1、Unit 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas Warming-up 1. Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about. Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple 2. Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1. Reading 3. Read the passage again and finish the follo
2、wing two questions. a. What is the topic sentence of this passage? b. Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn. 1 To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2 To give advice on how to learn English. 3 To show that E
3、nglish is interesting and creative. 4 To explain how English was created. Any supportive sentences? Reading 4. Read and complete the notes with words from the passage. unique hamburger pineapple painting airsick carsick homesick opposing behaviors fill out invisible ends reflects Thinking 5. Can you
4、 find some similar language phenomena in Chinese? Please give some examples 鱼香肉丝中没有“鱼”鱼香肉丝中没有“鱼” 狮子头中没有“狮子”狮子头中没有“狮子” 老婆饼里没有“老婆”老婆饼里没有“老婆” The development of languages is closely connected with culture and if we want to learn languages well, wed better know more culture behind them. Reading 6. Read
5、the following information and answer the questions. a. How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names? b. Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage? Give your reasons. The name of “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pina”, with “apple” added to
6、show its a kind of fruit; the name of hamburger came from the idea of “Hamburg steak”, and later people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”; eggplants got the name because they used to look like eggs. Discussion 7. Do you think English is a crazy language to learn? Why? Can you give more example
7、s? In my opinion, English is crazily interesting. For example, the sentence “Never trouble troubles till trouble troubles you” includes two parts of speech of the word “ trouble”. The first one and the forth one are verbs; and the second and third one are nouns. Usually, its very important to figure
8、 out the part of speech of each word so that we can better memorize it. Discussion 8. What do you find most challenging about learning English? How do you deal with this? Assignment Write about your problems of learning English and possible ways to solve them. (at least 80 words) Notes 1. This got m
9、e thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn. get sb doing=make someone do sth The failure in the examination got me reflecting on my careless learning. 考试失利让我反思我的学习不认真。考试失利让我反思我的学习不认真。 Notes 2. Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. neither.nor.意为“既不意为“既不也不也不”，其含义是否定的，其含义是否定的， 可连接
10、任意两个并列的成分可连接任意两个并列的成分。 neither.nor.的用法：的用法： (1) neither.nor.连接两个主语时，谓语动词的单复数应和临近的主 语一致，遵循“就近原则”。 (2) neither可以单独作主语，表示“两者中没有一个”。 Notes (3) 表示“一个人没有做某事，另一个人也没做同一类事”时，可 用neither或nor引起的部分倒装句进行简略回答，其结构为： Neither/Nor助动词/情态动词/be动词主语 Neither dad nor mum is at home today. 今天父母都不在家。 Neither of them likes foo
11、tball. 他们俩都不喜欢足球。 They didnt go to the park yesterday. Neither/Nor did we. 昨天他们没去公园，我们也没去。 Notes Fill in the blanks with proper words. a. Neither his parents nor he _ (like) eating meat. b. I have never been to New York yet. _(我也没去过). c. The parents were not satisfied with the result and their son w
12、asnt either. _ satisfied with the result. likes Neither / Nor have I Neither the parents nor their son was Notes 3. That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. That is why.意为意为“这就是这就是的原因的原因”；why引导表语从句引导表语从句，表表 示结果示结果。 其他相关句型：其他相关句型： That / I
13、t is / was because. 这/那是因为(because引导表语从句，表示原因) The reason why.is / was that. 的原因是(why引导定语从句并在从句中做状语；that引导表 语从句，表示原因) He fell off a tall tree. That was why he hurt his leg. He hurt his leg. That was because he fell off a tall tree. The reason why he hurt his leg was that he fell off a tall tree. 他从一
14、棵很高的树上摔下来。那就是他弄伤腿的原因。 Notes Fill in the blanks with proper words. a. Hes more of a talker than a doer. This is _ he never finishes anything. b. From space, the earth looks blue. This is _ about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water. c. Tom came late for the meeting because he was il
15、l. Tom was ill._ _ _ he came late for the meeting. Tom came late for the meeting._ _ _ he was ill. _ _ _ Tom came late for the meeting _ _ he was ill. why because That was why That was because The reason why was that Notes Notes language points 1. 做某事有麻烦/困难/问题 2. 让某人做 3. 在空闲时间 4. 雕塑 5. 想家 6. 提及，说到 7
16、. 反义词 8. 无害的/有害的 9. 可耻的 10. 从往外看 11. 对感到困惑 12. 大写的WHO 13. 好奇/想知道 14. 独一无二的 15. 烧毁 16. 填写 17. 反映了人类的创造性 18. 上发条，结束 Notes language points 1. 做某事有麻烦/困难/问题 2. 让某人做 3. 在空闲时间 4. 雕塑 5. 想家 6. 提及，说到 7. 反义词 8. 无害的/有害的 9. 可耻的 1.have trouble / difficulty / problems doing 2.getdoing 3.in ones free time 4.sculptu
17、re 5.homesickness 6.speaking of 7.opposite 8.harmless / harmful 9.shameful / shameless Notes language points 10. look out of 11. be confused about 12. capitalized WHO 13. wonder at 14. unique 15. burn up / burn down 16. fill in / fill out 17. reflect the creativity of human race 18. wind up (wind-wound-wound) 10. 从往外看 11. 对感到困惑 12. 大写的WHO 13. 好奇/想知道 14. 独一无二的 15. 烧毁 16. 填写 17. 反映了人类的创造性 18. 上发条，结束 Goodbye!
