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1、Misadventures in English,Developing ideas,Whats up? ring a bell small potatoes toilet water at sixes and sevens green fingers pull up ones socks,Read the following expressions and guess their meanings .,(Whats going on?),(to sound familiar),(something unimportant or insignificant),(a light perfume t
2、hat does not have a very strong smell),(in a confused, badly organised, or difficult situation),(natural ability in growing plants),(to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough),butterflies in ones stomachhave a fitbe taken in eat ones wordshandwriting on the wa
3、llbring down the housean apple of lovemake ones hair stand on end,吃惊,勃然大怒,受骗,收回前言,不祥之兆,博得全场喝彩,西红柿,令人毛骨悚然,Do you share similar expressions ? Share one with us.,1 What English expressions caused misunderstandings? 2 What were their puzzles accordingly?,Last week, our forum asked if you had any funny o
4、r strange stories about using English. We didnt expect to get so many posts! Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!,366,325 comments,share,favourites,So many likes and comments,Yancy,
5、sophie,julien,Zheng xu,Yancy,English expressions: Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat.,Puzzle: People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. But why did she try to eat such a big frog?,Reason: Her throat was unable to speak clearly for a short time becau
6、se her throat is dry or blocked.,English expressions: She said the shoe section was on the first floor.So I went up to the first floor, but couldnt find any shoes.,Puzzle: Why did she give me the wrong information?,Reason: The first floor is (British English) the floor of a building above the one at
7、 ground level; (American English) the floor of a building at ground level.,sophie,English expressions: My English penfriend had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”. But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot.,Puzzle: Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?,Re
8、ason: Wicked means being pretty good, better than you expected.,julien,wicked,English expressions: I knew I had done a good job on my first English paper and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back ,I found my teacher had written the comment ”not bad!”,Puzzle: Bu
9、t there werent any errors in my paper.,Reason: “Not bad” morally means being wrong and intending to hurt people; But informally means being very good, fantastic.,Zheng xu,Not bad?,Think & Share,Which post do you find most interesting? Why? How would you deal with the situations described in the post
10、s? 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.,Writing a story about a misunderstanding in English,Who were the people in the story
11、? Where did the story take place? What happened? What caused the misunderstanding?,Write a paragraph to tell the story.,Share 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 to
12、ad-in-the-hole for dinner. I wasnt sure whether we were going to eat a real toad in a hole. If so, how terrible! I joined them at dinner time with butterflies in my stomach. To my astonishment, a dish of sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding (a mix that tastes a bit like pancakes) was served on the t
13、able, and it tasted delicious. It turned out that toad-in-the-hole is a typical dish for a British dinner, and theres no toad! What an amazing experience! It was interesting to try such yummy food with a strange name.,We may have lots of misadventures in learning English . But if we welcome them, these experiences will turn into adventures. Above all, we will explore the mystery and beauty of English. So , dont miss the adventures.,Thank you!,
