Unit2ExploringEnglishPresentedbyKaris（韓仙婷）AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?

WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?EnglishMoreandmorepeopleinChinastarttolearnEnglish.WhydosomanypeoplelearnEnglish?TotalktonativespeakerTolistentoEnglishsongsToreadEnglishbooksTouseforbusinessTotravelabroadTouseinschoolIsEnglishlearningdifficult?WhattroubledoyouhaveinEnglishlearning?

WhydopeoplehavetroublelearningEnglish?

Words?

Grammar?

Speaking?NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleWhatisthepassageabout?Howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?Threeparts.It’saboutwords(Englishwords).Para.1WhydopeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.What’sthequestiontheauthorneverthoughtaboutbefore?Whyhadn’thethoughtaboutitbefore?Theauthor’sidentity（身份）?Nativespeakerornot?haminhamburger?eggineggplant?Themainideaofeachpart.Part3Part1

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Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.1+1≠2or1+1=2noeggineggplantnohamin________neitherpinenorapplein_____seasick→sickatsea______→sickintheair______→sickinacarBUT_____≠sickathomeBUThomework≠houseworkVerb+Objectsculptasculpturepainta(n)________BUTtakeaphotoAffixes“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.BUT“Hardly”and“softly”arenota(n)______pair.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“_____”.BUT“__

_”and“shameful”havethesamemeaning.Prepositionalphrasesinthecar

orthetaxiBUT_____thetrainorbusPhrasedwordsStarsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyare_____.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→It____.burnup→burndownfillinaform→_______aformNoun→Verbseerain→say“It’s____.”seesnow→say“It’s_____.”seesunshine≠say“It’s_____.”Abbreviation“WHO”→“who”“IT”→“it”“US”→“us”hamburgerpineappleairsickcarsickhomesickpaintingopposingharmfulshamelessoninvisibleendsfilloutsnowingsunshiningrainingnoeggineggplantnohaminhamburgerneitherpinenorappleinpineappleseasick→sickatseaairsick

→sickintheaircarsick→sickinacarBUThomesick≠sickathomehomework≠houseworksculpta

sculpturepaintapaintingBUTtakeaphoto“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“Hardly”and“softly”arenota(n)opposingpair.“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.“Shameless”and“shameful”havethesamemeaning.inthecar

orthetaxiBUTonthetrainorbusStarsareout.→Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.→Theyareinvisible.Iwindupmywatch.→Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.→Itends.burnup→burndownfillinaform→fill

outaformseerain→say“It’sraining.”seesnow→say“It’ssnowing.”seesunshine≠say“It’ssunshining.”Thecapitalizedwords“WHO”→“who”

“IT”→“it”“US”→“us”Addingaprefix(前綴)orsuffix(后綴)Combining(結合)twoormorewordsAbbreviating(縮寫)Changingthepartofspeech(詞性)wordformation(構詞法)sick:longingfor（渴望）someoneorsomethingrainn.&v.

snown.&v.sunshinen.WorldHealthOrganizationThemainideaofeachpart.Part3Part1

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ExamplesofconfusingwordsandphrasestheuniquemadnessofEnglishEnglishisacrazylanguagetolearn.crazydiversecreativetone(語氣)rulesexceptionsHumorousThemainideaofeachpart.Part3Part1

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ExamplesofconfusingwordsandphrasestheuniquemadnessofEnglishEnglishisacrazylanguagetolearn.ThereasonwhyEnglishcanbesocrazyPara.7WhyisEnglishsocrazy/creative?BecauseEnglishwasinventedbypeople,anditreflectsthecreativity

ofhumanrace.NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleTheword“pineapple”developedfromtheSpanishword“pi?a”,whichmeanspinecone.WhenitcametoEngland,“apple”wasaddedtoshowitisakindoffruit.Languageisthecarrier(載體)ofculture.

learningEnglish→learningculture(notonlyEnglishculture)Languageshowshumanwisdomandcreativity.learninglanguage→inheritinghumancivilization(人類文明)DiscussionNowadays,Chineseisbecomingpopularamongforeigners.DoyouthinkforeignershaveanytroublelearningChinese?Ifso,whatarethetroubles?

CanyoufindoutsomeconfusingexpressionsinChinese?Forexample,“老婆餅”thenameofsomedishes:“夫妻肺片”“魚香肉絲”“驢打滾”differentmeaningindifferentsituation“方便”“東西”PinyinPropositioncollocation“一匹馬”“一條魚”“一頭豬”ReviewA

smallparagraphtopicsentence→supportingsentences→concludingsentencemainideaofthepassagesupportingideassummaryTip:Part3Part1

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exposition（說明文）Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.Examplesofconfusingwor