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 年 级：高一 学 科：英语（外研版） 1 Developing ideas Misadventures in English 2 Learning Objectives In this class, you will be able to: 1. understand this passage, including expressions in it; 2. know online forums and features of posts; 3. retell misadventures in the four posts; 4. pay attention to slangs in English contexts. 3 Out to lunch Hey, Liu Yang, it seems that you were out to lunch！ But Miss Lei, I lost my lunch COZ I caught a cold. No, you don’t know what I mean. ... 4 Activity 1 Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. What’s up? ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers put up one’s socks 5 1. — What’s up? — Nothing much. What’s up? What’s going on? 6 2. His name rings a bell. But I can’t remember where we met. ring a bell to sound familiar I think I have heard his name. But I can’t remember where we met. 7 3. In the long river of history, we are all small potatoes. small potatoes something unimportant or insignificant In the long river of history, we are all unimportant people. 8 4. Using toilet water can help you to avoid mosquitos, or flies . toilet water a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell Using perfumed liquid can help you to avoid mosquitos, or flies . 9 5. They held a party last night and everything was at sixes and sevens when the guests left. at sixes and sevens in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation They held a party last night and everything was in a mess when the guests left. 10 6. If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you have to have green fingers. green fingers natural ability in growing plants If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you have to have ability in growing plants. 11 7. We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties. pull up one’s socks to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough We need to strengthen ourselves to struggle with difficulties. 12 Activity 1 Now think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings. butter fingers above water mouse potato five and ten My mother seldom asks for my help in washing dishes, for she is very clear that I’m a butter fingers. someone who move hands in an awkward way He tried so hard to keep himself above water. get out of trouble I can’t believe he spends 8 hours a day on the Internet. He’s such a mouse potato. someone who spends a lot of time in front of the computer In a five-and-ten you can buy all manner of things. stores that sell good bargains 13 Activity 2 Read the passage and find the words and expressions that confused different people. had a frog in her throat the first floor wicked not bad 14 该语篇类型为论坛专题讨论，属于新媒体语篇。 15 Misadventures in English what why how 4篇论坛专题讨论的回帖，分享了英语学习者去国外生活，与外国人交往时可能发生的尴尬或困惑的情景。 学生在理解课文内容的同时，联系自身的英语学习经历，更深刻地理解英语表达的多样性，发展跨文化沟通能力，增强文化意识。 1. 短句:Not true!/ Not bad? 2. 情感较强烈:Poor Maggie. Why did she give me the wrong information? I found it very odd. 3. 简写/表情符号： COZ, X-(, :-( 16 Activity 3 Read the definitions in a, b, c and d. Match them to the posts and find evidence in the passage to support you. a. (BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (AmE) 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 17 c. unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked 18 a. (BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (AmE) the floor of a building at ground level 19 d. morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic 20 b. pretty good, better than you expected 21 Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? Share them with the class. Think & Share & Discuss 缺心眼 三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮 跳进黄河也洗不清 不好意思。 你这么说就没意思了。 我就是意思意思。 你意思意思是几个意思。 你知道我是啥意思就行。 你这人可真有意思。 22 Activity 4 Work in pairs. Retell the situations in the four posts. 23 Activity 4 Misadventures in English Who were the people? Where did the story take place? What happened? Why were they confused? Yancy, her teacher a summer school in Manchester the teacher had a frog in her throat why she ate a big frog 24 Hello, Zheng Xu, long time no see！ Hi, Yancy, long time no see. I have been busy with a student exchange program. Is everything going well? Not really. Spending days preparing and writing my first English paper, I was looking forward to getting a positive comment, but I just got “not bad”. Oh, I have had a confusing experience too. In one of my English classes in Manchester, the teacher was absent. I was so puzzled when I heard she had a frog in her throat. Yes , we should ask and learn more about other cultures. 25 Hello, Julien, long time no see！ Hi, Sophie, long time no see. Where have you gone? I visited New York. While buying some winter boots in a downtown shopping center, I had trouble finding the first floor and the ground floor. I have a similar misadventure. My English penfriend told me that his grandpa was really wicked. But the nice old man had impressed me a lot. I found it very strange. I think neither you nor I know their culture very well. 26 Misadventures in English Review and Reflect 27 $$