Reading

Studying aims( 学习目标） 1.To understand the main idea of the passage. 理解短文大意 .

2.How to use the reading strategy. 使用阅读策略 .

3. 3. Learn to write a good summary.Learn to write a good summary.

学会写总结学会写总结 ..

To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read.理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。

enter v. 进入 , 参加nearly ad. 几乎 , 差不多sang v. sing 的过去式 , 唱 , 唱歌 , 鸣唱clearly. ad. 清楚的 ; 清楚地stage n. 阶段 , 舞台 , 驿站 ; v. 上演 , 表演 , 乘驿车旅行native. Adj 本国的 , 本土的 ; n. 本地人winner n. 获胜者modest. Adj 谦虚的；适度的；端庄的interested. Adj 感兴趣的encourage. V. 鼓励 , 激励 , 支持 ; progress. N. 进步 , 发展 , 前进 ; v. 促进 , 进步 , 进行hear of 听说suggest. V. 建议 , 提出take an interest in 对 ... 感兴趣besides. prep. 此外 ; 除 ... 之外make friends with 和 ... 交朋友statement. N. 声明 , 陈述mention. 提及 , 说起 ; v. 提到 , 谈到 ; vt. 说起 , 提到

读一读 , 比一比 , 看谁读得准确 !有困难，请举手！

自 学

My favorite movie-----

My favorite Chinese song----

My favorite English song-----

Tom and Jerry

My heart will go on

两只老虎

Task 1 — 1. Do you like music?

2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites?

1. We can learn some new words.

2. We can become more interested in English.

3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking.

3. How can singing English songs help your English?

4.We can improve the oral English.

…

Tell me something about yourself

Task 2 – Listening Listen to the tape once and answer the questions.1.How many singers entered the contest?

2.Where was the winner of the men’s competition from?

3.Who was the winner of the women’s competition?

Task 3 – What is this passage mainly about?Many Chinese people want to

improve their English in

different ways.

Guess the meanings of the new words1. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs.

2. The winners of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an…

3. Both winners were very modest and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers.

enter= take part in=go into v.

win v. 获胜，赢 winner n.

modest adj. 谦虚的

获胜者

4. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. besides prep. 除了……还有besides ---prep. 而且；除…之外 ( 包括在内 ) ------ 表肯定意思except ---prep. 除 , 把… . 除外 ( 不包括在内的 )----- 表否定含义 ,着重点在除去的地方All come back besides Mary. I like all the fruits except bananas.I answered all the questions except the last one.

Task 4—Read paragraph 1,4 carefullyFind out the fun ways to learn English.

1. Singing English songs.2. Watching English

movies.3. Reading English books.4.Making friends with a native

speaker of English.

Where are the singers from?

How did they perform( 表现） ?

Who are the winners?

The winner of the men’s

The winner of the women’s

What was Jiangmei’s opinion of singing English songs?

What’s the influence（影响） of the contest?

They are from across China/ all over China.

A 40-year- old man from Xi’an.

A 19-year-old woman from Dalian.

It made her more interested in learning English.

It encourages people in China to speak English.

Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers

Read Paragraph 1,2 and 3, then answer the questions.Task 5--

Task 6 —Reading (T or F) Judge if the statements in 3a are true, false or not mentioned. Statements True False Not

mentioned

Three good ways of improving English are mentioned.

The winners both agreed that they were the best singers.

Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize.

Singing songs doesn’t mean you can speak English well.

Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies.

Read the passage freely and find some questions you don’t understand.

朗读并找出问题 .

智者善于动脑，勇者敢于提问！

Task 7 –– ( 自学 )

The first 3 paragraphs:The first 3 paragraphs: learning English by learning English by

singing songssinging songs

Many people try to improve their English in different ways.

Topic sentence( 主题句 ):

The last paragraph:The last paragraph:other ways of other ways of

learning English:learning English:

Task 7-summary

For example

A Singing A Singing ContestContest

…encouraged…1. watching…

2. reading…

3. making friends with…

Many Chinese people are trying to _________ their

English in different ways. ______ English songs is one

way. Singers from _______ China entered a contest by

singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing

English songs just as well as _______ speakers. A

winner said singing English songs made her more

____________ in learning English. So this kind of

contest ___________ people in China to speak

English. And it is a good idea to have ___ with English.

_______ singing English songs, there are many other

fun ways to learn English, like __________ English

movies and _________English books.

improveSinging

across

native

interested

fun

Fill in the blanks.

encouragesBesides

watching

reading

比一比 , 看谁最快 !

Today many Chinese people____ 想要 improve their English ____ 用不同的方式 . For example, ____ young singers____ 来自全中国 entered ____ 一次比赛 by ____ 唱 popular English songs. ____ 几乎 all the singers ____ 唱 very clearly, and looked comfortable 在台上 . Some of these singers ____ 能够 sing English songs just ____ 像 ... 一样好 native speakers.

The singers really ____ 来自 all age groups, and ____ 来自全中国 . The ____ 获胜者 of the men’s ____ 比赛 was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s competition was ____ 一个 19 岁的女孩 from Dalian. Both winners ____ 是 very ____ 谦虚的 , and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said ____ 学习 English helped her ____ 赢得了奖 . Six months earlier, she felt her English was not ____ 足够好 , so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in ____ 学习 English.

This kind of contest ____ 鼓励 people in China to speak English. Many people agree that they ____ 取得进步 by____ 唱 Enging sons and that it is a good idea to ____ 在…中获得乐趣 English.

Have you ever ____ 听说 the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why don’t you ____ 发现about it? It ____ 建议 ways for Beijingers to ____ 对什么感兴趣 learning English. ____ 而且 singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What about ____ 看 English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even ____ 与…交友 a native speaker of English. If you look hard enough, you’ll find a good way to learn English better.

• 1. Read the text.

• 2. Write a summary of the reading using no more than 100 words.( 写一篇课文的概要 , 不多于 100 字 .)

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