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Book I Unit 2 Developing ideas
Guess what the English expressions mean
His name rings a bell. But I can’t remember where we met.
I think I have heard his name. But I can’t remember where we met.
ring a bell to sound familiar
Before Reading
In summer, mothers like to put toilet water in the bath basin.
In summer, mothers like to put some perfumed(有香味的) liquid(液体) in the room
toilet water
A light perfume that does not have a very strong smell
Before Reading
-- What’s up
-- Nothing much.
What’s up
What’s going on / How’s everything
Before Reading
In the long river of history, we are all small potatoes.
In the long river of history, we are all unimportant people.
small potatoes
Something unimportant or insignificant
Before Reading
When we entered the classroom after a long holiday, everything was at sixes and sevens.
When we entered the classroom after a long holiday, everything was in a mess.
at sixes and sevens in a mess
In a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation
Before Reading
If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you have to have green fingers.
If you want to be a successful gardener, of course you have to have ability in growing plants.
green fingers
natural ability in growing plants
Before Reading
We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties.
We need to strengthen ourselves to struggle with difficulties.
pull up one’s socks
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
Before Reading
Before Reading
Now think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings.
1. I am a green hand in this game.
3. You are really a couch potato!
2. Should I use the rest room or wait until we get home
4. It’s such a shame that you don’t have any horse sense.
a person without rich experience in a certain field
someone who spends lots of time sitting and watching television
a room with a toilet
common sense
Activity 2 Careful Reading
1.What does the sentence "We didn't expect to get so many posts!" in paragraph 1 mean
A.People were not interested in the topic.
B. People were too shy to give their opinions.
C. We didn't think it was interesting.
D.People responded enthusiastically（热情地） to the topic,which was out of our expectations.
2.Why couldn't English teacher Maggie teach that day
A.Because she ate a big frog.
B. Because she was afraid that she had a frog in her stomach.
C. Because she had a sore（疼痛的） throat and couldn't speak.
D.Because she was very tired after eating a frog in her throat.
3. What do we learn about Zheng Xu's English paper
A.Zheng Xu felt disappointed at his paper.
B. Zheng Xu didn't get a good grade on it.
C. The teacher thought the paper wrote well.
D.The teacher thought Zheng Xu was not a bad student.
Guess the meanings of the underlined phrases:
And probably you may get cold feet.
My class is open and free, so you don’t need to see eye to eye with each other.
Enjoy our class and break a leg!
Activity 3 Post Reading
Watch the videos for more information.
Dialogue 1:
A: “I am so nervous .Tonight is the first night of the play. ”
B: “Is it Go out there and break a leg.”
Good luck
Dialogue 2
A: “Are you going to enter the photo contest ”
B: “I don’t know.”
A: “Oh you should. You are so talented. Your
pictures are so beautiful.”
B: “You are just being nice. But I am getting cold feet.
I don’t know if I am good enough.”
nervous; frightened
Dialogue 3
A: “Is the yoga class over already ”
B: “I left a little early.”
A: “Why ”
B: “The instructor and I didn’t see eye to eye.”
A: “You had a fight with your yoga teacher ”
B: “Look, Jonathan. I practise yoga my own way.”
A: “The instructor asked you to leave, right ”
agree with each other

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