Section B

Unit one

How do you study for a test?

1.我的叔叔经常询问我的学习情况 .

My uncle often _____ me ______ my study.

2. 他说最好的学习新单词的方法是通过看

英语杂志 .

He said the best ____ __ learn the new

words was ___ reading newspapers.

asks about

way to

by

3. 听磁带是一种好的学习英语的方法 .

_________ ___ _____ is a good way to

learn English.

4. 他们到头来还是说中文 .

They ______ ___ _________ in Chinese.

Listening to tapes

ended up speaking

Do you have any trouble

/problems (in) learning

English?

What are they?

I can’t pronounce some of the words.

I can’t get the pronunciation

right.

pronounce (v). 发音 ; 正确 / 清晰地吐字 / 音

What should I do?

Well, listening can help. Why don`t you borrow the teacher`s tapes and listen to them ?

I can’t understand spoken English.

spoken (adj.) 口语的；口说的；口头的

What should I do?

Why don`t you join an English language club to practice speaking English ?

笔头的；书面的 written (adj.)

I make mistakes in grammar.

I don’t know how to use

commas.

/mis`teik/ n. 错误

/`kɔmə/ n. 逗号

What should I do?

You should take lots of notes in class and ask your teacher for help and do lots of exercises.

I read very slowly.

What should I do?

You should do lots of reading practice.

I can`t understand the words in magazines.

You should guess their meanings from the context or look them up in a dictionary.

I always forget the new words

I don’t get much writing practice.

You should write them in your notebook and study them whenever you are free.Maybe you should find a pen pal.challenges /`ʧælənʤ / n. 挑战

solutions /sə`lu:ʃən/ n. 解决 , 解答

solve /səlv/ v. 解决 , 解答the solution to sth = the answer to sth

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2c PAIRWORK2c PAIRWORK Role play conversations using the Role play conversations using the information from activities 2a and 2b.information from activities 2a and 2b.

A: I don’t have a partner to practice A: I don’t have a partner to practice

English English withwith..

B: Maybe you should join an English B: Maybe you should join an English

language club.language club.

challenges

solutions

pronunciationnew words

sentences

grammar

writing

speaking

listening

can’t pronounce some of the wordsListening can

help

用下列词组造句 first of all

to begin with

later on

laugh at

be afraid to

take notes

3a Read the article. Then read the statements about the article. Write “T”(for true) or “F”(for false)

The writer found learning English difficult because…

1. the teacher’s pronunciation was poor.

2. people always laughed at her when she spoke.

3. she had trouble making complete sentences.

4. English grammar was difficult.

Her English improved when she started..

5. going out with English-speaking friends.

6. lots of speaking practice.

7. using grammar in original sentences.

F

F

F

T

T

T

T

How I learned to learn English How I learned to learn English

Last year my English class was difficult. Last year my English class was difficult. FirstFirst of allof all, , it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked. talked. To begin withTo begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I , she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word. couldn’t understand every word. LaterLater onon, I realized , I realized that that it doesn’t matterit doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every if you don’t understand every word. I word. I waswas alsoalso afraid toafraid to speak in class, because I speak in class, because I thought my classmates might thought my classmates might laugh atlaugh at me. I couldn’t me. I couldn’t always make always make complete sentencescomplete sentences, either., either.

later on 以后 ; 随后be afraid to do sth 害怕去做… laugh at sb 笑话 ; 取笑 ( 某

人 )

adj. 完整的 ; 完全的

make complete sentences

first of all 首先 ; 第一 to begin with 一开始It doesn`t matter 没关系

n. 句子be afraid of sth/doing sthbe afraid+that 引导的从句

Then I started to watch English language TV. It helped Then I started to watch English language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the the secretsecrets of becoming a good language s of becoming a good language learnerlearner. Another . Another thing that I found very difficult was English Grammar. thing that I found very difficult was English Grammar. So I decided to So I decided to taketake lots of grammar lots of grammar notesnotes in every class. in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences using Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am helped. Now I am enjoyingenjoying learninglearning English and I got an English and I got an A this A this termterm. My teacher is very . My teacher is very impressedimpressed..

secretsecret (n.) 秘密 ; 机密

learnlearneer (n.) 学习者take notestake notes 做笔记 ; 做记录 enjoy doenjoy doinging 喜欢 / 乐于做…term term (n.) 学期 impressimpress (v.) 使感动 ; 给…深刻印象= semester= semesterimpress sth on sb /impress sb with sthimpress sth on sb /impress sb with sth 使某人铭记某事impressimpresseded (adj.) 感动的 ; 印象深刻的

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

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 : 表示顺序或承接的连词或词组 :

3b Write a letter telling a friend how to become a better language learner.

Dear ,

I know it isn’t easy to learn , but I have some ideas that may help. You said you couldn’t understand people who talked fast. Well, you can try to listen for the most important words, not every word. ______________

________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________.

Yours,fast adv. 快地 ; 迅速地

◆first of all→at first →first and last( 始终 ) →from first to last( 自始至终 ) →from the first( 从头 ) →first person( 第一人称 ) →first aid( 急救 )

◆begin with 以…作为开始 Let`s begin with ABC. ◆to begin with 首先 ; 一开始 We can`t give Tom the position, to b

egin with, he`s too young; secondly, I want my son to have the job.

◆later on

→It will be colder later on.

◆sooner or later

→Sooner or later, you will realize you made mistakes.

◆matter v.→It doesn’t matter to me wha

t you do. ◆matter n.→What`s the matter with the C

D?

◆be afraid to→Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

◆be afraid of→Don’t be afraid of asking for help.

◆speak 侧重动作本身◆say 说话内容◆tell 告诉 tell sb. sth.◆talk 交谈 , 侧重双方

◆laugh 出声的笑He laughs best who laughs las

t. ◆laugh at 嘲笑 , 取笑Don’t laugh at a person who

is in trouble.

◆complete He has the complete works of Hemingway.

◆completelyYou have done the job completely successfully.

◆anotherDrink another glass of milk.He arrived in one car, his wife in another.

◆other Other people

The other boys are at home.

◆othersSome stayed while others left.◆one… another…一个…再一个 ( 不受数量限制 )◆one… the other…一个…另一个 ( 指两个当中另一个 )

◆decide The boy decided not to become a singer.

◆original 原始的 , 独创的the original pricean original work of art

◆enjoy doing sth.He enjoys living here.◆enjoy oneself=have fun=have a good time

◆impress sth. on sb.◆impress sb. with sth.1.I impressed on him the importa

nce of his work.2. His words are strongly impress

ed on my memory.3. This book impresses me with b

eautiful pictures.

Homework