（2019新教材）外研版高中英语必修一Unit 2 Exploring English Readingppt课件.pptx

1、 Understanding Ideas Unit 2 Exploring English 学 科 Teaching aims: 1. To get the main idea of the passage . 2. To train the ability of reading . Some Interesting Facts in English There is no ham in a hamburger. Ham Hamburger There is no egg in eggplant. eggplant egg Is English interesting ? Would you

2、like to know more interesting things about English? Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple Pre - reading Having known the title of the passage and the pictures, tick what you think the passage is about. Food Cooking Words Plants Fruit Its a prediction, so there is no standard answer. While-reading Read

3、 the passage quickly and find out the main idea(主旨大意) of each part. A. The reason why English is so crazy. B. English is a crazy language to learn. C. Examples of some pairs of confusing words or phrases Para.1 Para.2-6 Para.7 Fast reading Complete the notes with words from the passage. (Activity 4

4、on page 16) 学 科 网 创原家独 Careful reading hamburger unique reflects behaviorsfill out pineapple opposing homesick carsick painting airsick endsinvisible English Word formation Word usage Grammar usage Word reading Word meaning Word formation Word usage Grammar usage Word reading Word meaning From the p

5、assage we can learn that people often have trouble learning English because of its unique characters in word formation ,word usage , grammar usage, word reading and word meaning, which make English a crazy and mad language . In fact, it is these characters that make English rich and colorful. 1. Cho

6、ose the authors purpose in writing the passage. lTo tell us that English is very difficult to learn. lTo give advice on how to learn English. lTo show that English is interesting and creative. lTo explain how English was created. 学 科 网 创原家独 Post - reading 2.What made the author think English is a cr

7、azy language. A. His trouble in learning English. B. His sons question. C. The ham in a hamburger. D. The apple in pineapple. 3.How does the author show his ideas? A. By examples. B. By facts. C. By numbers. D. BY explaining. 4.What is the main idea of the passage ? A.Similar words have different me

8、anings. B.English was invented by computer. C.English is hard to learn . D.there are many confusing words in English. 1.Do you agree with the authors opinion about the English language? Give your reasons. (Before answering the questions, think about “whats the authors opinion” carefully.) 学 科 网 创原家独

9、 2.What do you find most challenging about learning English? How do you deal with this? 学 科 网创原家独 3.Chinese is as interesting ,creative and complex as English. Can you think more similar phenomenons in Chinese ? Give your examples. 鱼鱼 香香 肉肉 丝丝 狮狮 子子 头头 老老 婆婆 饼饼 1.Neither is there pine nor apple in p

10、ineapple. 句式分析句式分析 本句是一个倒装句，正常的语序应该为本句是一个倒装句，正常的语序应该为“There is neither pine nor apple in pineapple.”当否定词或具有否定意义的词放在句首时，通常会引起句当否定词或具有否定意义的词放在句首时，通常会引起句 子的部分倒装。子的部分倒装。neither.nor.既不既不也不也不，连接两个并列成分。，连接两个并列成分。 自主翻译自主翻译 _ 菠萝里面既没有松树，也没有苹果。菠萝里面既没有松树，也没有苹果。 Sentence-learning 2.You also have to wonder at the

11、 unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down. 句式分析句式分析本句为主从复合句。主句为本句为主从复合句。主句为You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language；in which引导的定语从句，修饰先行词引导的定语从句，修饰先行词language。 自主翻译自主翻译 _ _ 你一定也会对某种语言的独特的让人发狂的东西感到惊讶，在这你一定也会对某种语言的独特的让人发狂的东西感到惊讶，在这 种语言中，一所房子在被烧毁种语言中

12、，一所房子在被烧毁(burn down)时，有可能会烧尽时，有可能会烧尽(burn up) Please fill in the following blanks. Do you have any difficulty 1. (learn) English better？Have you ever wondered why there is no ham 2. your hamburger 3. why you cant find any egg in eggplant？Maybe this will get you 4. (think) how English can be a crazy

13、language to learn.We like to paint a 5. (paint)，and we are traveling in 6. car but we take photos and travel on the bus.When we see the rain，we say “it 7. (rain)” but no sunshining to use when seeing sunshine.The words are really 8. (confuse).Such unique 9. (mad) can be seen almost everywhere because English 10. (reflect) the creativity of the human race. learning inand thinking the painting is raining confusingmadness reflects Homework Do the exercises on the paper. Thank you !