资源描述
Unit 1 How do you study for a test?,Section A 1a-2c,A: Do you like English? B: A: How is your English study? B: Its.,Theres an English test on Monday. Can you tell me how you study for a test?,By working with friends,By making flashcards.,By asking the teacher for help.,She was very happy.,How does she study?,By reading the textbook.,By making vocabulary lists.,How does he study?,She studies for a test by listening to tapes.,Check the ways you study for an English test. Then add other ways you use sometimes.,_ by working with friends _ by making flashcards _ by reading the textbooks _ by making vocabulary lists _ by listening to tapes _ by asking the teacher for help _ _,Listen. How do these students study for a test?,Mei studies for a test by _. Antonio studies for a test by _. Pierre studies for a test by _.,Mei,Antonio,Pierre,making flashcards,listening to tapes,asking the teacher for help,PAIRWORK Ask your partner how he or she studies for a test.,: How do you study for a test? : I study by working with a group. How about you?,Report: . studies for a test by ,Listen and check the questions you hear.,1. _ Do you learn English by watching English-language videos? 2. _ Do you ever practice conversations with friends? 3. _ What about listening to tapes? 4. _ What about reading aloud to practice pronunciation? 5. _ Have you ever studied with a group?,Listen and match the questions with their answers.,1. _ Do you learn English by watching English-language videos? 2. _ Do you ever practice conversations with friends? 3. _ What about listening to tapes? 4. _ What about reading aloud to practice pronunciation? 5. _ Have you ever studied with a group?,Yes, I have. Ive learned a lot that way. Oh, yes. It improves my speaking skills. I do sometimes. I think it helps. No. Its too hard to understand the voices.,Listen fill in the blanks.,Girl 1: Welcome to the English club. Today were going to talk about the best _ to learn English. Who has an _? Boy 1: Do you learn English by _ English-language vedios? Girl 2: No. Its too hard to _ the videos. Boy 1: What about keeping a _ in English? Do you learn English that way? Girl: I think so. It helps me to write English every day. Girl 3: Have you ever _ with a group?,ways,idea,watching,understand,diary,studied,Listen fill in the blanks.,Girl 2: Yes, I have! Ive learn a lot that way. Girl 1: Do you ever _ conversations with friends? Girl 2: Oh, yes. It _ my speaking skills. Boy 1: What about reading _ to practice pronunciation? Girl 3: I do that sometimes. I think it helps. Boy 2: I do too. And I always _ _ new words in a dictionary.,practice,improves,aloud,look up,: Welcome to the English club. Today were going to talk about the best ways to learn English. Who has an idea? : Do you ever learn English by? : Yes. Have you ever ? : Yes, I have.,Watching English-language videos. Reading aloud to practice pronunciation. Keeping a diary in English. Practicing conversation with friends. Looking up words in a dictionary,GROUPWORK What is the best way to learn English. Share your idea with your friends.,Grammar Focus,完成句子： . 你是怎么为考试作准备的? _ do you _ _ _ _ ? 2.他是怎么学习英语的? How _ he _ English? 3.我骑车上学 I go to school _ _. 4. 这些声音太难听懂. Its _ hard _ to understand the voices,你有没有通过听英文歌来学英语？ _ you learn English _ _ to English songs? 他通过制作词汇清单来学习西班牙语 He learns Spanish by _ _ _. . 你曾经和小组成员一起学习吗？ _ you ever _ _ a group? . 他是怎样练习打篮球的？ How _ he practice _ basketball?,Section A 3a-4,studying grammar,memorizing the words of pop songs,reading English magazines,sometimes the people speak too quickly,watching English movies,studying grammar,having conversations with friends,joining the English club,3a Read the article and complete the chart.,请根据课文内容判断下列句子的正(T)误(F): ( )1. Many students thought the best way to learn English is to use it. ( )2. Lilian Li thought the best way to learn new words was by memorizing them. ( )3. Lilian Li never studied grammar. ( )4. Wei Ming has learned English for seventy-two months. ( )5. Wei Ming thought watching English movies and studying grammar are great ways to learn a language. ( )6. Joining the English club at school was Liu Changs best way to improve her English. ( )7. The students in the club could get lots of practice. ( )8. Liu Chang thought having conversations with friends was helpful.,T,T,T,T,T,F,F,F,How do you learn best? This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learnt by using English. Some students had more specific suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “I never study grammar. Its too boring.”,specific adj. 明确的;详细而精确的,memorize(memorizing) v. 记忆;背诵,grammar n.语法;语法规则,Wei Ming feels differently. Hes been learning English for six years and really loves it. He thinks studying grammar is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English movies isnt a bad way because he can watch the actors say the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly.,differently adv.