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课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Misadventures in English Warming-up Your description rings a bell, but I don't think I've ever been there myself. He's extremely sure he has met the girl before, though her name doesn't ring a bell. 【ring a bell】 Something sounds familiar 听起来耳熟 Using toilet water can help you avoid mosquitos, or flies. 【toilet water】 toilet water is fairly weak and inexpensive perfume. 花 露 水 Chinese is as interesting ,creative and complex as English. 鱼香肉丝 狮子头 老婆饼 麻婆豆腐 Some Interesting Facts in English There is no ham in a hamburger. Ham Hamburger There is no egg in eggplant . eggplant egg Understamdling Idleas Look at the picture.What are the English words for the objects in it You can find two words,pine and apple in pineapple. But when you eat a pineapple,there is neither pine nor apple in pineapple. Right Understandimg Ideas Can you find pine or apple in pineapple 1.Look at the title of the passage and the pictures.Tick what you think the passage is about. □ food □ cooking words plants □ fruit 2.Read the passage and check your answer. IPredlict 中 Intensive reading: Find detailed information Read the passage carefully and complete the notes with words from the passage. the hamburger structure In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the 1._____ madness of English. no egg in eggplant no ham in 2._____ neither pine nor apple in 3. _____ sculpt a sculpture paint a(n) 4._____ BUT take a photo Intensive reading: Find detailed information unique hamburger pineapple painting We can’t always understand a compound word by adding the meanings of the words it is made up of! Intensive reading: Find detailed information In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the unique madness of English. seasick → sick at sea 5._____ → sick in the air 6._____ → sick in a car BUT 7. _____ → sick at home “Hard” is the opposite of “soft”. “hardly “ and “softly” are not a(n) 8._____ pair. airsick carsick homesick opposing The same rule doesn’t always apply to everything! Intensive reading: Find detailed information In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the unique madness of English. “Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”. Shameful and shameless 9._____ are the same. burn up → burn down fill in a form → 10. _____a form behaviors fill out Different words or phrases may have the same meaning! Intensive reading: Find detailed information In order to support his idea, the author uses many examples that show the unique madness of English. Stars are out . → They are visible. Lights are out. → They are 11._____. I wind up my watch. →It starts. I wind up the passage. → It 12._____. The reason is that English was invented by people, and it 13._____the creativity of the human race. invisible ends reflects Learning to learn Online English-learning forums can be a very usef ... ...
