(共32张PPT)
forum
resource
misadventure
remind
rather
comment
frog
throat
have a frog in one's throat
n. (因特网上的)论坛,讨论区
n. 资料,教学资源
n. 事故,灾难
v. 提醒,使......想起
adv. 相当,颇
n. 评论
n. 蛙, 青蛙
n. 喉咙,咽喉
(尤因喉咙痛)说话困难
downtown
boot
entrance
section
exit
actually
downstairs
wicked
odd
adj. 在城镇中心区的,
在闹市区的
n. 靴子
n. 大门(口), 入口(处)
n. 区域
n. 出口
adv. 事实上;实际上
adv. 在楼下
adj. 缺德的,邪恶的;
很棒的,极好的
adj. 奇特的;古怪的
negative
error
intend
informal
recognise
base
aware
be aware of
adj. 消极的,负面的
n. 错误,谬误
v. 计划,打算
adj. (书写或言谈)非正式的
v. 认识,辨认
v. 以......为基础
adj.意识到的,明白的
意识到,察觉到
Unit 2
Exploring
P4 Developing ideas
Before reading
Read the dialogue and guess the meaning of “big potatoes”.
—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.
Read the following expressions and guess their meanings.
What's up
ring a bell
small potatoes
toilet water
at sixes and sevens
green fingers
Guessing Games
pull up one’s socks
What’s going on
to sound familiar (听起来耳熟)
sth. unimportant or insignificant (小人物,小角色)
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell( 花露水)
in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation (乱七八糟)
natural ability in
growing plants
(园艺高手)
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough (努力工作,重新再做)
Did you guess them correctly
There are many words and expressions that may cause the misunderstandings in English.
Now let's read the passage and find more words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
While reading
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
Quickly go through the passage and finish task 1.
Task
1
Read the four posts (帖子)quickly and find out what puzzled Yancy, Sophie, Julien and Zheng Xu
She had a frog in her throat.
the ground floor / the first floor
wicked
Not bad
Check your answers!
Read the passage again and finish the following tasks.
Task
2
Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstanding. Match the definitions to the posts.
a (British English) the floor of a building above the one
at ground level;
(American English) the floor of a building at ground
level
b pretty good, better than you expected
c unable to speak clearly for a short time because your
throat is dry or blocked
d morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal)
very good, fantastic
3
P22
Sophie’s post
Zheng Xu’s post
Julien’s post
Check your answers!
the first floor
Not bad
have a frog in one's throat
Yancy’s post
wicked
unable to speak clearly because your throat is dry or blocked; it doesn’t really mean there’s a frog in your throat
have a frog in one’s throat
1
Task
3
Work in groups. Read the four posts again and try to settle their puzzles .
clue words
What are the meaning of the misunderstood words or expressions in their stories Can you figure them out Can you tell me the clue words
the first floor/the ground floor
2
(BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level;
(AmE) the floor of a building at ground level
the first floor:
clue words
I’m an ________.
American
I’m an ______.
English
wicked
3
very good, fantastic (informal)
clue words
not bad
4
pretty good, better than you expected
clue words
Summary
— How did you make it in guessing the difficult words and expressions in their misadventures
— By using context clues.
(语境 、上下文线索 )
Work in pairs. Try to retell the situations in the four posts.
Give your speech to the class.
After reading
analyzing, further learning and summary
注: word 文档
点击此处链接
Learn to get some information about forum.
1
FORUM: a website or web page where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' posts.
* If you like the post, you can click the “like”.
* If you want to post a comment or reply to the post, you can click the “comments”.
* If you want to share the post with your own friends, you can click the “share”.
* If you click the “favourite”, you can save the post for future use or browsing.
four
posts
messages
sent to an
Internet discussion group so that all members of the group can read them 帖子
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.
Learning to learn
Think & Share.
3
P22
Which post do you find most interesting Why
How would you deal with the situations described in the posts
What examples of Internet language are used in the passage What do they mean
Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries Share them with the class.
Possible answers!
