Unit 2 Understanding Ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

NeitherPinenorAppleinPineapple老婆饼鱼香肉丝蚂蚁上树驴打滚ThesewordscannotbetakenliterallyinChinese.TherearestillsomewordsinEnglishthatcannotbetakenliterally.headphonebutterflygreenhandblacktea=applepine（松树）pineapplePre-reading

Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.Title:NeitherPinenorAppleinPineapple??□food □cooking□words □plants□fruit While-readingTask1Fastreading1.What’stheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.B.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.C.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.D.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Howdoestheauthordevelopthepassage?A.Byprovidingexamples.

B.Bymakingcomparisons（对比）.C.Byfollowingthewayofspelling.D.ByfollowingtheorderofimportanceSkimmingthewholepassage.Trytothinkabout:Howmanyparts（部分）canthisarticlebedividedinto?Whatisthemainideaofeachpart?访问桃花源Part1Part2Part3para1para2-6para7ExamplesshowingthathowcrazyEnglishis.ToquestionwhatmadepeoplehavetroublelearningEnglish.Englishwasinventedbypeople,reflectingthecreativity.Whatisthemainideaofeachparagraphofthesecondpart?para2.para3.para4.para5.para6.EnglishusagesuffixpartofspeechabbreviationverbphraseTask3IntensiveReading—ReadingfordetailsCompletethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1.__________madnessofEnglish.uniquenoeggineggplantnohamin2.__________neitherpinenorapplein3.____________hamburgerpineapplesculptasculpturepainta(n)4.______________BUTtakeaphotopainting

Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.seasick→sickatsea5.________→sickintheair6.__________→sickinacarBUT7.__________→sickathomeairsickcarsickhomesick“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“hardly“and“softly”arenota(n)8.___________pair.opposing

Thesameruledoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!

Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.

Shamefulandshameless9.__________arethesame.burnup→burndownfillinaform→10._______aformbehaviorsfillout

Seeminglyoppositewordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!

ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit13.__________thecreativityofthehumanrace.reflectsStarsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyare11.__________.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→It12.________.invisibleends

Thesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowtheuniquemadnessofEnglish.Post-readingreadthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatisthewriter’sopiniononEnglish?WhyisEnglishsocrazysomtimes?Crazy——confusing——-mad———creativeEnglishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputersanditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace:Englishiscloselyconnectedwithcultureandhistory;Englishisconnectedwiththinkingbutnotlimitedbythinking.1Doyou