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B1U2
Exploring English
Period 5 Developing ideas
01
Warming up
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What’s up
Nothing much.
How’s everything
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His name rings a bell. But I can’t remember who he is.
Hi, man. I’m Richard.
to sound familiar
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In the long river of history, we are all small potatoes.
Someone unimportant or insignificant
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In summer, mothers like to put toilet water on the skin to drive away mosquito.
A light perfume(香水) that does not have a very strong smell
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When we entered the classroom after a long holiday, everything was at sixes and sevens.
in a mess
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If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you have to have green fingers.
natural ability in growing plants
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We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties.
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
These expressions are easy to cause misunderstanding.
Activity 1. Read and guess.
ring a bell
toilet water
What’s up
small potatoes
at sixes and sevens
pull up one’s socks
green fingers
02
Reading
Look at the title and pictures, and predict where the passage comes from.
adventures: unusual experiences/journeys
mis: wrongly/badly/unsuccessful
Unsuccessful unusual experiences in English
Activity 1. Pre-reading.
Forum: a website or web page where users can post comments about a particular issue
or topic and reply to other users’ posts.
Post: messages sent to an Internet discussion group so that all members of the group can read them. 帖子
What are the benefits of forums for our study
Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learning resource. Not only can we post questions, but also broaden knowledge by reading posts from others around the world.
Activity 2. Find the expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
She had a frog in her throat.
the first floor
wicked
Not bad.
British
American
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Forth floor
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Activity 2. Match the definitions to the posts.
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(道德层面上地) wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic
She had a frog in her throat.
the first floor
wicked
Not bad.
Activity 3. Find out the key words to support the answers.
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(道德层面上地) wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic
wicked
Not bad.
She had a frog in her throat.
the first floor
Key words: a different teacher ...
Maggie couldn’t teach that day...
Key words: New York...where the shoe section was...on the first floor...I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor...
Key words: I liked him a lot...
such a nice man...
Key words: I knew I had done a good joy and was looking forward to getting a positive comment.
But there weren’t any errors in my paper.
03
Post reading
What do they mean
X-(
:- (
play safe
take our class
at the entrance
student exchange programme
English paper
angry
sad
小心谨慎
上我们的课
在入口
交换生项目
英语论文
Which post do you think is the most interesting, why
Activity 1. Retell the misadventures.
When: this summer
Who: I went to London to visit my penfriend.
What happened: He had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”, however, when I met his grandfather, I liked him very much.
When: one day
Who: a different teacher
What happened:
When: When I first visited New York...
Who: ...
What happened: ...
When: ...
Who: ...
What happened: ...
Activity 1. Discuss and share.
We can begin like this:
1. I have something interesting to share with you.
2. I still remember one interesting/embarrasing thing that happened years ago.
Do you know any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstanding Share with us.
For example
A: 你这就不够意思了。
B: 没什么，小意思小意思！
A: 你这人可真有意思！那我就不好意思了。
老外: 这是什么意思？
04
Summary
Misadventures happen when we are using language, so we should learn more about other cultures to try to avoid misunderstandings if possible.
Learning is a long but interesting journey, during which we should use both efficient(高效的) and creative ways to practise more often in real life.
Summary.
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Will you make a comment on this article
Will you share this article on Moments
Will you add this article to your favorites
Homework.
Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English.
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