Unit 2 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas（配套教参Word）-【步步高】2025-2026学年高一英语必修第一册学习笔记（外研版·新教材）

Period 1　Starting out & Understanding ideas

1．What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To introduce English is interesting and creative.

B．To tell us English is difficult to learn.

C．To direct our attention to the word formation.

D．To lead to the topic of discussion.

答案　D

2．How does the author develop the passage?

A．By providing examples.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By following the way of spelling.

D．By following the order of importance.

答案　A

3．Why does the author say “English was invented by people”？

A．Because the English words show everything around us.

B．Because the language helps us communicate with others.

C．Because the language proves how creative human being is.

D．Because the English words are unique in the world.

答案　C

4．Which group of the following words shares a similar meaning?

A．helpful；helpless   B．careful；careless

C．harmful；harmless   D．shameful；shameless

答案　D

　　　　　　　　　　Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple

Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble1 learning English? [1] I hadn’t，until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger.There isn’t.This made me realize that there’s no egg in eggplant either.Neither is there pine nor2 apple in

pineapple.[2]This got me thinking3 how English can be a crazy language to learn.

[1]此句为主从复合句，until引导时间状语从句。在该从句中，whether引导宾语从句，在此意为“是否”。

[2]此句为主从复合句。句中how引导的宾语从句作thinking的宾语。got me thinking是“get＋宾语＋宾语补足语”结构，此处用现在分词thinking作宾语补足语。

词块翻译：

1．(做某事)有困难/费力

2．既不……也不……

3．让我开始思考

For example，in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture4 and paint a painting5，but we take a photo6.And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi，but on the train or bus! [3]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?

[3]此句为but连接的并列复合句。第一个分句中，while引导时间状语从句；第二个分句中，when引导时间状语从句。

 

4.雕一座塑像

5．画一幅画

6．拍一张照片

7．晕船

8．讲起……，说到……

 

If “hard” is the opposite of9 “soft”，why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair? If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions，why are shameless and shameful behaviors the same？

 

9.……的反义词

 

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 confusing.[4]When you see the capitalized “WHO” in a medical report，do you read it as the “who” in “Who’s that？” What about “IT” and “US”？

[4]此句为主从复合句；when引导时间状语从句。

[5]You also have to wonder at10 the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up11 as it burns down12，in which you fill in13 a form by filling it out，and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off14 !

[5]此句为主从复合句；三个in which都引导定语从句，修饰先行词language。在第一个定语从句中，as引导时间状语从句；第三个定语从句中，once引导条件状语从句。

10.对……感到诧异

11．烧毁，烧尽

12．烧毁

13．填写(表格等)

14．(爆炸装置)爆炸；停止运行；(警报器等)突然发出巨响

English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of the human race15.[6]That is why when the stars are out，they are visible，but when the lights are out，they are invisible.And that is why when I wind up16 my watch，it starts，but when I wind up16 this passage，it ends.

[6]此句为主从复合句，“That is why...”为句子的主体结构，why引导表语从句，在表语从句中又包含两个由but连接的并列的时间状语从句。

 

15.人类

16．给(机械)上发条；使(活动、会议等)结束

析篇章结构

 

have trouble (in)  doing sth 做某事有困难

[教材原句P19] Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?

你有没有问过自己，为什么人们在学习英语时经常遇到困难？