1、Unit 2 Lesson 3misadventures in English Pre-writing IRead the following expressions and guess their meanings.1.Whats up?怎么了？2.Ring a bell.听起来熟悉，有印象。3.Small potatoes.小人物，不重要的人物。4.Toilet paper.花露水，马桶水。5.At sixes and sevens.乱七八糟、七嘴八舌、横七竖八等。6.Green fingers.园艺能手。7.Pull up ones socks.加倍努力，鼓足干劲，奋起直追。Pre-wr
2、iting IIRead the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings.1.Yancy:have a frog in ones throatunable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked2.Sophie:the first floor British:the floor of a building above the one at ground levelAmerican:
3、the floor of a building at ground level.3.Julien:wickedmorally wrong and ontending to hurt people(informal)very good,fantastic4.Zheng Xu:not badpretty good,better tahn you expectedWhile-writing IWhile-writing II1.Look at the pictures and answer the questions.(1)Who were the people in the story?The a
4、uthor and a British family.(2)Where did the story take place?In the UK.(3)What happened?The author was invited to have toad-in-the-hole for dinner.(4)What caused the misunderstanding?The words toad-in-the-hole made the author misunderstanding.While-writing IIIWrite a paragraph to tell the story.Use
5、the expressions in the box to help you.Sample(范文)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 wasnt sure whether we were going to eat a real toad in a hole.If so,how terrible!
6、I joined them at dinner time with butterflies in my stomach.To my astonishment,a dish of sausages cooked in pancakea mix that tastes a bit like pancake(约克郡布丁)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 theres no toad!
7、What an amazing experience!It was interesting to try such yummy food with a strange name.范文译文去年夏天，我住在一个英国寄宿家庭。有一天，当家里的儿子杰里米告诉我晚餐要吃洞里的蟾蜍时，我真的很惊讶。我不确定我们是否要吃一个真正的洞里的蟾蜍。如果是这样，那是多么可怕啊!晚饭时，我怀着忐忑不安的心情加入了他们。令我惊讶的是,香肠煮的菜煎饼(混合,味道有点像煎饼)(约克郡布丁)是放在桌子上,它尝起来很好吃。原来洞里蟾蜍是英国人餐桌上的一道典型菜肴，可是没有蟾蜍!多么奇妙的经历啊!尝试这么美味的食物却有一个奇怪的
8、名字是很有趣的。Post-Writing1.Exchange the writings with each other and check the spellings,grammars and sentence structures for the partners.2.Choose some of the students to come to the front to share their writings and evaluate them.3.Correct the mistakes in the writings.Summary What have we learnt today?Homework1.Find more examples of differences between American and British English.2.Check your writings again and correct the mistakes in it.3.Think about more English words or experssions that caused the misunderstandings.
