1、Developing ideas Unit 2 Exploring English 1. Read the expressions on Page 20 and guess their meanings. Warming-up Whats up? ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up ones socks 2. Match the meanings to the expressions sound familiar to you being good at making
2、 plants grow a kind of perfume that has water added to it a person or thing that has no great importance or value what happened? try to improve your performance, work, behavior, etc. disorganized; in disagreement 3. Is the answer meet your explanation? Whats your opinion about these expressions? Loo
3、k at the title of the passage and guess what the passage is about. (mis- is a prefix and misadventure is the opposite of adventure, which means “bad luck”) Prediction Read the passage and circle the expressions that caused the misunderstandings. (Tips: When you are reading, dont ignore the pictures,
4、 because it is not only a very important part of the passage, but also gives you some information and helps you understand.) Reading Matching 1.(British English) the floor of a building above the one at the bottom level; (American English) the floor of a building at the bottom level. 2.fairly good,
5、better than you expected. 3.Be unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked. 4.Morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal)very good, fantastic. Post 1: Alba Post 2: Yancy Post 3: Julien Post 4: Zheng Xu Pair work Work in pairs. Retell the situations in th
6、e four posts. Yancy Sophie Julien Zheng Xu Think & share 1. Which post do you find most interesting? Why? 2. What would deal you with the situations described in the posts? 3. What can you do to avoid misunderstandings in English? 4. Do you know any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstand
7、ings for foreigners? Share them with the class. Learning to learn 1.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. 2.The posts on Page 21 reminded us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different form the English in the outside world. Question: Whats your opinion about the two paragraphs above? 课后练习 Homework
