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高中英语外研版2019必修第一册
Unit 2 Exploring English
Developing ideas&Presenting ideas
Misadventures in English
英语尴尬事
Learning objectives
learn the style of the passage and summarize the main idea;
know some misunderstandings in English, and learn their real meanings;
learn the words and expressions in the text;
foster students’ interest in English and develop a habit of respecting cultural differences.
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
Contents
1. Lead in
2. Pre-reading
3. While Reading
4. Post Reading
5. Summary
6. Assessment
7. Homework
01. Lead in
What do you want to achieve at high school?
.
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
01. Lead in
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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.
02. Pre-reading
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
(努力工作,重新再做)
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
What's up?
What's going on?
(怎么了?)
ring a bell
to sound familiar
(听起来熟悉)
small potatoes
sth. unimportant or insignificant (小人物)
toilet water
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell (花露水)
at sixes and sevens
in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation (乱七八糟)
green fingers
natural ability in growing plants
(园艺高手)
pull up one's socks
Can you think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings?
Now let's read the passage and find the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
03.
While Reading
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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Read the four posts (帖子) quickly and find out
what puzzled Yancy, Sophie, Julien and Zheng Xu?
Task 1
had a frog in her throat
the first floor
wicked
Not bad
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 definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitions to the posts.
Task 2
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
Sophie's post (the first floor)
Zheng Xu's post (Not bad)
Yancy's post (had a frog in her throat)
Julien's post (wicked)
Work in groups.
Read the four posts again and try to find the clue words.
Task 3
unable to speak clearly for a short time 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
Can you find out the clue words according to the meanings of the misunderstood words or expressions in their stories?
(BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level;
(AmE) the floor of a building at ground level
the first floor
I'm an _______.
English
I'm an _________.
American
(informal) very good, fantastic
wicked
pretty good, better than you expected
Not bad
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)
04.
Post Reading
Learn to get some information about forum.
Forum: a website or web page where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' posts.
If you like the post, you can click the “like”.
If you want to post a comment or reply to the post, you can click the “comments”.
If you want to share the post with your own friends, you can click the “share”.
If you click the “favourite”, you can save the post for future use or browsing.
four posts
messages sent to an
Internet discussion group so that all members of the group can read them 帖子
□ Learning to learn
Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learning resource. Not only can you post specific questions, but you can also broaden your knowledge by reading posts from other English learners around the world.
Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries?
Share them with the class.
一位自称为汉语专家的美国教授,向他的学生讲授中文课,在谈到准确理解“东西”的词义时,他作如下的表述:汉语中,“东西”并不仅仅表示方向,更多的时候指的是物品,如桌椅、电视机、眼镜,都可以称为东西,但如果是有生命的动物就不能这样表示——比如,你我都不是东西!
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05.
Summary
Work in pairs.
Retell the situations in the four posts.
1. play safe
2. have a frog in one's throat
3. at the information desk
4. high standards
5. spend … doing sth.
6. look forward to doing sth.
不冒险做
(尤因喉咙痛)说话困难
在问讯处
高标准
花费……做某事
期待做某事
06.
Assessment
Learning Objective Yes No
learn the style of the passage and summarize the main idea;
learn the words and expressions in the text;
foster students’ interest in English and develop a habit of respecting cultural differences.
By the end of the class, have you achieved the learning objectives?
07.
Homework
Lead-in
Homework
1. Recite the key words and phrases in the passage.
2. Write a short passage to introduce a Chinese phrase which could probably cause misunderstanding to foreigners. Give enough context clues for foreigners to understand.
Thank you
for your listening
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