Unit2

ExploringEnglishUnderstandingideasActivity

1

What’s

the

main

idea

of

the

text?A.Compoundwords.B.ThecharmofEnglish.C.Pineandappletrees.D.DifferencesofEnglish.√Read

the

text

again

and

match

paragraphs

with

main

ideas.1.Para.1

A.ThereasonwhyEnglishissocrazy.2.Paras.2-6 B.Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.3.Para.7 C.Examplesofsomepairsofconfusingwordsorphrases.Activity2Activity

3

Read

the

text

carefully

and

choose

the

best

answer.1.Whatdidtheauthor’sson’swordsmakeherthinkof?A.Englishisawidelyusedlanguage.B.Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.C.Englishisdifficultforhertolearn.D.Englishwordsareformedindifferentways.√2.WhatdoestheauthortrytotellusinPara.3?A.SomeEnglishwordsarereallyconfusing.B.SomeEnglishwordsarehardtoremember.C.Thewayadjectiveschangeintoadverbs.D.Wordsendingwith-lessand-fulhavethesamemeanings.√3.Whatdoesthefirst“it”(inPara.7)mostprobablyreferto?A.English.

B.Acomputer.C.Creativity. D.Thehumanrace.4.Accordingtothepassage,whichisnotmentioned?A.Food. B.Fruit.C.Words. D.Books.√√5.Howdoestheauthorsupportherideainthepassage?A.Bylistingnumbers.B.Bymakingcomparison.C.Bygivingsomeexamples.D.Byusingsomeresearchresults.√Activity

4Choose

theauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.√Activity

5

Readthepassagecarefullyandfindthesentence(s)introducingatopic.HaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?Activity

6

課文語篇填空Onedaymysonaskedme1.

therewashaminahamburger.ThisquestiongotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguage2.________(learn).Forexample,whenwearetraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,3.

whenwereturnhome,wedon’tfeelhomesick.“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”,but“hardly”and“softly”arenot4.

oppositepair.“Harmless”and“harmful”haveopposite5.

(meaning),while“shameful”and“shameless”meanthesame.SomeEnglishphrasesarealsovery6.________

(interest).whether

tolearn

but

an

meaningsinteresting

Ahousecanburnupasit7.

(burn)downandyoucanfillinaformby8.

(fill)itout.Whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.That’sbecauseEnglish9.

(invent)bypeople,notcomputers,whichreflectsthe10.

(creative)ofthehumanrace.

burns

filling

wasinventedcreativityActivity

7Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.1.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?2.Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.Activity

8Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.Activity

9Think&Share1.Doyou