不同地;有区别地,frustrate v.使失望;使沮丧;使厌烦 frustrating adj.令人沮丧的;令人失望的,quickly adv.快地;迅速地,Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. “We get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese,” she said.,add v.又说;继续说,not at all 根本(不);全然(不),excited adj.激动的;兴奋的 get excited about 对感到兴奋,end up结束;告终,Explanation,1. ask sb. about sth. 问某人某件事情 about后面加名词或动名词。 e.g. Ask students about the best way of learning. 问学生们最好的学习方法。 ask sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事，请某人做某事，to后面加动词原形。,e.g. He asked his mother to buy him a new bicycle. 他请求母亲给他买一辆新自行车。 2. Many said they learnt by using English. 许多学生说他们通过使用英语来学 习英语。,many 在这里是代词，而不是形容 词，意为many students. e.g. We can put away many of these plates. We dont need this many. 我们可以把许多盘子收起来，用 不着这么多。 3. frustrating a. 令人灰心的，令人沮 丧的。 （修饰物，事件）,e.g. Watching movies to learn English is frustrating because the people speak too quickly. 通过看电影来学英语是让人灰心的, 因为剧中人物说话太快了。 frustrated a.灰心的, 沮丧的(修饰人）,e.g. I felt frustrated at that time. 那时我觉得很沮丧。 类似的还有： interesting 令人感兴趣的 disappointing 令人失望的 interested 感兴趣的 disappointed 失望的,boring 无聊的 excited 兴奋的 exciting 令人兴奋的 bored 感到无聊的,5. end up doing sth. 终止做某事, 结束做某事, 后面加动名词短语, 相当于 finish doing sth., 表示结束做某事,事情已完成。 e.g. When we practice speaking English, we often end up speaking in Chinese.,但要注意与stop doing sth. 的区别: stop doing sth.指停止做某事，有可能是暂时的，不久还会继续下去。 e.g. We had to stop singing because somebody knocked at the door. 另外，end up with 以而告终，后面加名词或动名词。,e.g. The party ended up with her singing. 晚会以她的歌唱而告终。 6. 在本单元中，出现了大量的动名词。我们有必要了解动名词的结构和用法。 动名词即动词的-ing形式，相当于名词。在句子中可做主语, 宾语, 表语等。,e.g. 1). I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of learning. doing lots of listening practice 为动名词短语，做从句中的主语。listening做定语, 修饰 practice.,2）I am enjoying learning English. 动名词短语做宾语。 3）Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。 （seeing做主语，believing做表语）,pairwork,After reading 3a ,complete the conversation in pairs.,A: Im glad to hear that you got an A in English this term. B: Thanks a lot. A: Did you have any difficulties in learning English last year? B: Yes. To begin with, 1_. A: Really? B: Later on, I realized 2_. A: Cant you speak in class? B: No. and I couldnt always make complete sentences. A: How did you improve it? B: 3_. It helped a lot. A: How did you learn English grammar? B: 4_.,PAIRWORK Check() what you do to learn English. Then interview your partner.,We can learn English by ,writing vocabulary lists reading English books/magazines/newspapers studying grammar memorizing the words of pop songs keeping an English notebook listening to tapes asking the teacher questions watching English-language TV/videos reading aloud to practice pronunciation practicing conversation with friends looking up words in a dictionary surfing the Internet keeping a diary in English joining the English club ,Section B 1a-2c,Section B,1a Learning English can be difficult. What things are difficult for you? Read the list. Check () the statements that are true for you.,I cant pronounce some of the words. I cant understand spoken English. I read very slowly. I cant spell some English words. I make mistakes in grammar.,v.发音;正确(或清晰地)吐(字、音等),adj.口语的；口说的；口头的,v.慢地；缓慢地,犯错；出错,1b What other things are difficult for you? Make a list.,1. I dont know how to use commas. 2. . 3. .,n.逗号,I have a problem. I cant remember the new words. I cant pronounce some of the words. I cant understand spoken English.,Difficulties,I read very slowly. I dont know how to speak English well. I always make mistakes in grammar.,2a Paul is learning English. Listen and check ()the learning challenges he talks about.,Challenges 1. cant get the pronunciation right 2. forget a lot of new words 3. cant always understand when people talk to me 4. cant understand the words in magazines 5. dont get much writing practice,n.挑战,2b Listen again. Match the challenges in 2a with the solutions.,Solutions a. You can always write the new words in your notebook and study them at home. b. You should find a pen pal. c. Listening can help. d. Why dont you join an English language club to practice speaking English?,2,5,1,3,n.(问题;疑难等的)解决;解答,True or false,The writer found learning English difficult because,1.The teachers pronunciation was poor. 2. People always laughed at her when she spoke.,F,F,3a Read the article. Then read the statements about the article. Write “T”(for true) or “F”(for false).,3. She had trouble making complete sentences. 4. English grammar was difficult. 5. Going out with English speaking friends. 6. Lots of listening practice. 