1、Unit 2 Exploring Englishtitletatln. 题目，标题hamhmn. 火腿eggplant*eplntn. 茄子pine*pann. 松树pineapple*panpln. 菠萝sculptsklptv. 雕刻，雕塑sculpturesklptrn. 雕像，雕刻品，雕塑作品seasick*siskadj. 晕船的airsick*eskadj. 晕机的carsick*kskadj. 晕车的homesick*hmskadj. 想家的opposingpzadj. （观点，意见等）相反的，相对立的behaviorbhevjrn. 举止，行为confusingknfjuzad
2、j. 令人困惑的capitalized*kptlazdadj. 大写的uniquejunikadj. 独一无二的，独特的alarmlmn. 警报器；闹钟reflectrflektv. 显示，反映creativitykrietvtin. 创造性，创造力visiblevzbladj. 看得见的，可见的creativekrietvadj. 创造（性）的typetapn. 类型，种类unfamiliarnfmliradj. 不熟悉的，不了解的contactkntktv. 联系，联络organizationnazenn. 组织，团体，机构likelylakliadj. 可能的，可能发生的subwaysb
3、wen. 地铁highway*hawen. 公路motorway*mtwen. 高速公路gassn. 汽油petrolpetrln. 汽油apartmentptmntn. 一套住房，公寓套房flatfltn. 一套住房，公寓套房elevator*elvetrn. 电梯，升降梯contextkntekstn. 上下文，语境additiondnn. 增加物，添加物forum*frmn. （因特网上的）论坛，讨论区resourcerzsn. 资料，（教学）资源misadventuremsdventrn. 事故，灾难remind rmandv. 提醒，使想起rather rradv. 相当，颇comm
4、ent kmentn. 评论frogfrn. 蛙，青蛙throat*rtn. 喉咙，咽喉downtown dantanadj. 在城镇中心的，在闹市区的boot butn. 靴子entrance entrnsn. 大门（口），入口（处）section seknn. 区域exit eztn. 出口actuallyktuliadv. 事实上，实际上downstairsdanstezadv. 在楼下wicked*wkdadj. 缺德的，邪恶的；很棒的，极好的odd dadj. 奇特的，古怪的negative netvadj. 消极的，负面的errorerrn. 错误，谬误intendntendv.
5、计划，打算informalnfmladj. （书写或言谈）非正式的recognizereknazv. 认识，辨认出basebesv. 以为基础burn up 烧毁，烧尽burn down 烧毁wind up 给（机械）上发条；使（活动、会议等）结束come across 偶然发现have a frog in one's throat（尤因喉咙痛）说话困难be aware of 意识到，察觉到have trouble doing 做有困难get.doing 使一直做某事或者处于某状态in one's free time 在空闲时间speaking of 提到，谈到，说到wonde
6、r at 对感到惊讶、吃惊fill in/out a form 填写表格human race人类play safe 谨慎行事，避免冒险spend time doing 花时间做look forward to doing （兴奋地）期待，盼望做 Module 2 Exploring Englis
7、hPassage 1Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English? 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 realise that there's no egg in egg
8、plant 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 we are travelling we say that we are in the car or t
9、he taxi, but on the train or bus! While we're doing all this travelling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we don't get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home, why aren't homework and housework the same thing? If “hard"
10、; 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 behaviours the same? When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say "it's raining&
11、quot; or “It's snowing”. But when we see sunshine, we can't say “it's 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 “Who's that?" What about “IT&qu
12、ot; 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 which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes! English was invented by people, not computers, and it re
13、flects 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.Passage 2(Mis)adventures in English L
14、ast week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn't expect to get so many posts! Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world! A
15、lbaPeople say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn't teach that day because she had a frog in her throat. Poor M
16、aggie-but why did she try to eat such a big frog? YancyWhen I first visited New York, I went to a shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn't fi
17、nd any shoes. When I was about to leave, I saw that shoes were actually sold on the ground floor, not the first floor. How confusing! JulienI've got an English pen friend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. He had told me that his grandfather was "really wicked&qu
18、ot;. But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I was very confused. Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?Zheng Xu The British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a good grade. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment "Not bad!" Not bad? I was a bit disappointed.
