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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” 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 pull up one's socks to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not enough. natural ability in growing plants. green fingers Literal meaning vs Actual meaning Explore English What else Enlish expressions that may cause misunderstandings For example:green hand rest room horse sense 新手 厕所 常识 Forum is a place where you can put something online and others will see your posts. They can make some comments. What would you do when encountered unfamiliar English expressions search on the internet dictionary ask teachers for help Forum Task 1:Read the first part of the passage quickly and answer the following questions. Q1:What's the passage mainly talking about. Q2:What's the purpose of the passage. While-reading Misadventures in English Last wcck,our forum asked if you had any fuinny or strange stories about using English.We didnt expeCt Io get so many postst Here are some of our favourites,to renind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world! 366 325 comments 7 share favourites 1.What's the main idea of the text A.Trouble in learning English. B.A bad experience. Misunderstandings of English words. D.The benefit of learning English. Read the passage quickly to get the main idea. Check your answers! She had a frog in her throat. the ground floor / the first floor Read the four posts(帖子)quickly and find out what puzzled Yancy,Sophie,Julien and Zheng Xu Check your answers! Not bad Sophie 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) Julien very good,fantastic Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Zheng Xu Sophie 1 have a frog in one's throat unable to speak clearly because your throat is dry or blocked;it doesn't really mean there's a frog in your throat clue word People What are the mea ... ...
