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How can we become good learners
Step 1 Revision
Give the students some pictures, then let them talk about:
How do you study English?
I study by ______________.
Step 2 Reading
1. Warming up Look at the picture on page 3, then let the students talk about:
The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how she studies
English ?
2. Reading
Finish 3a: Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions.
1) Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
2) What did she do in English class?
3) What is the secret to language learning?
secret n. 秘密; 秘诀 adj. 秘密的; 保密的
Answers:
1) The teacher spoke too quickly. She was afraid to ask questions. She
didn’t like her English class.
2) She hid behind her textbook and never said anything.
3) Listening to something you are interested in is the secret to language learning.
Finish 3b: Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.
1) I can understand the meaning by watching their ____ and the __________ on their faces.
2) I can get the meaning by listening for just the _________.
3) My pronunciation improved by listening to the _____ in English movies.
4) I learned ______ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies.
5) I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a _______.
Answers: body language expressions key words
conversations useful dictionary expression n. 表情; 表示; 表达方式
Step 3 Language points
1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
find it difficult/hard to do sth. 发现做某事很困难
【find用法归纳】
find sb. doing sth. 发现某人做某事
find it + adj. + to do sth. 发现做某事很……
find it + adj. to do sth.中的it是形式宾语, adj.做宾补, to do sth.是真正的宾语。同类的动词还有think, feel, consider等。
【活学活用】
1) I found it __________ (interest) to talk with my grandfather
2) I found it hard for me ___________ (improve) spoken English.
Answers: interesting, to improve
2. But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation.
be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事
【afraid用法归纳】
be afraid of sth./doing sth. 害怕做某事(担心出现某种不良后果)
be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事(“怕” 或“不敢”去做某事)
be afraid +that 恐怕……(礼貌地说出令人不快、失望或感到遗憾的事)
1 Tina is so shy that she is afraid of ____ in front of a group.
A. to speak B. speak C. speaking D. spoke
Answer: C
2. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story.
【call用法归纳】
call sb.=telephone sb. =phone sb. =give sb. a call =ring sb. up
给某人打电话
call on sb. 拜访某人
4. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning.
discover v. 发现; 发觉
指偶然或经过努力发现原来客观存在但不为人所知的事物。
e.g. Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。
5. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s
a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.”
a piece of cake和serves sb. right是英语中的习语idiom(s)。 “小菜一碟; 小事一桩”; “活该”。
6. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.
look up (在词典、参考书中或通过电脑)查阅; 抬头看
【look用法归纳】
look after 照顾 look like 看起来像
look out 当心, 小心 look through 浏览
look for 寻找 look forward to 期待
look around 向四周看 have/take a look 看一看
look over 检查
Step 4 Summary
发现做某事很难 find it difficult to do sth.
语言学习的秘密 the secret to language learning
害怕做某事 be afraid to do sth.
爱上 fall in love with
肢体语言 body language
脸上的表情 the expressions on the faces
关健词 key words
对……感兴趣 be interested in
语言学习的秘密 look up the word in the dictionary
Step 5 Homework
1. Recite the important sentences in the passage on page 3.
2. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
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