Unit 14
Can I smoke here?

海外生活/日常溝通
Oversea life /Daily communication

BRAIN STORM

Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.

Do you smoke cigarettes? Why or Why not?

VOCABULARY

Repeat  these  sentences  after  your  teacher.

1. smoke (v.) 煙
This is a smoke-free zone.
這是一個無菸區。 

2. bars (n.) 酒吧
Do you want to go to the bar?
你想去酒吧嗎? 

3. since (prep.) 因為
Since this is a “No smoking” area, we cannot smoke here.
由於這是一個“禁止吸煙”的區域,因此我們不能在這裡吸煙。 

4. ago (adv.) 前
I stopped smoking cigarettes 3 months ago.
我三個月前停止抽煙。 

5. outside (n.) 外面
Please smoke outside and not here.
請在外面吸煙,不要在這裡吸煙。 

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

I’m sorry sir, but  you  can’t  smoke here.
對不起,先生,你不能在這裡抽煙。

Oh, I thought I could smoke in bars.
哦,我以為我可以在酒吧抽煙。

Sorry sir, all New York City bars are smoke-free.
對不起,先生,紐約市所有的酒吧都是無煙的。

Really? Since when?
真的?什麼時候開始的?

Since about 10 years ago. But you can smoke outside if you want.
從大約10年前開始。但是,如果你想的話,你可以在外面抽煙。

Ok. I’ll do that.
好。我會的

Let's Practice

Make it right.

A : _________.
B : Oh, I thought I could smoke in bars.

1.I am sorry sir but you cannot smoke here.
2.I am sorry sir but do not ever smoke here.

A : But you can smoke outside if you want.
B : ________.

1.Ok, I’ll do that.
2.I stopped smoking cigarettes 3 months ago.

______ about 10 years ago.

1.Since
2.When

But you can _______ outside.

1.smoke
2.running

here.     I’m      smoke     sorry      sir     can’t     you     but

_________________________________

Since      Really ?     when?

________________________________________________

DISCUSSION

Make a conversation with your teacher.

1.How do you ask permission to smoke from someone you do not know?
2.How would you react if she / he does not like you smoking?