Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding Ideas Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple 导学案-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

主题语境：人与自我-----学习与生活 Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas 导学单 Learning objectives 1. Learn to get what a text is about from its pictures and title. 2. Learn some interesting things about some English words & expressions, and the creativity of English. 3. Share your opinions about English language and learning English. 问题导学 Activity 1 warm up Q: How much do you know about English? 1. Look at the charts and answer the questions. Chart 1. __________ has the largest number of native speakers. Chart 2: ___________ has the largest number of learners. Chart 3: The number of English learners in China is ___________. 2. Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language? ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video? ________________________________________________________________________ 课中引学 Activity 2 Pre-reading (lead in) 1. Enjoy a video and get to know some interesting facts in Chinese and English. 2. Make a prediction on what is the passage about. Activity 3 While-reading (Fast reading) 1.The author develops the passage mainly by______ A. explanation. B. giving examples. C. following the time order. D. comparing. 2.Scan the passage and match the main idea with each part. Part 1 (para.___) Body: supportive examples Part 2 (para.___ -para.___) Conclusion: the reason Part 3 (para.___) Introduction: the author’s opinion 3. Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. 小组研学 Activity 4 While-reading ( Intensive reading) Read the passage carefully and complete the notes with words from the passage. 班内展学 Activity 5 Post-reading (Think and 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? 课后练学 Activity 6 Homework Ⅰ 阅读理解（根据课文内容选择正确答案） 1. What made the author think English is a crazy language? A. His trouble in learning English. B. His son’s question. C. The ham in a hamburger. D. The apple in pineapple. 2. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To show the creativity of the human race. B. To prove the difficulty of learning English. C. To explain how to learn English. D. To introduce the history of English. 3. What do we know from the last paragraph? A. Words always have the same meanings. B. Words can’t always describe what we feel. C. Words sometimes confuse us. D. Words can mean differently in different situations. 4. How does the author support his/her idea in the text? A. By listing numbers. B. By making comparison（对比）. C. By giving some examples. D. By using some research results. Ⅱ 语法填空 （根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文） 　　Why do people have trouble 1_________（learn）English? I hadn’t asked myself that until one day when my son asked me 2_________（sudden）whether there was ham in a hamburger，which got me 3_________（think）how English can be a crazy language to learn. There are many words that can be confusing and also can make us wonder 4________ the unique madness of English. For example，we sculpt a 5________（sculpt） and paint a painting but we take 6________ photo. “Hard” and “soft” are opposite in meaning，but “hardly” and “softly” aren’t. And do you read the 7 __________（capitalize）“WHO” in a medical report as the “who” in “Who’s that?” All the examples tell us that English 8_________（invent）by people and it 9_______（reflect） the creativity of the human race. That’s 10________ when the stars are out，they are visible，but when the lights are out，they are invisible. 第 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$