Unit 2 Exploring EnglishUnderstanding ideasLook at the charts and answer the questions.According to Chart 1,which language has thelargestnumberofnativespeakers?Chinese has the largestnumberofnativespeakers.Look at the charts and answer the questions.AccordingtoChart2,which language hasthelargestnumberoflearners?Englishhasthelargestnumberoflearners.Look at the charts and answer the questions.WhatcanyoulearnfromChart3?ThenumberofEnglishlearnersinChinaisincreasing.WhydoyouthinkmanypeopleinChinalearnEnglish?Watch a video and answer the questions.WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?WhichcountriesmentionedinthevideohaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage?WheredoathirdofEnglishwordscomefrom?Whatexamplesaregiveninthevideo?TheUK,Ireland,theUSA,Canada,NewZealandandAustralia.MorethanathirdofEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Forexample,“fruit”,“table”,“crocodile”and“invasion”.Look at the title of the passage and the pictures.Guess what the passage is about.(P14-15)foodcookingwordsplantsfruitRead the passage quickly and answer the questions.Whatisthepassageabout?Whatistheauthorspurposeinwritingthepassage?Tips for getting the main idea of a passage quicklyAnalyzethetitleandthepicturescarefullyandpredict.Readforthetopicsentence,whichisusuallyinthefirstorlastparagraph.Readthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Payattentiontothestructureofthepassage.Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.Whatisthepassageabout?foodcookingwordsplantsfruitRead the passage quickly and answer the questions.Whatistheauthorspurposeinwritingthepassage?A.TotellusthatEnglishisdifficulttolearn.B.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.C.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.D.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.Read the passage carefully and complete the notes with words from the passage.(P16)Inordertosupporthisidea,theauthorusesmanyexamplesthatshowthe1_madnessofEnglish.noeggineggplantnohamin2._neitherpinenorapplein3._sculptasculpturepainta(n)4._BUTtakeaphotouniquehamburgerpineapplepaintingWe cant always understand a compound word byaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!Thesameruledoesntalwaysapplytoeverything!seasicksickatsea5_sickintheair6_sickinacarBUT7_sickathome“Hard”istheoppositeof“soft”.“Hardly”and“softly”arenot a(n)8_pair.airsickcarsickhomesickopposing“Harmless”istheoppositeof“harmful”.Shamefulandshameless9_arethesame.burnupburndownfillinaform10_aformbehaviorsfilloutDifferentwordsorphrasesmayhavethesamemeaning!Starsareout.Theyarevisible.Lightsareout.Theyare11_.Iwindupmywatch.Itstarts.Iwindupthepassage.It12_.ThereasonisthatEnglishwasinventedbypeople,andit13_thecreativityofthehumanrace.invisibleendsreflectsThesamewordsandphrasesmayhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcontexts.How does the author give examples?Can you find the sentence patterns the author uses to give examples?Theauthorgivesexamplesmainlybycomparing.Heusesthefollowingsentencepatterns.Forexample,we.,butwe.If.are.,whyare.not.?Whenwe.,wecan.Butwhenwe.,wecant.Can you think of similar examples in Chinese?There isnt fish in“Yu-Shiang Shredded Pork”.There isnt a wife in a“Laopobing”.Read the following information and answer the questions.(P16)1.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?2.Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.Eggplantsgotthenamebecausetheyusedtolooklikeeggs.1.Howdidpineapples,hamburgersandeggplantsgettheirnames?The name of“pineapple”developed from the spanishword“pina”,with“apple”addedtoshowitsakindoffruit.The name of hamburger came from the idea of“Hamburgsteak”,andlaterpeoplereinventeditandcalledit“hamburger”.2.Doestheinformationabovegiveyouabetterunderstandingofthepassage?Giveyourreasons.DoyouagreewiththeauthorsopinionabouttheEnglishlanguage?Giveyourreasons.WhatdoyoufindmostchallengingaboutlearningEnglish?Howdoyoudealwiththis?Think shareThink share1.Whatistheoppositeofwhite?()2.Thepostofficeisoppositethestation.()3.“True”and“false”haveoppositemeanings.()1.oppositeImportant words adj.对面对面的；相反的；相反的的 n.对立的人或物；对立面；反义词对立的人或物；对立面；反义词 prep.与与相对相对；在在对面对面Wateristheopposingforcetofire.水火不相容。
Theopposingteamwonthegame.对方赢得了比赛2.opposingImportant wordsadj.对立的；对抗的；对手的；相反对立的；对抗的；对手的；相反的的Important lexical chunks1havetrouble(in)doing.2getsbdoing3sculptasculpture4paintapainting5takeaphoto6speakofhavedifficulty(in)doingtomakesomeonedosomething雕刻雕塑雕刻雕塑画油画画油画照相照相提及提及Important lexical chunks7burnup/burndown8fillin/outaform9gooff10windupthewatch11windupthepassagetobecompletelydestroyedbyfire填表填表 离开；（闹铃）响；爆炸离开；（闹铃）响；爆炸tomakethewatchworktobringthepassagetoanend“neither.nor.”句型，意为：既不，也不，可以连接两个并列结构neither和nor均为否定副词，位于句首时，后接部分倒装句，即neither/nor+情态动词/助动词/be动词+主语，如：Neitherdoessheliketeaorcoffee.其他否定意义的副词（如little,hardly,nowhere,scarcely,rarely,seldom,never等）置于句首时，其后的句子也要用部分倒装的形式。
1.Neitheristherepinenorappleinpinapple.Important sentences凤梨里面既没有松树也没有苹果凤梨里面既没有松树也没有苹果ExerciseCompletethefollowingsentences.1.Little_whetherweliveordie.他才不会在乎我们的死活2.Neverbefore_suchastrangeperson.以前我。