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课件网) Developing ideas Misadventure in English What does misadventure mean Unusual experience/journeys Mis advenure in English 表否定的前缀： negative prefix Read the following expressions and guess the meanings: Activity 1 What's up ring a bell small potatoes ■toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up one's socks What's going on What's up “What's up ”,I said to him. “Nothing much,”he answered. to sound familiar ring a bell His name rings a bell. But I can't remember where we met. Hi,I am Charlie. Long time no see! small potatoes We are only small potatoes,the manager won't listen to us. something unimportant or insignificant In summer,mothers like to put toilet water on my skin. a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell toilet water at sixes and sevens My room is at sixes and sevens. in a confused, badly-organised,or difficult situation natural ability in growing plants green fingers fingers. Mother has green pull up one's socks If he's hoping to gain promotion he will have to pull his socks up. to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough 口 Learning to learn 4 Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learming 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. A website or web page where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' posts. Messages sent to an Internet discussion group so that all members of the groups can read them. What is forum What is post Pre-reading First reading: Read the passage in the textbook carefully,and find the expressions that caused the misunderstandings to finish activity 3. You also need to pay attention to who,where,what happened in the passage. Who: Where:in Manchester How:our English teacher; had a frog in her throat Yancy Expressions Surface meaning Real meaning frog in the throat an animal in the throat a dry or blocked throat the first floor (in AmE)the first counted from the ground (in BrE)the second counted from the ground Second Reading information Expressions Surface meaning Real meaning wicked moral b wrong vior very good; fantastic not bad not successful pretty good Second Reading information →What are the meanings Think &Share In this text,what makes these misunderstandings for language learner Slang or Idioms:呆若木鸡、未雨绸缪；老铁、躺平.. Written or Spoken language: 一元五角1一块五母亲/妈妈 Cultural Differences:吹风机/风筒秋裤/棉毛裤 1 Who were the people in the story 2 Where did the story take place 3 What happened 4 What caused the misunderstanding Look at the pictures and answer the questions: It's delicious! A toad in a hole ! pancake Last summer,I stayedwith a British family. We'll have toad-in-the-hole for dinner. 1 Who were the people in the story They were a Chinese exchange student and her British host family. 2 ... ...
