions:

I'm sorry	I don't know I've no idea	(I'm a stranger here myself)
I'm afraid	I don't know I can't help you

3. How to give directions:

Go straight Walk Carry on		up down			this		road street
Go along
until you	come get		to a			post office. Set of traffic lights. Church.
As far as						crossroads.
Then turn		left		into at				(Harold Road) (Green Street) (Cherry Avenue)
		right		at the next				crossroads. Junction set of traffic lights. post office, etc.
Then take the		first second third				turning road			on the left (right)
Then turn (left), then (right).

And it's at the end of the (that) road, on the left (right).

d) How to give an idea of distance:

It's not (very) far. Only about (5 minutes) from here. Quite hear here (actually)

It won't take you long to get there It'll only take about (10 minutes)

3.13 Read the following dialogues. Mind the conversational units. Make up your own dialogues on analogy.

1. - What can I do for you?

- Could you give me some information?

- Gladly.

(show the quickest way to the station; help me with the papers; go on business instead of me; examine the device thoroughly.)

2. - Do you see that large building on the corner?

- The one with the flag?

- That's right.

(that young tall man - at the window; the yellow building opposite the shop - with the big clock; the book on the shelf - with a green cover; that young chemist - talking to the professor.)

3. - Where is the police station?

- At the end of the street. Go straight ahead.

(the railway station, the bus-stop, the nearest underground station, Lenin street - round the corner, two blocks away from here, far away from here);

4. - Where is the hospital?

- The hospital is two blocks from here just before you come to the main highway.

(Opera and Ballet House; Central Department Store; the nearest cinema hall.)

5. - Where is a newspaper stand near here?

- There's one on the corner.

(a grocery shop, a post-office; a self-service canteen; a drugstore - on the opposite side of the street; a couple of blocks from here; at the end of the street; over there);

6. - Why don't you buy yourself a guidebook?

- That's not a bad idea.

(leave it till tomorrow; consult a radio engineer; gather the

necessary information first; ask our lab assistant for help)