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Understanding ideas
Unit 2 Exploring English
1.Where does the passage come from
A. Novel B. Textbook
C. Internet D.Magazine
2. What is the style(文体)of the passage
Forum Announcement
3.What will the forum tell us
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.
Forum Announcement
Last week, our forum asked if
you had any funny or strange
stories about using English. We
didn’t expect to get so many
posts! Here are some of our
favorites, to remind us that some
of the English we learn in the
classroom is rather different from
the English in the outside world!
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How many posts are mentioned in the passage
Post who what happened misunderstanding truth
1 Maggie couldn't teach that day COZ she________________ She thought Maggie tried to__________.
2 I went to buy winter boots, and I was told they were sold _________ _____, but in fact they were on the ground floor. In Sophie’s opinion, it is___________. (downstairs/upstairs)
3 An English penfriend told me his grandfather was “___________”, but when I finally saw him, I liked him a lot. He thought word was a _______word.
4 As an exchange student, I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper, but I only got “________” as a comment. He thought his paper was______.
Yancy
Sophie
Julien
Zheng Xu
had a frog in her throat
really wicked
Not bad
on the first
eat a big frog
upstairs
negative
just OK
floor
c
a
d
b
English
Coming from different cultural backgrounds
Having few experiences of talking to people from other countries
Not truly understanding the meanings of English words
What should we do while meeting an unfamiliar expression.(表达)
We should put it into context.(语境)
01
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
What’s up
ring a bell
small potatoes
toilet water
at sixes and sevens
green fingers
pull up one’s socks
01
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
Answer
What’s up
“What's up ”, I said to him.
“Nothing much,” he answered.
What’s going on
最近怎样?
02
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
Ring a bell
His name rings a bell. But I can’t remember where we met.
To sound
familiar
对…有印象
Small potatoes
In the long river of history,
we are all small potatoes.
sb/sth that is unimportant or insignificant
无足轻重的人
02
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
Toilet water
In summer, mothers like to put Six God toilet water in the bath basin.
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell
花露水
04
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
At sixes and sevens
My room is at sixes and sevens.
in a confused, badly-organised, or difficult situation
凌乱不堪
05
Read the expressions and guess the meaning
Green fingers
Mother has green fingers.
natural ability in growing plants
园艺、种植技能
Post who what happened misunderstanding truth
1 Maggie couldn't teach that day COZ she________________ She thought Maggie tried to__________.
2 I went to buy winter boots, and I was told they were sold _________ _____, but in fact they were on the ground floor. In Sophie’s opinion, it is___________. (downstairs/upstairs)
3 An English penfriend told me his grandfather was “___________”, but when I finally saw him, I liked him a lot. He thought word was a _______word.
4 As an exchange student, I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper, but I only got “________” as a comment. He thought his paper was______.
Yancy
Sophie
Julien
Zheng Xu
had a frog in her throat
really wicked
Not bad
on the first
eat a big frog
upstairs
negative
just OK
floor
c
a
d
b
Report like this:
Hello, I am ...
I will share a funny story with you.
One day,...
I thought,.../ In my opinion,...
Finally I knew the truth. “...”means...