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Starting out & Understanding ideas
Unit 2 Exploring English
BY MICHELLE
tribe
The Angles
Jutes
Saxons
original
Celtic
isles
invader
Anglo-Saxon
invasion
n. 部落;族;一伙人
n. 盎格鲁族
n. 朱特人
n. 撒克逊人
adj. 原始的;最初的;有独创性的;原版的
n. 凯尔特人(语)
n. 岛;群岛
n. 侵略者
n. 盎格鲁-撒克逊人
n. 侵略;侵入
Words and Expressions
1. native speaker
2. invasion
3. invader
4. tribe
5. original
6. a third
7. ahead of
8. It has been estimated that
讲本族语的人;母语使用者
武装入侵;侵略;侵犯
侵略者
部落
原来的;起初的;最早的
三分之一
早于;领先;在---前面
据估计
Review
Words and Expressions
Vikings
Scandinavia
duke
Hastings
estimate
mixture
n. 维京人;北欧海盗
n. 斯堪的纳维亚
n. 公爵
n. 黑斯廷斯(英国港市)
v. 估计;估价;评价
n. 混合;混合物
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
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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.
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Understanding ideas
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.
While-reading
Para.________
main idea: _________________________
Para.________
main idea: _________________________
Para.________
main idea: _________________________
Divide the passage into 3 parts, and find the main idea of each part.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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.
hamburger
pineapple
painting
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
behaviors
out
invisible
ends
unique
Read the passage on Pages 14-15 quickly and match each part with its main idea.
A.Give some examples to discuss the topic.
B.Conclude the topic of the passage.
C.Introduce to the topic of the passage.
1.Para.1( )
C
2.Paras.2-6( )
A
3.Para.7( )
B
Read the passage on Pages 14-15 carefully and answer
the following questions.
1.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.
C
What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?( )
A.To explain how English was created.
B.To give advice on how to learn English.
C.To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.
D.To show that English is interesting and creative.
D
.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”.
C
Why is English a crazy language?
Reason:
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race.
sweetbreads
sweetmeats
hamburger
eggplant
pineapple
In English
Group work ~
Can you think of more examples
proving that English is a crazy language?
1. Teacher is the person who teaches.
Writer is the person who writes.
But...
2. What is a freshman? A man who is fresh? What about butterfly and icecream?
3. What’s the difference between “on the tree” and “in the tree”?
...
● How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names?
Cultural Knowledge
Thank you!
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