Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas（Word教参）-【精讲精练】2025-2026学年高中英语必修第一册（外研版）

 

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Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

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Neither Pine① nor Apple in Pineapple②

Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning③ English? [1]I hadn't, until one day my five­year­old son asked me whether there was ham④ in a hamburger. There isn't.This made me realize that there's no egg in eggplant⑤ either.[2]Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple．[3]This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.

[1]本句是“not...until...”句型。“I hadn't”是“I hadn't asked myself”的省略形式，until引导时间状语从句。在该时间状语从句中，whether引导的从句作asked的直接宾语，whether在此意为“是否”。

[2]本句中的“neither...nor...”是并列连词，意为“既不……也不……”；此处否定词neither位于句首，故句子用倒装结构。

[3]本句中how引导的从句作thinking的宾语；“got me thinking”是“get＋宾语＋宾补”结构，此处用现在分词thinking作宾补。

For example, in our free time we can sculpt⑥ a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a

photo.And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus! While we're doing all this traveling, we can get seasick⑦ at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we don't get homesick when we get back home.And speaking of⑧ home, why aren't homework and housework the same thing?

If “hard” is the opposite⑨ of “soft”， why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair? If harmless⑩ actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless⑪ and shameful behaviors⑫the same?

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 sunshine, we can't say “it's sunshining”．

Even the smallest words can be confusing⑬.[4]When you see the capitalized⑭“WHO” in a medical report, do you read it as the “who” in “Who's that？” What about “IT” and “US”？

You also have to wonder⑮ at the unique⑯ madness⑰ of a language in which a house can burn up⑱ as it burns down⑲， in which you fill in⑳ a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm㉑ is only heard once it goes off!

[4]本句是主从复合句。“When you...report”是when引导的时间状语从句，过去分词capitalized在从句中作定语，修饰WHO。

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects㉒ the creativity㉓ of the human race㉔.[5]That is why when the stars are out, they are visible㉕， but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up㉖ my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.

[5]本句中的“That is why...”为固定句型，意为“那就是……的原因”；此句型中why引导的是表语从句。

①pine n.松树

②pineapple n.菠萝

③have trouble (in) doing sth 做某事有困难

④ham n.火腿

⑤eggplant n.茄子

⑥sculpt v.雕刻，雕塑

sculpture n.雕像，雕刻品，雕塑作品

⑦seasick adj.晕船的

airsick adj.晕机的

carsick adj.晕车的

homesick adj.想家的

⑧speaking of...讲起……，说到……

⑨opposite n.对立的人(或物)；对立面adj.相反的；对面的

opposing adj.(观点、意见等)相反的，相对立的

⑩harmless adj.无害的；不会导致损伤的

harmful adj.有害的；导致损害的

⑪shameless adj.无耻的；没廉耻的

shameful adj.可耻的，丢脸的

⑫behavior n.举止，行为

⑬confusing adj.令人困惑的(修饰事物)

confused adj.困惑的(修饰人)

⑭capitalized adj.大写的

⑮wonder v.感到诧异，非常惊讶；想知道

n.惊讶；奇迹

⑯unique adj.独一无二的，独特的

⑰madness n.疯狂；愚蠢行为

-ness是名词后缀，常用在形容词后，构成名词。

⑱burn up烧毁，烧尽

⑲burn down烧毁

⑳fill in填写(表格等空白的内容)

fill out填写(表格等完整的内容)

㉑alarm n.警报器；闹钟

㉒reflect v.显示，反映

㉓creativityn. 创造性，创造力

㉔human race人类

㉕visible adj.看得见的，可见的