内容正文:
Unit2 Exploring English
——Developing ideas
1
Before reading
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
What's up?
ring a bell
small potatoes
toilet water
at sixes and sevens
green fingers
Guessing Games
pull up one’s socks
What’s going on?
to sound familiar (听起来耳熟)
sth. unimportant or insignificant (小人物,小角色)
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell( 花露水)
in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation (乱七八糟)
natural ability in
growing plants
(园艺高手)
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough (努力工作,重新再做)
Did you guess them correctly?
Now let's read the passage and find more words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
pay attention to the pictures in the text
Learning to learn
Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learning resource. Not only can you post specific questions, but you can also broaden your knowledge by reading posts from other English learners around the world.