高中英语新教材第一册Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingoutandunderstandingideas课件.pptx--（课件中不含音视频）

1、Unit 2 Exploring EnglishStarting out1.According to Chart 1,which language has the largest number of native speakers?According to Chart 2,which language has the largest number of learners?2 What can you learn from Chart 3?Why do you think many people in China learn English?Chinese has the largest num

2、ber of native speakers.English has the largest number of learners.The number of English learners in China is increasing.1.Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?2 Where do a third of English words come from?What examples are given in the video?The UK,Ireland,the

3、USA,Canada,New Zealand and Australia.More than a third of English words come from French.For example,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.Neither Pine nor Apple in PineappleUnderstanding ideasLook at the title of the passage and the pictures.Tick what you think the passage is about?English can b

4、e a crazy language to learn.In order to support his idea,the author uses many examples that show the 1_ madness of English.no egg in eggplant no ham in 2_ neither pine nor apple in 3_ unique hamburger pineapple sculpt a sculpture paint a(n)4_ BUT take a photo painting seasick -sick at sea 5_-sick in

5、 the air6 _-sick in a car BUT 7_-sick at home airsick carsick homesick carsick seasick airsick carsickness seasickness airsickness homesick homesickness A certain number of people tend to be _ while travelling in a car and _ while at sea.To make matters worse,some even get _ on a plane.Therefore it

6、is advised that they had better take some pills for _,_,_ while travelling.However,it is funny that you get _ when you are away from home for a certain period of time,and _ is always with you,particularly during the time of some Chinese traditional festivals.“Hard”is the opposite of“soft”“Hardly”and

7、“softly 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 I wind up my watch.-It starts.I wind up the passage-It

8、 12_The reason is that English was invented by people,and it 13_ the creativity of the human race.ends reflectsChoose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1 To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.2 To give advice on how to learn English.3 To show that English is interesting and cre

9、ative.4 To explain how English was created.How did pineapples,hamburgers and eggplants get their names?The word“pineapple”developed from the Spanish word“pina”,which means pine cone when it came to England,“apple”was added to show it is a kind of fruit.The origin of“hamburger”was a hard beef steak c

10、alled“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”.What do you find most challenging about learning English?How do you deal with this?Think and shar

11、e Nowadays,English is widely spoken all over the world.Actually,English has changed and developed 1_ time.At first,the English 2_(speak)in England between CE 450 and 1150 was quite different from the English spoken today,which was based more 3_ German than English we speak now.Then gradually between

12、 about CE 800 and 1150,English became less like German because those 4_ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.These new 5_(settle)enriched English and especially its vocabulary.So by the 1600s Shakespeare used a 6_(wide)vocabulary than ever before.In 1620,some British settlers moved to A

13、merica,later they moved to Australia.English began 7_(speak)in both countries.Finally,the language was settled by the 19th century.English now is spoken 8_ a foreign or second language in India,Singapore,Malaysia and so on.Today the number of people learning English in China 9_(be)increasing rapidly.Will Chinese English develop 10_(it)own identity?Only time will tell.直击高考直击高考 over spoken on who settlers wider to be spoken as isitsThank you!