Unit+2+Exploring+English+Understanding+ideas+高一上学期英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit2ExploringEnglishWhichlanguagesdoyourecogniseinthepicture?ChineseEnglishFrenchItalianPortugueseGerman,DutchPolish…SpanishWhydoweneedtolearnEnglish?Languageisinformation.InformationiseverythingLookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.AccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?ChineseEnglishEnglishiswidelyusedandlearntintheworld.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.

WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?In1993/2003/2014,therewere50million/200million/300millionChineselearningEnglish.FromthestatisticswecanknowthenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasingrapidly.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.TheK,

Ireland,

theUSA,

New

ZealandandAustralia.1WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Forexample,“fruit,travel,crocodileandinvasion”2WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.ReadthepassageandcheckyouranswertoActivity1.hamburgereggplantpineappleIntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicConclusionReadthediaryagainandthencompletethestructureofit.Introduceatopic

inventedbypeople,reflectsthe

creativityofthehumanraceThatiswhy...Giveexamples

Toaskaquestion—Nohaminhamburger...→acrazylanguage

confusing

oppositeoutofthewindowcapitalizedwordsphrasesConclusionReadthediaryagainandthencompletethestructureofit.

Compound

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wordsAbbreviationPhrasesExampleseggplant;hamburger;pineapple;seasick;homesicksculpture,painting;hardly;softly;harmless:harmful;shameful;shamelessWHO;IT;USburnup/down;fillin/out;goof;windupTotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.Discusswithyourgroupmembers.Findsentencesinthearticlethatconveytheauthor'spointofview.1.opposingtheopposingteam opposedoingsth. beopposedto(doing)sth.justtheopposite beoppositeto 练习：Thearticletriestoshow_________(oppose)viewsontheissue.对方球队反对做某事反对(做)某事正好相反与……相反，与……相对Vocabularyopposing2.behaviorbehave well-behaved badly-behaved behaveoneself good/badbehavior beonone'sbestbehaviorone'sbehaviortowards… 练习：Iwantyoubothto_________________________(尽可能好地表现)attheparty.beonyourbestbehaviorv.表现；表现得体adj.表现好的adj.表现差的表现得体，有礼貌良好/恶劣行为尽可能好地表现，尽量表现得体某人对……的态度Vocabulary3.confusingconfuse confused confusion beconfusedaboutbecome/getconfusedinconfusionconfuseAwith/andB 练习：Althoughshemanagedtobuysomemedicine,the_________________(confuse)instructionsonthebottlereallymadeherconfused.confusingv.困惑；混淆adj.困惑的；糊涂的n.困惑；混淆对……感到困惑变得困惑困窘地，不知所措地把A与B混淆Vocabulary4.reflectreflection beinflectedinbeareflectionof…belostinreflectionon/uponreflection 练习：Marylookedatherface_____________(reflect)inthelake.reflectedn.反映；影像；沉思反映在……中；映在……中是……的反映陷入沉思经过考虑/深思Vocabulary5.windupwindupdoingsth. windthecarwindowup/down windsh.up windupthediscussion/meeting

练习： Ifweallagree,let’s________________________(结束讨论).windupthediscussion以做某事告终讲车窗摇上去/下来惹某人生气；捉弄某人结束讨论/会议VocabularyActivity4Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.uniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehavioursfilloutinvisibleendsreflectsCanyoufindsimilarsituationinChinese?Mapo?wife?fish?lion?Activity5Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.1Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?2Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?

Give

your

reasons.1Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.2Whatdoyoufindmos