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Unit 2 Growing pains Word power

高一牛津版模块一. Unit 2 Growing pains Word power. 1. Can you find some differences between American and British English in the video ,and what are they?. pants vs. trousers chips vs. crisp soda vs. fizzy drink life vs. elevator watch a movie vs. watch a film

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Unit 2 Growing pains Word power

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  1. 高一牛津版模块一 Unit 2 Growing pains Word power 1

  2. Can you find some differences between American and British English in the video ,and what are they? • pants vs. trousers • chips vs. crisp • soda vs. fizzy drink • life vs. elevator • watch a movie vs. watch a film • walk on Sidewalk vs. walk on pavement

  3. In which aspects do the differences between American and British English exist? Discussion grammar and different expressions pronunciation spelling

  4. eraser Am. E rubber Bri. E candy Am. E sweets Bri. E

  5. Toilet/ WC Bri. E restroom/bathroom Am. E soccer (ball) Am.E football Bri. E

  6. living room Am. E sitting room Bri. E

  7. vacation Am. E holiday Bri. E

  8. Who is an American? Boy：What can I do for you ?Girl： I‘d like a piece of rubber , please !Boy：…Er,a piece of eraser ? 0.5 dollar , please ! Anything else ?Girl ： I'd like some sweets , too .Boy：No problem . All the candy we sell is sweet .Girl： I see,so you sell sweet sweets!

  9. centre colour traveller tyre organise programme

  10. Pronunciation

  11. Turn to P 26, look at the differences in grammar, then finish the exercise below.

  12. Li Hua: Hello, (1) Is this ___ Dai Jun? Dai Jun: Yes. Hi, Li Hua, how are you? Li Hua: I’m OK now, but I just had the worst morning ever! Dai Jun: What happened? Li Hua: I went to the shopping (2) center _______near Huaihai that centre

  13. Road, to change the new shoes I bought, the ones that (3) fit _____badly, for bigger ones. One saleswoman was in the (4) bathroom _____and the other was watching a TV (5) program ___________. Neither of them would help me! Finally, I got help, but they only fitted toilet programme

  14. had the shoes in a (6) color _______I didn’t like. When I asked to see the manager, they told me, oh, sorry, (7) she just went home____________________. Dai Jun: What a terrible shop! What did you do ? colour she’s just gone home

  15. Li Hua: They gave a number to phone the manager(8) at_____, so I called when I got home. Now I feel a bit better, but I still don’t have new shoes! on

  16. Colloquialisms

  17. What is a colloquialism? A colloquialism is an informal expression used in spoken English. Colloquialisms are often used in conversations.

  18. Part A Read these colloquialisms and look at the matching pictures. Choose the correct meaning for each one from the box below. Joke with someone, something easy to do, boring or afraid to have fun listening carefully

  19. Don’t worry. It’s a piece of cake! something easy to do

  20. Don’t be a wet blanket. Have some fun! boring / afraid to have fun

  21. Go on, tell me. I’m all ears. listening carefully

  22. Are you serious? Don’t pull my leg. joke with someone

  23. Presentation Part B 1. Mrs Black’s garden is the best in our town. She has really green fingers. ________________________________ 2. He makes every decision in our company. He is the top dog. __________________________________ be good at gardening An important person in an organization

  24. 3. Why did you give her cold shoulder? You are good friends, aren’t you. ___________________________________ 4. I wish I had brought my umbrella. It’s raining cats and dogs. _______________________________ be not friendly with her raining heavily.

  25. 5. Football is just not my cup of tea- I Like playing volleyball. _______________________________ not really to my taste.

  26. Language points

  27. a piece of cake就是“小事一桩”的意 • 思，形容轻而易举的事情。 • Hurry up, this job is a piece of cake. Don’t • spend more than 15 minutes on it. • 赶快！这件工作只是小事一桩，十五分钟 • 内要完成。 • The new software product makes • accounting a piece of cake. • 这新的软件产品把会计工作变得轻松多了。

  28. 虽然a piece of cake往往不是 “一块蛋糕”的意思，但在外国，确有不少面包糕点店铺是用a piece of cake的一 语双关来作店铺招牌名称或者做广告 的，意思就是“本店制作精美糕点轻而 易举，小事一桩” 。

  29. 2. a wet blanket令人扫兴的人 这一表达的来源是：当发生火灾的时候，为了扑火，把湿毛毯盖到火上。后用来指在社交场合泼冷水，令人扫兴的人。如： I’m sorry to be such a wet blanket, but I have to leave now.

  30. I can’t decide whether I should invite my girlfriend’s brother Tom to the party. After all he is her brother. But he’s such a wet blanket. I’m afraid he’ll spoil the party for all my other guests.

  31. throw a wet blanket on这个说法相当于中文里的一句俗语： 给人当头泼凉水。人们逐渐引申了这个说法用a wet blanket 来比喻把周围兴高采烈的人们都弄得热情冷却的一个人。然而wet blanket并不只是用来说人，也可以指事情。

  32. 3. all ears专心地倾听, 全神贯注 When someone is all ears, he or she is listening with complete attention． Whenever you tell Johnny some gossip, he’s all ears. 每当你说闲话给约翰尼听时，他总是全神贯注。

  33. 4. to pull one’s leg逗别人，开别人玩笑 Tom said this girl had told him she wouldn’t mind going out with me. But when I invited her to have a walk, I learned he was just pulling my leg. 汤姆说，那个女孩愿意和我一起出去玩。可是，当我请她去看电影的时候，我才发现汤姆是在逗我，开我的玩笑。”

  34. 5. green fingers有园艺技能…… 例：It seems that he has green fingers. His garden is very beautiful. 看起来他很会种花。他的花园长得非常好。 My father loves to grow vegetables and has always had green fingers. 我的父亲爱好种植蔬菜，他有高超的种植才 能。 I never have green fingers.    我向来不擅长种花莳草。

  35. Homework Try your best to find more examples of American English and British English.

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