(
课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Warming-up Your description rings a bell, but I don't think I've ever been there myself. He's extremely sure he has met the girl before, though her name doesn't ring a bell. 【ring a bell】 Something sounds familiar 听起来耳熟 Using toilet water can help you avoid mosquitos, or flies. 【toilet water】 toilet water is fairly weak and inexpensive perfume. 花 露 水 We are only small potatoes. The manager won't listen to us. They are small potatoes compared to the real problem. 【small potatoes】 something unimportant in comparison with something else 小 人 物/小事情 His wife was away and the house was at sixes and sevens. They haven't come back yet, so I'm all at sixes and sevens. 【 at sixes and sevens 】 in a confused, badly organized, or difficult situation 乱七八糟 Activity 1 Construct the theme-related vocabulary 1. Preview the words, articles, conversations and other provided materials on 271BAY, and activate your vocabulary about English language. changing your mobile phone number doing a voice-over for English language film. act out English drama forum no parking don't smoking exit; Activity 1 Look at the picture and get to know the American English words and their British equivalents. Work in pairs. Find more examples of differences between American and British English. Use a dictionary or search on the Internet. Group A Group B Activity 1 jam/jelly angry/mad colour/color football/soccer restroom toilet/bathroom 词义共识 写下课文中你最想知道的3~5个单词 二人汇总出仅有五个单词的列表，四人小组汇总出五个最想知道的单词，最后查找单词词义。 黑板写下5个英文单词，另外一个小组编成句子。 Which language has the largest number of native speakers Because China has the largest population in the world. Chinese 1,390million Activity 2 Explore the situation of English using language Which language has the largest number of learners English 1,500 million Among these 1,500 million English learners, do you know how many learners are there in China English has the... The number of English learners in Chinia is increasing. Business trade Travelling Cultural exchange ... 作者信息： CLASS 01 While- reading 作者信息： English Prediction：Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about. Listen and read the passage and then divide the passage into three parts. Part 1 (Para. ) Part 2 (Para. ) Part 3 (Para. ) 1 2-6 7 Read the passage quickly again and then match the main idea with each part. Part1.(Para1) A. Examples of some confusing expressions. Part2.(Para2-6) B. The reason why English is so crazy. Part3.(Para7) C. English is a crazy language to learn. Reading tips: Pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph. While-reading While-reading： Scan para 2 and answer. Yancy People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. On ... ...
