内容正文:
Section Ⅲ Using language & Developing ideas
…………………………………………………………………………………◎
①misadventure/mΙsəd'ventʃə/n.事故,灾难
adventure n.冒险;冒险经历
②expect v.预料,预期,预计
expect to do sth.期待做某事
expectation n.预料;预期;期待
③favourite n.熟词生义 特别喜爱的东西
④remind/rΙ'maΙnd/v.提醒,使……想起
⑤comment/'kɒment/n.评论
⑥share v.熟词生义 把自己的想法(或经历、感情)告诉(某人)
⑦play safe 谨慎行事,避免冒险
⑧have a frog in one's throat(尤因喉咙痛)说话困难
throat/θrəʊt/n.咽喉,喉咙a sore throat 咽喉痛
⑨poor adj.熟词生义 可怜的,不幸的,令人同情的
⑩boot/buːt/n.靴子
⑪section/'sekʃ(ə)n/n.区域
⑫actually/'æktʃuəli/
adv.事实上,实际上
actual adj.真实的,实际的
⑬wicked/'wΙkΙd/adj.缺德的,邪恶的;很棒的,极好的
⑭negative/'neɡətΙv/adj.消极的,负面的
positive (反)adj.积极乐观的,自信的
⑮standard n.(品质的)标准,水平,规格,规范
meet/reach a standard达到标准
⑯exchange/Ιks'tʃeΙndʒ/n.(学生、教师等的)互访,交换
⑰paper n.[C]熟词生义 (学生的)研究报告,论文
⑱look forward/'fɔːwəd/to期待,盼望
◎…………………………………………………………………………………
Misadventures① in English
Last week,our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English[1].We didn't expect②to get so many posts!Here are some of our favourites③,to remind④us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!
[1]画线部分为if引导的宾语从句,if意为“是否”
366 likes
325 comments⑤
share⑥
favourites
...
Yancy
People say that the British always play safe⑦ with what they eat.Not true!I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie.One day,a different teacher took our class.He told us that Maggie couldn't teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat⑧.Poor⑨ Maggie—but why did she try to eat such a big frog?
135 comments
Sophie
When I first visited New York,I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots.At the information desk at the entrance,I asked a lady where the shoe section⑪ was.She said that it was on the first floor.So I went up to the first floor,but couldn't find any shoes.I decided to leave.When I was looking for the exit,I saw that shoes were actually⑫ sold downstairs on the ground floor,not the first floor.Why did she give me the w