Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas示范公开课教学课件【外研版必修1】.pptx

Unit 2 Exploring English Developing ideas Activity 1 What’s up? (What’s going on?) ring a bell (to sound familiar) small potatoes (something unimportant or insignificant) toilet water (a light perfume that does not have a very strong smell) at sixes and sevens (in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation) green fingers (natural ability in growing plants) pull up one’s socks (to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough) Read the following expressions and guess their meanings. Activity 2 Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings. 1 had a frog in her throat 2 the first floor 3 wicked 4 Not bad Activity 3 a (British English) the floor of a building above the one at ground level; (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 your throat is dry or blocked d morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastic a–Sophie’s post b–Zheng Xu’s post c–Yancy’s post d–Julien’s post Read the definitions of the words and expressions that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitions to the posts. Think Share 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? Do you know of any Chinese expressions that often cause misunderstandings for people from other countries? Share them with the class. Activity 4 Work in pairs. Retell the situations in the four posts. Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English. Activity 4 Activity 5 Who were the people in the story? Where did the story take place? What happened? What caused the misunderstanding? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Activity 6 Write a paragraph to tell the story. Activity 7 Share your story with the class. Last summer, I stayed with a Br