Unit 2 Exploring English Using language 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语外研版必修第一册

Using language Book 1 Unit 2 Exploring English    1. abbreviating 2. changing the part of speech 3. adding a prefix or suffix 4. combining two or more words d c b a a Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. b … sculpt a sculpture… c When we… see rain…, we can say “it’s raining”… d WHO  Match the words in bold to the types of word formation: Look for more examples of each type in the reading passage. P19-P69 1 abbreviating: IT, US 2 changing the part of speech: When we… see… snow, we can say… “it’s snowing”. 3 adding a prefix or suffix: paint–painting, hard–hardly, soft–softly, harm–harmless / harmful, visible–invisible, shame–shameless /shameful. 4 combining two or more words: hamburger, eggplant, seasick, airsick, carsick, homesick, homework, housework Word formation in the reading passage How many types of word formation are introduced? 2. In what way can word formation be of help to us? Complete the passage and answer the questions: 构词法 (word formation) 合成法compounding (combining two or more words) 派生法 Affixation (adding a prefix or suffix) 转化法Conversion (changing the part of speech) 缩写 (abbreviating) 前缀 (prefix) 后缀 (suffix) 5  偶然遇到；碰见 (to meet or find someone or something by chance)： When reading articles related to science, we often come across difficult or unfamiliar words.  被理解： He spoke for a long time, but his meaning did not come across.  给人以……印象 = come over： He came across as a sympathetic person. come across 6 likely 1. adj. sb/sth be likely to do = It’s likely that (但不能用It’s likely for sb to do): He's seriously ill so that he is unlikely to attend the party. They say that the low ­temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures. It is unlikely to rain this afternoon.＝ It is unlikely that it will rain this afternoon. 辨析: 只能用It’s possible/probable that或It’s possible/ probable for sb to do不能用sb be possible/probable to do 2. adv. Very likely! Not likely! Watch the video and try to note down the different words for the same thing used in American and British English. British and American English chips crisp tube/underground flat lift ground floor garden biscuit pavement trousers fries chips subway apartment elevator first floor backyard cookies sidewalk pants 薯条 薯片 地铁 公寓 电梯 一楼 院子 饼干 人行道 裤子 9 American and British English – Vocabulary More examples in Activity 4, P23 10 flat n. = apartment 2. adj. flat shoes a flat plate a flat tyre a flat housing market v. flatten: I can see the children flattening their nose against the window. Today, American English is in common international use. It is different from British English in several ways, mostly in spelling and vocabulary. Some American spellings were created by Noah Webster, who made one of America’s first dictionaries. He changed “-re” spellings to “-er”, which is why________ is spelt _______ in American English. The Americans and the British also use different words for everyday things. For example, Americans talk about putting ______ in their cars and driving along the ___________, whereas in the UK, people put _________ in their cars and drive along the ___________. Americans take the_________ to the top floor of a building, but the British use the _____. In the US, they take the _________, but in the UK, people travel on the _____________, Americans live in a(n) ___________ while the British live in a(n) _______. Complete the passage with the words above: theatre theater gas highway petrol motorway elevator lift subway underground apartment flat an overview make comparisons 12 It’s not as confusing as it seems: usually people from the two countries can understand each other from the context. But that doesn’t stop them having a friendly argument about which word is the “right” one! conclusion 13 1. What does “selfie” mean？ A. a selfish person B. a photo that you take of yourself, usually with a mobile phone. Quiz time: Can you guess? 2. What does “netizen” mean? Do you know citizen? 3. BRB, COZ, G2G ? Every year, many additions are made to English dictionaries. recent additions to dictionaries Words Meaning Origin dim sum a kind of traditional ______________ from _______________ _________________ _______ using a cellphone without caring about others a combination of the words ________ and ______ _______ a shorter way of saying ______________ from the Internet Chinese food dialect the Guangdong cellfish cellphone selfish “laugh out loud” LOL Now listen again and pay attention to how the speakers ask for and explain the meanings of the words. Listen to complete the table. how to ask: 1. What kind of … is that? 2. Do you know what I mean by... 3. I’ve never heard that before. What does … mean? 4. How do you spell it? 5. I have no idea what she’s talking about. What’s that for? 6. I beg your pardon? 7. When you say… you mean …, right? how to explain: 1. It’s a kind of… 2. It means... 2. It’s a short way of saying… 3. It was first used... 4. You use it to… 5. It is a …, and its function is mainly... Useful expressions: Oh, I see. That’s right! 2 06 Unit 2 null 193082.05 $