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Unit 2
Exploring
English
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Learning Objectives
PART. 01
Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage.
Learning Objectives
Learn about the origin and development of English, and master basic words and phrases related to English learning, and be able to talk about their own English learning experiences.
Improve their reading skills, such as skimming and scanning, to accurately understand the main idea of the text and the author’s writing intention, and be able to extract important information.
Develop a positive attitude towards English learning, and enhance their cross-cultural awareness.
Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage.
Teaching Focuses and Anticipated Difficulties
Through reading, students can understand the main idea of the text, the author’s intention, and extract important information. And students can understand the wonderfulness of English and the cultural connotations behind English vocabulary.
Cultivate students’ ability to predict the theme and analyze the writing purpose of the article according to elements such as the title and pictures of the article, and develop a positive attitude towards English learning, and enhance students’ cross-cultural awareness.
Lead-in
PART. 02
Let's discuss what this video is mainly about.
Let’s look at some sentences.
Using?toilet?water?can?help you?avoid?mosquitoes, or flies.?
【toilet water】
toilet water?is fairly weak and inexpensive perfume.
花 露 水
Let’s look at some sentences.
We?are only?small?potatoes.?The manager?won’t listen?to?us.?
They are small potatoes compared to the real problem.
【small potatoes】
something ?unimportant in comparison with something else
小人物/小事情
Look at the charts and answer the questions.
1. According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers?
Chinese.
According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners?
English.
Look at the charts and answer the questions.
2. What can you learn from Chart 3? Why do you think many people in China learn English?
In 1993/2003/2014, there were 50 million/200 million/300 million Chinese learning English. From the statistics we can know the number of English learners in China is increasing.
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. Which countries mentioned in the video have English as their first language?
The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
2. Where do a third of English words come from? What examples are given in the video?
More than a third of English words come from French. For example,“fruit”, “table”, “crocodile” and “invasion”.
Reading
PART. 03
What formed the word “notebook”?
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notebook
note
book
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about.
Neither Pine nor Apple
in Pineapple
Read the passage and check your answer to Activity 1.
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 realize that there’s 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.
Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple
Read the passage and check your answer to Activity 1.
For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo. And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus! While we’re doing all this traveling, 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?
Read the passage and check your answer to Activity 1.
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 “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing”. But when we see sunshine, we can’t say “it’s sunshining”.
Even the smallest 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” and “US”?
Read the passage and check your answer to Activity 1.
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!
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.
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
To tell us that English is very difficult to learn.
To give advice on how to learn English.
To show that English is interesting and creative.
To explain how English was created.
Try to divide the passage into parts and match the main ideas.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Para. 1
Para. 2-6
Para. 7
Examples of some pairs of words or phrases that are confusing in meaning, usage or pronunciation.
The reason why English is so complex.
Some English words are hard to understand and English is crazy.
Complete the notes with words from the passage.
unique
hamburger
pineapple
painting
behaviors
fill out
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
invisible
ends
reflects
1 How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names?
2 Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage?
Give?your?reasons.
Read the following information and answer the questions.
1. How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names?
The name of “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pi?a”, with “apple” added to show it’s a kind of fruit; the name of hamburger came from the idea of “Hamburg steak”, and later people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”; eggplants got the name because they used to look like eggs.
2. Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage? Give?your?reasons.
Read the passage again. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. What made the author think more about English?
　A. Meeting trouble learning English.
　B. The question from the author’s child.
　C. Finding no egg in the eggplant.
　D. Needing a hamburger to feed the child.
2. How does the author develop the passage?
　A. By providing examples. B. By making comparisons.
　C. By following the way of spelling. D. By following the order of importance
Read the passage again. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
3. Why does the author say “English was invented by people”?
A. Because the English words show everything around us.
B. Because the language helps us communicate with others.
C. Because the language proves how creative human being is.
D. Because the English words are unique in the world.
4. What?do?we?know?from?the?last?paragraph?
　A.?Words?always?have?the?same?meanings.
　B.?Words?can’t?always?describe?what?we?feel.
　C.?Words?sometimes?confuse?us.
　D.?Words?can?mean?differently?in?different?situations.
Think & share
Do you agree with the author’s opinion about the English language? Give your reasons.
What do you find most challenging about learning English? How do you deal with this?
Learning language is learning culture.
Language is part of culture.
Language is the carrier of culture.
Language is influenced by culture.
a happy English learner
Vocabulary
1. opposing
oppose doing sth. 反对做某事
be opposed to (doing) sth. 反对(做)某事
be opposite to 与……相反，与……相对
opposition n. 反对
例题：
The __________(oppose) teams showed great sportsmanship during the fierce basketball match.
opposing
Vocabulary
2. behavior
good/bad behavior 良好/恶劣行为
be on one’s best behavior 尽可能好地表现，尽量表现得体
one’s behavior towards… 某人对……的态度
behave v. 表现；表现得体
well-behaved adj. 表现好的
badly-behaved adj. 表现差的
behave oneself 表现得体，有礼貌
例题：
Her behavior ________ strangers is cautious but polite, reflecting her good upbringing.
towards
Vocabulary
3. confusing
confuse v. 困惑；混淆
confused adj. 困惑的；糊涂的
confusion n. 困惑；混淆
be confused about 对……感到困惑
in confusion 困窘地，不知所措地
例题：
I’m completely __________(confuse) by these complex math problems and don’t know where to start.
confused
Vocabulary
4. reflect
reflection n. 反映；影像；沉思
be a reflection of… 是……的反映
be lost in reflection 陷入沉思
on/upon reflection 经过考虑/深思

例题：
________ reflection, I realized that my hasty decision had caused unnecessary trouble.
On/Upon
Vocabulary
5. wind up
wind up doing sth. 以做某事告终
wind sb. up 惹某人生气；捉弄某人
例题：
After a long day at work, she wound ____ the meeting by summarizing the key points.
up
Exercise
PART. 04
1. This small town has a u________(独特的) charm that attracts tourists from all over the world.
2. During his first month away at college, he felt extremely h_________(想家的) and often called his parents.
3. The article’s t______(标题) immediately caught my attention and made me eager to read the content.
4. This workshop encourages participants to think outside the box and develop their c_________(创造的) potential.
nique
Exercise: 单词拼写
omesick
itle
reative
1. Art classes are designed to stimulate students’ ___________(creative) and allow them to express themselves freely.
2. The __________(reflect) of the mountains in the lake was so clear that it looked like a mirror image.
3. We wanted to travel abroad but had to drop the idea because of our parents’ ___________(oppose).
4. I was deeply impressed with the guests’ elegant __________(behave) at the party.
5. Little Tom just looked at me in _________(confuse), not knowing what to do.
creativity
Exercise: 用所给词的适当形式填空
reflection
opposition
behavior
confusion
Summary
PART. 05
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Starting out & Understanding ideas
Learning about the origin and development of English
Reading
Vocabulary
understand the main idea of the text and the author’s writing intention
develop a positive attitude towards English learning
Homework
PART. 06
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Review what you have learnt in this class;
Write a passage about similar examples in Chinese, following the structure of the passage you have learnt.
Homework
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