内容正文:
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Understanding ideas
1.通过精读获取重要信息,正确梳理信息之间的关系。
2.用思维导图对文本内容进行分类并拓展,培养发散思维和逻辑思维。
3.思考并理解英语的奇妙之处,理解英语词汇背后蕴藏的文化内涵,并就此发表自己的观点。
(Par1-3)
have trouble doing until whether realize eggplant either. Neither ...... nor be crazy to
For example in one’s free time sculpt sculpture paint take a photo on the train While get seasick airsick carsick homesick speaking of be the opposite of hardly an opposing pair harmless actions the opposite of harmful actions shameless shameful behaviors
1.Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?
2.Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple.
3.While we're doing all this traveling, we can get seasick at sea
1.Write T (true) or F (false).
①There is ham in a hamburger. ( )
②There is no pine or apple in pineapple. ( )
F
T
2.The writer gives three examples in the first paragraph to .
A.stress the importance of English words
B.advise the readers to study English words
C.draw the readers' attention to the topic
D.teach the readers how to learn English words
答案:C
3.The words “photo” and “homesick” which were mentioned are .
A.to show how English can be a crazy language to learn
B.to tell us the differences between their usages
C.to analyze the formation of the words
D.to share how to learn a crazy language
答案:A
Answer the following questions
(2)Are homework and housework the same thing?
(3)Are shameless and shameful behaviors the same?
No, they aren't.
Yes, they are.
Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble_________English?I hadn’t ,___________one day my ___________ son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger.There isn’t .This made me __________that there’s no egg in eggplant _______._________is there pine __________apple in pineapple.This got me thinking how English can be ____________________to learn.
par 1
learning
until
five-year-old
realize
either
Neither
nor
a crazy language
par 2
__________,in our free time we can sculpt a _________ and paint a __________ ,but we __________.And when we are traveling we say that we are_____ the car or the taxi ,but _______ the train or bus!While we’re doing all this traveling,we can get _______ at sea,________ in the air and _______ in a car,but we don’t get homesick when we get back home.And _________home,why aren’t homework and housework the same thing?
For example
sculpture
painting
in
on
speaking of
take a photo
seasick
airsick
carsick
summary pra1-3
1. have trouble (in) doing sth
2. 既不,也不
3. 在空闲时间
4. 画一幅画
5. 提及,谈到
6. 相反的,反义词
7. oppose
8.opposed
9. 有害的
10. 无害的
11. 行为.n
12. behave
1. 有困难做某事
2. neither...nor
3. in free tme
4. paint a painting
5. speaking of
6. opposite
7. v. 反对
8. adj.反对的
9. harmful
10. harmless
11. behavior
12. v. 行为,表现
Para(4-7)
look out of sunshine sunshining confusing a medical report What about wonder unique madness burn up burns down, fill in form fill ...... out go off
invent reflect creativity the human race visible light invisible wind up passage
1.What about “IT” and “US”?
2.You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down,
3.That is why when the stars are out, they are visible,
(1)Why does the author say “English was invented by people”?
A.Because the English words show everything around us.
B.Because the language helps us communicate with others.
C.Because the language proves how creative human being is.
D.Because the English words are unique in the world.
答案:C
par 6
You also have to wonder at the__________madness of a language ____________a house can ____________as it burn down, ____________you ____________ a form by ________________,and _______________an alarm is only heard once it goes off!
unique
in which
in which
in which
burn up
fill in
filling it out
par 7
English was _____________by people,not computers,and it ___________the ____________of human race.__________________when the stars are _________,they are ___________,but when the lights are ____________,they are ___________.And that is why when I ___________my watch,it starts,but when I wind up this passage,it ends.
invented
reflects
creativity
That is why
out
visible
invisible
out
wind up
1.What's the main idea of the text?
A.Compound words.
B.The charm of English.
C.Pine and apple.
D.Differences of English.
答案:B
2What is the structure of the text?
答案:D
no egg in eggplant
no ham in 2.__________
neither pine nor apple in
3.___________
seasick → sick at sea
5.________ → sick in the air
6._________ → sick in a car
But 7._________ → sick at home
“Hard” is the opposite of “soft”.
Hardly and “softly” are not a(n) 8._________ pair.
sculpt a sculpture
paint a(n) 4.__________
BUT take a photo
In order to support his idea, the authou uses many examples that show the 1.________ madness of English.
unique
hamburger
pineapple
painting
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
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“Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”.
• But shameful and shameless 9.__________ are the same.
Stars are out.→They are visible.
Lights are out.→
They are 11.__________
I wind up my watch.→
It stars.
I wind up the passage.→
It 12.______.
burn up→ burn down
fill in a form→ 10.________ a form
The reason is that English was invented by people, and it 13._________ the creativity of the human race.
behaviors
fill out
invisible
ends
reflects
20
summary Pra4-7
1. 向外看
2. 令人困惑的
3. confusion
4. unique
5. burn up
6. fill in a form
7. fill out a form
8. 发明.v
9. reflect
10. 创造力
11. visible
12. invisible
13. wind up
1. look out of
2. confusing
3. n. 困惑
4. 独特的
5. 烧尽
6. 填写表格
7. 填写表格
8. invent
9. 反映,显示,思考
10. creativity
11. 可视的
12. 不可视的
13. 给(机械)上发条,使(活动等)结束
本篇文章是一篇小品文。课文以幽默、风趣的笔触列举并评价了英语中让学习者迷惑不解的“疯狂”现象,从而反映了英语的趣味性、多样性、创造性和吸引力。
阅读技巧:对于小品文这类文章的阅读,要抓住文中体现幽默内容的段落,因为这往往是作者揭示文章主旨的地方,即在趣味中蕴含哲理。
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