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Unit 2 Exploring English
Developing ideas
Watch the video and guess what we're going to learn today.
01
Lead-in
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
What's up
ring a bell
small potatoes
toilet water
at sixes and sevens
green fingers
pull up one’s socks
These expressions are easy to cause misunderstanding.
What’s up
“What's up ”, I said to him.
“Nothing much,” he answered.
What’s going on recently
ring a bell
James Carson - the name rings a bell, I’ve heard it before.
to sound familiar
(听起来耳熟)
small potatoes
something unimportant or insignificant
(小人物,小角色)
toilet water
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell
花露水
at sixes and sevens
My room is at sixes and sevens.
in a confusing, badly-organised, or difficult situation；
in a mess
乱七八糟
green fingers
Mother has green fingers.
natural ability in growing plants
园艺高手
pull up one’s socks
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
努力工作，重新再做，提心吊胆
Guess More examples
green hand
couch potato
horse sense
green hand
Tom is a green hand in computer operation, and he doesn’t know anything about that.
a person without rich experience in a certain field
新手
couch potato
someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television
懒人，宅男、女
horse sense
Grandpa is an experienced man and he knows a lot of horse sense.
common sense
常识
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
what’s up
ring a bell
small potatoes
toilet water
at sixes and sevens
green fingers
pull up one’s socks
小人物
乱七八糟的
听起来耳熟
怎么了？什么事？
园艺技能
努力工作，提心吊胆
花露水
02
Pre-reading
Read the introduction part of the passage and answer the questions.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage
To introduce some funny or strange stories about using English.
While-reading
2mins
Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
Some embarrassing situations.
bad luck or a small accident
Learning to learn
Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learning resource. Not only can you post specific questions, but you can also broaden your knowledge by reading posts from other English learners around the world.
03
While-reading
Read the passage and find the expressions that caused the misunderstandings in each story.
03
While-reading
03
While-reading
Task 1 Question
What was Yancy's misunderstanding
She thought Maggie tried to_______________.
Task 2 Translation
British always play safe with what they eat.
__________________________________
Careful-reading
eat such a big frog
英国人对他们吃的东西非常谨慎。
be careful about
Post 1
03
While-reading
2mins
Sophie's first floor is the_____for the New Yorkers(纽约人).
A. first floor B. ground floor
C. second floor D. underground
Post 2
√
03
While-reading
2mins
British
American
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Forth floor
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Fill in the blanks
Julien found it very _____. Because his penfriend used a ________ word “______” about his ____ grandfather.
Post 3
negative
wicked
nice
odd
odd：strange or unusual
negative: bad
03
While-reading
2mins
Post 4
ZX was looking forward to a _______comment.
But the teacher wrote “______”.
He was
__________
(disappoint).
“Not bad” means________.
Fill in the blanks
positive
Not bad
disappointed
pretty good
positive: good
disappointed: sad
03
While-reading
2mins
likes
because
angry
sad
COZ
What examples of Internet language are used in the passage What do they mean
Think and share
confused
post-reading
New and hot words
Tik Tok
抖音
TikToker 抖友
New and hot words in 2020
coronavirus
冠状病毒
English Words from Chinese
feng shui 风水
yin yang 阴阳
Tai Chi
Taoism
kungfu
Tofu
typhoon
Confucius
太极
道教
功夫
豆腐
台风
孔子
Post-reading Think and share
What caused their misunderstandings
Coming from different cultural backgrounds
Having few experiences of talking to people from other countries
Not truly understand the meanings of English words
7mins
group-talk and group share
论坛；讨论区
提醒
相当
大学
1. forum
2. remind
3. rather
4. university
Find the following words and phrases in the introduction part and post 1, and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
___________________
___________________
___________________
one by one
服务台；问询处
入口
出口
实际上
5. information desk
6. entrance
7. exit
8. actually
Find the following words and phrases in post 2 and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
奇怪的
消极的；负面的
标准
交换生项目
积极的评价
错误
9. odd
10. negative
11. standard
12. student exchange programme
14. positive comment
15. error
Find the following words and phrases in post 3&4 and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
重点词
negative
entrance & exit
入口&出口
rather
相当
base
section
部分，区域
消极的，否定的
基础
be based on
remind
提醒
intend
recognise
识别，认出
aware
打算，目的，意图
意识到
be aware of
Which post do you find most interesting Retell its situation.
Review and read the passage aloud.
Some embarrassing situations.
bad luck or a small accident
post-reading
Thank you!

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