(
课件网) Unit 2 Understanding ideas Exploring English Guessing game Guessing game Rules: Guess the meaning of an English proverb There are rewards for guessing correctly and penalties for guessing wrong A B A B What’s up Something's going to fall What’s going on A B A B ring a bell Someone is knocking at the door. sound familiar A B A B small potatoes sb./sth. unimportant Cute things A B A B toilet water Something dirty perfume(香水) not with a strong smel A B A B at sixes and sevens in disorder In a nervous mood A B A B green fingers natural ability in growing plants A beginner A B A B put up one’s socks Tidy up clothes Try hard A B A B couch potato person who love watching TV Lazy person Reading Reading Rules: Complete the required tasks. You will improve your reading skills and understand more about English. 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. While-reading: Skkim and find out what confused different people. (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level. (American English) the floor of a building at ground level pretty good, better than you expected unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked morally(道德层面上地) wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic Yancy Sophie Julien Zheng Xu While-reading: Skkim and find out what confused different people. (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level. (American English) the floor of a building at ground level pretty good, better than you expected unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked morally(道德层面上地) wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic Yancy Sophie Julien Zheng Xu While-reading: Scan para 2 and answer. Yancy People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat. Poor Maggie – but why did she try to eat such a big frog expressions surface meaning real meaning frog in the throat an animal in the throat a dry or blocked throat Sophie 谨慎行事 While-reading: Scan para 1 and answer. Yancy When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn’t find any shoes. I decided to leave. When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong in ... ...