Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingoutUnderstandingideas課件高中英語(yǔ)

UNIT2ExploringEnglishStartingout&UnderstandingideasStartingoutLookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.1

AccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?Chinesehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.2

AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?Englishhasthelargestnumberoflearners.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.3

WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?ThenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasing.WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1

WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?2

WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1

WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?2

WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?TheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealandandAustralia.MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Forexample,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.Understanding

ideasWhatformedtheword“notebook”?=notebook(筆記本）note(筆記）bookdoorbell（鈴）doorbell（門(mén)鈴）=raincoatraincoat(雨衣）mailboxmailbox（信箱）doorbell=door+bellraincoat=rain+coatmailbox=mail+boxrule?=applepine（松樹(shù)）pineapplebutterflybutter（黃油）fly（蒼蠅）headphoneheadphoneThereisn’tfishin“Yu-ShiangShreddedPork”.Thereisn’tawifeina“Laopobing”.TherearestillsomewordsinChinesethatcannotbetakenliterally.Doyouknowthecolorofblacktea?blacktea紅茶Isluckydogreallyadog?orWhatdoes"greenhand"mean?Whatdoes"greenhand"meanrainscatsanddogs傾盆大雨Whenpigsfly天方夜譚，永不可能Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.□food□cooking□words□plants□fruitNeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleReadthepassageandcheckyouranswer.FastreadingChoosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1

TotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.2

TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.3

ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.4

ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.FastreadingFastreading

Skimmingthewholepassage.Trytothinkabout:Howmanypartscanthisarticlebedividedinto?Whatisthemainideaofeachpart?Andfindthegeneralideaofeachsection.Part1(para1)________________Part2(para2-6)________________Part3(para7)________________A.ExamplesshowingthathowcrazyEnglishis.B.ToquestionwhatmadepeoplehavetroublelearningEnglish.C.Englishwasinventedbypeople,reflectingthecreativity.ABCCompletethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.uniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehaviorsfilloutinvisibleendsreflectsCarefulreadingReadactivity5,andthinkaboutthisquestion:Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?=+pineapplepineconeapple

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fruithamburgerbreadsteakpineconeeggplant1

Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.2

WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglish?Howdoyoudealwiththis?Think&ShareSublimation

Youwillgetrewardedasyousetyourheartonit.

念念不忘，必有回響。Ⅰ閱讀理解（根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容選擇正確答案）1.WhatmadetheauthorthinkEnglishisacrazylanguage?A.HistroubleinlearningEnglish.B.Hisson’squestion.C.Thehaminahamburger.D.Theappleinpineapple.2.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetext?A.Toshowthecreativityofthehumanrace.B.ToprovethedifficultyoflearningEnglish.C.ToexplainhowtolearnEnglish.D.TointroducethehistoryofEnglish.○○課堂整體閱讀習(xí)題3.Whatdoweknowfromthelastparagraph?A.Wordsalwayshavethesamemeanings.B.Wordscan’talwaysdescribewhatwefeel.C.Wordssometimesconfuseus.D.Wordscanmeandifferentlyindifferentsituations.4.Howdoestheauthorsupporthis/herideainthetext?A.Bylistingnumbers.B.Bymakingcomparison（對(duì)比）.C.Bygivingsomeexamples.D.Byusingsomeresearchresults.○○Ⅱ語(yǔ)法填空

（根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容和語(yǔ)法規(guī)則完成短文）

Whydopeoplehavetrouble1

（learn）English?Ihadn’taskedmyselfthatuntilonedaywhenmysonaskedme2

（sudden）whethertherewashaminahamburger，whichgotme3

（think）howEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.Therearemanywordsthatcanbeconfusingandalsocanmakeuswonder4

theuniquemadnessofEnglish.Forexample，wesculpta5

（sculpt）andpaintapaintingbutwetake6

photo.“Hard”and“soft”areoppositeinmeaning，but“hardly”and“softly”aren’t.Anddoyoureadthe7_____________（capitalize）“WHO”inamedicalreportasthe“who”in“Who’sthat?”AlltheexamplestellusthatEnglish8

（invent）bypeopleandit9