新外研版高中英语必修第一册Unit 2 Developing ideas.pptx

Unit 2 Exploring EnglishDeveloping ideas新标准《英语》高中必修第一册 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, badlyorganised, 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) Activity 2 Read the passage and find the words or expressions that caused the misunderstandings.1 had a frog in her throat2 the first floor3 wicked4 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 levelb pretty good, better than you expectedc unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blockedd morally wrong and intending to hurt people; (informal) very good, fantastica–Sophie’s post b–Zheng Xu’s post c–Yancy’s post d–Julien’s post Think ShareWhich 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 4Work in pairs. Retell the situations in the four posts. Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English Activity 5Who were the people in the story?Where did the story take place?What happened?What caused the misunderstanding? Activity 6Write a paragraph to tell the story. Activity 7Share your story with the class.Last summer, I stayed with a British host family.One day, I was really surprised when Jeremy, the son of the family, told me that we would have toad-in-the-hole for dinner. I wasn’t sure whether we were going to eat a real toad in a hole. If so, how terrible! I joined them at dinne