外研版（2019）高中英语必修第一册Unit2 Starting Out & Understanding Ideas课件

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1、Unit 2 Exploring English Starting out & Understanding ideas Firstly, please look at three charts. Then answer the questions: （1）According to Chart 1, which language has the largest number of native speakers? According to Chart 2, which language has the largest number of learners? （2）What can you lea

2、rn from Chart 3? Why do you think many people in China learn English? Lets watch a video, then answer the 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? Look at the title

3、 of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about. food cooking words plants fruit Before reading While reading Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1. Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning Engl

4、ish? I hadnt, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isnt. This made me realize that theres 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

5、 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 are doing all this traveling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we dont homesic

6、k when we get back home. And speaking of home, why arent homework and housework the same thing? Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage. 1. To tell us that English is very difficult to learn. 2. To give advice on how to learn English. 3. To show that English is interesting and creative. 4.

7、 To explain how English was created. Post reading Complete the notes with words from the passage. 【参考答案】 1. unique 2. hamburger 3. pineapple 4. painting 5. airsick 6. carsick 7. homesick 8. opposing 9. behaviors 10. fill out 11. invisible 12. ends 13. reflects Read the following information and answ

8、er the questions. Read the following information and answer the questions. （1）How did pineapples, hamburgers and eggplants get their names? （2）Does the information above give you a better understanding of the passage? Give your reasons. Think & Share （1）Do you agree with the authors opinion about the English language? Give your reasons. （2）What do you find most challenging about learning English? How do you deal with this?