外研版（2019） 必修 第一册 Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas学案（无答案）

Book1 Unit 2 Exploring English
Understanding ideas--Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Activity1. Look at the pictures and predict what the reading material is about.
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Activity2. Read the passage and choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.
To give advice on how to learn English.
To show that English is interesting and creative.
To explain how English was created.
Activity3. Read the passage again and complete the table with words from the passage.
In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the __________ madness of English.
no egg in eggplant no ham in _________ neither pine nor apple in ______________ sculpt a sculpture paint a(n)4__________ BUT take a photo seasick → sick at sea 5________ → sick in the air 6________ → sick in a car BUT 7_______ → sick at home “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 ________. 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.
plete the table below according to your understanding.
no butter in butterfly no dragon in 1__________ no 2_______ in firefly neither mush nor room in mushroom neither rain nor bow in 3________ Neither4 _______ nor 5_______ in friendship waterproof → can’t be damaged by water fireproof → can’t be damaged by fire BUT 6________ → can’t be damaged by fool
Conclusions:
1. Two separate words combining together can form a new word having _________ to do with the original ones.
The same root word combining with different words can form new words with very _____________ meanings.
Activity5. Self-reflection
From this class, I learned that if I want to enlarge my English vocabulary I can
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Activity6. Read the following information of how pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants got their names and answer the question:
What contributes to the various formation of English vocabulary
1 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.
2 The origin of “hamburger” was a hard beef steak called “Hamburg steak”, eaten without bread. Later, people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”.
3 Eggplants used to be smaller and yellow or white. They looked a bit like eggs, which led to the name “eggplant”.
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Activity7. Think about any Chinese with similar formation as “pineapple” , “hamburger” and “eggplant”.
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Do you know how they got their names
Activity8. Assignment