(共23张PPT)
Unit 2 Exploring English
Starting out
Look and Think
_________ has the largest number of native speakers .
Chinese
________has the largest number of learners around the world.
English
Look and Think
The number of English learners in China is ___________ .
increasing
Look and Think
Why do you think many peple in China learn English
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Understanding ideas
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about
English can be a
crazy language
to learn.
In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the 1_______ madness of English.
no egg in eggplant
no ham in 2____________
neither pine nor apple in 3_____________
unique
hamburger
pineapple
sculpt a sculpture
paint a(n) 4________
BUT take a photo
painting
seasick --- sick at sea
5________--- sick in the air
6 ________--- sick in a car
BUT 7__________--- sick at home
airsick
carsick
homesick
carsick
seasick
airsick
carsickness
seasickness
airsickness
homesick
homesickness
A certain number of people tend to be ____________ while travelling in a car and _______________ while at sea. To make matters worse, some even get __________ on a plane. Therefore it is advised that they had better take some pills for _______________,______________,_______________ while travelling. However, it is funny that you get ____________ when you are away from home for a certain period of time, and ______________ is always with you, particularly during the time of some Chinese traditional festivals.
“Hard” is the opposite of “soft”
“ Hardly” and “softly are not a(n) 8____________ pair
“Harmless” is the opposite of “ harmful”.
Shameful and shameless 9___________ are the same.
burn up--- burn down
fill in a form---10___________ a form
Stars are out.---They are visible.
Lights are out.--- They are 11______________.
opposing
behaviors
fill out
invisible
I wind up my watch.---It starts.
I wind up the passage---It 12______
The reason is that English was invented by people, and it 13___________ the creativity of the human race.
ends
reflects
Choose the author`s purpose in writing the passage.
1 To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.
2 To give advice on how to learn English.
3 To show that English is interesting and creative.
4 To explain how English was created.
思维导图
How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names
The word “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pina”, which means pine cone when it came to England, “ apple” was added to show it is a kind of fruit.
The origin of “hamburger” was a hard beef steak called “ Hamburg steak” , eaten without bread. Later, people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”.
Eggplants used to be smaller and yellow or white. They looked a bit like eggs, which led to the name “eggplant”.
Choose the best answer according to the text.
1.The words photo and homesick were mentioned ________.
A.to show how crazy it is to learn English
B.to tell us the differences between their usages
C.to analyze the formation of the words
D.to share how to learn a crazy language
√
2.Why does the author say “English was invented by people”?
A.Because the English words show everything around us.
B.Because the language helps us communicate with others.
C.Because the language proves how creative human being is.
D.Because the English words are unique in the world.
√
3.The author’s purpose to write the passage is ________.
A.to share the difficulty in learning different English words well
B.to show how interesting and creative the language of English is
C.to instruct how to spell difficult English words correctly
D.to analyze the reason for inventing the language of English
√
Fill in the blanks.
People often have trouble _________ (learn) English.English ____________ (invent) by people and it _______ (reflect) the creativity of the human race.That's ______ when the stars are out,they are visible,but when the ______ (light) are out ,they are invisible.And that's why _____ I wind up my watch,it starts,_____ when I wind up the passage,it ______(end).
learning
was invented
reflects
why
lights
when
but
ends
Homework: Discovering word formation
1.Review some words (5mins)
1.菠萝
2.雕塑
3.rain
4.WHO
5.seasick
6.有害的
7.无害的
8.羞愧的
9.无耻的
10.IT
11.阳光
12.茄子
pineapple
sculpture
n.雨水
v.下雨
世界健康组织
晕船
harmful
harmless
shameful
shameless
信息技术
sunshine
eggplant
World Health Organization
Information Technology
Thank you!