1、Developing ideas P20-23 Unit 2 Exploring English a person who watches too much television -Wheres Jessica? I cant hear her all the morning. -You know, shes a total couch potato. Pre-reading Read and guess the meanings. Whats going on? to sound familiar (听起来耳熟) sth. unimportant or insignificant (小人物,
2、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) Can you think about more English exp
3、ressions that may cause misunderstandings? While-reading Read the passage and find out the words or expressions that causes the misunderstandings. 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
4、by reading posts from other English learners around the world. the ground floor/ the first floor? She had a frog in her throat. Not bad? wicked? Read (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
5、your throat is dry or blocked d morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic the first floor 一楼一楼 the ground floor 一楼一楼 Not bad! 干得不错！干得不错！ have a frog in ones throat 因喉咙痛导致说话困难因喉咙痛导致说话困难 wicked 极好的，很棒的极好的，很棒的 A. To discuss methods to learn English. B. To stress the im
6、portance 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. Whats the purpose of the passage? A question and its respond Yancy Sophie Julien Zheng Xu Understand the structure. Last week,
7、 our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didnt expect to get so many _. Her English teacher Maggie didnt come to teach them because she had a frog in her _. Why did she try to eat such a big frog? While going shopping in New York, she found “the first floor” i
8、n American English was actually “the ground floor”. She was _. He didnt understand why his English penfriend used _ to describe his grandfather, a nice man. When he got his English paper back, he found his teacher had written the _“Not bad!” He was a bit disappointed. posts throat confused wicked co
9、mment 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? For example, “COZ” is used in the first post, it means “because”. Post-reading Do you know of any Chinese
10、expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? 老婆饼老婆饼 鱼香肉丝鱼香肉丝 夫妻肺片夫妻肺片 你吃了吗？你吃了吗？ 你去哪儿？你去哪儿？ 你去干什么？你去干什么？ WARNING Its none of your business. In Chinese In English Greetings Language points P20-21 Unit 2 Exploring English 课文回顾： Pair work: Retell the situations in the
11、 four posts. He told us that Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat. 1 句意句意：她告诉我们那天麦吉不能教我们了，因 为她嗓子哑了，说不出话来。 【句子结构分析】 that引导宾语从句引导宾语从句 COZ引导原因状语从句引导原因状语从句 When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor.
12、2 句意句意：当我找出口时，我看见鞋实际在楼下的 “the ground floor”，而不是“the first floor”。 【句子结构分析】 when引导时间状语从句引导时间状语从句 that引导宾语从句引导宾语从句 Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world! 3 句意：这里有一些我们最喜欢的帖子提醒我们， 我们在教室里学
13、习的英语与外面的世界的英语 是相当不同的！ remind sb. of 使某人想起 remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事 remind sb. about sth. 提醒某人某事 remind sb. that. 使某人想起 我正打算给玛丽打电话，提醒她我们八点 钟见面。 Ill just call Mary _ _ _ _ we are meeting at 8 oclock. This film reminded her _ the college days. 【语法填空语法填空】 I forget to remind him of the time for the
14、interview. Please remind me to answer that letter. Will you remind me that I need call Mr Hood at noon? 【例句欣赏例句欣赏】 to remind her that of morally wrong and intending to hurt people 4 intend v. 计划，打算 be intend for 专门为而设计的；专供 intend sb./sth. for 打算使成为；想让 从事 intend sb to do sth. 打算让某人做某事 intend to do/do
15、ing sth 打算做某事 intend that. 打算；想 intention n. 用意；目的；意图 without intention 无意地；不是故意地 句意：不道德的；故意伤人的 The book written by the famous writer is intended _ children. This program was set up with an _ (intend) of providing help to homeless people. 【语法填空语法填空】 I didnt intend her to see the painting until it wa
16、s finished. What do you think was the authors intention in this passage? 【例句欣赏例句欣赏】 for intention Writing P23 Unit 2 Exploring English Look and answer: 1 Who were the people in the story? 2 Where did the story take place? 3 What happened? 4 What caused the misunderstanding? : A British family and I.
17、 : In British. : I misunderstood an English expression. : A toad in a hole?! 图画类记叙文要求 根据一幅或几幅图 画所提供的信息， 写一篇短文来叙述 一件事，属于记叙 文文体。写作时要 交代五个“W”和 一个“H”，即 what, who, when, where, why和how。 通常按照事情发展 的先后顺序来叙述， 有时也可采用倒叙、 插叙的方式。 明确体裁话题 确定时态人称 布局文章架构 列出核心要点 Write a paragraph to tell the story. 首段：叙述故事发生的时间、 人物和经
18、过。 尾段：发表个人见解。 图画类记叙文 一般过去时为主；第一、三 人称为主 时间：去年夏天 人物：我和一个英国家庭 故事开头：一道名为toad-in- the-hole的菜令我感到惊讶 故事结尾：原来它是一道美味 的菜。 感慨英语语言的奇妙。 suddenly; immediately; luckily/ fortunately; however; finally/at last; one day/ the other day/ last week; to ones surprise/astonishment; on ones way to.; take pride in/ be proud
19、 of 话题词汇 1.叙述故事叙述故事： I was doing.when . On arriving at. No sooner.than./Hardly. when. As soon as . Not until.did they. 话题句式 2.发表见解：发表见解： In my view/opinion. As far as Im concerned,. I learn from the story that. I think that this unforgettable and unusual experience will be fresh on my mind forever.
20、Last summer, I stayed with a British family. The family are so friendly to me that I feel at home. One day, the son of the British family said to me with excitement, “Well have toad-in-the-hole for dinner! ” I was really surprised when I heard it. I wasnt sure whether we would eat a toad in the hole
21、. To my astonishment, when the food was served, I found no toad at all. It turned out that toad-in-the-hole was a delicious food. I really appreciate this experience because it helps me realize that some of the English we learn that in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world！ Thank you!
