Unit1MyFirstDayatSeniorHigh老婆餅魚香肉絲螞蟻上樹驢打滾ThesewordscannotbetakenliterallyinChinese.TherearestillsomewordsinEnglishthatcannotbetakenliterally.headphonebutterflygreenhandblackteaUsefulexpressions(P19-P20)para.1學(xué)英語很困難讓某人做para.2例如閑暇時(shí)說到……para.3……的反面相反的一對(duì)一樣para.5一份醫(yī)學(xué)報(bào)告把……讀作havetroublelearningEnglishgetsb.doing/todosth.forexampleinone’sfreetimespeakingof=asfor,whenitcomestotheoppositeof…anopposingpairthesameamedicalreportread…as…

拓展：havetrouble/difficulty/ahardtime(in)doingsth.或withsth.Usefulexpressions(P19-P20)para.6對(duì)……感到驚訝燒毀填表格（警報(bào)）想起Thestarsareout.Thelightisout.windup(awatch)windup(apassage)英語是人類而非電腦發(fā)明的，所以它反映了人類的創(chuàng)造性。Activity3就……給出建議wonderatburndown/upfillin/outaform(analarm)gooff星星出來了。燈關(guān)了。上發(fā)條（文章）收尾Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.giveadviceonsth.LeadinBeforeyougotoseniorhigh,whatdoyouthinkseniorhighwouldbelike?Whatkindofproblemsdoyouthinkastudentwillcomeacrossinseniorhighschools?Pre-readingGuessthemainideaofthepassage.Thearticleisaboutthewriter’sfirstdayofseniorhigh.Pre-reading

Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.Title:NeitherPinenorAppleinPineapple??□food □cooking□words □plants□fruit While-readingTask1Fastreading1.What’stheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.B.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.C.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.D.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Howdoestheauthordevelopthepassage?A.Byprovidingexamples.

B.Bymakingcomparisons（對(duì)比）.C.Byfollowingthewayofspelling.D.ByfollowingtheorderofimportanceSkimmingthewholepassage.Trytothinkabout:Howmanyparts（部分）canthisarticlebedividedinto?Whatisthemainideaofeachpart?While-readingDividthearticleintofourparts,thenmatcheachpartwiththemainidea.Part1(Para.1)Part2(Para.2)Part3(Para.3-7)Part4(Para.8)

Myexperienceofaself-introductioninclassMythoughtsaboutthenewschoollifeMyeagernesstogotomynewschoolExploretheschoolandcomeacrossawhite-hairedmanWhatwastheauthor’sfeelingsbeforetheclassonhisfirstday?AccordingtoPara.2,howwasthepersontheauthormet?Excitedandcurious.Oldbutfriendlly.Task3IntensiveReading—ReadingfordetailsCompletethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1.__________madnessofEnglish.uniquenoeggineggplantnohamin2.__________neitherpinenorapplein3.____________hamburgerpineapplesculptasculpturepainta(n)4.______________BUTtakeaphotopainting

Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.seasick→sickatsea5.________→sickintheair6.__________→sickinacarBUT7.__________→sickathomeairsickcarsickhomesick“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“hardly“and“softly”arenota(n)8.___________pair.opposing

Thesameruledoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.

Shamefulandshameless9.__________arethesame.burnup→burndownfillinaform→10._______aformbehaviorsfillout

Seeminglyoppositewordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!

ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit13.__________thecreativityofthehumanrace.reflectsStarsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyare11.__________.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→It12.________.invisibleends

Thesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.任務(wù)三：將所學(xué)知識(shí)與自身實(shí)際相聯(lián)系Para.3:Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.學(xué)案Period6：confusingWordfamily+Collocationconfuse,confusing,confused,confusion

confuse…with/and…將……與……搞混beconfusedabout對(duì)……感到困惑Blank-filling:Therearemomentswhenpeopleareconfused_____themeaningoflife.Thoughtenyearsold,theboystillconfuseshisright________theleft.Peopleoftenconfuseme________mytwinsister.aboutwith/andwith/andPara.3:Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown…學(xué)案Period6：burnup/downWordfamily+Collocationburnup燒毀;火勢(shì)增大down燒毀；火勢(shì)減弱burnoff燒掉；消耗能量burn(itself)out燒盡，自行熄滅burn-burnt-burnt或burn-burned-burnedburnthemidnightoil挑燈夜戰(zhàn)burnyourbridges破釜沉舟；切斷退路burntotheground被大火夷為平地Fillintheblanks.Jackwasredecoratinghishouse.Hedecidedto__________theoldpaintbeforerepaintingthedoor.However,hishousecaughtfireandthefire______________soon.Hecal