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

Unit 2 Exploring English —— understanding ideas Pre-reading Task 1: Write down Chinese meanings of the following words. Title ham eggplant pine Pineapple sculpt sculpture seasick Airsick carsick homesick opposing Behavior confusing capitalized unique burn up burn down alarm reflect creativity visible wind up creative Task 2: Read the title and look at the pictures to guess. What's the passage about？ Food cooking words plants fruit While-reading Task 1: 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. Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the table. Para.1 ____________the topic of the passage. Para.____ Give some examples to discuss the topic. Para.____ _________the topic of the passage.  Task 3: Complete the notes with words from the passage. Para.1 no egg in eggplant no ham in ____________ neither pine nor apple in __________ Para.2 Sculpt a sculpture paint a(n) _________ BUT take a photo Seasick sick at sea ________ sick in the air ________ sick in the car BUT __________ sick at home Para.3 “hard” is the opposite of “soft”. BUT “hardly” and “softly” are not a(n) ________ pair. “harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”. BUT shameful and shameless _________ are the same. 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 __________.” Para.6 burn up burn down fill in a form _______ a form Para.7 Stars are out. They are visible. Lights are out. They are ________. I wind up my watch. It starts. I wind up the passage. It _______. Task 4: Fill in the blanks and try to retell the passage Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple. After-reading Task 1: choose the best answer. 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. C. By giving some examples. D. By using some research results. Task 2: Discussion Read the following information and answer the questions. 1. How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names? 2. Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage? Give your reasons. 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? Homework: I. Match the words with their definitions. ( a the place or moment where sth. comes into being b living in a particular country, area or city since birth c the name of a book, play, poem, film or other work of art d the ability to make up new ideas or things using your imagination e a work of art made out of a material, such as stone, metal or wood f competing against, fighting or arguing against someone else ) ( 1 creativity 2 native 3 opposing 4 origin 5 sculpture 6 title ) II. Fill in the bl II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words. million chart sculpt unique confusing steak 1. Some of the questions the teacher asked were very __________. 2. Please don't bother me. I've got a __________ things to do before I leave. 3. Please enter your results on the __________ on the classroom wall. 4. My favourite dish is __________ and chips with peas on the side. 5. Michelangelo took two years to __________ his famous sculpture, David. 6. Salvador Dali had an __________ style of painting that no one could copy. III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. If children are praised for their good _________ (behave), they will do more good deeds. 2. There is a _________(confuse) ban on music in his home, but Miguel dreams of becoming a famous musician. 3. True _________(creative) is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. 4. There are two _________(oppose) opinions about whether students should use smartphones in class. 5. More than 300 works, including 80 paintings,150 drawings, _________(sculpt) and prints,alongside photos and letters, will be shown at the exhibition. IV. Fill in the blanks 1 Have you ever asked yourself why people often____________________(学...有困难) English? I hadn’t，until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a__________(n.汉堡包) 【1】.There isn’t.This made me__________(v.意识到) that there’s no egg in__________(n.茄子) either.__________(既没...也没) is there pine__________(既没...也没) apple in__________(n.菠萝) 【2】.This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn【3】. 2 For example，in our free time we can__________(v.雕刻)a___________(雕塑)and paint a painting，but we take a photo.And when we are traveling we say that we are_________(prep.在...里)the car or the taxi，but________(prep.在...上)the train or bus！While we’re doing all this traveling，we can get________(adj.晕船的)at sea，________(adj.晕机的)in the air and________(adj.晕车的)in a car，but we don’t get ________(adj.想家的)when we get back home. And____________(谈及)home，why aren’t homework and housework the same thing? 3 If “hard” is the______________(n.对立面)of “soft”， why are “____________(adv.几乎不)” and “softly” not an____________(adj.相反的)pair? If ____________(adj.无害的)actions are the opposite of harmful actions，why are ____________(adj.无耻的) and___________________(adj.丢脸的行为) the same? 4 When we look out of the window and see rain or snow，we can say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing”.But when we see____________(n.阳光)，we can’t say “it’s sunshining”. 5 Even the smallest words can be____________(adj.令人困惑的).When you see the____________(adj.大写的) “WHO” in a____________(adj.医疗的) report，do you read it as the “who” in “Who’s that？”【4】What about “IT” and “US”？ 6 You also have to___________________(对...感到诧异)the________________________(独特的疯狂)of a language in which a house can ____________(烧尽)as it____________(烧毁)，in which you____________(填写)a form by filling it out，and in which an____________(n.闹钟,警报器)is only heard once it____________(响起)! 7 English _________________(被...发明)people，not computers，and it ________________________________(反映出人类的创造力).That is why when the stars are out，they are____________(adj.可见的)，but when the lights are out，they are ____________(adj.看不见的)【5】.And that is why when I ______________(给...上发条)my watch，it starts，but when I____________(使...结束)this passage，it ends. 参考译文： pineapple(菠萝)里既无pine (松树)亦无apple(苹果) 你是否曾经问过自己为什么人们常常在学习英语方面有困难？我一直没问过自己这个问题，直到有一天我五岁的儿子问我hamburger(汉堡)里是否有ham(火腿)。没有。这让我意识到eggplant(茄子)里也没有egg(蛋)；pineapple(菠萝)里既无pine(松树)亦无apple(苹果)。这让我不禁思考，英语真是一门疯狂的语言。 例如，在空闲时间我们可以sculpt a sculpture(雕刻一件雕塑品)，paint a painting(画一幅画)，但是要说take a photo(拍一张照片)。旅行时，我们说我们in the car(在小汽车里)或in the taxi(在出租车里)，但是要说on the train(在火车上)或on the bus(在公共汽车上)！旅游期间，我们可能会在海(sea)上晕船(seasick)、在空(air)中晕机(airsick)、在汽车(car)上晕车(carsick)，但回到家(home)时不会晕家(homesick的实际意思为“想家的”)。说到家，为什么homework(家庭作业)和housework(家务劳动)不是一回事呢？ 如果“hard(坚硬的)”是“soft(柔软的)”的反义词，为什么“hardly(几乎不)”和“softly(柔软地)”却不是一对反义词呢？如果harmless actions(无害的行为)是harmful actions(有害的行为)的反义词，为什么shameless behaviors(无耻的行为)和shameful behaviors(可耻的行为)是同义词呢？ 当我们向窗外看去，看到rain(雨)或snow(雪)时，我们可以说“it's raining(下雨了)”或“it's snowing(下雪了)”，但我们看到sunshine(阳光)时，我们不能说“it's sunshining(下阳光了)”。 即使最简单的词也可能让人感到困惑。在医学报告中看到大写的“WHO(世界卫生组织)”时，你会将它理解为“Who's that？(那是谁)”中的“who(谁)”吗？那么“IT”和“US”呢？ 你也一定对一门语言独特的疯狂感到诧异。在这门语言中，一座房子burn down(烧毁)时，它就burn up(烧毁)了；你通过fill out(填写)一张表格来fill in(填写)它；闹钟只有在go off(有“发出巨响”之意，同时还有“离开；停止运转”之意)时才被听到！ 英语是由人而不是电脑发明的，它反映了人类的创造力。那就是为什么星星out(出来)时，它们可以被看到，但是当灯out(熄灭)后，它们不能被看到。那也是为什么当我给手表wind up(上紧)发条时，它开始走，但是当我wind up(结束)这篇文章时，它就到结尾了。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$