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Unit 2 Exploring English
Starting out&Understanding ideas
starting out
According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers?
According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners?
What can you learn from Chart 3? Why do you think many people in China learn English?
Tip: How do we read charts?
The title of a chart will tell you what the chart is about.
Know clearly about what different color blocks represent (代表).
Compare the figures.
A bar chart can show the figures clearly and is easy for us to find out the comparison of numbers.
A pie chart can show the scale (比例) of
different part clearly.
A ring chart can show the figure scales to
each other.
Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?
Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video?
The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
More than a third of English words come from French.
For example, “ fruit”, “table”, “crocodile” and “invasion”.
starting out
Warm-up
Have you ever noticed the some interesting usage of language(Chinese & English)?
季姬寂,集鸡,鸡即棘鸡。棘鸡饥叽,季姬及箕稷济鸡。鸡既济,跻姬笈,季姬忌,急咭鸡,鸡急,继圾几,季姬急,即籍箕击鸡,箕疾击几伎,伎即齑,鸡叽集几基,季姬急极屐击鸡,鸡既殛,季姬激,即记《季姬击鸡记》。
石室诗士施氏,嗜狮,誓食十狮。施氏时时适市视狮。十时,适十狮适市。是时,适施氏适市。施氏视是十狮,恃矢势,使是十狮逝世。氏拾是十狮尸,适石室。石室湿,氏使侍拭石室。石室拭,施氏始试食是十狮尸。食时,始识是十狮尸,实十石狮尸。试释是事。
Warm-up
Have you ever noticed some interseting usage of language(Chinese & English)?
1. Can you can a can as the canner can the can?
2. Love loves to love love.
3. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Understanding ideas
Activity 1
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about?
pine + apple =pineapple ?
hamburger ? ham
eggplant ? egg
Activity 2
Read the passage quickly and silently and then match the main idea with each part.
Part1.(Para1) A. Examples of some
confusing expressions.
Pa