Unit 2 Understanding ideas P14课件教学讲解

Understandingideas

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Unit2ExploringEnglishWritingEnglishiswidelylearnedasasecondlanguagearoundtheworld,becauseit'saninterestingandcreativelanguage.Pre-readingLookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout:foodcookingwordsplantsfruitNeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleWhile-reading

ReadthepassageandcheckyouranswertoAct.1.

Choosetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage.1.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Locateandcomplete.Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe_______madnessofEnglish.noeggin_________nohamin___________neitherpinenorapplein__________hamburgerpineappleeggplantsculptasculpturenopainta(n)________BUTtakeaphotoseasick→sickatsea______→sickintheair______→sickinacarBUT_________→sickathome“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“Hardly”and“softly”arenota(n)______pair.paintinguniqueairsickhomesickcarsickopposingPara.1Para.2Para.2Para.3Locateandcomplete.ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinvitedbypeople,andit______thecreativityofthehumanrace.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.Shamefulandshameless________arethesame.behaviorsburnup→burndownfillinaform→_______aformStarsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyare________.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→It_______.filloutinvisibleendsPara.3Para.6Para.7Para.7reflectsReadandcompletetoretell.Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetrouble________(learn)English?Ihadn't,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedme________therewashaminahamburger.ThisgotmethinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguage________(learn).Eventhesmallestwordscanbe_________(confuse).Youalsohavetowonderattheunique_______(mad)ofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceit_____(go)off!English___________(invent)bypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativity____thehumanrace.Thatiswhywhenthestarsareout,theyarevisible,butwhenthe______(light)areout,theyareinvisible.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,_____whenIwindupthispassage,itends.learningwhethertolearnconfusingmadnessgoeswasinventedoflightsbutAfter-readingReadandanswer:

1.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?2.Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.Thenameof“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pina”,with“apple”addedtoshowit'sakindoffruit;thenameofhamburgercamefromtheideaof“Hamburgsteak”,andlaterpeoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”;eggplantsgotthenamebecausetheyusedtolooklikeeggs.Thinkandshare:

1.Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.2.WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglish?Howdoyoudealwiththis?Languagepoints

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Unit2ExploringEnglish课文回顾：【句子结构分析】Ihadn't,untilonedaymyfive-year-oldsonaskedmewhethertherewashaminahamburger.until引导时间状语从句whether引导宾语从句我没有，直到有一天我五岁的儿子问我“hamburger”里是否有“ham”。【句子结构分析】Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessof(alanguage)inwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyhearsonceitgoesoff.想必你也惊讶语言的独特疯狂，在这种预言中，房屋“burndown”时会“burnup”;你可以通过“fillout”表格来“fillin”表格，一旦闹钟响时才可以被听到。主句once引导的条件状语从句3个inwhich引导的并列的定语从句1.Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoften

havetrouble

learningEnglish?句意：你有没有问过自己，为什么人们学习英语总是有困难？havetrouble(in)doingsth.=havedifficulty(in)doingsth.做某事有困难例：人们理解不同的英语口音总是有困难。Studentsoften________________________differentEnglishaccents.havetroubleunderstanding

2.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpineapple.句意：菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。neither...nor...既不……也不……该句是倒装句表强调，其表现形式为否定意义的词neither位于句首，句子用部分倒装。例：她既不唱歌也不跳舞。

____________shesingnordance.Neitherdoes3.Speakingoftravelling,areyougoinganywhereexcitingthisyear?句意：说到旅游，你今年要去什么好玩的地方吗？speakof提起；讲述speakabout说到（谈论） speakout畅所欲言speakfor代表某人讲话speakup大声点说例：谈到费用问题，我买得起它吗?

___________cost,canIaffordtobuyit?Speakingof4.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.句意：即使是最小的单词也会令人困惑。例：盒子上的使用说明令人费解。Theinstructionsontheboxarevery________.confusingadj.令人困惑的；混乱的；

混淆的confusev.使混乱，使困惑confusedadj.感到困惑的confusionn.混淆，混乱，困惑｝confusing用来修饰物,可以做定语或者表语

confused用来修饰人,常作表语confusing5.Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasit

burnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingit

out,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceit

goesoff!句意：你也一定会对一种语言独一无二的错乱感到惊讶。在这种语言中，一幢房子被烧毁既可以用burnup也可以用burndown。填表格即可以用fillin,也可以用fillout。警报只有在gooff的时候才会响起！wonderat感到诧异；非常惊讶例：她没想到自己竟会这样愚蠢。She___________herownstupidity.

wonderedat例：1.这场火烧掉了价值50多万美元的古董。Thefire___________morethan＄500，000worthofantiques.2.在那场大火中，学校大楼被烧毁。Theschoolbuildingwasinthat____________bigfire.burnup/burndown烧毁；烧成平地fillin/fillout填写（表格）gooff爆发突然的响声｝burndown“烧毁；火势减弱”，通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌。

burnup也有“烧毁;烧掉”之意，但一般不是指建筑物。

burnedupburneddown6.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.句意：这就是为什么当我说手表windup时，它会开始走，但当我说这段文章windup时，它就结束了。该句包含一个由why引导的表语从句（PredicativeClause），在全句中位于系动词is后，作表语。表语从句是名词性从句的一种，名词性从句还包括主语从句、宾语从句和同位语从句。windup结束；上发条Thatiswhy...意为“这就是为什么……”，指由于各种原因所造成的结果。Thatisbecause...意为“这就是因为……”，指原因或理由。例：那就是为什么我早早离开了。

_________Ileftsoearly.

That'swhy1.Ifyoutrytolearntoomanythingsatatime,youmayget_________.2.Greatcareistakentoavoid_________th