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课件网) Unit Two Exploring English Misadventures in English Warm-up Pre-reading 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 to sound familiar What’s going on something unimportant or insignificant natural ability in growing plants in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough While-reading Fast reading The passage is mainly about A. an exciting adventure in English learning B. some strange English words difficult to learn C. the differences between some English in class and in life D. some funny posts about what we should learn in class 1.had a frog in her throat 2. the first floor 3. wicked 4. Not bad Find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Fast reading British English： not bad= very good American English： not bad= just OK Fast reading: Match the definitions to the posts. 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 wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic a (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (American English) the floor of a building at ground level had a frog in her throat the first floor wicked Not bad 1. What did the forum collect last week Careful reading 2. Is some of the English learned in the classroom same as that in the outside world Funny or strange stories about using English No, it isn’t Read para1, answer the questions. Careful reading Read para2 and 3,fill in T or F. 1.It is said that British are always careful about their food. 2.Maggie ate a big frog. 3.When Sophie first visited New York, she wanted to buy a pair of winter shoes. 4.The lady at the entrance gave Sophie the wrong information. Careful reading: Read para4 , choose the best answer. 1. In fact, Julien found his penfriend's grandfather. A. wicked B. confused C. negative D. nice 2. What do we learn about Zheng Xu's English paper A. Zheng Xu felt disappointed about 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. Post-reading Read the following information and answer the questions. Post-reading Which post do you find most interesting Why How would you deal with the situations described in the posts What examples of Internet language are used in the passage What do they mean Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries Post reading Retell the situations in the four posts. Step 1: disscus with your group members Step 2: write down the group work results Step 3: one student presents the group work results Homework Writi ... ...
