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

Unit 2 Exploring English Today, we'll move on to period 2, understanding ideas. We are going to read an interesting article about English. Now let's begin. Page 14: Activity 1 What is the passage about? From the wug test we know that English has its own rules. However, there are always some words and expressions out of the rules. Plz observe the pics and the title, can you predict what the passage is about? The first thought pops into our mind might be the food or fruit. but when we think carefully, the article may talk about words. There is no pine or apple in pineapple. From the pictures, we know there is no ham in a hamburger, there is no egg in an eggplant. To check our prediction, now you will have 2 min to read the passage and check whether your guessing is right or not. ok times up. The passage is about words right? The passage talks about some special and interesting words phenomenon. Page16 Activity3 Choose the author’s writing purpose 1 To tell that English is very difficult to learn. 2 To give advice on how to learn English. 3 To show that English is interesting and creative. 4 To explain how English was created. Why does the author write the article? plz choose the author's writing purpose after your first reading. Page16 Activity4 5mins Read the passage again and fill in the blanks unique hamburger pineapple painting airsick carsick homesick opposing behaviors fill out invisible ends reflects Now it's time for you to read for the second time. You should read it carefully in detail and fill in the blanks. You can pause the video for four to five mins to finish the task. time's up, let's check the answer 1．What made the author think more about English? A．Meeting trouble learning English. B．The question from the author's child. C．Finding no egg in the eggplant. D．Needing a hamburger to feed the child. Think about the questions 2．How does the author develop the passage? A．By providing examples. B．By making comparisons. C．By following the way of spelling