Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingoutUnderstandingideas課件-高一英語(yǔ)

Unit2Period1Startingout&Understandingideas新課導(dǎo)入Inourdailylife,wehavemanywaystolearnEnglishorgetinformationinEnglish.CanyoulistsomewatchEnglishmovieswatchEnglishTVplays

readEnglishmagazines/newspaperslistentoEnglishprograms/songs課堂學(xué)習(xí)1.AccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakersChinesehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers.StartingoutAccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearnersEnglishhasthelargestnumberoflearners.2.WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglishIttellsusthenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasing.HowtoreadachartThetitleofachartwilltellyouwhatthechartisabout.Knowclearlyaboutwhatdifferentcolorblocksrepresent(代表).Comparethefigures.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1.WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage2.WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefromWhatexamplesaregiveninthevideoMorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench,suchasfruit,table,crocodile,invasion.TheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealandandAustralia.Understandingideas1Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.foodcookingwordsplantsfruitNeitherPinenorAppleinPineapple2ReadthepassageandcheckyouranswertoActivity1.1HaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglishIhadn't,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewashaminahamburger.Thereisn't.Thismademerealizethatthere'snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpineapple.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.2Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculptasculptureandpaintapainting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweareinthecarorthetaxi,butonthetrainorbus!Whilewe'redoingallthistraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon'tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.Andspeakingofhome,whyaren'thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething3If"hard"istheoppositeof"soft",whyare"hardly"and"softly"notanopposingpairIfharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame4Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay"it'sraining"or"it'ssnowing".Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan'tsay"it'ssunshining".5Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethecapitalized"WHO"inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe"who"in"Who'sthat"Whatabout"IT"and"US"6Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!7Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.foodcookingwordsplantsfruitCheckyouranswertoActivity1Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.?Para.1no

ineggplantnohamin____________Neitherpinenorapplein____________老婆餅魚(yú)香肉絲egghamburgerpineapplecreativeinteresting4Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe___________madnessofEnglish.uniquePara.2sculpta.painta.But.thecar/taxithetrain/bussickatseasickintheairsickinacarButsickathomesculpturepaintingtakeaphoto(derivedfromtheverbs)inon(usedifferentprepositions)seasickairsickcarsickhomesick(thesamewayofexpressionbutdifferentmeanings)Para.3“Hard”istheoppositeof“”“Hardly”and“softly”arenotan

pair“”istheoppositeof“harmful”Shamefulandshameless_____________arethesamesoftopposingHarmless(thesameprefixesbutdifferentmeanings)behaviorsPara.4Whenweseerainorsnow,wecansay“”or“”Butwhenwesee

wecan’tsay“”.it’srainingit’ssnowingsunshineit’ssunshiningThesunisshining.(Somenounscanbeusedasverbs,somecan’t)Para.7Starsareout-Theyare.Lightsareout-Theyare.Iwindupmywatch-It.Iwindupthepassage-It

.visibleinvisiblestartsends(thesamewordsbutdifferentmeanings)Para.6burnup=burn.fillinaform=

aformdownfillout(somesetphraseshavethesamemeaningbutareusedwiththeoppositeadverbsorprepositions)ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit___________thecreativityofthehumanrace.reflects5Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.1.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnamesTheword“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,whichmeanspineconewhenitcametoEngland,“apple”wasaddedtoshowitisakindoffruit.The