Unit2ExploringEnglishDevelopingideasReading课件高中英语

Unit2

ExploringP4DevelopingideasReadthedialogueandguessthemeaningof“bigpotatoes”.—Youknowwhat,theguyweweretalkingwithisabigpotatoinourcompany.—Youdon'tsay!(不会吧？真的吗？)bigpotatoes:veryimportantfiguresorsomeoneofahighstatusinafield.Readthefollowingexpressionsandguesstheirmeanings.What’sup?ringabell.smallpotatoestoiletwateratsixesandsevensgreenfingersputupone’ssocks--What’sup?--Nothingmuch.--How’severything?--Notmuch,sameold.What’sup?

What’sgoingon?/How’severything?Hisnameringsabell.ButIcan’trememberwherewemet.IthinkIhaveheardhisname.ButIcan’trememberwherewemet.ringabelltosoundfamiliarInthelongriverofhistory,weareallsmallpotatoes.Inthelongriverofhistory,weareallunimportantpeople.smallpotatoesSomethingunimportantorinsignificantInsummer,mothersliketoputSixGodtoiletwaterinthebathbasin.Insummer,mothersliketoputsomeperfumed(有香味的)liquid(液体)namedSixGod

inthebathbasin.toiletwaterAlightperfumethatdoesnothaveaverystrongsmellWhenweenteredtheclassroomafteralongholiday,everythingwasatsixesandsevens.Whenweenteredtheclassroomafteralongholiday,everythingwasinamess.atsixesandsevensinamessInaconfused,badly-organised,ordifficultsituationIfyouwanttobeasuccessfulgardener,ofcourseyouhavetohavegreenfingers.Ifyouwanttobeasuccessfulgardener,ofcourseyouhavetohaveabilityingrowingplants.greenfingersnaturalabilityingrowingplantsWeneedtopullupoursockstostrugglewithdifficulties.Weneedtostrengthenourselvestostrugglewithdifficulties.pullupone’ssockstomakeanefforttoimproveyourworkorbehaviourbecauseitisnotgoodenoughNowthinkaboutmoreEnglishexpressionsthatmaycausemisunderstandings.greenhandcouchpotatohorsesenserestroomtheYellowPagesAbookthatcontainsthetelephonenumbersofbusinessesandorganizationsinanareaAroomwithatoiletApersonwithoutrichexperienceinacertainfieldSomeonewhospendsalotoftimesittingandwatchingtelevisionCommonsenseReadthepassagequicklytogetthemainidea.Task11．What'sthemainideaofthetext?A．TroubleinlearningEnglish.B．Abadexperience.C．MisunderstandingsofEnglishwords.D．ThebenefitoflearningEnglish.

Checkyouranswers!Readthefourposts(帖子)quicklyandfindoutwhatpuzzledYancy,Sophie,JulienandZhengXu?Shehadafroginherthroat.thegroundfloor/thefirstfloorwicked

NotbadCheckyouranswers!Task2a(BritishEnglish)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatgroundlevel(AmericanEnglish)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelbprettygood,betterthanyouexpectedReadthedefinitionsofthewordsandexpressionsthatcausedthemisunderstandings.Task2c

unabletospeakclearlyforashorttimebecauseyourthroatisdryorblockedd

morallywrongandintendingtohurtpeople;(informal)verygood,fantasticunabletospeakclearlybecauseyourthroatisdryorblocked;itdoesn’treallymeanthere’safroginyourthroat

haveafroginone’sthroat1Task3Workingroups.Readthefourpostsagainandtrytosettletheirpuzzles.cluewordsWhatarethemeaningofthemisunderstoodwordsorexpressionsintheirstories?Canyoufigurethemout?Canyoutellmethecluewords?thefirstfloor/thegroundfloor2(BrE)thefloorofabuildingabovetheoneatgroundlevel;(AmE)thefloorofabuildingatgroundlevelthefirstfloor:cluewordsI’man________.AmericanI’man______.Englishwicked3verygood,fantastic(informal)cluewordsnotbad4prettygood,betterthanyouexpectedcluewordsSummary—Howdidyoumakeitinguessingthedifficultwordsandexpressionsintheirmisadventures?—Byusingcontextclues.(语境、上下文线索)happenwhenweareusinglanguage.Weshouldlearnmoreaboutother'sculture

andlivinghabitstoavoidmisunderstandingsinlanguages.isalongandinterestingjourney,duringwhichweshouldadoptcreativeandefficientwaysanduseitmoreinreallife.MisadventuresLearningEnglishLanguagepoints1.Notonlycanyoupostspecificquestions,butyoucanalsobroadenyourknowledgebyreadingpostsfromotherEnglishlearnersaroundtheworld.notonly位于句首，后接句子时，其所在的分句要用倒装结构。e.g.Notonlyissheateacher,butsheisalsoawriter.【语境应用】单句语法填空。1)Asanexchangestudent,notonly____yougoodatwritinginEnglish,butalsoyoustudywellandliveahealthylife.are2.PeoplesaythattheBritishalwaysplaysafewithwhattheyeat.

句中what引导的宾语从句，作介词with的宾语，“……的事/人”，相当于thething(s)/theperson(s)that…。【语境应用】单句语法填空。Weareproudof_________wehaveachieved.whatdecidevt.&vi.决定；下决心；【语境应用】单句语法填空。Theydecided__________(delay)themeeting.3.I

decidetoleave.我决定离开。decidetodosth决定做某事todelay4.Ifounditveryodd.it指代上文hisgrandfatherwas“reallywicked”5.IwaspartofastudentexchangeprogrammebetweenauniversityinEnglishandmyuniversityinChina.我在中国上的大学和英国一所大学之间有一个交换项目，我作为交换生到英国学习。between...and...在……和……之间【语境应用】单句语法填空。I’llcallyou________lunchandthreeo’clock.

between6.IspentdayspreparingandwritingmyfirstEnglishpaper.我花了几天时间准备并创作我的第一篇英语论文。spendsometime(in)doingsth.“花费时间做某事”拓展：

spendsometimeonsth花费时间在某事上【语境应用】单句语法填空。1.Hespenttwoweeks________(read)thebook.2.Hespendstoomuchtime______thingsthatdon’tmatter.readingon7.IknewIhaddoneagoodjobandwaslookingforwardtogettingapositivecomment.commentn.评论；v.评论；表达意见commenton/uponsth.makecommentson/aboutsth.belookingforwardtodoing拓展：payattentiontoge