Unit+2+Exploring+English+Developing+idea 【知识精讲精研】 高中英语

Unit2ExploringEnglish【DevelopingIdeas】MisadventuresinEnglish—Youknowwhat,theguyweweretalkingwithisabigpotatoinourcompany.—Youdon'tsay!(不会吧？真的吗？)Yourdescriptionringsabell,butIdon'tthinkI'veeverbeentheremyself.He'sextremelysurehehasmetthegirlbefore,thoughhernamedoesn'tringabell.【ringabell】Somethingsoundsfamiliar听起来耳熟Using

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【atsixes

andsevens】inaconfused,badlyorganized,ordifficultsituation乱七八糟Ifyouwanttowintheend-of-yearcompetition,you'llhavetopullupyoursocks.Pullyoursocksupandwehavetotryitagain.【pullupone'ssocks】takeone‘scouragetodo；cheerup鼓足干劲，加紧努力She

hasunbelievablygreenfingers,shecangrow

anything.

【greenfingers】begoodatmakingplantsgrow园艺能手ReadingComprehensionReadthepassageandfindthewordsorexpressionsthatcausedthemisunderstandings.a(BrE)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatgroundlevel;(AmE)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelbprettygood,betterthanyouexpectedcunabletospeakclearlyforashorttimebecauseyourthroatisdryorblockeddmorallywrongandintendingtohurtpeople;(informal)verygood,fantasticgroundfloor/firstfloorhaveafroginone’sthroatnotbadwickedunabletospeakclearlybecauseyourthroatisdryorblocked;itdoesn’treallymeanthere’safroginyourthroathaveafroginone’sthroat1cluewords因为thefirstfloor/thegroundfloor2(BrE)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatgroundlevel;(AmE)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelcluewords结果转折thefirstfloor/thegroundfloor2I’ma/an________.AmericanI’ma/an______.Britishwicked

3verygood,fantastic(informal)cluewords转折notbad4prettygood,betterthanyouexpectedcluewords转折Summary—Howdidyoumakeitinguessingthedifficultwordsandexpressionsintheirmisadventures?—Byusingcontextclues.(语境、上下文线索)Learntogetsomeinformationaboutforum.1FORUM:awebsiteorwebpagewhereuserscanpostcommentsaboutaparticularissueortopicandreplytootherusers'posts.＊

Ifyoulikethepost,youcanclickthe“like”.＊Ifyouwanttopostacommentorreplytothepost,youcanclickthe“comments”.＊Ifyouwanttosharethepostwithyourownfriends,youcanclickthe“share”.＊Ifyouclickthe“favourite”,youcansavethepostforfutureuseorbrowsing.fourpostsmessages

senttoanInternetdiscussiongroupsothatallmembersofthegroupcanreadthem帖子OnlineEnglish-learningforumscanbeaveryusefullearningresource.Notonlycanyoupostspecificquestions,butyoucanalsobroadenyourknowledgebyreadingpostsfromotherEnglishlearnersaroundtheworld.LearningtolearnThink&Share.3P22Whichpostdoyoufindmostinteresting?Why?Howwouldyoudealwiththesituationsdescribedintheposts?WhatexamplesofInternetlanguageareusedinthepassage?Whatdotheymean?DoyouknowofanyChineseexpressionsthatoftencausemisunderstandingsforpeoplefromothercountries?Sharethemwiththeclass.Whatdothefollowinglettersorsignsmeaninthearticleandwheredotheyoftenexist?1)coz2)X-(3)4):-(=becauseangryconfusedsadTheyoftenappearontheinternet.ASAP:BTW:CU:BBL:CUL:IMO:Thx:VG:NVM:GTG:TIL:J/K:Assoonaspossible尽快Thanks.谢谢Bytheway顺便说一下Seeyou.再见Seeyoulater.下次再会

gottogo得走了Inmyopinion.依我所见Justkidding开个玩笑哈verygood很好Nevermind.别担心

TodayIlearned今天我学到了...Bebacklater.稍后回来WhatotherexamplesofInternetlanguagedoyouknow?Canyoulistsome?Howdoyouunderstandthetitle?happenwhenweareusinglanguage.Weshouldlearnmoreaboutother'sculture

andlivinghabitstoavoidmisunderstandingsinlanguages.isalongandinterestingjourney,duringwhichweshouldadoptcreativeandefficientwaysanduseitmoreinreallife.MisadventuresLearningEnglishWhatcanwelearnfromthepassage?小标题Workinpairs.Retellthesituationsinthefourposts.whowhereWhathappened?

HomeworkWriteastoryaboutamisunderstandinginEnglish.Herearesometips.（50words）

1.Whowerethepeoplei