7. Using grammar in original sentences.,T,T,F,T,T,first of all 首先 to begin with 一开始 later on 后来，随后 also 也，而且（用于肯定句） either 也（用于否定句） so 因此 then 然后,表示顺序或承接的连词或词组:,How I learned to learn English Last year my English class was difficult for me. First of all, it wasnt easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldnt understand every word. Later on, I realized that it doesnt matter if you dont understand every word. Also I was afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmate might laugh at me.I couldnt always make complete sentences, either.,later on 以后;随后,be afraid to do sth害怕去做 be afraid of sth/doing sth be afraid+that引导的从句,laugh at sb笑话;取笑(某人),complete adj. 完整的;完全的,sentence n. 句子 make a sentence 造句,first of all 首先;第一,Then I started to watch English language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English Grammar. So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning. Its amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very impressed.,secret n.秘密;机密,learner n.学习者,take notes 做笔记;做记录,enjoy doing 喜欢做乐于做,term n.学期,impress v. 使感动;给深刻印象impress sth on sb /impress sb with sth 使某人铭记某事,Writing,(3b, 3c: P6),Dear Li Lei, I know it isnt easy to learn English well, but I have some ideas that may help. You said you couldnt understand people who talked fast. Well, you can try to listen for the most important words, not every word. You can also do lots of,listening practice. I think its one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I think important is English grammar. In order to learn it well, you have to take a lot of grammar notes in every class. You can write English sentences using the grammar you,are learning. You can also read more English books. Reading is as important as listening for us to learn English well. If you do so, I believe that you can learn English very well later on. Yours, Meimei,SELF CHECK,1 Fill in each blank with the correct word given.Change the form of the word if necessary.,feel spell write down join find,1. You should new English words in a vocabulary list. 2. If you dont know how to new words, look them up in a dictionary. 3. The best way to improve your English is to an English club. 4. Another thing that he very difficult was English grammar. 5. This kind of paper very soft.,write down,spell,join,found,feels,2 Xu Zheng won the English prize at his school. Later, a reporter of the school magazine interviewed him. Here are the reporters notes on Xu Zheng and his essay on why English is important. Use them to write an article about Xu Zheng.,Note on Xu Zheng Likes: writing notes/watching movies/listening to pop songs Finds difficult: pronunciation/native speakers talking too fast Learns by: making up conversations/speaking to friends in English Thinks: most people speak English as a second language/English is used around the world for computers. /English is often used in science. /English can help us understand many new books and movies.,Writing,(2: P7),A sample version: Xu Zheng is a good student. He likes watching English movies and listening to pop songs. He finds pronunciation difficult. Sometimes he learns English by speaking to friends in English. He wrote an essay on why,English is important. In his essay he told us that most people speak English as a second language and some other things about English. He said that English could help us understand many new books and movies.,Reading,How do we deal with our problems?,whats his name? Where is he from? When was he born? Whats the matter with him?,Who is this?,It is Stephen Hawking a great scientist.,Whats wrong with him?,He cant walk or even speak.,Oh! It is a big problem to him.,Answer these questions: 1.Does everyone have their problems? Yes, they do. 2.How do we deal with our problems? By learning to forget, by regarding problems as challenges, by thinking of something worse. 3.How does Stephen Hawking deal with his problems? He regards his many physical problems as unimportant.,1. By learning to forget: My friend and I often quarreled about some maths problems, and sometimes both of us decided not to talk to each other any more. But we will be friend again after a day,List the ways of dealing with problems mentioned in it.,or two. Both of us agree that we should learn to forget the unhappy moment. 2. By regarding problems as challenges: When I was in the primary school, my maths was very poor. Whenever I met a difficult problem, I would ask my mother or my friends for help. Now as,a middle school student, I decide to change my way of studying maths. I will try all my best to learn it well by changing problems into challenges. 3. By thinking of something worse: You know, Im a little fat and not very tall. Once in a PE class, we were,asked to do high jump. I was very afraid to do that. After several times efforts, I felt disappointed. But later, I found some others couldnt finish the task, either. It encouraged me a lot and I finished my task eventually.,
展开阅读全文