2019外研版高一必修一unit2课文原文

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Understandingideas

1.Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearning

English?Ihadn't,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhether

therewashaminthehamburger.Thereisn't.Thismademerealizethat

there'snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepinenorapplein

pineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguageto

learn.

2.Forexample,inourfreetime,wecansculptasculptureandpainta

painting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatwe

areinthecarorthetaxibutonthetrainorbus!Whilewearedoingall

thesetraveling,wecangetaseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsick

inthecar,butwedon'tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.And

speakingofhome,whyaren'thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?

3.If"hard"istheoppositeof"soft",whyare"hardly"and"softly"notan

opposingpair?Ifharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,we

areshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame?

4.Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay"it's

raining"or"it'ssnowing".Butwhentheyseesunshine,wecan'tsay"it's

sunshining".

5.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethe

capitalized"WHO"inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe"who"in

"who'sthat?"Whatabout"IT"and"US"?

6.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhich

ahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformby

fillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!

7.Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthe

creativityofthehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyare

visible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Andthatiswhy

whenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,it

ends.

Developingideas

MisadventuresinEnglish

PeoplesaythattheBritishalwaysplaysafewiththewhattheyeat.Not

true!IwenttoasummerschoolinManchesterandmyEnglishteacher

wascalledMaggie.Onedayadifferentteachertookourclass.Hetoldus

thatMaggiecouldn'tteachthatdayCOZshehadafroginherthroat.

PoorMaggie,butwhydidshetrytoeatsuchabigfrog?

WhenIfirstvisitedNewYork,Iwenttoadowntownshoppingcentreto

buysomewinterboots.Attheinformationdeskattheentrance,Iaskeda

ladywheretheshoesectionwas.Shesaidthatitwasonthefirstfloor.So

Iwentuptothefirstfloorbutcouldn'tfindanyshoes.Idecidedtoleave.

WhenIwaslookingfortheexit,Isawthatshoeswereactuallysold

downstairsonthegroundfloor,notthefirstfloor.Didn'tshegivemethe

wrongInformation?

I'vegotanEnglishpenfriendwhoIfinallygottomeetinLondonthis

summer.Hehadtoldmethathisgrandfatherwas"reallywicked".But

whenImethisgrandfather,Ilikedhimalot.Ifounditveryodd.Whydid

myfrienduseanegativewordaboutsuchaniceman?

TheBritishmusthavereallyhighstandards.Iwaspartofastudent

exchangeprogrambetweenauniversityinEnglandandmyuniversityin

China.IspentdayspreparingandwritingmyfirstEnglishpaper.IknewI

haddoneagoodjobandwaslookingforwardtogettingapositive

comment.WhenIgotthepaperback,Ifoundmyteacherhadwrittenthe

comment"Notbad!"Notbad?Butthereweren'tanyerrorsinmypaper.

sunshining".

5.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethe

capitalized"WHO"inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe"who"in

"who'sthat?"Whatabout"IT"and"US"?

6.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhich

ahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformby

fillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!

7.Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthe

creativityofthehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyare

visible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Andthatiswhy

whenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,it

ends.

Developingideas

MisadventuresinEnglish

PeoplesaythattheBritishalwaysplaysafewiththewhattheyeat.Not

true!IwenttoasummerschoolinManchesterandmyEnglishteacher

wascalledMaggie.Onedayadifferentteachertookourclass.Hetoldus

thatMaggiecouldn'tteachthatdayCOZshehadafroginherthroat.

PoorMaggie,butwhydidshetrytoeatsuchabigfrog?

WhenIfirstvisitedNewYork,Iwenttoadowntownshoppingcentreto

buysomewinterboots.Attheinformationdeskattheentrance,Iaskeda

ladywheretheshoesectionwas.Shesaidthatitwasonthefirstfloor.So

Iwentuptothefirstfloorbutcouldn'tfindanyshoes.Idecidedtoleave.

WhenIwaslookingfortheexit,Isawthatshoeswereactuallysold

downstairsonthegroundfloor,notthefirstfloor.Didn'tshegivemethe

wrongInformation?

I'vegotanEnglishpenfriendwhoIfinallygottomeetinLondonthis

summer.Hehadtoldmethathisgrandfatherwas"reallywicked".But

whenImethisgrandfather,Ilikedhimalot.Ifounditveryodd.Whydid

myfrienduseanegativewordaboutsuchaniceman?

TheBritishmusthavereallyhighstandards.Iwaspartofastudent

exchangeprogrambetweenauniversityinEnglandandmyuniversityin

China.IspentdayspreparingandwritingmyfirstEnglishpaper.IknewI

haddoneagoodjobandwaslookingforwardtogettingapositive

comment.WhenIgotthepaperback,Ifoundmyteacherhadwrittenthe

comment"Notbad!"Notbad?Butthereweren'tanyerrorsinmypaper.

sunshining".

5.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethe

capitalized"WHO"inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe"who"in

"who'sthat?"Whatabout"IT"and"US"?

6.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhich

ahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformby

fillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!

7.Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthe

creativityofthehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyare

visible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Andthatiswhy

whenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,it

ends.

Developingideas

MisadventuresinEnglish

PeoplesaythattheBritishalwaysplaysafewiththewhattheyeat.Not

true!IwenttoasummerschoolinManchesterandmyEnglishteacher

wascalledMaggie.Onedayadifferentteachertookourclass.Hetoldus

thatMaggiecouldn'tteachthatdayCOZshehadafroginherthroat.

PoorMaggie,butwhydidshetrytoeatsuchabigfrog?

WhenIfirstvisitedNewYork,Iwenttoadowntownshoppingcentreto

buysomewinterboots.Attheinformationdeskattheentrance,Iaskeda

ladywheretheshoesectionwas.Shesaidthatitwasonthefirstfloor.So

Iwentuptothefirstfloorbutcouldn'tfindanyshoes.Idecidedtoleave.

WhenIwaslookingfortheexit,Isawthatshoeswereactuallysold