
1. Understand this passage, including new expressins..
2. Get t knw nline frums and features f nline psts.
3. Retell misadventures in the psts based n stry lines.
4. Pay attentin t slangs(俚語) in English cntexts(語境).
Read the dialgue and guess the meaning.
Yu knw what, the guy we were talking with is a big ptat in ur cmpany.
Yu dn’t say!
A big ptate: A very imprtant figure r smene f a high status in a field.
Watch the vide and talk abut the phenmenn with yur partner.
“What's up?”, I said t him. “Nthing much,” he answered.
What’s ging n? 你好/出了什么事?
Guessing game Read the fllwing expressins and guess their meanings.
ring a bell
His name rings a bell. But I can’t remember where we met.
T sund familiar.
In the lng river f histry, we are all small ptates.
=In the lng river f histry, we are all unimprtant peple.
small ptates smething unimprtant r insignificant
In summer, mthers like t put Six Gd tilet water in the bath basin.
=In summer, mthers like t put sme perfumed(有香味的) liquid(液體) named Six Gd in the bath basin.
tilet water a light perfume that des nt have a very strng smell
at sixes and sevens
My rm is at sixes and sevens.
in a cnfused, badly-rganised, r difficult situatin=in a mess
Mther has green fingers.
natural ability in grwing plants園藝高手
pull up ne’s scks
We need t pull up ur scks t struggle with difficulties.
t imprve yur wrk r behavir
Pre-reading:
D yu knw mre expressins that may cause misunderstanding?
green handcuch ptathrse senserest rmthe Yellw Pages
a bk that cntains the telephne numbers f businesses and rganizatins in an area
a rm with a tilet
smene wh spends a lt f time sitting and watching televisin
a persn withut rich experience in a certain field
Read the passage and find the wrds r expressins that caused the misunderstandings.
Misadventures in English
adventures: unusual experiences/jurneys
mis: mis/unsuccessful
Unsuccessful unusual experiences in English
Learning t learn
Online English-learning frums can be a very useful learning resurce. Nt nly can yu pst specific questins, but yu can als braden yur knwledge by reading psts frm ther English learners arund the wrld.
What is the style f this passage?It is a frum pst. What is the main idea f the passage?
A.Truble in learning English.B.A bad experience.C.Misunderstandings f English wrds.D.The benefit f learning English.
Lk at the wrd clud and the picture. Predict what is talked abut in the interview.
Read the definitins f the wrds and expressins that caused the misunderstandings. Match the definitins t the psts.
Yancy's pst
Sphie's pst
Julien's pst
Zheng Xu's pst
While-reading:
when: last week where: ur frum what: asked if... result: s many psts remind us..
tpic where wh what happend
tpic where what happend
Q3. Wh is the persn in each stry? Q4. Where did each stry take place?Q5. What happened? Q6. Hw did the persn feel?
The stry happened (where)...(wh) misunderstd the his/her view,the expressin meant...(what), s he/she felt...(hw)at that time.
Q7. What is the actual meaning f “have a frg in ne’s thrat” in British English?
------ Unable t______ clearly fr a shrt time COZ yur ______is dry r blcked.
Read and find the wrds and expressins that caused the misunderstandings.
have a frgin ne’s thrat
Misunderstanding
unable t ____________ fr a shrt time, because yur thrat is dry r blcked.
Maggie ate a ________.
speak clearly
(British English) the flr f a building a_____the ne at grund level.
Q7. What is the actual meaning f “the first flr” in British English?
the first flr
在英國,一樓是grund flr,grund flr上面的一層是the first flr
(UK) the flr f a building ______ the grund level.
(US) the flr f a building _____ the grund level.
(infrmal) __________________.
very gd; fantastic
Q7. What is the actual meaning f “wicked” in my British penfriend’s wrds?
The wrd wicked has tw meanings, the first is ________and the ther is ________. Julien just knw the first ne.
Julien is dd that why did his friend uses a negative wrd, _______, abut such a nice man?
1. 邪惡的2. 極好的,很棒的
pretty gd, ________than yu expected.
Q7. What is the actual meaning f “nt bad” in British English?
(UK) nt bad means _________, better than yu expected.
Zheng Xu misunderstands that there are _______ in his paper.
Q8. Why did they have such misunderstandings?
Cultural differences
Q9. What shuld we d if we want t avid such misadventures caused by cultural differences?
Learn mre abut a wrd r phrase.Get t knw the culture behind language in ur daily life.Ask thers fr explanatin.Guess the meaning accrding t the cntext (上下文)
Q10: Where are the stries prbably frm?A. A plitics frum. B. An English-learning frum.C. A business frum. D. A technlgy frum.
What can we d n an English-learning frum?
Please help Lily share her stry n the frum.
Lily’s Misadventure in English Last summer, Lily stayed with a British family---Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their sn Bb. One day, ... .
1. 【鞏固拓展類】A Write dwn the stry: Lily’s Misadventure in English.B Write dwn yur wn r ther peple’s stries abut using a language. ...’s misadventure in Chinese/English/Japanese... ...’s misadventure in ... dialect(方言) 2. 【實踐探究類】Search and Cllect the expressins that will easily cause misunderstandings with yur grup. We will have a Guessing Game next class.Grup1: expressins abut animals. Grup2: expressins abut clrs.Grup3: expressins abut numbers. Grup4: expressins abut clthes.Grup5: expressins abut bdy parts.
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