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Unit 2
Exploring English
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Read the dialogue and guess the meaning.
You know what, the guy we were talking with is a big potato in our company.
You don’t say!
A big potatoe: A very important figure or someone of a high status in a field.
Watch the video and talk about the phenomenon with your partner.
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Guessing game
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
at sixes and sevens
My room is at sixes and sevens.
in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation=in a mess
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Guessing game
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
pull up one’s socks
We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties.
to improve your work or behavior
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Guessing game
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
ring a bell
His name rings a bell.
But I can’t remember where we met.
To sound familiar.
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Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
What’s going on?(怎么了?)
sb. unimportant or insignificant (小人物)
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell (花露水)
natural ability in growing plants (园艺高手)
Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
Not bad?
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Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
Prediction
What is the style of this passage?
It is a forum post.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Trouble in learning English.
B.A bad experience.
C.Misunderstandings of English words.
D.The benefit of learning English.
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Look at the word cloud and the picture.
Predict what is talked about in the interview.
Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
Match the definitions to the posts.
Yancy's post
Sophie's post
Julien's post
Zheng Xu's post
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Read the passage again and complete the structure with your group members.
Introduction
Yancy's post
when: last week
where: our forum
what: asked if...
result: so many posts
remind us..
Sophie's post
Julien's post
Zheng Xu's post
topic
where
who
what happend
topic
where
what happend
topic
where
who
what happend
topic
where
who
what happend
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Which post do you find most interesting? Why?
How would you deal with the situations described in the posts?
What examples of Internet language are used in the passage?
What do they mean?
Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for peopple from other countries? Share them with the class.
Think & share
Work in pairs.
Retell the situations in the four posts.
1. remind
remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that/what/how…
remind sb. of sth.
warn sb. of sth.
inform sb. of sth.
练习:
Don't forget to _________ your daughter to playthe piano after class.
remind
提醒某人做某事
提醒某人
提醒某人某事
告诚某人某事
告知某人某事
Vocabulary
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2. comment
make comments on/about
cause/attract/draw comments
ask for comments
offer comments
No comment.
comment on/upon…
练习:
He was annoyed and refused to _________ on the award.
对……作出评论
引来/招来评论
征求意见
提意见
无可奉告
评论……
Vocabulary
comment
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3. entrance
the entrance to
the entrance of the school
gain entrance to
an entrance fee
entrance examinations
练习:
Guests have free _________to the swimming pool and the health club.
entrance
……的入口/ 门口
学校入口处
获得进入……的许可
入场费
入学考试
Vocabulary
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4. negative
have a negative effect on
the negative aspects of ageing
have a negative attitude to/towards
a negative form/sentence
练习:
My drinking was starting to have a _________ effect on my work.
negative
对……有不良影响
衰老的负面问题
对……特消极的态度
否定形式/句
Vocabulary
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5. intend
intend to do sth.= intend doing sth.
intend sb.to do sth.
be intended for…
intend + (that)从句
had intended to do
练习:
What do you intend ___________(do) when you graduate.
to do
打算做某事
打算让某人做某事
是为……而打算/ 设计的
打算……
本打算做……
Vocabulary
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6. basic
base…on/upon…=be based on
base one's opinions on facts
at the base of…
be based on facts
base sth. in
be basic to…
练习:The research group produced two reports ___________ (base) on the survey, but neither contained any useful suggestions.
based
以……为基础 / 根据
某人的观点以事实为依据
以……为基础;在……底部
以事实为依据
将……设在……
是……的基础
Vocabulary
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have a frog
in one’s throat
Misunderstanding
unable to ____________ for a short time, because your throat is dry or blocked.
Maggie ate a ________.
失声,很难发声
big frog
speak clearly
Truth
the first floor
Misunderstanding
在英国,一楼是ground floor,ground floor上面的一层是the first floor
Truth
(UK) the floor of a building ______ the ground level.
above
(US) the floor of a building _____ the ground level.
at
wicked
Misunderstanding
Truth
The word wicked has two meanings, the first is ________and the other is ________. Julien just know the first one.
Julien is odd that why did his friend uses a negative word, _______, about such a nice man?
wicked
fantastic
bad
1. 邪恶的
2. 极好的,很棒的
Not bad
Misunderstanding
Truth
(UK) not bad means _________, better than you expected.
Zheng Xu misunderstands that there are _______ in his paper.
errors
pretty good
不错,很好
Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English
Look at the pictures and talk about the content.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1 Who were the people in the story?
2 Where did the story take place?
3 What happened?
4 What caused the misunderstanding?
They were a girl and her British host family.
lt took place in the girl's British host family's home.
The boy told the girl that they were going to have toad-in-the-hole for dinner.
The girl wasn't sure whether it would be a real toad in a hole.
The qirl didn't know that "toad-in-the-hole" is
actually the name of a dish.
Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English
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Write a paragraph to tell the story.
Use the expressions in the box to help you.
Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English
Last summer, I stayed with a British family. One day, …
Share your story with the class.
Toad-in-the-hole
Toad-in-the-hole is a traditional British dish. It consists of sausages in a Yorkshire pudding mix, usually served with vegetables. The origin of the dish's name isn't quite clear, but a common explanation is that it gets its name because it resembles a toad sticking its head out of a hole.
Last summer, I stayed with a British host family. One day, I was really surprised when Jeremy, the son of the family, told me that we would have toad-in-the-hole for dinner. I wasn't sure whether we were going to eat a real toad in a hole. If so, how terrible! I joined them at dinner time with butterflies in my stomach.
To my astonishment, a dish of sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding (a mix that tastes a bit like pancakes)was served on the table, and it tasted delicious. It turned out that toad-in-the-hole is a typical dish for a British dinner, and there's no toad!
What an amazing experience! It was interesting to try such yummy food with a strange name.
Sample
注意时态
Work in groups. Talk about creative ways to learn English.
List your ideas on a piece of paper.
Activity 1
Choose the most creative idea and prepare a short presentation following the steps below.
Use the expressions in the box to help you.
Activity 2
Present your suggestions to the class.
• Introduce the idea.
• Explain why it is useful.
• Describe what you should do.
Complete your composition.
Complete the reflection section
Homework
See you next class!
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