Unit 2 Exploring English Starting out 课件高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingoutLookandThink_________hasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers.Chinese________hasthelargestnumberoflearnersaroundtheworld.EnglishLookandThinkThenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinais___________.increasingLookandThinkWhydoyouthinkmanypepleinChinalearnEnglish?NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleUnderstandingideasLookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout?Englishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleHaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?Ihadn't,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewashaminahamburger.Thereisn't.Thismademerealizethatthere'snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculptasculptureandpaintapainting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweareinthecarorthetaxi,butonthetrainorbus!Whilewe'redoingallthistraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon'tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.Andspeakingofhome,whyaren'thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?If"hard"istheoppositeof"soft"，whyare"hardly"andsoftlynotanopposingpair?Ifharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame?Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay"it'sraining"or"it'ssnowing".Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan'tsay"it'ssunshining".Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethecapitalized"WHO"inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe"who"in"Who'sthat?"Whatabout"IT"and"US"?Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1_______madnessofEnglish.

noeggineggplantnohamin2____________neitherpinenorapplein3_____________

unique

hamburger

pineapple

sculptasculpturepainta(n)4________BUTtakeaphoto

paintingAcertainnumberofpeopletendtobe____________whiletravellinginacarand_______________whileatsea.Tomakemattersworse,someevenget__________onaplane.Thereforeitisadvisedthattheyhadbettertakesomepillsfor_______________,______________,_______________whiletravelling.However,itisfunnythatyouget____________whenyouareawayfromhomeforacertainperiodoftime,and______________isalwayswithyou,particularlyduringthetimeofsomeChinesetraditionalfestivals.seasick---sickatsea5________---sickintheair6________---sickinacarBUT7__________---sickathome

airsick

carsick

homesickcarsick

seasick

airsick

carsickness

seasickness

airsickness

homesick

homesickness“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”“Hardly”and“softlyarenota(n)8____________pair“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.Shamefulandshameless9___________arethesame.

burnup---burndownfillinaform---10___________aformStarsareout.---Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.---Theyare11______________.opposingbehaviorsfilloutinvisibleIwindupmywatch.---Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage---It12______ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit13___________thecreativityofthehumanrace.

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reflectsChoosetheauthor`spurposeinwritingthepassage.1TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?Theword“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,whichmeanspineconewhenitcametoEngland,“apple”wasaddedtoshowitisakindoffruit.Theoriginof“hamburger”wasahardbeefsteakcalled“Hamburgsteak”,eatenwithoutbread.Later,peoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”.Eggplantsusedtobesmallerandyelloworwhite.Theylookedabitlikeeggs,whichledtothename“eggplant”.Choosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．Thewordsphotoandhomesickwerementioned________.A．toshowhowcrazyitistolearnEnglishB．totellusthedifferencesbetweentheirusagesC．toanalyzetheformationofthewordsD．tosharehowtolearnacrazylanguage√2．Whydoestheauthorsay“Englishwasinventedbypeople”？A．BecausetheEnglishwordsshoweverythingaroundus.B．Becausethelanguagehelpsuscommunicatewithothers.C．Becausethelanguageproveshowcreativehumanbeingis.D．BecausetheEnglishwordsareuniqueintheworld.√3．Theauthor’spurposeto