1、Unit 2 Exploring EnglishStarting out&Understanding ideasActivity 1 P17 1.According to Chart 1,which language has the largest number of native speakers?Activity 1 P17 2.According to Chart 2,which language has the largest number of learners?Activity 1 P173.What can you learn from Chart 3?Why do you th
2、ink many people in China learn English?Activity 2 Watch the video and answer the following questions.What reasons can make languages change and develop?Activity 2 Activity 2 Watch the video and answer the following questions.What reasons can make languages change and develop?communication 文化交流“Long
3、time no see”“巴士，沙发”colonization 殖民immigrant 移民:五月花号Neither Pine nor Apple in PineappleUnderstanding ideasActivity 1 Look at the title of the passage and the pictures.Tick what you think the passage is about?Activity 2 Page16 Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1 To tell us that English
4、 is very difficult to learn.2 To give advice on how to learn English.3 To show that English is interesting and creative.4 To explain how English was created.Activity 3 Read the passage quickly and silently and then match the main idea with each part.Part1.(Para1)A.Examples of some confusing expressi
5、ons.Part2.(Para2-6)B.The reason why English is so crazy.Part3.(Para7)C.English is a crazy language to learn.Tips for reading:Pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph.Activity 4 no egg in eggplant no ham in 2_neither pine nor apple in 3_sculpt a sculpturepaint a(n)4_BUT take a photo hamb
6、urger pineapple paintingActivity 4 In order to support his idea,the author uses many examples that show the 1_ madness of English.uniqueActivity 4 seasick -sick at sea5_-sick in the air6 _-sick in a carBUT 7_-sick at home airsick carsick homesickActivity 4 “Hard”is the opposite of“soft”“Hardly”and“s
7、oftly are not a(n)8_ pair.“Harmless”is the opposite of“harmful”.Shameful and shameless 9_ are the same.burn up-burn down fill in a form-10_ a formStars are out.-They are visible.Lights are out.-They are 11_.opposing behaviors fill out invisible Activity 4 I wind up my watch.-It starts.I wind up the
8、passage-It 12_The reason is that English was invented by people,and it 13_ the creativity of the human race.ends reflectsSummarize Activity 5 Read the following information and answer the questions.The word“pineapple”developed from the Spanish word“pina”,which means pine cone when it came to England
9、,“apple”was added to show it is a kind of fruit.The origin of“hamburger”was a hard beef steak called“Hamburg steak”,eaten without bread.Later,people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”.Eggplants used to be smaller and yellow or white.They looked a bit like eggs,which led to the name“eggplant”.Ho
10、w did pineapples,hamburgers and eggplants get their names?Think and share What do you find most challenging about learning English?How do you deal with this?Review Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?I hadnt,until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether
11、there was ham 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
12、photo.And when 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
13、 the same thing?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
14、 we see sunshine.we cant say“its sunshining”Even the smallest words can be confusing.When you see the capitalized“WHO”in an 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 burn
15、s down,in 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.
