Unit2ExploringEnglish

Developingideas:MisadventuresinEnglishTOPICHEADERHERELearningObjectives.1.Understandthispassage,includingexpressionsinit..2.knowonlineforumsandfeaturesofonlineposts.3.Retellmisadventuresinthepostsbasedonstorylines.4.Payattentiontoslangs(俚語)inEnglishcontexts(語境).Whatarephrases,idiomsandslangs?

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

--What’sup?--Nothingmuch.--How’severything?--Notmuch,sameold.What’sup?

What’sgoingon?/How’severything?

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Hisnameringsabell.ButIcan’trememberwherewemet.IthinkIhaveheardhisname.ButIcan’trememberwherewemet.ringabelltosoundfamiliar

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Inthelongriverofhistory,weareallsmallpotatoes.Inthelongriverofhistory,weareallunimportantpeople.smallpotatoesSomethingunimportantorinsignificant

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Insummer,mothersliketoputtoiletwaterinthebathbasin.Insummer,mothersliketoputsomeperfumed(有香味的)liquid(液體)inthebathbasin.toiletwaterAlightperfumethatdoesnothaveaverystrongsmell

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Whenweenteredtheclassroomafteralongholiday,everythingwasatsixesandsevens.Whenweenteredtheclassroomafteralongholiday,everythingwasinamess.atsixesandsevensinamessInaconfused,badly-organised,ordifficultsituation

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Ifyouwanttobeasuccessfulgardener,ofcourseyouhavetohavegreenfingers.Ifyouwanttobeasuccessfulgardener,ofcourseyouhavetohaveabilityingrowingplants.greenfingersnaturalabilityingrowingplants

WhileReadingGuesswhattheEnglishexpressionsmean?

Weneedtopullupoursockstostrugglewithdifficulties.Weneedtostrengthenourselvestostrugglewithdifficulties.pullupone’ssockstomakeanefforttoimproveyourworkorbehaviourbecauseitisnotgoodenough

BeforeReadingNowthinkaboutmoreEnglishexpressionsthatmaycausemisunderstandings.1.Iamagreenhand

inthisgame.3.Youarereallyacouchpotato!2.ShouldIusetherestroomorwaituntilwegethome?4.It’ssuchashamethatyoudon’thaveanyhorsesense.apersonwithoutrichexperienceinacertainfieldsomeonewhospendslotsoftimesittingandwatchingtelevisionaroomwithatoiletcommonsenseLookatthetitleandpredict(預(yù)測)whatthepassageisabout.

MisadventuresinEnglishadventures:unusualexperiences/journeysmis:miss/unsuccessfulUnsuccessfulunusualexperiencesinEnglish

BeforeReadingReadthepassageonP.20-21andfindoutwhatconfuseddifferentpeople.

Shehadafroginherthroat.???thegroundfloor/thefirstfloor???wicked???

notbad???

WhileReadingReadthedefinitionsina,b,candd.Matchthemwithwordsandexpressionsinthepassage.andfindevidenceinthepassagetosupportyou.a.thefirstfloorb.notbadc.haveafroginone’sthroatd.wicked

WhileReadinga.(BrE)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatgroundlevel;(AmE)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelb.prettygood,betterthanyouexpectedc.unabletospeakclearlyforashorttimebecauseyourthroatisdryorblockedd.morally(道德層面上地)wrongandintendingtohurtpeople;(informal)verygood,fantasticWhichofthestatementistrueinthepassage?a.“Thefirstfloor”inAmericamaybecalled“thegroundfloor”inothercountries.b.Whenwesaysomeoneis“wicked”,weonlywanttoshowthepersonisbad.c.Ifyouwanttogoto“thefirstfloor”inBritainwhenyouenterabuilding,youshouldgoupstairs.d.InChina,weuse“Notbad!”toshowsomethingisgood.Britainverygood/fantasticBritain/England

WhileReadingWheredidYancy,Sophie,JulienandZhengXusharetheirmisadventuresinEnglish?

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Ifyouwanttopostacommentorreplytoapost,clickthe“comments”.forum(論壇):awebsite/webpagewhereuserscanshareopinions

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aparticulartopicandreplytootherusers’posts(帖子).

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Someofthelanguageonlineisdifferentfromotherkindsofcommunication.Whatarethey?

Whyaretheyused?WhileReading

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Someofthelanguageonlineisdifferentfromotherkindsofcommunication.1.Whatarethey?2.Whyaretheyused?Findtheminthefourposts.angryconfusedsadWhichpostdoyouthinkisthemostinteresting,why?Canyouretellthestoryinthispost?

When(什么時(shí)候)，Where(什么地點(diǎn))，Who(什么人)，

What(什么事)，Why(什么原因)，How(怎么樣)。Thissummer,IwenttoLondontovisitmypenfriend.Hehadtoldmethathisgrandfatherwas“reallywicked”,however,whenImethisgrandfather,Ilikedhimverymuch.Whydidmypenfrienduseanegativewordonsuchaniceman?

PostReadingGivenchances,howwouldyoudealwiththesituations

intheposts?Wecanaskforthemeaningsofwordsandexpressions.Usefulexpressionsfromlastlesson:1.Whatdoes…mean?2.What’sthatfor?3.Whenyousay…youmean…,right?

PostReadingHaveyouhadmisadventuresinEnglish?Example1Yesterday,Ihadanimportantfootballmatch.Ifeltverynervous,soItalkedtomynewfriendaboutit.HeisaniceandfriendlyboyfromEngland.However,hewishedmetobreakaleg.Whydidhewantmetogethurt?Goodluck!

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PostReadingHaveyouhadmisadventuresinEnglish?Example2:MyclassmateKateisfromAmerica.Lastsummer,shewantedtotakepartinaChinesespeechcompetitionandsheaskedmetohelpher.Wepractisedinourclassroom.Althoughitwas30℃insidetheclassroom,shekepttellingmethatshegotcoldfeet.Wasshesick?nervous;frightenedBraintwister1.Whatdoyoucalladeerwithnoeye?(沒有眼睛的鹿是什么鹿)2.Whatdidalatetomatosaytoothertomatoes?(一個(gè)遲到的番茄會(huì)對其他的番茄說什么)3.—Ionlyknow25lettersofthealphabet.—why?—26個(gè)字母我只認(rèn)識25個(gè)—為什么？—Idon'tknowY(why)—我不認(rèn)識Y（我不知道為什么）Noeyedeer(Noidea).叫無眼鹿（不知道）Iwillketchup(catchup).(我能趕上)(ketchup蕃茄醬)

Summary1.Readthroughthisarticle,especiallyth