Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas Misadventures in English 课件-2026-2027学年外研版(2019)高中英语必修第一册

Unit 2 Misadventures in English Developing ideas learn the style of the passage and summarize the main idea; know some misunderstanding words in English, and learn their real meanings; learn different reasons which may cause misunderstanding； develop communicative competence and try to guess unknown phrases according to context . By the end of the class, we will be able to: Learning objectives Lead-in break a leg on a cloud nine While-reading Where is the text taken from? It is a forum post. It is from a website. A．Trouble in learning English. B．A bad experience. C．Misunderstandings of English words. D．The benefit of learning English. What is the main idea of the passage? Scan and find out what English expressions confused the four people. While-reading had a frog in her throat. the first floor wicked not bad Yancy had a frog in her throat ate Read post 2 Q1.Where was the shoe section according to the lady at the information desk? Q2.Did Sophie find any shoes? Q3.Where did she find shoes in the end? On the ground floor. On the first floor. No, she didn't. British American First floor Second floor Third floor Fourth floor Ground floor First floor Second floor Third floor Read post 3 odd negative wicked nice Julien found it very _____. Because his penfriend used a ________ word “______” about his ____ grandfather. ZX was looking forward to a _______comment. But the teacher wrote _________ He was____________. (disappoint) “Not bad” means___________. Read post 4 positive Not bad disappointed pretty good 1.What makes those four people get confused? Post-reading ----Deep thinking literal meaning cultural difference informal meaning communicative tone had a frog in her throat. the first floor wicked not bad Post-reading----- 2.Can we communicate successfully only about knowing vocabulary and grammar? How to communicate successfully. Tom meets his friend Leo in the school hallway. “What’s up?” Tom waves and asks. Leo looks at a photo Tom shows him. “The face rings a bell. I think I met him before, but I can’t remember his name.” They see a new student trying to join the basketball team. Leo says, “He seems nervous. Maybe he feels like small potatoes because everyone else is much taller and better at basketball.” Leo smells nice. Tom asks about it. “It’s my mum’s toilet water. It has a light sweet smell.” Then Leo sighs. “My bedroom is at sixes and sevens. Books and clothes are everywhere. I need to tidy it up.” Tom tells Leo his grandma has green fingers. All her flowers and vegetables grow beautifully in the garden. Leo failed his last English test. Tom encourages him: “Pull up your socks! Work harder, and you will get better next time.” Post-reading Reading comprehension What's the meaning of the underlined phrases? 1.What’s up means ______. A. Good luck B. What is happening? C. What’s the price? D. Goodbye 2. ring a bell means ______. A. sound a bell loudly B. seems familiar C. call someone on the phone D. break a bell 3. small potatoes means ______. A. tiny vegetables to eat B. unimportant people or things C. little bags of potatoes D. people with small bodies 5. at sixes and sevens means ______. A. in a messy state B. the numbers six and seven C. very tidy and clean D. count numbers slowly 6. green fingers means ______. A. fingers painted green B. good at growing plants C. hands with green marks D. love the colour green 4. toilet water means ______. A. water to clean the toilet B. bath water after showering C. light perfume D. water for drinking 7. pull up one’s socks means ______. A. pull socks higher on legs B. cheer up and try harder C. take off one’s socks D. buy new socks B B B C A B B Homework 1.write a comment about your misunderstanding in English on the forum. 2.Find some Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries. 3. Make a short video to explain the misunderstanding phrase in Chinese. (use some body language...) null 183677.05 $