Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas 语言点讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Misadventures in English 英语尴尬事 Last week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn’t expect to get so many posts. Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world! 上周，我们在论坛里问大家在使用英语时是否遇到过什么有趣或者离奇的事情。我们没想到会收到这么多回帖。以下是我们最喜欢的几篇，它们让我们意识到，有些在课堂上学到的英语和在课堂之外使用的英语真是不太一样！ 1) misadventure:n.灾难 adventure n.冒险 2) forum:n.论坛 3) expect to do:期待做某事 【写作】You are expected to take effective measures to solve the problem. 4) post:n.邮件；职位；帖子 v.邮寄；上传，发布；张贴 poster n.海报 postman n.邮递员 post office邮局 5) remind:v.提醒；使想起 remind sb. of提醒某人某事 remind sb. to do提醒某人做某事 reminder n.提醒物 6) rather:adv.相当，颇 rather than 而不是 or rather 更确切的说 would rather do than do宁愿做而不愿做 7) be different from:和...不同 Yancy: People say that the British always play safe 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 throat. Poor Maggie—but why did she try to eat such a big frog? 扬西：都说英国人吃东西很谨慎。才不是呢！我在曼彻斯特参加过一个暑期培训班，我的英语老师叫玛吉。有一天，另外一位老师来给我们代课。他说玛吉老师没法来上课，因为她的喉咙里卡了一只青蛙。可怜的玛吉老师——可是她为什么要吃这么大的青蛙呢？ 135 comments 135条评论 1) play safe with:谨慎对待 2) have a frog in one’s throat:嗓子疼 3) poor:adj.可怜的 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 section 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 actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information？X-( 索菲娅：第一次去纽约时，我去市中心一家购物中心买冬靴。我在入口处问服务台的女士卖鞋的地方在哪里。她说在二楼，于是我上到二楼，但并没有找到鞋子，所以决定离开。就在我找出口的时候，我发现鞋区是在一楼，不在二楼。她为什么告诉我错误的信息？X-( 128 comments 128条评论 1) down