Unit2ExploringEnglishWhichlanguagesdoyourecogniseinthepicture?ChineseEnglishFrenchItalianPortugueseGerman,DutchPolish…SpanishWhydoweneedtolearnEnglish?Languageisinformation.InformationiseverythingLookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.AccordingtoChart1,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberofnativespeakers?AccordingtoChart2,whichlanguagehasthelargestnumberoflearners?ChineseEnglishEnglishiswidelyusedandlearntintheworld.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.

WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?In1993/2003/2014,therewere50million/200million/300millionChineselearningEnglish.FromthestatisticswecanknowthenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasingrapidly.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.TheK,

Ireland,

theUSA,

New

ZealandandAustralia.1WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Forexample,“fruit,travel,crocodileandinvasion”2WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?Lookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Tickwhatyouthinkthepassageisabout.ReadthepassageandcheckyouranswertoActivity1.hamburgereggplantpineappleIntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicConclusionReadthediaryagainandthencompletethestructureofit.Introduceatopic

inventedbypeople,reflectsthe

creativityofthehumanraceThatiswhy...Giveexamples

Toaskaquestion—Nohaminhamburger...→acrazylanguage

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oppositeoutofthewindowcapitalizedwordsphrasesConclusionReadthediaryagainandthencompletethestructureofit.

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wordsAbbreviationPhrasesExampleseggplant;hamburger;pineapple;seasick;homesicksculpture,painting;hardly;softly;harmless:harmful;shameful;shamelessWHO;IT;USburnup/down;fillin/out;goof;windupTotellusthatEnglishisverydifficulttolearn.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.Discusswithyourgroupmembers.Findsentencesinthearticlethatconveytheauthor'spointofview.1.opposingtheopposingteam opposedoingsth. beopposedto(doing)sth.justtheopposite beoppositeto 練習：Thearticletriestoshow_________(oppose)viewsontheissue.對方球隊反對做某事反對(做)某事正好相反與……相反，與……相對Vocabularyopposing2.behaviorbehave well-behaved badly-behaved behaveoneself good/badbehavior beonone'sbestbehaviorone'sbehaviortowards… 練習：Iwantyoubothto_________________________(盡可能好地表現)attheparty.beonyourbestbehaviorv.表現；表現得體adj.表現好的adj.表現差的表現得體，有禮貌良好/惡劣行為盡可能好地表現，盡量表現得體某人對……的態度Vocabulary3.confusingconfuse confused confusion beconfusedaboutbecome/getconfusedinconfusionconfuseAwith/andB 練習：Althoughshemanagedtobuysomemedicine,the_________________(confuse)instructionsonthebottlereallymadeherconfused.confusingv.困惑；混淆adj.困惑的；糊涂的n.困惑；混淆對……感到困惑變得困惑困窘地，不知所措地把A與B混淆Vocabulary4.reflectreflection beinflectedinbeareflectionof…belostinreflectionon/uponreflection 練習：Marylookedatherface_____________(reflect)inthelake.reflectedn.反映；影像；沉思反映在……中；映在……中是……的反映陷入沉思經過考慮/深思Vocabulary5.windupwindupdoingsth. windthecarwindowup/down windsh.up windupthediscussion/meeting

練習： Ifweallagree,let’s________________________(結束討論).windupthediscussion以做某事告終講車窗搖上去/下來惹某人生氣；捉弄某人結束討論/會議VocabularyActivity4Completethenoteswithwordsfromthepassage.uniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingairsickcarsickhomesickopposingbehavioursfilloutinvisibleendsreflectsCanyoufindsimilarsituationinChinese?Mapo?wife?fish?lion?Activity5Readthefollowinginformationandanswerthequestions.1Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?2Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?

Give

your

reasons.1Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.2Whatdoyoufindmos