Unit2NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleLeadinWhatkindofdogneverbites?Activity1:Brainstorm–GuessthewordshotdogWhatisthesmallest

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intheworld?mushroomWhattableisinthefield?vegetablePre-readingActivity

2:MakeaPredictionpineappleeggplanthamburger[教材原文]NeitherPinenorAppleinPineappleHaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhypeopleoftenhavetroublelearningEnglish?

Ihadn't,untilonedaymyfive--year--oldsonaskedmewhethertherewashaminahamburger.Thereisn't.Thismademerealizethatthere'snoeggineggplanteither.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpineapple.This

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methinkinghowEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.做某事有困難=havedifficulty(in)doingsth.Ihadn’t(askedmyself).合成形容詞：5歲的茄子neither…nor…既不…也不Thereisneitherpinenorappleinpineapple.getsb.doingsth.讓某人做某事=getsb.todosth.英語是一門“瘋狂的”語言Forexample,inourfreetimewecansculptasculptureandpaintapainting,butwetakeaphoto.Andwhenwearetravelingwesaythatweareinthecarorthetaxi,butonthetrainorbus!Whilewe'redoingallthistraveling,wecangetseasickatsea,airsickintheairandcarsickinacar,butwedon'tgethomesickwhenwegetbackhome.Andspeakingofhome,whyaren'thomeworkandhouseworkthesamething?雕一座雕像畫一幅畫in…“坐在里面”on…“坐在上面”dothetraveling旅行，進行旅行homesick“暈家”，思鄉的speakingof提到說起homework家庭作業；housework家務If“hard”istheoppositeof“soft”，whyare“hardly”and“softly”notanopposingpair?Ifharmlessactionsaretheoppositeofharmfulactions,whyareshamelessandshamefulbehaviorsthesame?opposite對立面，相反opposing(觀點意見等)相反的，相對立的無害行為vs有害行為無恥的，不知羞恥的vs無恥的，丟臉的Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay“it'sraining”or“it'ssnowing”.Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan'tsay“it'ssunshining”.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethecapitalized“WHO”inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe“who”in“Who'sthat?”Whatabout“IT”and“US”?Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!confusing令人困惑的；confused困惑的，糊涂的；confuse使糊涂，使困惑大寫的醫生檢查報告書wonderat對……感到驚訝獨一無二的，獨特的burnup“燒上去”燒毀，燒盡；burndown“燒下去”燒毀fillin/filloutaform填寫表格gooff（警報器等）突然發出巨響，（電燈）熄滅Whenwelookoutofthewindowandseerainorsnow,wecansay“it'sraining”or“it'ssnowing”.Butwhenweseesunshine,wecan'tsay“it'ssunshining”.Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.Whenyouseethecapitalized“WHO”inamedicalreport,doyoureaditasthe“who”in“Who'sthat?”Whatabout“IT”and“US”?Youalsohavetowonderattheuniquemadnessofalanguageinwhichahousecanburnupasitburnsdown,inwhichyoufillinaformbyfillingitout,andinwhichanalarmisonlyheardonceitgoesoff!Paras.2-6舉例說明英語的“瘋狂”（趣味性和創造性）Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofthehumanrace.That

iswhywhenthestarsareout,theyarevisiblebutwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.AndthatiswhywhenIwindupmywatch,itstarts,butwhenIwindupthispassage,itends.invent發明，創造thecreativityof…的創造力createcreativecreativity人類星星出來了看得見的看不見的給（機械）上發條；使（活動、會議等）結束Para7.反映了人類的創造力Pre-readingActivity

2:MakeaPredictionWhile-readingSkimthepassageandthenmatchthemainideawitheachpart.Tipsforreading:Payattentiontothefirstsentenceandlastsentenceofeachparagraph.Part1.(Para1)Part2.(Para2-6)Part3.(Para7)A.Examplesofsomeconfusingexpressions.B.ThereasonwhyEnglishissocrazy.C.Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn.Doyouknowthetypeofthepassage?Narration(敘事) Argumentation(議論文) Exposition(說明文)IntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicIntroduceatopicConclusionWhile-readingScanningPara.1noeggineggplantnohaminhamburgerneitherpinenorappleinpineapple!!!Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!夫妻肺片魚香肉絲老婆餅東坡肉Chineseisalsointerestingandcreative.While-readingScanningPara.2sculptasculpturepaintapaintingBUTtakeaphotoThesameruledoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!key1key2seasickairsickcarsickBUThomesicksickatseasickintheairsickinacarsickathome≠rulesrulesWhile-readingScanningPara.3“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.shamefulandshamelessbehaviorsarethesame.Whenweseerainorsnowwecansay“it’sraining”orit’ssnowing.key1key2capitalizedWHOlowercasewho≠“Hardly”and“softly”arenota(n)opposingpair.Para.4BUTwhenweseesunshinewecan’tsay“it’ssunshining”.Differentwordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!Thesamerulesdoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!Para.4capitalizedITcapitalizedUSlowercaseitlowercaseusThesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.While-readingScanningPara.6Para.7Differentwordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!burnupburndownfillinaformfilloutaformkey1Starsareout.Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.Theyareinvisible.key2Iwindupmywatch.Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.Itends.Thesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.Post-readingNeitherpinenorappleinpineapple

Part1(1):Theauthor’sopinionEnglishcanbeacrazylanguagetolearn.Part2(2-6):SupportiveexamplesWecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!Thesameruledoesn’talwaysapplytoeverything!Thesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.Differentwordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!Part3(7):ConclusionTheinventionofEnglishreflectsthecreativityofhumanrace.Post-reading