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1、 unit2Understanding ideas1. Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learningEnglish? I hadnt, until one day my five -year -old son asked me whetherthere was ham in the hamburger. There isnt. This made me realize thattheres no egg in eggplant either. Neither is there pine nor apple

2、 inpineapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language tolearn.2. For example, in our free time, we can sculpt a sculpture and paint apainting, but we take a photo. And when we are traveling we say that weare in the car or the taxi but on the train or bus! While we are doing allthese

3、 traveling, we can get a seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsickin the car, but we dont get homesick when we get back home. Andspeaking of home, why arent homework and housework the same thing?3. If hard is the opposite of soft, why are hardly and softly not anopposing pair? If harmless actio

4、ns are the opposite of harmful actions, weare shameless and shameful behaviors the same?4. When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say itsraining or its snowing. But when they see sunshine, we cant say its sunshining.5. Even the smallest words can be confusing. When you see theca

5、pitalized WHO in a medical report, do you read it as the who inwhos that? What about IT and US?6. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in whicha house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form byfilling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes o

6、ff!7. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects thecreativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they arevisible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is whywhen I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, itends.Devel

7、oping ideasMisadventures in EnglishPeople say that the British always play safe with the what they eat. Nottrue! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacherwas called Maggie. One day a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a fr

8、og in her throat.Poor Maggie, but why did she try to eat such a big frog?When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre tobuy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked alady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. SoI went u

9、p to the first floor but couldnt find any shoes. I decided to leave.When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually solddownstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Didnt she give me thewrong Information?Ive got an English pen friend who I finally got to meet in London thissu

10、mmer. He had told me that his grandfather was really wicked. Butwhen I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I found it very odd. Why didmy friend use a negative word about such a nice man?The British must have really high standards. I was part of a studentexchange program between a university in

11、England and my university inChina. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew Ihad done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positivecomment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written thecomment Not bad! Not bad? But there werent any errors in my pap

12、er.sunshining.5. Even the smallest words can be confusing. When you see thecapitalized WHO in a medical report, do you read it as the who inwhos that? What about IT and US?6. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in whicha house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill i

13、n a form byfilling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!7. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects thecreativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they arevisible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is whywhen

14、 I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, itends.Developing ideasMisadventures in EnglishPeople say that the British always play safe with the what they eat. Nottrue! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacherwas called Maggie. One day a different teacher t

15、ook our class. He told us that Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat.Poor Maggie, but why did she try to eat such a big frog?When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre tobuy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked alady wh

16、ere the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. SoI went up to the first floor but couldnt find any shoes. I decided to leave.When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually solddownstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Didnt she give me thewrong Informa

17、tion?Ive got an English pen friend who I finally got to meet in London thissummer. He had told me that his grandfather was really wicked. Butwhen I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I found it very odd. Why didmy friend use a negative word about such a nice man?The British must have really hig

18、h standards. I was part of a studentexchange program between a university in England and my university inChina. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew Ihad done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positivecomment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher h

19、ad written thecomment Not bad! Not bad? But there werent any errors in my paper.sunshining.5. Even the smallest words can be confusing. When you see thecapitalized WHO in a medical report, do you read it as the who inwhos that? What about IT and US?6. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of

20、 a language in whicha house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form byfilling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!7. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects thecreativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they are

21、visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is whywhen I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, itends.Developing ideasMisadventures in EnglishPeople say that the British always play safe with the what they eat. Nottrue! I went to a summer school in Manc

22、hester and my English teacherwas called Maggie. One day a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat.Poor Maggie, but why did she try to eat such a big frog?When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre tobuy

23、 some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked alady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. SoI went up to the first floor but couldnt find any shoes. I decided to leave.When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually solddownstairs

24、 on the ground floor, not the first floor. Didnt she give me thewrong Information?Ive got an English pen friend who I finally got to meet in London thissummer. He had told me that his grandfather was really wicked. Butwhen I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot. I found it very odd. Why didmy frie

25、nd use a negative word about such a nice man?The British must have really high standards. I was part of a studentexchange program between a university in England and my university inChina. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew Ihad done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positivecomment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written thecomment Not bad! Not bad? But there werent any errors in my paper.