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Exploring English
Starting out Understanding ideas
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Lead-in
1. Do you know the total number of different languages in the world
Over 5000 kinds
2. What kind of languages do you know
Chinese, Japanese, Tai language, French, German...
How to read a chart
The title of a chart will tell you what the chart is about.
Know clearly about what different color blocks refer to(指的是).
Compare the figures.
Activity 1
1 million
乌尔都语
阿拉伯语
西班牙语
Pakistan, India
Spain...
Saudi Arabia...
Chinese has the largest number of native speakers.
= 1,000,000
Starting out
1 According to Chat 2, which language has the largest number of learners
_______has the largest number of learners around the world.
It has learners around the world.
English
1500 million
The number of English learners in China is ___________ .
increasing
What can you learn from Chart 3
The number of English learners in Chinia is increasing.
Business trade
Travelling
Cultural exchange
learn new technology
spread Chinese culture...
Watch the video and answer questions.
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
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Activity 2
Read the new words
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Activity 2
The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
More than a third of English words come from French.
For example “fruit”, “table”, “crocodile” and “invasion”.
入侵，侵略
鳄鱼
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Exploring English
Understanding ideas
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eggplant
egg
Is there egg in eggplant
pine
apple
Is there pine or apple in pineapple
pineapple
Understanding ideas
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about.
food
cooking
words
plants
fruit
Neither Pine
nor Apple
in Pineapple
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What do you think of English
Read and find out what does the author think of English
Introduce a topic
Give examples
Conclusion
Para ____
Para ____
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English can be a . language to learn.
of some confusing expressions in English.
the why English is so crazy
Basic
structure
Activity 1: Read for Structure
Activity 2: Read for Structure
Read paragraph 1 and underline the topic sentence.
Is this an opinion or a fact
An opinion.
Introduction：English is a crazy language to learn.
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.
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
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”
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.
introduce the topic
draw a conclusion
What is the style of this passage
argumentation
topic sentence
to suppport the topic
list some examples
Introduce a topic
Give examples
Conclusion
Para ____
Para ____
Para ____
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English can be a . language to learn.
of some confusing expressions in English.
the why English is so crazy
Basic
structure
reason
examples
crazy
Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.What made the author think more about English
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2.What did the author think about English
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The question raised/asked by his son.
English can be a crazy language to learn.
Activity 3: Careful reading
Para.1
no in eggplant
no ham in ____________
Neither pine nor apple in ____________
老婆饼
鱼香肉丝
egg
hamburger
pineapple
creative
interesting
In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the ___________ madness of English.
unique
Activity 3: Careful reading
Activity 4 -- Complete the notes with words from the passage.
hamburger
unique
pineapple
painting
airsick
carsick
homesick
opposing
behaviors
fill out
invisible
ends
reflects
Activity 4 -- Complete the notes with words from the passage.
Ⅱ.Read Part 2 (Paras.2—6) carefully and do the following exercises.
1.How is the passage developed
A.By giving examples.
B.By making predictions.
C.By presenting data.
D.By giving reasons.
答案:A
2.Which group of the following words has the same meaning
A.helpful;helpless　　　
B.careful;careless
C.harmful;harmless
D.shameful;shameless
答案:D
3.Make a summary of the craziness in English and find examples in the text.
①We can’t always understand the meaning of compounds by adding the meanings of each part in it.
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hamburger, eggplant, pineapple
②We can’t apply one rule to everything similar. We need to break our
conventional(传统的) thinking.
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③Different words may have the same meaning.
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Paint a painting, sculpt a sculpture, but not photo a photo; airsick means sick
in the air, but homesick doesn’t mean sick at home; hardly is not the opposite
of softly.
Shameful behavior and shameless behavior are the same though they use
different words.
Ⅲ.Read Para.7 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.Why does the author say “English was invented by people”
A.The English words show everything around us.
B.The language proves how creative a human being is.
C.The language helps us communicate with others.
D.The English words are unique in the world.
答案:B
2.Fill in the blank with examples in this paragraph.
Same words may have different meanings in different contexts, for example,
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“out” and “wind up” have different meanings in different contexts
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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.
Activity 3
2.What does the author think of English (You can find the words in the passage)
The author wants to show us that English is crazy,__________, _______, creative and interesting.
confusing
unique

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