(
课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas Watch the video and guess what we're going to learn today. 01 Lead-in Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. What's up ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up one’s socks These expressions are easy to cause misunderstanding. What’s up “What's up ”, I said to him. “Nothing much,” he answered. What’s going on recently ring a bell James Carson - the name rings a bell, I’ve heard it before. to sound familiar (听起来耳熟) small potatoes something unimportant or insignificant (小人物,小角色) toilet water a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell 花露水 at sixes and sevens My room is at sixes and sevens. in a confusing, badly-organised, or difficult situation； in a mess 乱七八糟 green fingers Mother has green fingers. natural ability in growing plants 园艺高手 pull up one’s socks to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough 努力工作，重新再做，提心吊胆 Guess More examples green hand couch potato horse sense 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 新手 couch potato someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television 懒人，宅男、女 horse sense Grandpa is an experienced man and he knows a lot of horse sense. common sense 常识 Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. what’s up ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up one’s socks 小人物 乱七八糟的 听起来耳熟 怎么了？什么事？ 园艺技能 努力工作，提心吊胆 花露水 02 Pre-reading Read the introduction part of the passage and answer the questions. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage To introduce some funny or strange stories about using English. While-reading 2mins Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Some embarrassing situations. bad luck or a small accident Learning to learn Online English-learning forums can be a very useful learning resource. Not only can you post specific questions, but you can also broaden your knowledge by reading posts from other English learners around the world. 03 While-reading Read the passage and find the expressions that caused the misunderstandings in each story. 03 While-reading 03 While-reading Task 1 Question What was Yancy's misunderstanding She thought Maggie tried to_____. Task 2 Translation British always play safe with what they eat. _____ Careful-reading eat such a big frog 英国人对他们吃的东西非常谨慎。 be careful about Post 1 03 While-reading 2mins Sophie's first floor is the_____for the New Yorkers(纽约人). A. first floor B. ground floor C. second floor D. underground Post 2 √ 03 While-reading 2mins British American First floor Second floor Third floor Forth floor Ground floor First floor Second floor Thir ... ...
