(共20张PPT)
Developing ideas
Misadventures in English
watch a vedio
It’s a no-brainer!
很简单;显而易见
have a guess
—You know what, the guy we were talking with is a big potato in our company.
—You don't say!(不会吧? 真的吗?)
big potatoes: very important figures or someone of a high status in a field.
dumb as a wooden chicken
呆若木鸡
as timid as a mouse
胆小如鼠
a lucky dog
幸运儿
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
white night
不眠之夜
Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。/眼见为实。
mess around
摆烂
finger heart
笔芯
Chinglish--Chinese English
One, two, three, go!
Look before you leap.
三思而后行。
No see no go!
See you there!
不见不散!
You di da di da me, I hua la hua la you.
A drop of water should be returned with a spring.
滴水之恩,当涌泉相报。
Good good study, day day up.
Study hard and make progress every day.
好好学习天天向上。
No zuo no die!
Don’t ask for trouble!
不作不死!
1st reading
Read the passage quickly to find out the expressions that caused the misunderstandings in the passage.
have a frog in her throat
the first floor
wicked
Not bad !
have a discussion
Work in groups, discuss and find out the true meaning of these expressions
have a frog in her throat
the first floor
wicked
Not bad !
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
据说以前人们常从小溪中直接取水饮用,可能无意中将青蛙的卵吞下肚子里。当时人们就相信,卵会在人们的喉咙里化成青蛙,哽住你的喉咙,使你说不出话来,因此就产生了这样一个词语。
the first floor
(BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level;
(AmE) the floor of a building at ground level.
Wicked
very good, fantastic (informal)
Not bad!
pretty good, better than you expected
2nd reading--fill the blank
name where misadventure
Retell
Who
Where
What happened
Yancy studied in Manchester. One day her English teacher’s throat was blocked, but Yancy misunderstood the meaning of ‘have a frog in her throat’. So he was curious about why her English did this thing.
Think and speak
What caused these misadventures
cultural difference(文化差异); cultural diversity(文化多样性)
2. How should we solve or decrease(减少) these misadventures?
learn foreign language hard, find out the cultural connotation(文化内涵)of words;
use the network;
communication.
3. Facing different culture, what should we do
our culture: carry forward and inherit (弘扬和传承)
foreign culture: respect and learn
Homework
choose one of stories in the passage to rewrite it!
80 words;
pay attention to your spelling, tense and grammar!
Thank you!