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Unit 2 Exploring English
Using language（词汇+听说）
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ask for and explain the meanings of unfamiliar English expressions by acting out conversations.
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At the end of the class, you will be able to
understand some unfamiliar English expressions by reading and listening to three conversations ;
tell the differences between British English and American English by looking at some pictures and completing a passage;
Learning objectives
Lead-in
a. We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
Oscar Wilde, 19th century writer
b. America and England are two countries divided by a common language.
George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer
c. It doesn’t make much of a difference whether a teacher speaks British or American English.

Dave Sperling, founder of Dave’s ESL cafe
Read the quotations and answer the questions.
1. What is the topic of the quotations?
2. Which one is good news for students of English?
The difference between British English and American English.
Quotation c
Activity 1 Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their British equivalents.
American English
British English
subway highway theater
gas apartment elevator
underground motorway theatre
petrol flat lift
vocabulary & spelling
theatre
theater
gas
highway
petrol
motorway
elevator
lift
subway
underground
apartment
flat
Complete the passage with the words above.
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British English
American English
Have you got...?
Do you have...?
My friend has just arrived.
My friend just arrived.
in the team
on the team
at the weekend
on the weekend
Grammar
tense
preposition
Activity 2 Find more examples of differences between American English and British English.
truck
rubbish
crisp
tyre
cheque
lorry
garbage
chip
tire
check
British English
VS
American English
selfie
netizen
messaging abbreviations
BRB
COZ
G2G
...
？
Unfamiliar English expressions
Activity 3 Read the two paragraphs and find out meanings of the new expressions.
What can we know from the two paragraphs?
English is not fixed but developing and flexible.
Conversation 1-b
Conversation 2-c
Conversation 3-a
Activity 4 Listen to three conversations and match them to the pictures.
Chinese food
the Guangdong dialect
cellfish
cellphone
selfish
LOL
laugh out loud
Listen again and complete the table.
What other similar expressions do you know?
wuz = what’s up?
gr8 = great
2 = to
c = see
u = you
2 = too
omg = oh my god
ttyl = talk to you later
Can we use these expressions on any occasion?
Activity 5 Now talk about how the speakers ask for and explain the meanings of the words.
Conversation 1
A：I’m going to buy something to eat from the restaurant downstairs. Would you like anything?
B：Oh yes, please. Could you order me some dim sum?
A：Some what?
B：Dim sum.
A：What kind of food is that?
B：It’s a kind of traditional Chinese food from South China, including dumplings, spring rolls, meatballs and so on.
A：Oh, I see. So “dim sum” comes from Chinese?
B：Yes, that’s right. In fact, it comes from the Guangdong dialect. In Mandarin or Putonghua it would be “dian xin”．
A：Well, it sounds good! Maybe I’ll order that as well...
Conversation 2
A：How was the movie?
B：It was great, but someone in front of me was talking so loudly on her phone.
A：How cellfish!
B：Yes, I agree. Very selfish.
A：Ah, do you know what I mean by “cellfish”？
B：Of course! When you say “selfish”, you mean only caring about?yourself and not about other people, right?
A：That’s what “selfish”?with an “s”?means, but I’m talking about “cellfish”?starting with the letter “c”．
B：I haven’t heard that word before. What does it mean?
A：It means using a cellphone in a way that shows you don’t care about the other people around you.
B：That’s interesting. How do you spell it?
A：C-E-L-L-F-I-S-H. It’s the words“cellphone”?and “selfish”?put together.
B：Oh, I see...
Conversation 3
A：Darling, could you take a look at this message from Lucy? I have no idea what she’s talking about...again.
B：What has she said?
A：Well, I told her a joke that Bob told me today at the office, and, as you see, she replied?“LOL”. What’s that for?
B：Oh, LOL! It’s a shorter?way of saying “laugh out loud”．
A：I’ve never seen or heard that before. Where does it come from?
B：It was first used on the Internet. You use it to show you think something is very funny.
A：Oh, okay.
B：Keep up with?the times, darling!
Student A
You are a waiter/waitress in a restaurant. You ask your customer whether he / she needs a doggy bag. (Note: A “doggy bag” is a bag or box in which you take unfinished food home from a restaurant.)
Student B
You are asking for the bill in a restaurant. The waiter / waitress asks you if you need a doggy bag. You don’t know what it is and ask him / her to explain.
Situation 1
Activity 6 Work in pairs. Act out the conversation to ask for and explain the meanings of the expressions.
B: Check, please!
A: Here comes your total, 100 dollars, please.
B: Here you are, thank you! I want to take the remaining food home.
A: OK, sir. Would you like a doggy bag?
B: Sorry, I beg your pardon?
A: Do you need a doggy bag?
B: What does “doggy bag” mean?
A: It means a bag or box. You use it to take unfinished food home from a restaurant.
B: OK, please give me one.
Example 1
Student A
You see a sign in a supermarket saying “3 for 2”. You don’t know what it means and ask the shop assistant to explain.
Student B
You are a shop assistant. A customer asks you what “3?for?2” means. (Note: “3 for 2” means that if you buy two items, you get a third one for free.)
Situation 2:
A: Excuse me, sir. I see a sign saying 3 for 2 in the supermarket. What’s that for?
B: It’s a shorter way of saying “if you buy two items, you get a third one for free”.
A: Oh, I see. When you say 3 for 2, you mean I pay for 2 items, but I can get three, right?
B: Exactly!
A: Thank you so much.
B: You’re welcome.
Example 2
Review
In this class, we learned
1. four major differences between British English and American English
2. some unfamiliar English expressions
3. how to ask for and explain the meanings of unfamiliar expressions
Find new words and their meanings on the Internet, and have a similar conversation.
Homework
The conversation is required to:
1. contain 80-120 words;
2. set up a specific and appropriate situation, eg. at school / in a hotel / at a train station etc;
3. use some useful expressions learned in the class to ask for and explain the meaning;
4. apply some communicative language to make the conversation real and natural, eg. Could you...for me?/ I can’t agree any more. / That sounds interesting. / Oh, I see. etc.

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