No.2 Middle School

Welcome to my class

ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD

Unit 2

toilet

bath / bathtub

toweltap

basin

handle

A bathroom or a toilet?

mirror

Warming Up

Look at the picture and read the dialogue on Page 8

and then answer the following questions.1. What is it that Joe can’t find in the bathroom?

2. Why can’t he find it?

Answer 1: A toilet.

Answer 2: Because the meaning of “bathroom” is different in Br.E and Am.E.

In Am.E, first it is a toilet and sometimes there is a bathtub or shower in it.

In Br.E, first there is a bathtub or shower in it

and sometimes a toilet.

Special difficulties for warming up:

1. For the first time/the first time/ it is the third time

1)They were invited to the important party_for the first time in their life .

2)I like her very much the first time I saw her .

3)It is the third time you ______(asked/ have asked ) me the same question.

2.all the way / all the time1)Mr Smith drove all the way to New york and just in time for the meeting.2) It is not helpful to make the students study all the time

3. Must be / can’t be1)Who is the man over there? – It

must be___our headmaster.2)Mike can’t be a policeman,for he is

much too short.

4.Be tired of/be tired from/with/be tired out1)We are all tired out and we’d like to take a taxi.2) I am tired of walking.3)I am tired from/with hiking.

5 I mean /mean to do sth/mean doing sth.1)If you want to pass the exam, it will mean studying hard.2) Sorry , I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.3)What do you mean by waking me up in the middle of the night

Speaking

1. Act Dialogue 1 out with your partner.2. Complete the following sentences:

Emily asked Karen

how to pronounce “kilometre”

The teacher asked Karen and Emily

if there was anything that wasn’t clear to them

Karen told the teacher that Emily had asked her

how to pronounce “kilometre”

3. Act Dialogue 2 out with your partner.

4. Complete the following sentences.

Ms Smith told Harry to take those two pizzas to Mr Thompson on Broad Street , number 12.

Harry asked Ms Smith if she could spell the name.

He also asked her if she could repeat the address.

Ms Smith told Harry not to forget to buy her some ketchup on his way back.

Think of another situation and make up another dialogue for three of your group members to act it out,using the useful expressions in the box.

Make up A dialogue for three students and act it out in class, using the following expressions to help you.

Useful expressions

Can you spell that, please? I beg your parden?

Could you repeat that, please? How do you say …in English?

What do you mean by…? How do you pronounce…?

Could you speak a bit slowly, please? What does … mean?

Situation 1 (Grammar)

A:Excuse me.Can you tell me,how do you say in English that I like this flower more than that one?Prettier?

B:Haha.You say prettier when you talk about girls.Just say more beautiful.

A:Oh,yeah.I thought it was something like that.

T:A and B,do you have a problem?

B:It’s nothing.A asked me to tell her how to say more beautiful.

Situation 2 (Meaning)

A:Somebody is pulling my leg.

B:What do you mean by saying “pulling your leg”?

C:What was that?I beg your pardon?

A:B asked me what “pulling someone’s leg” means.

C:Well,do you know?

A:I think it means that someone is playing a joke on you.

Homework

1.Preview the text on Page 10 and 11 and finish Part 2 in the POST—READING.

2.Finish “Word Study” on Page 11.

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