Exploring English
解析：Exploring 的原形是 explore. 单词 explore 源于拉丁语，是由前缀 ex- 加上词根 -plore- 组成的. 其中前缀 ex- 的意思是 “out”, “朝外面，出去”，词根 -plore- 的意思是“搜索，查找”，所以前缀和词根结合起来就引申出“朝外面探索”的意思。
这里 exploring 是 原形 explore 去掉词尾的 e, 再加上 ing 构成的. 在这里 Exploring English 是一个动名词词组，意思是“探究英语”.
这里的 ex- 是一个很常见的前缀，在 exit （出口, 我们经常在电影院或者其它封闭空间见到上面有 exit 标志的门，告诉我们那里是“出口，逃生门”）， export (出口，这个词中的词根 port 是“港口”的意思，所以 export 就是“从港口出去”，是国际贸易里“出口(商品)”的意思)。
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Start out
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Look at the charts and answer the questions.
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Watch the video and answer the questions.
Understanding ideas
1. Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think the passage is about.
2. Read the passage and check your answer to Activity 1.
Neither Pine Nor Apple in Pineapple（Listen）
解析：neither ...... nor ...... 中的 neither 实际上是 no + either, nor 实际上是 no + or.
either ... or ...
视频解说
Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?（Listen）
解析：这是一个一般疑问句，它对应的陈述句是：
You have ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English.
把上面这个陈述句改成一般疑问句，就是把 have 移到句首。
I hadn’t, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger. There isn’t. （Listen）
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This made me realize that there’s no egg in eggplant either. （Listen）
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Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. （Listen）
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This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn. （Listen）
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For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo.
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And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus!
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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.
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And speaking of home, why aren’t homework and housework the same thing?
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?
When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing”. But when we see sunshine, we can’t say “it’s sunshining”
Even the smallest of words can be confusing. When you see the capitalized “WHO” in a medical report, do you read it as the “who” in “Who’s that?” What about “IT” and “US”？
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!
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race. That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.
3. Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage
4. Complete the notes with words from the passage.
5.Read the following information and answer the questions.
Using language
Review: word formation
1. Look at the sentence
2. Complete the passage
3. Work in groups. Choose one type and come up with as many words as possible.
American and British English
4. Look at the pictures and get to know the American English words and their British equivalents.
Now complete the passage with the words above.
5. Work in pairs. Find more examples of differences between American and British English. Use a dictionary or search on the Internet.
Unfamiliar English expressions
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