Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas Misadventures in English 课件-2025-2026学年高一上学期英语外研版必修第一册

Misadventures in English B1M2 Developing ideas 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens pull up one’s socks Guess the meanings of the following English expressions. Warming up: guessing game 2 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks “His name rings a bell but I can’t remember whether I have met him before.” ring a bell = sound familiar ring a bell Read the expressions in specific contexts and guess. Warming up: guessing game 3 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks “In movies, some characters are big and famous, while others are just small potatoes who live an ordinary life.” small potatoes = sth/sb who is not that famous small potatoes Warming up: guessing game 4 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks “In summer, many people would like to use toilet water which is not very strong”. toilet water= a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell toilet water Warming up: guessing game 5 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks “Your room is at sixes and sevens!” at six and sevens= in a confused, badly-organized, or difficult situation at sixes and sevens “I am at sixes and sevens about what to do.” Warming up: guessing game 6 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. (1) What’s up? (2) ring a bell (3) small potatoes (4) toilet water (5) at sixes and sevens (6) green fingers (7) pull up one’s socks “If you want to get an award in the English writing competition, you’ll have to pull up your socks.” pull up one’s socks= make an effort to improve your work or behavior pull up one’s socks Warming up: guessing game 7 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4. To explain how English was created. ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens pull up one’s socks What’s going on? sound familiar sth/sb unimportant in a confused, badly-organized, or difficult situation make an effort to improve sb./sth. unimportant light perfume make an effort to improve Warming up: guessing game English is confusing but interesting. 8 vdWhat might the Where does the passage come from? Read and tell What is the type of the passage? A. Journal B. Newspaper C. Internet What will the passage share with us? 9 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Read and find out what English expressions confused the four people. She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor/ the first floor wicked not bad ??? ??? ??? ??? What are the meanings of the confusing expressions in their stories? 10 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Yancy’s understanding The truth Yancy - had a frog in her throat Maggie ate a big frog and the frog was stuck in her throat. Maggie was unable to speak clearly because her throat was dry or blocked. 11 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Sophie’s understanding The truth Sophie - the first floor/the ground floor The shoe section was on the floor which was above the one at ground level. The shoe section was on the floor which was at ground level. angry 12 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Julien’s understanding The truth Julien - wicked His penfriend used a negative word to describe his grandfather. (wicked: bad and harmful) His penfriend used a positive word to describe his grandfather. (wicked: very good, fantastic (informal)) confused 13 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Zheng Xu’s understanding The truth Zheng Xu – not bad His teacher thought his paper was just so so. His teacher thought his paper was pretty good. sad 14 Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? What caused their misunderstandings? 3rd reading: compare and share Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? 15 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. 3rd reading: compare and share Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? 万人空巷 屡试不爽 姑妈/姑娘 意思意思 几个意思 能穿多少穿多少 16 Forum: a website or web page where userscan post comments about a particular issueor topic and reply to other users’ posts. Read and find out what English expressions confused the four people. She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor/ the first floor wicked not bad ??? ??? ??? ??? 3rd reading: role play Please get ready ①choose one expression ②design the setting(场景) and the dialogue(对话) ③rehearse(排练) ④role-play 17 in a confused, badly-organized, or difficult situation A: Hey, what happened? You look not very good. Are you okay? B: No, I am not okay. I am at sixes and sevens about my English study. A: Are you talking about your maths and English? B: No, I said I am at sixes and sevens about my English study. A: What does at sixes and sevens mean? B: I am confused about my English study. A: Oh. 3rd reading: role play 18 After this period, I can rate my performance 3 (excellent) ,2(good) or 1 (in need of improvement) Things I have learned Rate I have better known some misunderstandings in English I could tell cutural differences by analysing language differences I could work with my group members and act a story about a misunderstanding in English Self—assessment Homework. Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English. $