内容正文:
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
老婆饼
鱼香肉丝
蚂蚁上树
驴打滚
These words cannot be taken literally in Chinese.
There are still some words in English that cannot be taken literally.
headphone
butterfly
green hand
black tea
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apple
pine(松树)
pineapple
Pre-reading
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about.
Title:
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
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□ food
□ cooking
□ words
□ plants
□ fruit
While-reading
Task 1 Fast reading
1. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.
B. To give advice on how to learn English.
C. To show that English is interesting and creative.
D. To explain how English was created.
How does the author develop the passage?
A.By providing examples.
B. By making comparisons(对比).
C. By following the way of spelling.
D. By following the order of importance
Skimming the whole passage.
Try to think about:
How many parts(部分) can this article be divided into? What is the main idea of each part?
访问
桃花源
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
para 1
para 2-6
para 7
Examples showing that how crazy English is.
To question what made people have trouble learning English.
English was invented by people ,reflecting the creativity.
What is the main idea of each paragraph of the second part?
para 2.
para 3.
para 4.
para 5.
para 6.
English usage
suffix
part of speech
abbreviation
verb phrase
Task 3 Intensive Reading — Reading for details
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the 1.__________ madness of English.
unique
no egg in eggplant
no ham in 2.__________
neither pine nor apple in
3. ____________
hamburger
pineapple
sculpt a sculpture
paint a(n) 4.______________
BUT take a photo
painting
We can’t always understand a compound word by adding the meanings of the words it is made up of!
In order to support his