Unit

2ExploringEnglishPeriod

1Startingout

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UnderstandingideasPresentationofChartsLead-inChart1:Top5languagesbynumberofnativespeakersWhichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?IsEnglishthelargestinnativespeakers?Whyorwhynot?PresentationofChartsLead-inChart2:Top5languagesbynumberoflearnersWhichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?WhydoyouthinkEnglishhassomanylearners?PresentationofChartsLead-inChart3:EnglishlearnersinChinaWhatdoyounoticeaboutthetrend?WhydoyouthinkmoreandmoreChinesepeoplearelearningEnglish?Video-basedTaskLead-inWatchthevideoandanswerthequestions.WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Giveexamples.TheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealand

andAustralia.MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom

French.

Forexample,“fruit”,“table”,

“crocodile”and

"invasion"NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleUnderstandingideasActivity1

Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout?Activity2Page16

Choosetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage.1TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Activity3

Readthepassage

quickly

and

silently

andthenmatchthemainideawitheachpart.Part1.(Para1)A.Examplesofsomeconfusingexpressions.Part2.(Para2-6)B.ThereasonwhyEnglishissocrazy.Part3.(Para7)C.Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.Post-readingUnderstandingIdeasPost-readinguniquereflectsUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingnohaminhamburgerneitherpinenorappleinpineappleUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingpaintapaintingUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingairsickcarsickhomesickUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingopposingUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingbehaviorsUnderstandingIdeasPost-readingfilloutinvisibleendsUnderstandingIdeasSummarize

Review

Activity5

Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.Theword“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,whichmeanspineconewhenitcametoEngland,“apple”wasaddedtoshowitisakindoffruit.

Theoriginof“hamburger”wasahardbeefsteakcalled“Hamburgsteak”,eatenwithoutbread.Later,peoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”.

Eggplantsusedtobesmallerandyelloworwhite.Theylookedabitlikeeggs,whichledtothename“eggplant”.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?Value&ReflectionCulturalawareness:Thereishistory,cultureandhumorinthelanguageThinkingquality:Whenlearningaforeignlanguage,youmusthavetheabilitytoobserve,compareandanalyzeLearningability:Whenencounteringunreasonablelanguagephenomena,learntofindsourcesandusagesituationsUnit2NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleLanguagepointHaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?Ihadn’t,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewashaminahamburger.Thereisn’t.havetrouble(in)doingsth.=havedifficulty(in)doingsth.

做某事有困難five-year-old復(fù)合形容詞afive-year-oldboy一位五歲的男孩注意，year用單數(shù)=havetroublewithsth

Thismademerealizethatthere’snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.Sheisn’tshort.Hersisterisn’tshorteither.either也，用于否定句，“否定句+否定句”neither…nor既不……也不;兩者都不too也，用于肯定句，“肯定句+肯定句”ShelikesEnglish.IlikeEnglish,too.NeitherTomnorBoblikesunfamiliarfood.either和neither區(qū)分either是肯定，neither是否定either：1.兩個(gè)中的任何一個(gè)。謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)Eitherofusisastudent.我們兩個(gè)人都是學(xué)生。2.either….or….要么…要么…謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的數(shù)遵循“就近原則”（靠近謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的名詞為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）EitheryouorI_____(be)

wrong.要么是你錯(cuò)了，要么是我錯(cuò)了amEithersheorthey_____(be)athome.areneither1.代詞：“兩者都不”,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)Neitherofthem______(like)football.likesNeitherofthetwo

books______(be)usefultome.is2.連詞：neither…nor…既不…也不…謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的數(shù)遵循“就近原則”（靠近謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的名詞為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）NeitherhenorI_____(be)ateacher.他和我都不是老師amNeithermydadnormymom_____(be)athome.Neitherhenorthey_____(be)right.NeitherInorTina______(like)paintingisarelikesNeither

istherepinenorappleinpineapple.Thereisneitherpinenorappleinpineapple.pineapple里既沒(méi)有pine，也沒(méi)有apple。Neither+be動(dòng)詞/助動(dòng)詞/情態(tài)動(dòng)詞+主語(yǔ)

意思為“某人也不”我不抽煙，他也不抽

Idon’tsmoke.Hedoesn’tsmokeeither.=Neitherdoeshe.我不是老師，他也不是Iamnotateacher.Heisnotateachereither.=Neitherishe.他不喜歡打籃球，我也不喜歡Hedoesn’tlikeplayingbasketball.Idon’tlikeeither.=NeitherdoI.注意：本句為倒裝句式表強(qiáng)調(diào)，Neither放句首，句子部分倒裝。Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculptasculptureandpaintapainting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweareinthecarorthetaxi,butonthetrainorbus!inone’sfreetime在某人的空閑時(shí)間Whilewe’redoingallthistraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon’tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.Andspeakingofhome,whyaren’thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?getback回到while當(dāng)……時(shí)speakingof談到…提到…說(shuō)到…If“hard”istheoppositeof“soft”,whyare“hardly”and“softly”notanopposingpair?Ifharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame?opposingadj.相反的oppositen.反面adj.相反的beoppositeto與……相反形容詞后綴：less無(wú)/不…careless馬虎的，hopeless,uselessful充滿/有…（hopeful，helpful，useful）Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay“it’sraining”or“it’ssnowing”.Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan’tsay“it’ssunshining”.lookoutof往外看Thesunisshinning.陽(yáng)光明媚Eventhesmallestofwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethecapitalized“WHO”inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe“who”in“Who’sthat?”Whatabout“IT”and“US”？confusingadj.（事物）令人困惑的confusedadj.（人）感到困惑的confusev.使混亂，使困惑confusionn.混淆，混亂，困惑

inconfusion困惑地Youalsohavetowonderattheunique

madnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!wonderat對(duì)…感到驚奇unique獨(dú)特的beuniqueto對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)很獨(dú)特uniquenessn.madadj.瘋狂的madnessn.瘋狂Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.beinventedby被…發(fā)明創(chuàng)造reflectv.反映，反射，反思reflectionn.creativityn.創(chuàng)造性createv.創(chuàng)造creativeadj.humanrace人類Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.Thatiswhy...意為“這就是為什么……”，指結(jié)果。Thatisbecause...意為“這就是因?yàn)椤?，指原因Thereasonwhy...isthat...……的原因是……Thereasonwhyshewascryingwasthatshebecamehomesick.表語(yǔ)從句1.Ihavemuchtrouble_____speakingEnglish.2.Thegroundmustbejustrightneithertoowet______toodry.3.Ihavenotrouble_____myEnglishstudy.4.Speaking______honesty,Iknowalotofpeoplewhodon'tpaybusfares.5.Iwonder_____yourallowinghertodosuchathing.6.Inwesternculture,andifaproblem,thebestwayistospeak_____directly.7.Thestudentfilled_____theapplicationform.8.Thealarmwent_____.用適當(dāng)?shù)慕樵~或連詞填空。innorwithofatoutoutoff做某事有困難既不……也不使某人一直做某事在某人空閑的時(shí)候雕一座雕像畫(huà)一幅畫(huà)拍張照片暈船/暈機(jī)/暈車想家,思鄉(xiāng)在空中/在海上havetrouble/difficulty/problems(in)doing...neither…norgetsbdoinginone’sfreetime sculptasculpture pa