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课件网) Unit 2 Exploring English Transtlate the following expressions. We can know there are different meanings in the same word. hot dog hot pot pocket money money talks easy money spend money like water. 热狗 火锅 零花钱 金钱万能；有钱能使鬼推磨 来的容易的钱；不义之财 花钱如流水/挥金如土 Listen and guess the language. Cantonese Mandarin English Thai Japanese Activity 1. Which language do you think has the most speakers 1.Look at the chart and answer the question. Chinese 1,165 million Which language has the largest number of native speakers Why Because China has the largest population in the world. 1.Look at the chart and answer the question. English 1,500 million Which language has the largest number of total learners Observe and answer What can you learn from Chart 3 Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world. English has the largest number of learners. More and more Chinese people are learning English. Understanding ideas Is there any relationships (联系) between “pineapple” and “apple” pineapple apple ham hamburger There is no ham in a hamburger. eggplants eggs There is no egg in eggplant. Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple + = pine apple pineapple pine apple Is English interesting Would you like to know more interesting things about English Unit 2. Exploring English Reading: Neither pine nor apple in pineapple Look at the title of the passage and the pictures.Tick what you think the passage is about. Predict food cooking words plants fruit ... Watch a video and check your answer Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple food cooking words plants fruit ... Read and Check What is the passage about Part 1 (Para.1) Part 2 (Paras.2-6) Part 3 (Para.7) Read quickly and find the main idea of each part. A. Conclude(总结) the topic: English reflects the creativity of the human race. B. Lead to the topic: English is a crazy language to learn. C. Discuss the topic by giving examples. Warming tips: 1. Read silently and quickly. 2. Pay attention to the first sentence and the last sentence in each paragraph. Scanning 3mins Complete the notes with words from the passage. unique hamburger pineapple painting airsick carsick homesick opposing behaviors fill out invisible ends reflects While -reading 6mins Abbreviation 缩写 World Health Organization United State of America Information Technology 疑问代词 How does the author develop the passage A. By giving examples. B. By making comparisions. (对比) C. By following the ways of spelling. D. By following the order of importance. Choose the author’s 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 To explain how English was created. Neither pine nor apple in pineapple Have a dicussion. 1.What do you find most challenging about learning English 2. How do you deal with this words gramma speaking pronounc ... ...
