(共19张PPT)
Unit 2 Exploring English
Developing ideas
不好意思。
你这么说就没意思了。
我就是意思意思。
你意思意思是几个意思。
你知道我是啥意思就行。
你这人可真有意思。
汉语十级测试
问题:本文段中的“意思”究竟有几个意思?
1
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
What’s up
What’s going on
ring a bell
to sound familiar
small potatoes
something unimportant or insignificant
toilet water
a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell
at sixes and sevens
in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation
green fingers
an unusual ability to make plants grow
pull up one’s socks
to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
Now think about more English expressions that may cause misunderstandings.
rain cats and dogs
love me, love my dog
busybody
green hand
eleventh hour
...
好管闲事的人
新手
最后时刻
下倾盆大雨
爱屋及乌
2
Read the passage and find the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
adventures
in English
Mis
Para. 1
multiple meaning of wicked
multiple meaning of not bad
multiple meaning of on the first floor
multiple meaning of frog
The main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A Trouble in learning English.
B A bad experience.
C Misunderstandings of English words.
D The benefit of learning English.
What’s the main idea of the passage
Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat.
unable to speak clearly because your throat is dry or blocked(闭塞的); it doesn’t really mean there’s a frog in your throat
She said the shoe section was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn’t find any shoes.
(BrE) the second counted from the ground; (AmE) the first counted from the ground
My English penfriend had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”. But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot.
very good, fantastic (informal)
I knew I had done a good job on my first English paper and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “not bad!”
pretty good, better than you expected
a dry or blocked throat
the second counted from the ground (BrE)
very good; fantastic
pretty good
3
Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. 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
Yancy
sophie
Julien
Zheng xu
4
Work in pairs. Retell the situations in the four posts.
1 Which post do you find most interesting Why
2 How would you deal with the situations described in the posts
3 What examples of Internet language are used in the passage
What do they mean
4 Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause
misunderstandings for people from other countries Share them
with the class.
Think & Share
“COZ” is used in the first post, it means “because”.
“你吃了吗?”
Have you eaten yet
Homework
熟记单词中英文
完成导与练P33-37