Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas Warming-up Activity1: Can you guess the meanings of these expressions? Have a try! church mouse Now I am as poor as a church mouse. 我现在真是一贫如洗啊。 dog day The dog days will arrive soon. We’d better install an air conditioner. 三伏天就要来了，我们最好装一个空调。 Warming-up go bananas The drugs have made him go bananas. 毒品使他神魂颠倒。 Warming-up Activity2: Discuss the following expressions and guess the meanings of them. ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up one’s socks to sound familiar something unimportant a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell in a confused, or difficult situation natural ability in growing plants to make an effort to improve your work or behavior because it is not good enough Before reading 听起来耳熟 小人物，小角色 花露水 乱七八糟 园艺高手 加紧努力 Read quickly to get the main idea. Activity 3 What's the main idea of the text? A．Trouble in learning English. B．A bad experience. C．Misunderstandings of English words. D．The benefit of learning English. While reading Quickly go through the passage and answer question 4 Read the four posts (帖子)quickly and find out what puzzled Yancy, Sophie, Julien and Zheng Xu? She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor / the first floor wicked Not bad Activity unable to speak clearly because your throat is dry or blocked; it doesn’t really mean there’s a frog in your throat have a frog in one’s throat 1 Work in groups. Read the four posts again and try to settle their puzzles . clue words What are the meaning of the misunderstood words or expressions in their stories? Can you figure them out? Can you tell me the clue words? 5 Activity the first floor/the ground floor 2 (BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (AmE) the floor of a building at ground level the first floor: clue words I’m an ________. American I’m an ______. English wicked 3 very good, fantastic (informal) clue words not bad 4 pretty good, better than you expected clue words Think & Share. Which post do you find most interesting? Why? Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? Share them with the class. Activity 7 After reading Language points Notes 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! 这是一些我们最喜欢的(帖子)，它们可以提醒我们在课堂上学习的英语与外界的英语是相当不同的！ remind sb. that 1. remind vt. 提醒，使想起 (1) remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事 (2) remind sb. of (doing) sth. 使某人想起（做过）某事;使想起…… (3) remind sb.+ that从句 提醒某人…… 1. remind vt. 提醒，使想起 (1) Please remind him__________(start) early. (2) The pictures reminded me _________ my school days. (3) Please remind me ________ there is an important meeting tomorrow morning. remind sb. of (doing) sth. 使某人想起某事;使想起…… remind sb.+ that从句 提醒某人…… remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事 to start of that 标题字号固定为黑体 34 加粗 白色，副标题字号固定为黑体 28 黑色，正文字号为黑体 24 黑色。版式仅供参考 15 People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. 都说英国人吃东西很谨慎。 (1) The bus might be early, so we’d better play safe and leave now. 公共汽车可能会早到，所以为了保险起见，我们最好现在就动身。 (2) In such things it's always good to play safe. 处理这样的事情总以稳重为好。 2. play safe 采取稳妥措施, 不冒风险 3. recognise v. 认识，辨认出；意识到；承认，认可 recognition n. 认可；认识 Recognise differences between American English and British English. 能够区分英式英语和美式英语之间的差异。 (1) be recognised as/to be... 被认为/被认作是...... ·Lincoln _________________________ one of the greatest presidents in America. 林肯被认为是美国最伟大的总统之一。 is recognized as / to be P32 (2) It is recognised that...人们公认...... _______________________ drug-abuse will cause a huge loss of both life and wealth. 人们一致认为滥用毒品会造成巨大的生命和财产损失。 It is widely recognised that (3) out of/beyond recognition 认不出来，难以辨认 ·My hometown has changed ___________________ since I was last here. 自从我上次离开这里以来，我的家乡已经变得让人认不出来了。 beyond recognition Homework 1、Retell the passage after class 2、Search for more English expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries and share them in the next class. What conflicts have you had with your parents? How did you solve them? Think and Share Ways to solve conflict 1. calm down 2. Think carefully 3. Talk with each other 4.Take good advice 5.Understand each other ... Perform the play with the stage directions. Son Student A Father Student B Grandfather Student C Narrator Student D Role play Post-reading $$