Period 2 课文整体阅读(Understanding ideas) 1．What's the author's purpose to write the passage A．To share the difficulty in learning different English words well． B．To show how interesting and creative the language of English is． C．To instruct how to spell difficult English words correctly． D．To analyze the reason for inventing the language of English． 2．What do we know from the last paragraph A．Words always have the same meanings． B．Words can't always describe what we feel． C．Words sometimes confuse us． D．Words can have different meanings in different situations． [答案] 1—2 BD 1．What made the author think English is a crazy language A．His son's question． B．The ham in a hamburger． C．His sharing the same name with his English teacher． D．His standing wordlessly before the whole class． 2．What does the first “it” in paragraph 7 most probably refer to A．English． B．A computer． C．Creativity． D．The human race． 3．How does the author support his idea in the passage A．By listing numbers． B．By making comparison． C．By giving some examples． D．By using some research results． [答案] 1—3 AAC 1．What other examples can you think of to support that English is a crazy language _____ 2．What do you think is the most important in learning English _____ [答案] 略 1．title n．题目，标题；(书刊的)一种，一本；职称，头衔；(体育比赛的)冠军 v．加标题 ①(教材原句)Look at the title of the passage and the pictures． 题目，标题 ②By winning the Olympic all-around title，she became the first black woman to do so． (体育比赛的)冠军 ③It's a small company that publishes twenty new titles a year． (书刊的)一种，一本 ④His new title in the company is senior vice president． 职称，头衔 2．alarm n．警报器；闹钟；警报；惊恐，惊慌 ①(教材原句)You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language...in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off! 警报器 ②I knocked on all the doors to raise the alarm． 警报 ③I felt a growing sense of alarm when he didn't return that night． 惊恐，惊慌 1．(学会断句)While we're doing all this traveling，we can get seasick at sea，airsick in the air/ and carsick in a car，but we don't get homesick/ when we get back home． [分析] 本句是一个并列复合句，由but连接两个并列分句。前一个分句中while引导时间状语从句，后一个分句中when引导时间状语从句。 [翻译] 旅行期间，我们会在海上晕船(seasick at sea)、在飞机里晕机(airsick in the air)、在车里晕车(carsick in a car)，但回到家里我们却不会“晕家”(homesick，实际意义为“思乡的”)。 2．(学会断句)You also have to wonder at/ the unique madness of a language/ in which a house can burn up/ as it burns down，in which you fill in a form/ by filling it out，and in which an alarm is only heard/ once it goes off! [分析] 本句是一个复合句。句中三个in which引导的都是定语从句，修饰先行词a language，in which在从句中作地点状语，as it burns down是as引导的时间状语从句，once it goes off是once引导的时间状语从句。 [翻译] (英语)这门语言独有的疯狂也令你不得不感到惊奇。在英语里， ... ...
