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Unit 2 Learning English is fun!
Lesson 2 Amazing English
英语冀教版七年级上册
Learning objectives
通过本课时学习,学生能够:
1. 在读、看、写的活动中,获取、梳理语篇中英语语言的有趣现象;
2. 掌握短文中核心单词和短语的发音、含义及用法;
3. 了解英语中字母相关的趣味知识,理解常见英语习语的寓意;
4. 通过小组活动,在合作中分享英语趣味知识,提高综合语言运用能力。
重点
重点
Look and say
Can you say the 26 letters?
lemon
Think and guess
Let’s play Letter Puzzle - Word Guessing Game.
e m o l n
m p a
map
a n d h
hand
autumn
English
amazing
u a t m n u
l n g E i h s
a n m a i z g
Answer the riddles by circling the letters.
Answer and circle
A What do you call a bear without an ear?
B What letter is your eye?
C What letter is a body of water?
D What letter is a question?
B (Bear).
I (Eye).
C (Sea).
Y (Why).
Read and think
What’s the main idea of the text?
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?
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!
Amazing facts
about English
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?
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!
Read and find
What amazing facts about English are mentioned?
⑥
①
letter
③
②
word
④
phrase
⑤
sentence
English is amazing!
There are only 26 letters in English, but the 26 letters can make more than one million words.
Read and learn
What amazing fact about English is it?
Amazing fact
● How many words can the 26 letters make?
More than one million words.
than /ðən/ prep. & conj. 比
more than= over 超过
only /ˈəʊnli/ adv.只有;仅仅 adj.唯一的;仅有的
one million=1,000,000 一百万
Look at this word: level. You can read it left to right or right to left — it’s the same word!
Read and learn
Amazing fact
● What’s the special feature of level?
Read it left to right or right to left — it’s the same word.
level /ˈlevl/ n.水平;标准;级别
The word therein has ten words in it. You don’t even need to move any letters around. How many words can you find?
Read and learn
Amazing fact
need /niːd/ v.&n. 需要;必需
●How many words can you find in therein? What are they?
Ten. They are “ere(在……之前), he, her, here, herein(在此), in, rein(缰绳), the, there, therein(在那里)”.
move around 四处移动
therein /ˌðeər'ɪn/ adv. 在那里,在其中
even /'i:vn/ adv. 甚至
Do you know the meaning of the phrase a piece of cake?
It means easy.
Read and learn
Amazing fact
●What does the phrase a piece of cake mean in Chinese?
It means “小菜一碟;小事一桩;易如反掌”.
piece /pi:s/ n. 片;碎片;一件
a piece of 一片;一块;一件
phrase /freɪz/ n. 短语;词组
This sentence uses all 26 letters:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Read and learn
Amazing fact
●What’s the amazing fact about this sentence?
It uses all 26 letters.
jump over 跳过
●Can you translate the sentence into Chinese?
敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过懒惰的狗。
lazy /ˈleɪzi/ adj. 懒惰的
quick /kwɪk/ adj. 快的;迅速的
sentence /'sentəns/ n. 句子
There are many more amazing facts about English.
Have fun with English!
Read and learn
●What do you think of these facts about English?
They are so amazing!
fact /fækt/ n. 事实;现实
Do you know more about amazing facts?
Find and share
Share more facts about amazing English with your group members.
Interesting facts about English
The top ten most often used words in English are the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that and it.
Many English words come from various languages. “Ketchup” is from Chinese, and “typhoon” has its roots in Chinese, too.
How do you answer the greeting “How are you?”
“Fine, thank you.”? Try “I’m good.” or “Can’t be better.” next time.
example
Read and complete
Read the passage and complete the mind map.
word
sentence
easy
The word
therein has ten words in it.
______ letters can make
______________________
words.
same
more than one million
____________________ ____________________ ____________________
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog uses all 26 letters.
26
Read and answer
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Can you find a word that reads the same left to right or right to left?
What is it?
2. Read these two sentences: I cannot dance. I have two left feet.
What does have two left feet mean?
It means to be clumsy(笨拙的)when you move, dance, or play sports.
It means“笨手笨脚”in Chinese.
Yes, I can. It’s eye (dad,mum, wow, did, noon, pop...).
Read and guess
Read the conversations and guess the meanings of the phrases in yellow.
a. listening carefully b. good luck c. my favourite thing d. a heavy rain
A —Oh! It is raining cats and dogs.
—Where are the cats and dogs?
—Haha, it means____________.
B —Basketball isn’t my cup of tea. I like volleyball.
—A cup of tea?
—Well, it means_________.
d
c
Read and guess
Read the conversations and guess the meanings of the phrases in yellow.
a. listening carefully b. good luck c. my favourite thing d. a heavy rain
C —You have a test tomorrow? Break a leg!
—Break a leg?
—Yes. It means________.
D —She is all ears in class.
—What is the meaning of all ears?
—It means________.
b
a
Work in groups
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.
Evaluate
5 = Excellent, 4 = Good, 3 = Acceptable, 2 = Needs improvement
How many stars can you get?
1. I know and understand some amazing facts about English.
2. I can finish the mind map by myself.
3. I can answer the questions about the text.
4. I can use common English idioms correctly.
5. I become more interested in English learning.
Practice
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words.
1.My sister is ______ (仅仅) six years old, but she can speak English well.
2.Wang Jing, your English ______ (水平) is very high.
3.In ______ (事实), there are many English words from Chinese.
4.Tom isn’t a ______ (懒惰的) boy and his room is clean.
5.Can you make a ________(句子) with the new words?
only
level
fact
sentence
lazy
Practice
Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.
1. 我能写100多个英语单词。
I can write______ ______ 100 English words.
2. 这只猫四处移动寻找食物。
The cat ______ ______ to look for food.
3. 这件事对我来说小菜一碟。
This is a ______ ___ _____ for me.
4. Brown先生跳过墙把孩子救了出来。
Mr Brown ______ ______ the wall and saves the child.
5. 孩子们在公园里正玩得开心。
The children are _______ _____ in the park.
more than
moves around
piece of cake
jumps over
having fun
Summary
use common English idioms correctly.
become more interested in learning English.
know about some amazing facts about English.
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After learning this lesson,
I can
letter
word
phrase
sentence
a piece of cake
rain cats and dogs
break a leg
my cup of tea
all ears
Homework
1. Read the passage fluently.
2. Find more amazing facts about English on the internet. Write them down and share them with us next class.
Bye-bye!
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