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Unit 2
Learning English is fun!
Lesson 2
Amazing English
Pair work
How many letters are there in English? What are they?
Can you sing the “ABC” song?
…
This nice T-shirt is only 20 yuan.
only[ˈəʊnli]
adv. 只有;仅仅
adj.唯一的;仅有的
Lead-in
Jenny’s hair is longer than mine.
than [ ðən] prep.&conj.比
Football is so exciting that millions of people in the world play it.
million [ˈmɪljən]
num.一百万
Teachers can check the students’ level and help them.
level[ˈlevl]
n.水平;标准;级别
They opened the box and took all the books therein.
therein [ˌðeərˈɪn]
adv. 在那里,在其中
It’s even colder than yesterday.
even [ˈiːvn]
adv.甚至
People always use the phrase “Best wishes” at the end of their letters.
phrase /freɪz/
n.短语;词组
There is a piece of bread on the table.
piece [pi:s]
n.片;碎片;一件
Can you read this sentence for me?
sentence [ˈsentəns]
n.句子
The boy in the first place is very quick.
quick [kwɪk]
adj.快的;迅速的;敏捷的
There are many foxes in the picture.
fox /fɒks/
n. 狐狸
Don’t be lazy, Sally. You need to clean your room now.
lazy [ˈleɪzi]
adj.懒惰的
need
only
than
million
level
therein
even
v.&n. 需要;必须
adv. 只有;仅仅 adj.唯一的;仅有的
prep.&conj.比
num.一百万
n.水平;标准;级别
adv. 在那里,在其中
adv.甚至
New words
phrase
piece
sentence
quick
fox
lazy
n.短语;词组
n.片;碎片;一件
n.句子
adj.快的;迅速的;敏捷的
n. 狐狸
adj.懒惰的
New words
more than
move around
a piece of cake
jump over
多于
四处移动
小菜一碟
跳过
Expressions
1. Answer the riddles by circling the letters.
A. What do you call a bear without an ear?
B. What letter is your eye?
C. What letter is a body of water?
D. What letter is a question?
Warm up
Listen the passage and answer the questions.
1.How many words can 26 letters make?
2.What does the phrase a piece of cake mean?
3. Which sentence uses all 26 letters?
More than one million words.
It means easy.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Listening
Text
There are only 26 letters in English, but the 26 letters can make more than one million words.
Look at this word: level. You can read it left to right or right to left - it’s the same word!
The word therein has ten words in it. You don’t even need to move any letters around. How many words can
you find?
Do you know the meaning of thephrase a piece of cake? lt means easy.
This sentence uses all 26 letters: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
There are many more amazing facts about English. Have fun with English!
Text
1. But the 26 letters can make more than one million words. 但这26个字母可以构成100多万个单词。
more than多于;后接数字时表示超过这个数量。
如:There are over 1, 200 students in our school.我们学校有一千二百多名学生。
Language Points
2. You don’t even need to move any letters around. 你甚至不需要移动任何字母。
move around 四处移动。 around是副词,动词+副词组成的短语,宾语为代词时,代词应放在中间。
如:The box is very heavy, you can’t move it around。
箱子很重,你移动不了它。
3. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过懒惰的狗。
jump over跳过
如:My pet Eddie is funny. It can jump over the desk. 我的宠物埃迪很有趣。它能跳过桌子。
1. Read the passage and complete the mind map.
Let’s Do It!
The 26
more than one million
work
There are ten words in the word “therein”.
same
easy
This sentence uses all 26 letters: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
sentence
2. Read the passsage again and answer the questions.
A.How many words can you find in the word therein? What are they?
B. Can you find a word that reads the same left to right or right to left? What is it?
C. Read these two sentences: I cannot dance. I have two left feet. What does have two left feet mean?
Ten. They are: the; there; therein; he; her; here; herein; ere; rein; in.
Yes, I can. It’s level.
It means “ not good at dancing”.
Let’s Do It!
3. Read the conversations and guess the meaning of the phrases
in yellow.
d
c
b
a
Let’s Do It!
4. Find more interesting facts about English on the internet and share them with your group members.
Group work
Interesting facts about English
☆One letter, like “a”, can be an English word. And just one word, like “Go” can be a sentence.
☆The phrase “small potatoes” means something or someone that is not important.
根据句意及所给汉语提示完成句子。
1.这26个字母能够组成一百多万个单词。
The 26 letters can make ______ ______ ______ ______ words.
2.你可以正着读或者反着读—它是同一个单词。
You can read it ______ ______ ______or______ ______ ______—it’s the same word.
3.你甚至不需要移动任何字母。
You don’t even ______ ______ ______ any letters around.
4.这个句子用了全部的26个字母。
______ ______ ______ all 26 letters.
5.关于英语还有许多令人惊奇的事实。
There are ______ ______ ______ ______ about English.
more than one million
left to right
right to left
need to move
This sentence uses
many more amazing facts
Exercise
1. Remember the new words of the lesson.
2. Read the passage fluently.
3. Find more interesting facts about English on the internet and share them with your group members.
Homework
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