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Unit2 Exploring English
——Developing ideas
contents
Pre-reading
I
Post-reading
Ⅳ
Fast reading
II
Language points
Ⅴ
Careful reading
III
目录页
Pre-reading
1
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?
Other Chinese Examples
张三:中国队以大比分大胜日本队。
李四:是的,中国队大败日本队,回去庆祝。
老外:一脸蒙圈。到底谁赢了?
church mouse
Now I am as poor as a church mouse.
我现在真是一贫如洗啊。
dog day
The dog days will arrive soon. We’d better install an air
conditioner.
三伏天就要来了,我们最好装一个空调。
go bananas
The drugs have made him go bananas.
毒品使他疯狂。
His name rings a bell.
But I can’t remember where we met.
to sound familiar.听起来耳熟
ring a bell
In the long river of history,
we are all small potatoes.
something /somebody unimportant or insignificant
小人物
small potatoes
The boy made the room at sixes and sevens.
a state of confusion
混乱的
at sixes and sevens
We need to pull up our socks to struggle with difficulties.
to make an effort to improve one’s work or behavior
振作起来
pull up one's socks
If you want to be a successful gardener, of course, you have to have green fingers.
natural ability in growing plants
园艺能手
green fingers
Culture Shock
A feeling of confusion and anxiety that sb. may feel when they live in or visit another country
文化冲击:指在异国生活或访问时的一种困惑不安的感觉
Now let's read the passage and find more words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings.
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.
论坛
forum:在古罗马城中,在 Palatine 山和 Capitoline 山之间的一个小山谷中,在几座政府建筑之间有一块空地,这块空地就是著名的“罗马广场”( Roman Forum )。这块空地原本是一个市场,是公共场所,古罗马人将其称为 forum ,古罗马人热爱在公开场合演讲、辩论,引申为“论坛”。
What's the purpose of the passage
A. To discuss methods to learn English.
B. To stress the importance of the English outside the world.
C. To introduce the funny or strange stories about using English.
D. To encourage the students to use English as much as possible.
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Extensive Reading—skimming(略读,找主旨)
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
scanning(扫读,带着问题找答案)
Task
2
Careful-reading
Read and finish the task.
have a frog in one’s throat
1
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play safe with 对...很谨慎
COZ(because):原因状语从句
Yancy
Scan the posts carefully and fill in the blanks.
Yancy went to in Manchester.
Her English teacher didn't took their class because .
Maggie
a summer school
she had a frog in her throat
Unable to speak clearly because your throat is dry or blocked; it doesn’t really mean there’s a frog in your throat.
the first floor/the ground floor
2
clue words
Sophie
Scan the posts carefully and fill in the blanks.
Sophie went to a downtown shopping centre in to buy some .
She asked where she can buy the shoes.
She thought the lady gave her wrong information
about and .
New York
winter boots
a lady
the first floor
the ground floor
I’m an ______.
English
I’m an ________.
American
(BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level;
(AmE) the floor of a building at ground level
the first floor:
wicked
3
Julien
Task 2 Scan the posts carefully and fill in the blanks.
Julien got an .
The friend said his grandfather
was .
Julien found it very .
English penfriend
really wicked
odd
very good, fantastic (informal)
not bad
4
I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper .
spends some time (in) doing sth. 某人花费多少时间做某事。
spends some time/money on sth. 某人在某物上花费多少时间/金钱。
She spends all her free time (in) painting.
She spends all her free time on paintings.
Zheng Xu
Scan the posts carefully and fill in the blanks.
Zheng Xu join in between England and China.
It took Zheng Xu’s much time
to and his first English paper.
He thought he would got a comment, but he got the comment .
a student exchange program
prepare
write
positive
not bad
pretty good, better than you expected
post-reading
Work in pairs. Retell the situations in the four posts.
语篇研读——Misadventures in English
Summary
Think and share
What caused their misunderstandings
Coming from different cultural backgrounds
Having few experiences of talking to people from other countries
Not truly understanding the meanings of English words
— 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 )
Language points
phrases
1. cause misunderstanding 发布具体的问题
2. online English-learning forum 通过...来拓宽知识面
3. post specific questions 引起误解
4. broaden one’s knowledge by 对...很谨慎
5. people say that=it is said that 英语在线学习论坛
6. play safe with 据说
7. the information desk 鞋区
8. the shoe section 服务台,接待处
phrases
10. negative word 高标准
11. high standard 期待做某事
12. spent time/money doing sth. 贬义词
13. look forward to doing sth. 得到好评
14. get a positive comment 花费时间/金钱做某事