1. 七年级下册 Lesson 27 Amazing English

2. 能够自信地用英文与他人交流。 了解常用的英语单词。 知识目标： 学会本课单词及词汇。 能力目标： 情感目标： Learning Aims

3. Do you know something about English? Chat Show

4. Vocabulary letter exactly sentence fox lazy 字母 确切地；精确地 句子 狐狸 懒惰的 forwards 向前

5. backwards therein even dig 向后；倒 在那里；在其中 甚至；还；其实 挖；掘

6. New words excuse v. 劳驾； 对不起

7. The average English-speaking person only uses about 15 000 words. The top ten most often used words in English are: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that and it. Learning tip

8. Listening

9. How many letters in English? How many words in the English language? Which sentence uses all 26 letters in this passage? Questions

10. There are only 26 letters in English, so English is an easy language to learn, right? Well, not exactly. Yes, English only has 26 letters, but those 26 letters can make a lot of words. In fact, there are 800 000 words in the English language.

11. One letter like “a”, can be an English word. And just one word, like “go” can be a sentence. There is an English word with about 1 900 letters in it. Wow! That’s a long word. This sentence uses all 26 letters: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

12. look at this word: level. You can read it forwards or backwards—it’s the same word! The word “therein” has ten words in it. You don’t even need to move any letters around. How many words can you find? Dig in and enjoy!

13. 1.well, not exactly. 嗯，不全是。 exactly 精确地；确切地；正好 not exactly 并非如此；不完全是。 — And you refused?' — 'Well, not exactly. I couldn't say yes.' “ 那么你拒绝了？ “ 嗯，不完全是，但是我没法答应。 ” e.g. Language Points

14. in fact 可作状语或表语 ，可单独使用，既可用于书面也 可用于口语中。 2 In fact, there are about 800 000 words in the English language.

15. In fact the earth is actually a bit nearer to the sun during our winter. 在冬天地球离太阳实际上还要近一些。 No one believed it, but in fact, Mary did pass her exam. 尽管没有人相信，但实际上玛丽确实考试及格了。 e.g.

16. Let’s Do It!

17. Listen and write true (T) or false (F). 1. English is an easy language to learn.( ) 2. The word “therein” has ten words in it.( ) 3. There are about 800 000 words in the English language.( ) 4. One word can’t be a sentence.( ) 5. There is an English word with 1 900 letters in it.( )

18. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. fact lazy letter quick sentence 1.My name is Jack. The first ______ in my name is“J”. 2.I love football. In_____, it’s my favourite sport. 3.Can you make a ___________with the world? 4.Don’t be______. Practice English every day. 5.You eat very fast. You are______. letter fact sentence lazy quick

19. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. I can (hear/hears/heard) with my ears. 2. You can (meeting/ meets/meet) us at the restaurant. 3. Your cousin can (stayed/stay/staying) at our house. 4. Can we (being/am/be) friends. 5. I can (find/found/finding) lots of books at the bookstore.

20. 1. there, letters, only, are, 26, in, English _________________________________. I. 连词成句。 There are only 26 letters in English Exercise

21. 2. there, in fact, are, a, cat, in, her, home _______________________. 3. don’t, need to, even, move, around, letters, any, you ______________________________. You don’t even need to move any letters around In fact, there are a cat in her home

22. Do the exercises 4 in“Let’s Do It” Homework

23. Work in groups. Interview your classmates and collect more interesting facts about English. Then write them down. Interesting English Facts

24. 祝同学们学习进步！