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课件网) Unit 2 Exploring Developing ideas Warm-up couch potato a person who watches too much television -Where's Jessica I can't hear her all the morning. -You know, she's a total couch potato. What's the meaning of “couch potato” 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. Pre-reading Read and guess the meanings. 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 to sound familiar (听起来耳熟) sth. unimportant or insignificant (小人物,小角色) a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell ( 花露水) in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation (乱七八糟) natural ability in growing plants (园艺高手) to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough (鼓起勇气，振作起来) Can you think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings -- What's up --Nothing much. -- How's everything --Not much,same old. What's up What's going on /How's everything 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 unimportant people. small potatoes Something unimportant or insignificant In the long river of histo y,we are all small potatoes. toilet water A light perfume that does not have a very strong smell In summer,mothers like to put some perfumed(有香味的) liquid(液体)named Six God in the bath basin. In summer,mothers like to put Six God toilet water in the bath basin. While-reading A. To discuss methods to learn English. B. To stress the importance of the English outside the world. C. To introduce the funny or strange stories about using English. D. To encourage the students to use English as much as possible. What's the purpose of the passage √ Read & match: 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 the first floor 一楼 the ground floor 一楼 Not bad! 干得不错！ have a frog in one's throat 因喉咙痛导致说话困难 wicked 极好的，很棒的 1.What does the sentence “We didn’t expect to get so many posts.” in paragraph 1 mean A.People are not interested in the topic. B.People are too shy to give their opinions. C.We don’t think it is interesting. D.People responded enthusiastically to the topic, which is out of our expectation. 2.Why couldn’t English teacher Maggie teach that day A.Because she ate a big frog. B.Because she was afraid that she had a frog in h ... ...
