(
课件网) Unit 2 Explore English Developing ideas Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. What's up ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers Guessing Games pull up one’s socks 1. “What’s up Why are they crying ” What’s up =What’s going on What's up 2. Her name rings a bell but I can’t remember whether I’ve met her. ring a bell: to sound familiar ring a bell 3. Her business was small potatoes. small potatoes ： sth/sb. unimportant or insignificant small potatoes 4. In summer, many people prefer toilet water which is not very strong. toilet water ：a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell toilet water 5. I’m at sixes and sevens about what to do. Your room’s all at sixes and sevens. at sixes and sevens: in a confused, badly-organized, or difficult situation at sixes and sevens 6. My grandfather has green fingers, and his garden is very beautiful. green fingers: natural ability in growing plants green fingers 7. We need to pull up our socks to win the coming game. pull up one’s socks: to make an effort to improve your work or behavior pull up one’s socks Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. What's up ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers Guessing Games pull up one’s socks 怎么肥事 听起来耳熟 小人物,小角色 花露水 乱七八糟 园艺高手 加把劲儿 — How did you make it in guessing the difficult words and expressions — By using context clues. (语境 、上下文线索 ) How do you understand the title Where can you find the passage Read the four posts quickly and find out what puzzled Yancy, Sophie, Julien and Zheng Xu She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor / the first floor wicked Not bad Listen and find out misunderstood expressions: 1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage To introduce some funny or strange stories about using English. What are the meaning of the misunderstood words or expressions in their stories Read to guess the correct meanings of the confusing expressions: Match the definitions to the post: She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor / the first floor wicked Not bad P28 unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked have a frog in one’s throat 1 the first floor/the ground floor 2 (BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (AmE) the floor of a building at ground level wicked 3 morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic not bad 4 pretty good, better than you expected Fast reading: Think and share What caused their misunderstandings Coming from different cultural backgrounds Having few experiences of talking to people from other countries Not truly understanding the meanings of English words Discuss the reasons for misunderstood expressions: Read the dialogues between a Chinese and a foreigner and try to figure out how and why these misunderstandings ... ...
