1、Unit 2 Exploring EnglishUnit 2 Exploring English【Developing Ideas】Objectives:Objectives:At end of this class,students can:1.get the main idea of the passage and be able to retell the four posts;2.find out the words or expressions that causes the misunderstanding,guess their definitions and present y
2、our reference for judging;3.master some key words and phrases.4.share your own experiences of the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings in Chinese and voice your opinion.Can you guess？1.His name rings a bell.But I cant remember where we met.2.We are only small potatoes.The manager w
3、ont listen to us.3.His mother was away and the boy made the room at sixes and sevens.4.My father has green fingers,he can grow anything.5.My mother likes to use Six God toilet water to avoid mosquitos(蚊子）.6.Whats up with him?He looks so angry.Why the author highlights“Mis-”？formation of vocabulary:t
4、o add a prefix(前缀)mis-:bad(ly),wrong(ly)negative prefixadventure:an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risksmisadventure：an unfortunate incident 不幸事故misadvertures in English misunderstand the English expressions and cause incidentssome embarrassing（尴尬的）stories in EnglishPre-reading Loo
5、k at the pictures on the textbook.what can you discover?Pre-reading What it looks like?1.The passage comes from_A.forum B.magazine Pre-reading Scanning(略读)Try to find the misunderstading expressions in four posts.have a frog in ones throaton the first floorwickednot badPre-reading Skimming(详读)Read P
6、ara.1 and answer the question below.1.Why the author posts four stories on the forum?Because they can remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world.(Line 6)While-reading be different from:not the same asR Read Para.2 and answer
7、 the questions below.While-reading 1.What happened to Maggie?Maggie couldnt teach the day COZ she had a frog in her throat.(Line 5)2.Can you guess the meaning through the passage?(you can speak Chinese to express your answer)Unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or bloc
8、k.Where:Who:What happened:play safedifferent teacherhad a frog in her throatGroup work:try to retell the first post.Group work:try to retell the first post.Group work:try to retell the first post.Group work:try to retell the first post.wherewhowhat happenedYancyIn a summer school in ManchesterThe Br
9、itish always play safe with their food,but her English teacher had a frog in her throat.Read Para.3Read Para.3 and answers the questions below.and answers the questions below.1.What does Sophie think of“on the first floor”?It refers to the second floor.2.Can you guess where Sophie is from?British(Ne
10、w York is a city of America.There are some different expressions between America and British)While-reading the information desk at the entrancego upthe second floorthe first floorOn the first floorBrE:the floor of a building above the one at ground level;AmE:the floor of a building at ground levelWh
11、ere:Who:What happened:winter bootsa ladyshoe sectionon the first flooron the ground floorGroup work:try to retell the second post.Group work:try to retell the second post.Group work:try to retell the second post.Group work:try to retell the second post.wherewhowhat happenedSophieIn a downtown shoppi
12、ng center in New Yorka lady told her the shoe section was on the first floor,but she found it on the ground floor.Read Para.4 and answer questions below.Read Para.4 and answer questions below.What did Julien find odd?His penfriend told Julien that his grandfather was really wicked.(Line 2)(“it”refer
13、s that“He had told me that his grandfather was really wicked”)While-reading Wicked:evil;nice,excellentWhere:Who:What happened:odd?penfriendgrandfatherwickedGroup work:try to retell the third post.Group work:try to retell the third post.wherewhowhat happenedJulienIn LondonHe found odd that his penfri
14、end described his grandfather as wicked.Read Para.5 and answers the question Read Para.5 and answers the question below.below.1.How did Zheng Xu prepare his exchange programme?2.What was Zheng Xu looking forward to?While-reading Read Para.5 and answers the questions Read Para.5 and answers the quest
15、ions below.below.1.How did Zheng Xu prepare his exchange programme?He spent days preparing and writing his first English paper.(Line 4)While-reading He spent days preparing and writing his first English paper.1.spend(in)doing sth.2.spend on(doing)sth.1.I spent all the evening on my homework.2.My mom
16、 spent two hours in doing the housework.2.What was Zheng Xu looking forward to?He was looking forward to getting a positive comment.(Line 5)look forward to doing sth.not badpretty good,better than you expectedWhere:Who:What happened:spent;looked forward tothe positive commentnot badGroup work:try to
17、 retell the fourth post.Group work:try to retell the fourth post.Group work:try to retell the fourth post.wherewhowhat happenedZheng XuIn a student exchange programme in EnglandHe spent days preparing and writing his first paper,looking forward to getting a positive comment,but the teachers comment
18、was“not bad”.A.Some funny posts(帖子)about what learn in class and in life.B.An exciting adventure in English learning.C.Some misunderstandings from different backgrounds.D.Some strange English words difficult to learn.After-reading Whats the passage about?Exercise 3 on Page 28a(BrE)the floor of a bui
19、lding above the one at ground level;(AmE)the floor of a building at ground levelb pretty good,better than you expectedc unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blockedd morally wrong and intending to hurt people;(informal)very good,fantasticground floor/first floorhave
20、 a frog in ones throatnot badwickedDeveloping&Presenting ideaswhowherewhat happenedYancySophieJulienZheng Xuin a summer school in ManchesterThe British always play safe with their food,but her English teacher had a frog in her throat.in a downtown shopping center in New Yorka lady told her the shoe
21、section was on the first floor,but she found it on the ground floor.in LondonHe found odd that my penfriend described his grandfather as wicked.in a student exchange programme in EnglandHe spent days preparing and writing my first paper,looking forward to getting a positive comment,but the teachers
22、comment was“not bad”.This passage is from the forum.What examples of Internet language are used in the passage?What do they mean?COZ:because ：angry :confusedSummaryHomework:1.Keep writing down vocabularies.2.Finish your worksheet.3.Chose one of the post to recite.4.Find some Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries.
