Unit2ExploringEnglishUnderstandingideas课件高一上学期英语

Module2ExploringEnglish

understandingideas

Module2ExploringEnglishLearningaims:Getthemainideaandmasterthekeywords,phrasesandsentencepatternsfromthepassage.Toimprovethebasicreadingskill---scanning.LetthestudentsthinkaboutthewonderofEnglishandunderstandtheculturalconnotationbehindit.KnowtheelementsofargumentationCanwegeteggfromeggplant?CanwegethamfromhamburgernoeggineggplantnohaminhamburgerBefore-readingLeadinpineapplepineapple

NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleWhile-reading：Activity1whatisthetopicsentenceofthisparagraph？tips：thetopicsentenceusuallylieinthefirstorthelastsentenceThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn－theauthor’sopinionsupportingdetails？

Activity2：hamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposinguniquebehaviorsfilloutinvisibleendsreflectspart1（Para1）part2(Para2-6)part3(Para7)Englishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearnexamplethereason

Readthepassageandfindthestyleofthepassage.论点argument论据supportingdetailstheelementsofargumentationTheauthor’sopinionsHowtheauthorshowshisopinionsEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearnBy

givingexamplesStyle:argumentation(议论文)Whatphrasesdoestheauthorusewhengivingexamples?Para7 That'swhy......That'swhy......parallel

排比repetition(重复)Para2 Forexample...... Andwhenwearetravelingwesay that...Whilewe'redoing..wecanget...para3-5if..,why.....

if.,why.....

Andwhenwelookoutof...,.wecansay......Whenyousee......doyouread......?Para6 Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhich.....inwhich....inwhichActivity3Whatistheauthor’sattitude(态度)towardEnglish？Tips:FindthetopicsentenceofPara1,6and71Englishcanbeacrarylanguagetolearn2.youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhich3Englishwascreatedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanraceacrarylanguagetheuniquemadnessthecreativityofthehumanraceEnglishiscreativity(1)Whatistheauthor`spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.B.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.C.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.D.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.2．What'sthepurposeofalltheexamplesgiveninthetext?A．ToexplainhowtolearnEnglish.B．TointroducethehistoryofEnglish.C．Toreflectthecreativityofthehumanrace.D．ToprovethedifficultyoflearningEnglish.3．Whatdoweknowfromthelastparagraph?A．Wordssometimesconfuseus.B．Wordscanhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentsituations.C．Wordsalwayshavethesamemeanings.D．Wordscan'talwaysdescribewhatwefeel.4．Howdoestheauthordevelopsthetext?A．Bygivingexamples.B．Byprovidingresearchresults.C．Bystatingarguments.D．Bymakingcomparisons.Activity4post-readingHomework:

Have

you

ever

asked

1.__________

(you)

whypeople

often

havetrouble2._________(learn)

English?

I

hadn’t,

until

one

day

my

five-year-oldsonasked

me

3.__________there

was

ham

in

a

hamburgeror

not.

This

got

methinking

how

Englishcan

be

acrazylanguage4._________(learn).Even

thesmallest

wordscan

be5._______(confuse).You

also

have

to

wonderat

the

uniquemadness

of

alanguagein

6._______a

house

canburn

up

asit

burns

down,and

in

which

an

alarm7._________(hear)

once

it

goes

off!

English

8._______________(invent)

by

people,

notcomputers,and

it

reflects

the

creativity

of

the

human

race.That

is

why

when

the

s