新外研必修一Unit2ExploringEnglishUnderstandingideasNeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleHaveyoueveraskedyourself________peopleoftenhavetrouble________(learn)English?Ihadn’t,untilonedaymyfiveyearoldsonaskedme________therewashaminahamburger.Thereisn’t.Thismademerealizethatthere’snoeggineggplanteither.________istherepinenorappleinpineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguage________(learn).Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculpta________(sculpt)andpainta________(paint),butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweareinthecarorthetaxi,but________thetrainorbus!Whilewe’redoingallthistraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon’tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.Andspeaking________home,whyaren’thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?If“hard”isthe_________(oppose)of“soft”,whyare“hardly”and“softly”not________opposingpair?If________(harm)actionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame?Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay“it’sraining”or“it’ssnowing”.________whenweseesunshine,wecan’tsay“it’ssunshining”.Eventhe________(small)wordscanbe________(confuse).Whenyouseethe________(capitalize)“WHO”inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe“who”in“Who’sthat?”Whatabout“IT”and“US”？Youalsohavetowonderattheunique________(mad)ofalanguagein________ahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoes________!English________(invent)bypeople,notputers,anditreflectsthe________(creative)ofthehumanrace.Thatis________whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyare________(visible).AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.新外研必修一Unit2Understandingideas答案why,learning,whether/if,Neither,tolearn,sculpture,painting,on,of,opposite,an,harmless,But,smallest,confusing,capitalized,madness,which,off,wasinvented,creativity,why,invisible新外研必修一Unit2ExploringEnglishDevelopingideasMisadventuresinEnglishLastweek,ourforumasked________youhadany________(fun)orstrangestoriesaboutusingEnglish.Wedidn’texpect________(get)somanyposts!Herearesomeofour________(favourite),toremindusthatsomeoftheEnglishwelearnintheclassroomisratherdifferent________theEnglishintheoutsideworld!Yancy:

PeoplesaythattheBritishalwaysplaysafe________whattheyeat.Nottrue!IwenttoasummerschoolinManchesterandmyEnglishteacherwascalledMaggie.Oneday,adifferentteacher________(take)ourclass.HetoldusthatMaggiecouldn’tteachthatdayCOZshehadafroginherthroat.PoorMaggie—butwhydidshetrytoeatsuchabigfrog?Sophie:

WhenIfirstvisitedNewYork,Iwenttoadowntownshoppingcentretobuysomewinterboots.Attheinformationdeskatthe________(enter),Iaskedalady________theshoesectionwas.Shesaidthatitwasonthefirstfloor.SoIwentuptothefirstfloor,butcouldn’tfindanyshoes.Idecided________(leave).WhenIwaslookingfortheexit,Isawthatshoeswereactually________(sell)downstairsonthegroundfloor,notthefirstfloor.Whydidshegivemethewronginformation?Julien:

I’vegotanEnglishpenfriend,________IfinallygottomeetinLondonthissummer.Hehadtoldmethathisgrandfatherwas“reallywicked”.ButwhenI________(meet)hisgrandfather,Ilikedhimalot.I________(find)itveryodd.Whydidmyfrienduseanegativewordaboutsuchaniceman?ZhengXu:

TheBritishmusthavereallyhighstandards.IwaspartofastudentexchangeprogrammebetweenauniversityinEnglandandmyuniversityinChina.Ispentdays________(prepare)and________(write)myfirstEnglishpaper.IknewIhaddoneagoodjobandwaslookingforwardto________(get)apositivement.WhenIgotthepaperback,Ifoundmyteacherhadwrittenthement“Notbad!”Notbad?But