Unit2ExploringEnglishperiod1课件高中英语

Unit2ExploringEnglish

Period1Understandingideas

NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleAccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?2.WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?Whatisthepassageabout?Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingfromthepassage.1TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Matchparagraphswithmainideas?Paragraph1Paragraph2——6Paragraph7SomeinterestingexamplesinEnglishPeoplewonderhowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearnEnglishwasinventedbypeople,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.Readthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer1.Whichofthefollowingwordsdoesnothavethesamemeaningastheothers?

A.seasick.B.homesick.C.carsick.D.airsick.ReadthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswerReadthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer3.WhatdoesEnglishreflectaboutthehumanrace？A.Craziness

B.Instinct

C.WisdomD.CreativityFindsomedetailedinformation.

Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1.

madnessofEnglish.uniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehaviorsfilloutinvisibleendsreflectsHaveafreetalk.

Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.DiscussionHowdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?Thenameof“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,with“apple”addedtoshowit’sakindoffruit;thenameofhamburgercamefromtheideaof“Hamburgsteak”,andlaterpeoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”;eggplantsgotthenamebecausetheyusedtolooklikeeggs.DiscussionDoestheinformationgiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.Tips:Wecandiscussthewordsfromthefollowingaspects.、、、……theoriginthesameshapethesamekindThink&shareDoyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglish?Howdoyoudealwiththis?Ihadn’t,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewasharminahamburger.本句是复合句。主句是Ihadn’t,until引导的是时间状语从句，从句中的whethertherewashaminahamburger是whether引导的宾语从句，做asked的直接宾语。译为：我没有，直到有一天，我五岁的儿子问我汉堡里是否有火腿。Analyzeandtranslatethesentences2.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!inwhich引导的定语从句as引导的时间状语从句once引导的定语从句译为：你也不得不对一种语言的独特疯狂感到惊讶，在这种语言中，表达房子烧毁，“burnup”和“burndown”是一样的；表达填写表格，“fillin”与“fillout”是一样的，警报器一旦发出警报时就会被听见。Fillintheblanks.Englishcanbesomadisthatit

（reflect）thecreativityofhumanrace.2.TheauthorusesmanyexamplestoshowthatEnglishisinterestingand

(create).3.Whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyare

(visible).4.Hiswritingisso

(confuse)thatit’sdifficulttomakeou