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UNIT 2
Learn English is fun!
Lesson 2 Amazing English
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Warming up
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Let’s enjoy a video.
1 Answer the riddles by circling the letters.
What do you call a bear without an ear?
What letter is your eye?
What letter is a body of water?
What letter is a question?
There are only 26 letters in English, but the 26 letters can make more than one million words.
Look at this word: level. You can read it left to right or right to left - it’s the same word!
The word therein has ten words in it. You don’t even need to move any letters around. How many words can
you find?
2 Read the passage and complete the mind map.
Do you know the meaning of the phrase a piece of cake? It means easy.
This sentence uses all 26 letters: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
There are many more amazing facts about English. Have fun with English!
26
more than one million
word
same
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
sentence
The word therein has ten words in it.
easy
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Language Points
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only adv. 只有;仅仅
adj. 唯一的;仅有的
(1)用作形容词时,与the连用,意为“惟一的”,作定语。
(2)用作副词时,常位于所修饰的动词、短语或从句前,意为
“只是、仅仅”。
(3)用作并列连词时,意为“但是、可是、可惜、不过”。
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There are only 26 letters in English, but the 26 letters can make more than one million words.
英语中只有26个字母,但是这26个字母可以组成一百多万个单词。
more than多于
相当于over,常用于数词前,后接数字时表示超过这个数量。例如:
There are over 1, 200 students in our school.
我们学校有一千二百多名学生。
反义短语为less than“少于”
It takes less than 15 minutes to make a good paper fan.
制作一把好的纸扇需要不到15分钟。
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You don’t even need to move any letters around.
你甚至不需要移动任何字母。
need v. & n. 需要;必需
(1)作实义动词时,有人称和数的变化。
need to do sth.需要做某事 need sb. to do sth.需要某人做某事
(2)作情态动词时,没有人称和数的变化,后接动词原形。
(3)作名词时,可用于there is no need to do sth.“没有必要做某
事”结构中。
move around 四处移动。 around是副词,动词+副词组成的短语,宾语为代词时,代词应放在中间。例如:
The box is very heavy, you can’t move it around。
箱子很重,你移动不了它。
拓展 与move相关的短语
move in/into 搬进
move out 搬出
move (from…) to… (从…… )搬到……
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a piece of 一片;一块;一段
常用来表示不可数名词的量,如果表示的量超过一,要用pieces of。
Paper cutting turns a simple thing like a piece of paper into a beautiful piece of art.
剪纸把一件简单的物品,比如一张纸,变成一件精美的艺术品。
Do you know the meaning of the phrase a piece of cake? 你知道a piece of cake这个短语的意思吗?
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过懒惰的狗。
jump over 跳过
The dog jumped over the fence.
狗跳过了栅栏。
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拓展 与jump相关的短语
jump up 跳起来 jump into 跳进 jump down 跳下来 jump up and down 跳来跳去
3 Read the passage again and answer the questions.
A. How many words can you find in the word therein? What are
they?
Ten. They are: the; there; therein; he; her; here; herein; ere;
rein; in.
B. Can you find a word that reads the same left to right or right
to left? What is it?
Yes, I can. It’s level.
C. Read these two sentences: I cannot dance. I have two left feet.
What does have two left feet mean?
It means “not good at dancing”.
4 Read the conversations and guess the meanings of the phrases in yellow.
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c
b
a
5 Work in groups. Find more interesting facts about English on the Internet and share them with your group members.
Interesting facts about English
☆One letter, like “a”, can be an English word. And just one word, like
“Go” can be a sentence.
☆The phrase “small potatoes” means something or someone that is
not important.
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Summary
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重 点 词 汇
only /ˈəʊnlɪ/ 只有;仅仅 || 唯一的;仅有的
than /ðən/ 比
million /ˈmɪljən/ 一百万
level /ˈlevl/ 水平;标准;级别
therein /ˌðeərˈɪn/ 在那里;在其中
even /ˈi:vn/ 甚至
need /ni:d/ 需要;必需
phrase /freɪz/ 短语;词组
piece /pi:s/ 片;碎片;一件
sentence /ˈsentəns/ 句子
quick /kwɪk/ 快的;迅速的
fox /fɒks/ 狐狸
lazy /leɪzɪ/ 懒惰的
fact /fækt/ 事实;现实
more than 多于
move around 四处移动
a piece of cake 小菜一碟
jump over 跳过
重 点 句 型
What letter is …? 什么字母是……
Do you know the meaning of …? 你知道……的意思吗?
What is the meaning of …? ……是什么意思?
It means … 这意味着……
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Practice
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根据句意及汉语提示填空。
1.这26个字母能够组成一百多万个单词。
The 26 letters can make ______ ______ ______ ______ words.
2.你可以正着读或者反着读—它是同一个单词。
You can read it ______ ______ ______or______ ______ ______—
it’s the same word.
3.你甚至不需要移动任何字母。
You don’t even ______ ______ ______ any letters around.
4.这个句子用了全部的26个字母。
______ ______ ______ all 26 letters.
5.关于英语还有许多令人惊奇的事实。
There are ______ ______ ______ ______ about English.
more than one million
left to right
right to left
need to move
This sentence uses
many more amazing facts
1. Remember the new words of the lesson.
2. Read the passage fluently.
3. Find more interesting facts about English on the
internet and share them with your group members.
Homework
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