(
课件网) understanding ideas Exploring English Unit 2 Pre-reading Guess Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.(2mins) What’s up ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up one’s socks "What's up ", I said to him. "Nothing much," he answered. What’s going on what’s up JamesCarson - the name rings a bell, I've heard it before. to sound familiar ring a bell something unimportant or insignificant small potatoes The toilet water can protect you from the mosquito bites. a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell toilet water My room is at sixes and sevens. at sixes and sevens in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation I got a very bad school report this term. If I don't pull up my socks. I'll fall behind the class. pull up one’s socks to make an effort to improve your work More English expressions: green hand: Tom is a green hand in computer operation and he doesn’t know anything about that. a person without rich experience in a certain field Fast-reading Read and find the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. words and expressions have a frog in one’s throat on the first floor wicked Not bad unable to speak clearly for a short timebecause your throat is dry or blocked (UK) the floor of a building above the one at ground level (US) the floor of a building at ground level morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic pretty good, better than you expected Expressions reasons which caused misunderstanding Passage2 Passage1 have a frog in one's throat the first floor misinterpret words according to their superficial meaning(望文生义) culture differences Careful-reading Read carefully and guess the reasons which caused their misunderstandings . Expressions What happened Passage3 Passage4 wicked one word has different meanings(一词多义) Not bad! culture differences What caused their misunderstandings Conclusion Coming from different cultural backgrounds misinterpret words according to their superficial meaning(望文生义) one word has different meanings(一词多义) Think & Share How would you deal with the situations described in the posts Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries Share them with the class. Other Chinese Examples 张三：中国队以大比分大胜日本队。 李四：是的，中国队大败日本队，回去庆祝。 老外：一脸蒙圈。到底谁赢了？ Which post do you find most interesting Retell its situation, and perform in pairs. post-reading Activity 5 Who were the people in the story Where did the story take place What happened What caused the misunderstanding Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English Activity 5 1. Who were the people in the story They were a Chinese exchange student and her British host family. 2. Where did the story take place It took place in the girl’s British host family’s home. 3. What happe ... ...
