参赛教师：刘芳

参赛题目：《 Misunderstanding 》

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Group TaskA Riddle:

What’s it ？

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A Riddle: What is black and white and ____ by people all over?”

read

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A Game:

Telephone!

Group Task

Lead-in Activities A GameLead-in Activities A Game

Group 1

Group 2

I have been to Oakland

I have been to Auckland

I scream.

ice cream

I scream. VS ice creamI scream. VS ice cream

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Similar-sounding wordscan cause

_____________.

Group Task

misunderstanding

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Unit 1 Text A

Misunderstanding

Word-buildingWord-building

Prefix:

mis-mis + understand misunderstand 误解

mis + pronounce

mis + hear

mis + print

mispronounce 发错音mishear 听错

misprint 印刷错

(Para. 6) What should

people do when

Misunderstandings

occur?

(Paras. 4-5) Non-native

English speakers are often

more affected.

(Paras. 1-3) Misunderstandings

may occur

among native

English speakers.

Part I Part II Part III

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He had uncombed hair ， dirty clothes ， and only 35 cents in his pocket.In Baltimore, Maryland, he got on a bus and headed straight for the restroom. He thought that if he hid in the restroom, he could ride to New York without paying. But a passenger at the back of the bus saw him. She tapped theperson in front of her on the shoulder and said, "There's a bum in therestroom. Tell the bus driver." That passenger tapped the person sitting in front of him. "Tell the bus driver there's a bum in the restroom," he said ．    The message was passed from person to person until it reached the front of the bus ． But somewhere along the way ， the message changed ． By the time it reached the bus driver ， it was not "There's a bum in the restroom" but "There's a bomb in the restroom." The driver immediately pulled over tothe side of the highway and radioed the police. When the police arrived, theytold the passengers to get off the bus and stay far away. Then they closed the highway. That soon caused a 15-mile-long traffic jam. With the help of a dog, the police searched the bus for two hours. Of course, they found no bomb.      

Reading TasksReading Tasks Two similar-sounding English words also caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, California. His problems beganat the airport in Los Angeles. He thought he heard his flight announced, so he walked to the gate, showed his ticket, and got on the plane. Twenty minutesafter takeoff, the man began to worry. Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean. "Is this plane going to Oakland?" he asked the flight attendant ． The flight attendant gasped. "NO," she said, ”We’re going toAuckland — Auckland, New Zealand."    When a Korean woman who lives in the United States arrived at work onemorning ， her boss asked her ， "Did you get a plate?“ "No…" she answered, wondering what in the world he meant. She worked in an office ． Why did the boss ask her about a plate? AII day she wondered about her boss’s strangequestion ， but she was too embarrassed to ask him about it ． At five o‘clock ，when she was getting ready to go home ， her boss said ， "Please be on time tomorrow ． You were 15 minutes late this morning ． ""Sorry ， "she

said ． "My car wouldn‘t start ， and…“ Now she understood ． Her boss hadn’t asked her ，"Did you get a plate?" He had asked her ， "Did you get up late?"

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Stories Where Who What were the mistakes?

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

on a bus passengers There is a bum in the restroom.

There is a bomb in the restroom.

VS

bomb

bumReading TasksReading Tasks

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Stories Where Who What were the mistakes?

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

on a bus passengersbum VS bomb

at the airport a man Oakland VS Auckland

VS.

Auckland

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Oakland

Oakland

California

Oakland

Oakland

Auckland

Flag :

Capital: Wellington

Largest city: Auckland

Auckland

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(Paras. 1-3) Misunderstandings

may occur

among native

English speakers.

Part I

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Stories Where Who What were the mistakes?

Ⅰ on a bus passengers bum VS bomb

Ⅱ

at the airport

a man Oakland

VS

Auckland

Language PointsLanguage PointsHe had uncombed hair, dirty clothes, and only 35 cents in his pocket. In Baltimore, Maryland, he got on a bus and headed straight for the

restroom. He thought that if he hid in the restroom,

he could ride to New York without paying.

Language PointsLanguage Points

1. uncombed adj. (of hair) not clean, tidy, straight or neatly arranged 沒有梳理的

e.g. The scientist always

had uncombed hair and

dirty clothes, so some

people thought that

he was a crazy old man.

Language PointsLanguage Points

2.restroom n.

W.C. toilet wash room / bathroom Gentleman’s room/ Men’s room ( 男厕 ) Ladies’ room/ Women’s room ( 女厕 )

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He tapped the person in front of

him on the shoulder and said, “There’s

a bum in the toilet. Tell the bus driver.”

3.tap vt.to touch or hit somebody or something quickly and lightly 轻拍

tap+ 人 +prep + the + 部位

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3.tap vt. to touch or hit somebody or something quickly and lightly 轻拍 Mr. Samaranch

Reviewing Task Reviewing Task – Complete the summary

Misunderstanding may occur among native English speakers.

A passenger wanted to tell the driver that there a bum in the ________ . The change of the word ____ into _____ cause a 15-mile-long ___________.

A man who wanted to go to ________ finally got to ________ because he failed to get the meaning correctly.

restroom bum bomb

Oakland

traffic jam

Auckland

SummarySummary

Similar-sounding wordscan cause

misunderstanding.

AssignmentAssignment

Directions:

Work with your classmates to find more similar-sounding words that may cause misunderstandings.

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