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1、TextAExercisesReadingAloudUnderstandingtheTextReadingAnalysisVocabularyStructureTranslationTA-mainReadthefollowingparagraphuntilyouhavelearnedthembyheart.BecausesomanyEnglishwordssoundsimilar,misunderstandingsamongEnglish-speakingpeoplearenotuncommon.Notallmi

2、sunder-standingsresultinhighwaysbeingclosedorpassengersflyingtothewrongcontinent.Mostmisunderstandingsaremuchlessserious.EverydaypeoplespeakingEnglishaskoneanotherquestionslikethese:“Didyousayseventyorseventeen?”“Didyousaythatyoucancomeorthatyoucan’t?”Similar

3、-soundingwordscanbeespeciallyconfusingforpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.ReadthefollowingReadingAloudAnswerthefollowingquestions.Understandling-AnswerWhatisthetextmainlyabout?Whydidthemanwithuncombedhairanddirtyclothesheadstraightfortherestroomwhenhego

4、tonthebus?Whatdidthepassengeratthebackofthebusdecidetodowhenshesawthemanhidinghimselfintherestroom?Whatwastheoriginalmessagethepassengersweresupposedtopassandwhathaditturnedintowhenitreachedthedriver?Whatwastheresultofthewrongmessage?WheredidthemaninLosAngele

5、swanttogoandwheredidhearrive?Whatwasthecauseofhismistake?1.2.3.4.5.6.7.UnderstandingtheTextTopicsforDiscussion.Haveyoueverexperiencedsituationssimilartothosedescribedbythewriterofthetext?AretheresimilarmisunderstandingsamongChinese-speakingpeople?Tellthestory

6、/storiesthatyouknowtoyourclassmates.Whatcanyoudotoavoidtheseriousconsequences(后果)ofmisunderstandingscausedbyconfusingwordsorexpressions?Topics-1Accordingtothewriter,howoftendomisunderstandingstakeplaceamongEnglish-speakingpeople?Whoaremoreeasilyconfusedbysimi

7、lar-soundingEnglishwords?WhydidtheKoreanwomanwonderalldayaboutherboss’squestion?WhatisthebestthingtodowhenmisunderstandingsariseamongEnglish-speakingpeople,accordingtothewriter?8.9.10.11.Readtext-1Misunderstand-ingsmayoccuramongnativeEnglishspeakers.PartTopic

8、ParagraphSupportingDetailsⅠReadTextAagainandcompletethefollowingtable.1Apassengerwantedtotellthedriverthattherewasabumintherestroom______________________________.2Thechangeoftheword“bum”i