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Book1 Unit 2
Exploring English
Period 2 Understanding Ideas
Chinese is as interesting ,creative and complex as English.
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Some Interesting Facts in English
There is no ham in a hamburger.
Ham
Hamburger
There is no egg in eggplant .
eggplant
egg
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
pine
apple
pineapple
Pre - reading
Know about the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about.
Food
Cooking
Words
Plants
Fruit
It's a prediction, so there is no standard answer.
1.What made the author think English is a crazy language
2.How does the author show his ideas
3.What is the main idea of the passage
Reading and thinking
Task 1 Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each part .
A. The reason why English is so crazy.
B. English is a crazy language to learn.
C. Examples of some pairs of confusing words or phrases
Para.1
Para.2-6
Para.7
While reading
Task 2.In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the unique madness of English.
no egg in eggplant no ham in______ neither pine nor apple in________ sculpt a sculpture paint a(n) ______ BUT take a photo seasick sick at sea ______ sick in the air ______ sick in a car BUT _______ sick at home “Hard”is the opposite of
“soft”.
“Hardly” and “softly” are not a(n) __________
pair.
“Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”. Shameful and shameless______ are the same. burn up burn down fill in a form _________ a form Stars are out They are visible. Light are out They are _______. I wind up my watch. It
starts.
I wind up the passage It _____.
hamburger
pineapple
painting
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
behavior
fill out
invisible
ends
Task 1. Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
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Post - reading
Task 2. According to the passage , fill in the blanks.
Do you have any trouble 1. _______ (learn)English better Have you ever wondered why there is no ham 2. ___ a hamburger 3.___ why you can’t find any egg in eggplant Maybe this will get you 4._______ (think) how crazy English is.We like to paint a 5.__________ (paint),and we are traveling in 6._____ car. But we take photos and travel on the bus.When we see the rain, we say “ It’s 7. _____ (rain)”.But we can’t say “It’s sunshining” when we see sunshine.The words are really 8.________(confuse).Such unique 9. _______ (mad)can be seen almost everywhere because English 10. _______ (reflect)the creativity of the human race.
learning
in
and
thinking
painting
the
raining
confusing
madness
reflects
Task 3.What do you find most challenging about learning English How do you deal with this
Task 4.The author describes some phenomenons of English in the passage. Can you think any similar phenomenons of Chinese like this Give your examples.
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