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

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is

CRAZY!Language

isarbitrary!任意的·1.Pre-reading:PredictionLook

at

the

title

of

the

passage

and

the

pictures.Guess

what

theNeither

Pine

nor

Applein

Pineapplepine+apple

fruit

=pineapple?is

about.foodcookingeggplant?eggwordsplantshamburger?passagehamwe

get

backhome.And

speaking

ofhome,

why

aren't

homework

and

housework

the

same

thing?3

If"hard"is

the

opposite

of“soft”,why

are"hardly"and"softly"not

an

opposing

pair?Ifharmlessactionsare

the

opposite

ofharmful

actions,why

are

shameless

and

shamefulbehaviorsthe

same?4

When

we

look

out

ofthe

window

andseerain

or

snow,we

can

say

"it's

raining"or

"it's

snowing".But

when

we

see

sunshine,

we

can't

say"it's

sunshining".5

Even

the

smallest

words

can

be

confusing.When

you

see

the

capitalized"WHO"in

amedical

report,do

you

read

it

as

the"who"in

"Who'sthat?"What

about"IT”and“US"?6

You

also

have

to

wonder

at

theunique

madness

ofalanguagein

which

a

house

canburn

upasitburnsdown,in

which

you

fill

in

a

formby

flling

it

out,and

in

which

an

alarm

isonly

heard

once

it

goes

off!7

English

was

invented

by

people,not

computers,

anditreflectsthe

creativity

of

thehuman

race.

That

is

why

whenthe

stars

are

out,they

arevisible,but

when

the

lights

are

out,they

are

invisible.Andthatiswhy

when

I

wind

up

mywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthis

passage,it

ends.Read

formain

idea:Haveyoueveraskedyourself

whypeople

oftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?I

hadn't,untiloneday

my

five-year-oldsonasked

mewhether

there

was

ham

in

ahamburger.Thereisn't.Thismademe

realize

that

there's

nocggineggplanteither.Neither

isthere

pine

nor

appleinpineapple.Thisgotmethinkinghow

English

canbe

a

crazy

languageto

learn.Neither

Pine

norApplein

PineappleWhat's

thetopicsentence

of

thepassage?2

For

example,in

our

free

time

we

cansculpt

a

sculpture

and

paint

a

painting,

but

we

take

a

photo.And

whenwe

are

traveling

we

say

that

we

are

in

the

car

or

the

taxi,but

on

the

trainor

bus!Whilewe'redoing

allthistraveling,we

canget新教材Reading

strategiesoRead

the

first

paragraph

to

know

what

thetextis

about.The

firstparagraph

may

tell

youthe

background

of

the

text.oReadthefirstsentencesof

the

followingparagraphs

except

the

last

one.They

areusually

topic

sentences

of

each

paragraph

andwill

tell

you

the

main

ideaof

the

paragraph.o

Link

all

the

topic

sentences

and

get

thestructure

of

the

text.You

will

know

how

thewriter

organizes

the

passage.Read

the

passage

quickly

and

answer

the

questions.1.Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.To

tell

us

that

English

is

difficult

to

learn.B.To

give

advice

on

how

to

learn

English.C.

To

show

that

English

isinteresting

and

creative.D.To

explain

how

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was

created.2.Fast

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for

main

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is

interesting

and

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a

lot

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theunique

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the

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