内容正文:
Exploring English
Developing ideas P26-28
forum
resource
misadventure
remind
rather
comment
frog
throat
have a frog in one's throat
n. (因特网上的)论坛,讨论区
n. 资料,教学资源
n. 事故,灾难
v. 提醒,使......想起
adv. 相当,颇
n. 评论
n. 蛙, 青蛙
n. 喉咙,咽喉
(尤因喉咙痛)说话困难
downtown
boot
entrance
section
exit
actually
downstairs
wicked
odd
adj. 在城镇中心区的,
在闹市区的
n. 靴子
n. 大门(口), 入口(处)
n. 区域
n. 出口
adv. 事实上;实际上
adv. 在楼下
adj. 缺德的,邪恶的;
很棒的,极好的
adj. 奇特的;古怪的
negative
error
intend
informal
recognise
base
aware
be aware of
adj. 消极的,负面的
n. 错误,谬误
v. 计划,打算
adj. (书写或言谈)非正式的
v. 认识,辨认
v. 以......为基础
adj.意识到的,明白的
意识到,察觉到
Read the dialogue and guess the meaning of “big potatoes”.
-You know what, the guy we were talking with is a big potato in our company.
-You don't say!(不会吧?
真的吗?)
big potatoes: very important figures or
someone of a high status in a field.
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 the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
Can you think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings?
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
Task
4
Work in groups. Read the four posts again and try to find the clue words.
clue words
Can you find out the clue words according to the meanings of the misunderstood words or expressions in their stories?
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
Summary
How did you make it in guessing the difficult words and expressions in their misadventures?
By using context clues.
(语境 、上下文线索 )
事故、灾难
造成误解
论坛公告
发布具体问题
拓展知识
上课
声音嘶哑
市中心的购物中心
冬靴
信息台
在入口处
在楼下的一楼
邪恶的,极好的
奇怪的
获得正面评价
cause misunderstandings
forum announcement
post specific questions
broaden knowledge
take class
have a frog in her froat
downtown shopping centre
winter boot
information desk
at the entrance
downstairs on the ground floor
wicked
odd
get a positive comment
misadventure
Misadventures in English
Last week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stroies about using English. We didn’t expect to get so many posts帖子! Here are some of our favourites喜欢的人或事, to remind提醒 us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather相当 different from the English in the outside world!
学英语的不幸经历
Yancy:
People say that the British always play safe with小心谨慎地处理某事,以避免风险或危险 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?
人们说英国人对于吃的东西总是安全至上。(事实)并非如此!我曾参加过曼彻斯特的一个暑期班,当时我的英语老师叫Maggie。一天,另一个老师代我们课。他告诉我们说Maggie那天不能教课,因为她喉咙里有一只青蛙(had a frog in her throat表示因喉咙疼导致说话困难)。可怜的Maggie,但是她为什么要吃一个这么大的青蛙吗?
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 to 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??
当我在纽约游览时,我去了一个闹市的商业中心买冬鞋。在入口的咨询台,我问一位女士鞋区在哪里。她说在一楼。所以我就去了一楼,但是却没有看到任何鞋子。我决定离开。当我找出口时,看到鞋区实际上是在底层而不是一楼。她为什么要给我假信息呢?(备注:美国first floor指在地面的楼层,和中国的一楼一样,而英国则用ground floor表示一楼,用first floor表示地面上边的一层,即我们所说的二楼。)
Julien
I’ve got an English penfriend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. He had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”. But when I met his grandfather, I liked hime a lot. I found it very odd. Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?
我有一个英国笔友,这个暑假我在伦敦见到了他。他告诉我说他的爷爷“really wicked”(真的很邪恶)。但是当我见到他爷爷时,我非常喜欢他。我感觉很奇怪。我的朋友为什么要用一个贬义词来形容他爷爷呢?
(备注:wicked在非正式场合还可以表示极好的)
Zheng Xu
The British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange programme between a univeristy in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there weren’t any errors in my paper.
英国人的标准肯定很高。我曾是一所英国大学和我的中国大学一个交流项目的参与者。我花了数天时间准备英语论文。我知道我做的很好,期望能得到积极的评价。当我拿回论文时,却发现老师给我的评价是“不坏!” (仅仅是)不坏?但是我的论文没有任何错误。
COLLECTIONS
1. 学英语有困难 2. 一门疯狂的语言
3. 对一种语言独有的疯狂感到惊奇
4. 遇到很多不熟悉的单词 5. 从语境中理解彼此 6.
online English-learning forums
7. a negative word
8. prepare and write my first English paper
9. a positive comment 10. 使某人回忆起
11. 小人物 12. 花露水
13. 乱七八糟 14. 园艺高手
15. 多加把劲,努力改进 16. (尤因咽喉疼)说话困难
17. burn up/down 18. fill in/out a form 19. wind up 20. the other way around
21. be made up of 22. 被称作
23. 意识到,觉察到 24. 令某人震惊的是 25. 期待,期盼
Part 1
Ⅰ. 1. behaviour 2. reflects 3. creative
4. confusing; confused 5. opposing
Ⅱ. 1. off 2. up/down 3. up
4. in 5. in/out
4.
This is why regular exercise is important in keeping fit.
Part 2
词汇
1. to be contacted 2. types 3. likely 4. context 5. subway
语法
Ⅰ. 1. organizations 2. unfamiliar 3. additions 4. enrich 5. sculpture
Ⅲ. 1. rainbow 2. homesick 3. childhood
4. hometown 5. outgoing 6. downtown
7. apartment 8. pineapples
Part 3
Ⅰ. 1. reminded 2. negative 3. based 4. recognised 5. intended
Ⅱ. 1. misadventure 2. actually 3. informal 4. errors 5. resources
Ⅲ. 1. had a frog in my throat 2. was aware of 3. play safe with 4. At the entrance
5. spent much time practising
阅读理解1-4 BCAA
完形填空1-5 CBDCB 6-10 ADCBA 11-15BADCD
七选五1-5 GECFA
Quickly go through the passage and finish task 1.
Task
1
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
Check your answers!
Task
2
Answer the question.
Which of the statement is true according to the passage?
a “The first floor” in America may be called “the ground floor” in another countries.
b When we say someone is “wicked”, we only want to show the person is bad.
c If you want to go to “The first floor” in England when you enter a building, you should go upstairs.
d In China, we use “Not bad!” to show something is good.
the UK
very good, fantastic
Not bad and not good
Read the passage again and finish the following tasks.
Task
3
Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitions to the posts.
a (British English) the floor of a building above the one
at ground level;
(American English) the floor of a building at ground
level
b pretty good, better than you expected
c unable to speak clearly for a short time because your
throat is dry or blocked
d morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal)
very good, fantastic
3
P22
Sophie’s post
Zheng Xu’s post
Julien’s post
Check your answers!
the first floor
Not bad
have a frog in one's throat
Yancy’s post
wicked
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