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Unit 2 Exploring English
Developing ideas:
Misadventures in English
Read the dialogue and guess the meaning.
You know what, the guy we were talking with is a big potato in our company.
You don’t say！
A big potato: A very important figure or someone of a high status in a field.
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“What's up ”, I said to him.
“Nothing much,” he answered.
What’s going on 你好/出了什么事？
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Read the dialogue and guess the meaning.
Lead in
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
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
James Carson - the name rings a bell, I’ve heard it before.
To sound familiar.
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Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
pull up one’s socks
We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties.
to improve your work or behavior
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Mother has green fingers.
natural ability in growing plants
园艺高手
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
Lead in
In summer, mothers like to put toilet water to make its sound better in the bath basin.
toilet water
A light perfume that does not have a very strong smell
Lead in
Read the expression and guess the meaning.
Look at the title and predict(预测)
what the passage is about.
Misadventures in English
adventures: unusual experiences/journeys
mis: miss/unsuccessful
Unsuccessful unusual experiences in English
Prediction
Prediction
What is the style/genre 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.
What expression confused different people.
She had a frog in her throat.
the ground floor/
the first floor
wicked
not bad
Read quickly
Read carefully
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
Find and guess
What examples of Internet language are used in the passage What do they mean
Think share
____________
COZ
____________
____________
____________
____________
likes
because
sad
confused
angry
Think critically
What caused their misunderstandings
BE vs. AE
Idioms: literal vs. real meaning
Contexts
Cross-cultural understanding
Not bad
Share your stories (5 mins for discussion)
Have you had misadventures in English
Idiom/BE VS. AE/Context/Cross-cultural
This summer (when), I went to London (where) to visit my penfriend (who). He had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked” (what happened). However, when I met his grandfather, I liked him very much. Why did my penfriend use a negative word on such a nice man /What does…mean /What’s that for /It mean…right
To understand what it mean, I asked…/
referred to the dictionary/searched for more information online. Finally, I…
How did you solve it
Checklist:
complete; logical; clear; interesting
Example 1
Yesterday, I had an important football match.
I felt very nervous, so I talked to my new friend about it.
He is a nice and friendly boy from England.
However, he wished me to break a leg.
Why did he want me to get hurt
Good luck!
Think and share
Example 2:
My classmate Kate is from America. Last summer, she wanted to take part in a Chinese speech competition and she asked me to help her. We practised in our classroom. Although it was 30℃ inside the classroom, she kept telling me that she got cold feet. Was she sick
nervous;
frightened
Think and share
What are phrases, idioms and slangs
Thank you!

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