内容正文:
Unit 2 Exploring English
Understanding ideas
外研版2019必修第一册
目
录
Lead-in
While-reading
Pre-reading
Post-reading
Learning objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students are able to:
1. Get the main idea of the passage;
2. Find out the supportive examples;
3. Retell the passage using the information map;
4. Share your understanding of English and English study.
Lead-in:
According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers?
Chinese has the largest number of native speakers.
Lead-in:
According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners?
English has the largest number of learners.
Lead-in:
What can you learn from Chart 3?
The number of English learners in China is increasing.
Pre-reading:
What do you think the passage is about?
food
cooking
words
fruit
plants
While-reading:
What is the passage about?
food cooking words plants fruit
While-reading:
Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage.
1. To tell us 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.
Can you find some examples in the passage?
While-reading:
Divide the passage into three parts, and find the main idea of each part.
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Para(s). ______
Main idea: _________________
___________________________
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Para(s). ______
Main idea: _________________
___________________________
___________________________
Para(s). ______
Main idea: _________________
___________________________
1
2-6
7
English is a crazy language to learn.
The author gives examples of crazy phenomena in English.
English reflects the creativity of human race.
While-reading:
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.
The reason is that English was invented by people, and it 13_______ the creativity of the human race.
· no egg in eggplant
· no ham in
2____________
· neither pine nor
apple in
3__________
· sculpt a
sculpture
· paint a(n)
4________
· BUT take
a photo
· 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.
· “Harmless” is the
opposite of “harmful”.
· Shameful and
shameless 9________
are the same.
· burn up →
burn down
· fill in a form →
10_______ a
form
· Stars are out. →
They are visible.
· Lights are out.
→ They are
11________.
· I wind up my
watch. → It starts.
· I wind up the
passage. →
It 12_______.
unique
hamburger
pineapple
painting
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
behaviors
fill out
invisible
ends
reflects
While-reading:
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
no egg in eggplant
no ham in ____________
neither pine nor apple in __________
老婆饼
鱼香肉丝
夫妻肺片
hamburger
pineapple
Chinese examples
Para. 1
While-reading:
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
Para. 2
sculpt a sculpture
paint a(n) _________
BUT take a photo
painting
seasick → sick at sea
________ → sick in the air
________ → sick in a car
BUT __________ → sick at home
airsick
carsick
homesick
While-reading:
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
Para. 3
“Hard” is the opposite of “soft”.
“Hardly” and “softly” are not a(n) ________ pair.
“Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”.
Shameful and shameless _________ are the same.
opposing
behaviors
While-reading:
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
Para. 4
When we see rain or snow, we can say “it's raining” or
“it's _________”.
BUT when we see sunshine, we can't say “it's __________”.
snowing
sunshining
“WHO” in a medical report → ______ in “Who's that?”
“IT”? “US”?
“who”
Para. 5
While-reading:
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
Para. 6
Para. 7
burn up → burn down
fill in a form → _______ a form
fill out
Stars are out. → They are visible.
Lights are out. → They are _______.
I wind up my watch. → It starts.
I wind up the passage. → It _______.
invisible
ends
1. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of
a language in which a house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and
in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!
wonder (at sth.) 感到诧异;非常惊讶
(1) She wondered at her own stupidity.
(2) He liked to sit and wonder at all that had happened.
她没想到自己竟会这样愚蠢。
他喜欢坐着对发生的一切惊叹不已。
三个由in which引导并列的定语从句修饰先行词language, 可以替换成关系副词where。
英语这门语言独有的疯狂令你不得不感到惊奇。在英语里,房子烧成灰烬的时候,可以说burn up(字面意思为“烧上去”),也可以说burn down(字面意思为“烧下去”);填表的时候,你可以fill in a form(字面意思为“填入表里”),也可以fill out a form(字面意思为“填到表外”);而且只有闹钟走了(go off字面意思为“离开”)以后你才能听到铃声!
2. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it
starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.
why引导的表语从句
but连接的并列句,表转折
when引导的时间状语从句
给(机械)上发条
使(活动、会议等)结束
(1) I'd like to wind up the meeting soon.
(2) I forget to wind up the clock. What time is it?
我想尽快结束会议。
我忘了给钟上发条。现在几点了?
这也是当我wind up my watch(给手表上紧发条)以后表针开始走,而我wind up this passage(将本文收尾)后这篇文章结束的原因。
Post-reading:
How does the author give examples?
The author gives examples mainly by comparing. He uses the following sentence patterns.
For example, we ..., but we ...
If... are..., why are... not...?
When we..., we can. But when we..., we can’t....
Post-reading:
Can you think of similar examples in Chinese?
There isn’t fish in “Yu-Shiang Shredded Pork”.
There isn’t a wife in a “Laopobing”.
Post-reading:
How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names?
Eggplants got the name because they used to look
like eggs.
The name of “pineapple” developed from the spanish word “pina”, with “apple” added to show it’s a kind of fruit.
The name of hamburger came from the idea of “Hamburg steak”, and later people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”.
Post-reading:
Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage? Give your reasons.
Post-reading:
What can you learn from Chart 3?
Think Share
1. Do you agree
with the author’s opinion about the English language? Give your reasons.
2.What do you find
most challenging about learning English? How do you deal with this?
It is the creativity, craziness and complexity that makes a language unique, interesting and enjoyable to learn.
It is the creativity, craziness and complexity that makes a language unique, interesting and enjoyable to learn.
Take a flexible attitude, be
open-minded and keep on exploring the reasons behind a language.
Thank You !
Understanding ideas
外研版2019必修第一册
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