1、Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas it doesnt really mean theres a frog in your throat 栏目导航栏目导航 栏目导航栏目导航 the first floor/the ground floor 2 (BrE) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (AmE) the floor of a building at ground level the first floor: clue words 栏目导航栏目导航 栏目导航栏目导航 w
2、icked 3 very good, fantastic (informal) clue words 栏目导航栏目导航 栏目导航栏目导航 How did you make it in guessing the difficult words and expressions in their misadventures? By using context clues. (语境语境 、上下文线索、上下文线索 ) 教教 材材 语语 篇篇 1) What is the main idea of the passage? A. An exciting adventure in English learn
3、ing B. Some strange English words difficult to learn C. The differences between what we learn in class and in life D. Some funny posts about what we should learn in class Reading comprehension 2) What do the four people have in common? A. Having the same experiences in learning Engll B. Meeting some
4、thing strange in English learning C. Coming from the same English-speaking country D. Finding English easy to learn and hard to understand 3) Why didnt Sophie find the shoes on the first floor A. Because she misunderstood the ladys words B. Because there were no shoes sections sold there C. Because
5、the shoes were all placed on the ground D. Because she didnt go up to the upper floor 4) Julien found his pen friends grandfather A. wicked B confused C. negative D. nice 5)What do we learn about Zheng Xus English pap A. Zheng Xu felt disappointed about his paper B. Zheng Xu didnt get a good grade o
6、n it C. The teacher thought the paper wrote well D. The teacher thought Zheng Xu was not a bad student 2.Read the whole passage once again and underline the following phrases in your textbook. 1)play safe with 2) have a frog in ones throat 3)at the entrance 4) spend time doing something 5)do a good
7、job 6) look forward to 1)If you want to _ your health, cut down on the amount of salt you eat. 2)We have been _ the coming of Teachers Day. 3)If we dont_now, all the work weve done will be wasted. 4)If you _, remember to speak less. 5)We often _, what we are interested in. 3. Choose the best one fro
8、m these phrases above and pay attention to the form. play safe with looking forward to do a good job have a frog in your throat spend much time doing Part 3 Fill in the blanks and retell the passage. When learning English, almost everyone of us meets some misadventures and some funny 1) _ (story ).
9、They can remind us what we learn in class is 2) _ (differ) from the English outside the classroom. Fancy finds the British dont always play safe 3)_ their food because someone said that her teacher Maggie 4)_ (have)a frog in the throat. What surprising news! Once Sophie went to buy some boots and 5)
10、_ (tell )the boot were on 6)_first floor but she didnt find them “there”. How 7)_ (confuse)！Julien was also surprised about his pen friend, 8) _ uses a negative word about his nice grandfather. And as the Chinese exchange stories different with had was told the who confusing student, Zheng Xu felt t
11、he British had9)_(high)standards than Chinese. He spent days 10) _(prepare ) his English paper and only got “Not bad!” higher preparing Part 4 Homework Translate the following sentences into English. If possible, make up a story. 1) Jonathan对理解中国小吃有点困难。( have trouble doing) 中国小吃 Chinese snacks 2)他不喜
12、欢一些中国小吃的名字，也不想去尝。( not.neither.) 如“驴打滚儿( Ladagunr)”“蚂蚁上树( ants climbing trees X Vermicelli with Spicy Minced Pork(肉末粉丝) 3)他喜欢中国的饺子，尤其喜欢里面的馅儿 （fillings）(in particular) 4)我花了不少时间才说服他尝一尝. (spend time doing) 5)这些中国食物的名字让他想起一些不好的东西。 (let sb. think of/ remind sb. of sth.) 6)吃过之后，他很快爱上了它. ( fall in love in with ) Thanks for listening !
