Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Before reading:Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about? ham hamburger + = pine apple pineapple Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple eggplants eggs √ confusing /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ adj. 令人困惑的 confusion /kənˈfjuːʒn/ n. 困惑；不明确 confuse /kənˈfjuːz/ v. 使困惑 It’s the most confusing thing in the world! The __________(confuse) students got started on the hard task. confused She saw the __________(confuse) on my face. confusion ____________(confuse), blind people also respond to the light. Confusingly behavior /bɪˈheɪvjə(r)/ n. 举止，行为 behave /bɪˈheɪv/ v. 行为 Listening is a polite behavior. We should not reward bad __________(behave). behaved The students _________(behave) badly in my class last week. behaviors title /ˈtaɪt(ə)l/ n. 题目，标题 pine /paɪn/ n. 松树 pineapple /ˈpaɪnæp(ə)l/ n. 菠萝 Pre-reading Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about:  food  cooking  words  plants  fruit Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple 此处已嵌入视频链接：Peking opera An introduction (Hello China #13)；如不能打开，请重新链接即可。 While-reading Read the passage and check your answer to Act. 1. 点击passage即可打开这篇文章的PPT版的多模态文本资源。 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. √ (1) What is 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. (2)How does the author support his/her idea in the passage? A. By listing numbers. B. By making comparison. C. By giving some examples. D. By using some research results. (3) What do the two phrases wind up mean in the last sentence? A. They both mean “turn a handle”. B. They both mean “ finish or stop doing sth”. C. The first means “ turn a handle ", and the second means “ finish or stop doing sth ". D. The first means “ finish or stop doing sth ”, and the second means “turn a handle”. Activity 2: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. √ √ Locate and complete. In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the _______ madness of English. no egg in _________ no ham in ___________ neither pine nor apple in __________ hamburger pineapple eggplant sculpt a sculpture no paint a(n) ________ BUT take a photo seasick→sick at sea ______→sick in the air ______→sick in a car BUT _________→sick at home “Hard” is the opposite of “soft”. “Hardly” and “softly” are not a(n) ______ pair. painting unique airsick homesick carsick opposing Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 2 Para. 3 Locate and complete. The reason is that English was invited by people, and it ______ the creativity of the human race. “Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”. Shameful and shameless ________ are the same. behaviors burn up→burn down fill in a form→_______ a form Stars are out.→They are visible. Lights are out.→They are ________. I wind up my watch.→ It starts. I wind up the passage.→ It _______. fill out invisible ends Para. 3 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 7 reflects Read and complete to retell. Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble ________(learn) English? I hadn't, until one day my five-year-old son asked me ________there was ham in a hamburger. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language ________(learn). Even the smallest words can be _________(confuse). You also have to wonder at the unique _______(mad) 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 _____(go) off! English ___________(invent) by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity ____ the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the ______(light) are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, _____ when I wind up this passage, it ends. learning whether to learn confusing madness goes was invented of lights but Eggplants used to be smaller and yellow or white. They looked a bit like eggs, which led to the name “eggplant”. Appearance 外观 The origin of “hamburger” was a hard beef steak called “ Hamburg steak” , eaten without bread. Later, people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”. Reinvention再造 Post reading:Read the following information and answer the questions. How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names?(P16) The word “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pina”, which means pine cone when it came to England, “ apple” was added to show it is a kind of fruit. Association 联想 $$