Unit2ExploringEnglishperiod1課件高中英語(yǔ)

Unit2ExploringEnglish

Period1Understandingideas

NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleAccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?2.WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?Whatisthepassageabout?Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingfromthepassage.1TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Matchparagraphswithmainideas?Paragraph1Paragraph2——6Paragraph7SomeinterestingexamplesinEnglishPeoplewonderhowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearnEnglishwasinventedbypeople,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.Readthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer1.Whichofthefollowingwordsdoesnothavethesamemeaningastheothers?

A.seasick.B.homesick.C.carsick.D.airsick.ReadthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswerReadthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer3.WhatdoesEnglishreflectaboutthehumanrace？A.Craziness

B.Instinct

C.WisdomD.CreativityFindsomedetailedinformation.

Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1.

madnessofEnglish.uniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehaviorsfilloutinvisibleendsreflectsHaveafreetalk.

Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.DiscussionHowdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?Thenameof“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,with“apple”addedtoshowit’sakindoffruit;thenameofhamburgercamefromtheideaof“Hamburgsteak”,andlaterpeoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”;eggplantsgotthenamebecausetheyusedtolooklikeeggs.DiscussionDoestheinformationgiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.Tips:Wecandiscussthewordsfromthefollowingaspects.、、、……theoriginthesameshapethesamekindThink&shareDoyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglish?Howdoyoudealwiththis?Ihadn’t,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewasharminahamburger.本句是復(fù)合句。主句是Ihadn’t,until引導(dǎo)的是時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，從句中的whethertherewashaminahamburger是whether引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，做asked的直接賓語(yǔ)。譯為：我沒(méi)有，直到有一天，我五歲的兒子問(wèn)我漢堡里是否有火腿。Analyzeandtranslatethesentences2.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!inwhich引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句as引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句once引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句譯為：你也不得不對(duì)一種語(yǔ)言的獨(dú)特瘋狂感到驚訝，在這種語(yǔ)言中，表達(dá)房子燒毀，“burnup”和“burndown”是一樣的；表達(dá)填寫表格，“fillin”與“fillout”是一樣的，警報(bào)器一旦發(fā)出警報(bào)時(shí)就會(huì)被聽(tīng)見(jiàn)。Fillintheblanks.Englishcanbesomadisthatit

（reflect）thecreativityofhumanrace.2.TheauthorusesmanyexamplestoshowthatEnglishisinterestingand

(create).3.Whenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthelightsareout,theyare

(visible).4.Hiswritingisso

(confuse)thatit’sdifficulttomakeou