1. Open
2. Open.
3. For example, “COZ” is used in the first post, it means “because”.
ASAP:
BTW:
CU:
BBL:
CUL:
IMO:
Thx:
VG:
NVM:
GTG:
TIL:
J/K:
As soon as possible 尽快
Thanks.谢谢
By the way 顺便说一下
See you. 再见
See you later. 下次再会
got to go
得走了
In my opinion.依我所见
Just kidding
开个玩笑哈
very good 很好
Never mind. 别担心
Today I learned
今天我学到了...
Be back later. 稍后回来
What other examples of Internet language do you know Can you list some
4. For examples:
C: You must be tired You should go and have a good rest. (您应该很累吧?好好休息一下。)
F: Why are you commenting on the state of my physical appearance (怎么随便评论别人的身体状态呢?真不礼貌。)
C: Have you eaten or not?
(你吃了吗?)
F: Are you going to invite me to dinner / Don't I have
enough money to eat
你要请我吃饭吗?/难道我没有足够的钱吃饭吗?
C: Where are you going (你去哪呀?)
F: It's none of your business. (我去哪里与你有何相干
?你的鼻子怎么伸的这么长?)
C:Chinese F: Foreigners
A: Are you going to enter the photo contest
B: I don’t know.
A: Oh you should. You are so talented. Your pictures are
so beautiful.
B: You are just being nice. But I am getting cold feet. I don’t
know if I am good enough.
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
A: Is the yoga class over already
B: I left a little early.
A: Why
B: The instructor and I didn’t see eye to eye.
A: You had a fight with your yoga teacher
B: Look, Jonathan. I practice yoga my own way.
A: The instructor asked you to leave, right
nervous; frightened
agree with each other
Further learning
Guess the meanings of the underlined phrases in following contexts.
A: I am so nervous .Tonight is the first night of the play.
B: Is it Go out there and break a leg.
Dialogue 3
Good luck
A: You'll never believe what happened last night at the
basketball game.
B: I heard that Tommy checked your phone without asking you.
A: The rumors spread so quickly in this school! Anyway, I
can't believe he did that. He betrayed my trust! I'm going to
tell him what a terrible person I think he is, and I'm going to
do it right now.
B: Hey! Keep your shirt on! Wait a minute before you go.
A: Why Do you think I should just forgive him
B: No, not at all. I just want you to be calm and in control
before you talk to him.
Dialogue 4
Stay clam; be patient.
happen when we are using language. We should learn more about other's culture and living habits to avoid misunderstandings in languages.
is a long and interesting journey, during which we should adopt creative and efficient ways and use it more in real life.
Misadventures
Learning English
Developing ideas
—writing
Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English
Look at the following pictures and answer the questions with the help of the background information.
1. Who were the people in the story
2. Where did the story take place
3. What happened
4. What caused the misunderstanding
Now write a paragraph to tell the story. Use the expressions in the box to help you.
Last summer, I stayed with a British host family.
One day, I was really surprised when Jeremy, the son of the family, told me that we would have toad-in-the-hole for dinner. I wasn’t sure whether we were going to eat a real toad in a hole. If so, how terrible! I joined them at dinner time with butterflies in my stomach. To my astonishment, a dish of sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding (a mix that tastes a bit like pancakes) was served on the table, and it tasted delicious. It turned out that toad-in-the-hole is a typical dish for a British dinner, and there’s no toad! What an amazing experience! It was interesting to try such yummy food with a strange name.
Share your story with the class.
Possible answer
Now 2 mins to test our spelling.
Spelling Bee
1. English-Chinese
misadventure entrance exit wicked forum resource negative error
2. Chinese- English
评论 奇特的;古怪的 以......为基础
(书写或言谈)非正式的 认识,辨认
When finishing, exchange to see who does the best.
Review
课时重点回顾
1.(尤因喉咙痛)
说话困难
2.意识到, 察觉到
3.采取稳妥措施,不冒风险
4.期望, 指望
5.使某人想起某事;
使想起……”
have a frog in
one's throat
be aware of
play safe
expect to
remind sb of
Self-evaluation
各个击破
1. Do you understand the meanings of the
slang words (俚语) mentioned above
And can you use them correctly in real
life
2. How can we deal with misadventures
when using language in real life
Homework
Write a short passage to introduce a Chinese phrase which could probably cause misunderstanding to foreigners. Give enough context clues for foreigners to understand.
You can refer to the exercise on P23.