1、Unit 2 Exploring EnglishPeriod 1 Starting out&Understanding ideas课前课前 自主学习自主学习单词必备知识短语句型title/tatl/ham/hm/eggplant/eplnt/pine/pan/pineapple/panpl/sculpt/sklpt/sculpture/sklptr/n.题目，标题n.火腿n.茄子n.松树n.菠萝v.雕刻，雕塑n.雕像，雕刻品，雕塑作品单词学习单词学习-会读，知意会读，知意seasick/sisk/airsick/esk/carsick/ksk/homesick/hmsk/opposing/pz
2、/behavior/bhevjr/confusing/knfjuz/adj.晕船的adj.晕机的adj.晕车的adj.想家的adj.（观点，意见等）相反的，相对立的n.举止，行为adj.令人困惑的单词学习单词学习-会读，知意会读，知意capitalized/kptlazd/unique/junik/burn up burn down alarm/lm/reflect/rflekt/creativity/krietvti/adj.大写的adj.独一无二的，独特的烧毁，烧尽烧毁n.警报器；闹钟v.显示，反映n.创造性，创造力单词学习单词学习-会读，知意会读，知意短语学习短语学习-会读，知意会读，知
3、意1._做某事有困难 2._说起;说到 3._例如 4._ 的数量 5._烧毁6._全世界7._填充;填写8._给(机械)上发条;使(活动、会议等)结束have trouble doing speaking of for example the number of burn up/down around the world fill in/out wind up 经典句式经典句式-熟读背诵熟读背诵1.This made me realize that theres no egg in eggplant either.这让我意识到了让我意识到了eggplant(茄子)里也没有egg(鸡蛋)。2.
4、Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple.Pineapple(菠萝)里既没有既没有pine(松树松树)也没有也没有apple(苹果苹果)。3.That is why when the stars are out,they are visible,but when the lights are out,they are invisible.那就是为什么那就是为什么星星出来时是看得见的,灯灭了是看不见的。经典句式经典句式-熟读背诵熟读背诵4.This got me thinking how English can be a crazy languag
5、e to learn.这让我不禁思考不禁思考，英语学起来怎么会是一门疯狂的语言。5.You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down，in which you fill in a form by filling it out，and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!在这门语言中，当一座房子“被烧毁”(burns down)时它就“烧毁”(burn up)了；你通过“填写
6、它”(filling it out)的方式“填写表格”(fill in a form)；闹钟只有在它响起响起(goes off)时才被听到！经典句式经典句式-熟读背诵熟读背诵6.That is why when the stars are out，they are visible，but when the lights are out，they are invisible.那就是为什么星星出来(out)时，它们可以被看到(visible)，但是当灯熄灭熄灭(out)后，它们不能被看到(invisible)。7.And that is why when I wind up my watch，it
7、 starts，but when I wind up this passage，it ends.那也是为什么当我给手表wind up(上紧)发条时，它开始走，但是当我wind up结束结束这篇文章时，它就到结尾了。课文预读课文预读Neither Pine nor Apple in PineappleHave you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?I hadnt,until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham
8、in a hamburger.There isnt.This made me realize that theres no egg in eggplant either.Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple.This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.For example,in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting,but we take a photo.And when
9、 we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi,but on the train or bus!While were doing all this traveling,we can get seasick at sea,airsick in the air and carsick in a car,but we dont get homesick when we get back home.And speaking of home,why arent homework and housework the same thin
10、g?If“hard”is the opposite of“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?When we look out of the window and see rain or snow,we can say“its raining”or“its snowing”.But when we see sunsh
11、ine,we cant say“its sunshining”.Even the smallest of words can be confusing.When you see the capitalized“WHO”in a medical report,do you read it as the“who”in“Whos that?”What about“IT”and“US”？You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down,in
12、which you fill in a form by filling it out,and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!English was invented by people,not computers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.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 up my watch,it starts,but when I wind up this passage,it ends.Thanks
