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课件网) Exploring English Unit 2 B1U2 Starting out & Understanding ideas 1.Look at the chart and answer the question. Why Because China has the largest population in the world. Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers.以普通话作为母语的人最多。 短语： according to根据，按照 the number of...的数量 According to Chart 1,Which language has the largest number of native speakers 以哪种语言为母语的人数最多？ 根据母语人数排列的前五种语言 English. 1,500 million. Look at the charts and answer the questions. 2、According to Chart 2, Which language has the largest number of total speakers 说哪种语言的总人数最多？ How many are there 根据说英语总人数排列的前五种语言 What can you learn from Chart 3 The number of English learners in China is increasing . Why do you think many people in China learn English To use it for business. To talk with native speakers. To write to foreign friends. To read English books. To listen to English music and watch English films. 中国英语学习者 Activity 2 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 The UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia. French. Fruit, table, crocodile, invasion. Module 2 Exploring English Understanding ideas There is neither nor in a . There is neither nor in . Understanding ideas Inclusiveness Widely-use mooncake（月饼） eggplant（茄子） moon cake egg plant neither...nor...既不...也不...; ham hamburger There is no ham in a hamburger(汉堡）. confusing questions Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple + = pine apple pineapple pine apple There is neither nor in pineapple. According to the pictures and the title above, what do you think the passage is about A. food B. cooking C. words D. plants E. fruit √ neither...nor...既不...也不...; 1 Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English I hadn’t, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isn’t. This made me realize that there’s 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. 2 For example, in our 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’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. And speaking of home, why aren’t homework and housework the same thing 3 If “hard” is the opposite of “soft”, why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviors the same 你有没有问过你自己 为什么人们产常常觉得学习英语有困难 我没有 直到有一天我五岁的侄儿问我 汉堡包里面有没有火 ... ...
