(
课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Warming up Warming up Can you guess the meanings of these expressions ring a bell small potatoes 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. 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 /somebody unimportant There are many English expressions that may cause misunderstandings. Read the following expressions and guess their meaning. Ring a bell what’s up Small potatoes Toilet water At six and seven Green fingers Pull up one’s socks to sound familiar what is going on something unimportant or insignificant a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation natural ability in growing plants to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough. Misadventures in English Misunderstandings in English Read the first part and answer the questions. 1.Where is the passage taken from Forum/The Internet 2.Why do we have misunderstandings Some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world. FORUM: a website or web page where users can post comments about a topic and reply to other users' posts. □ 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. Fast reading Fast reading Read the four posts quickly and find out the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings. have a frog in her throat the first floor wicked Not bad What are the real meanings of them Careful reading a (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (American English) the floor of a building at ground level 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 Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitions to the posts. Sophie’s post Zheng Xu’s post Yancy’s post Julien’s post Careful reading We can you figure out the real meanings in the passage by using context . . Learning to learn a (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (American English) the floor of a building at ground level 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 Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitions to the posts. Sophie’s ... ...
