1、Unit 1Unit 1How can we become good learners?1. To read to learn whats Wei Fens difficulties in learning English and how she overcomes it2. To learn some words and expressions in the passage3. To master reading skills and develop good reading habits How do you study English?I study .by working with f

2、riendsby making word cardsby reading the textbookby listening to tapesby asking the teacher for helpWhat difficulties do you have in learning English?speaking and pronunciationlearning new words and grammarlisteningwritingWhat ways do you use to overcome those difficulties?talk with foreignersFor sp

3、eaking and pronunciation: watch English TV programmes or moviesFor listening:look up new words in a dictionaryFor learning new words:keep diaries in EnglishFor writing:The girl is Wei Fen. What do you think this passage is about?1. Did Wei Fen like English last year?2. How about now?No, she didnt li

4、ke it last year.Now she really enjoys English.Answer the questions.Changes in Wei Fens English learningLast year Now She did not like the English class.She couldnt understand her English teacher.She was afraid to ask questions and never said anything.She really enjoys the English class.She wants to

5、learn new words and more grammar.Fill in the diagram.Read the passage and answer the questions.3a1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? The teacher spoke too quickly and Wei Fen did not understand her most of the time, but she was afraid to ask questions because of her poor pronuncia

6、tion.2. What did she do in English class? She hid behind her textbook and never said anything.3. What is the secret to language learning?For Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is listening to something interesting.True or False.1. She was afraid to ask questions.2. She could get the meaning by

7、 listening for just the key words.3. Her pronunciation did not improve. 4. Listening to something you are interested in is the secret to language learning.5. She learned some useful sentences like “Its a piece of cake”.6. She learned grammar from watching Toy Story. TFTTTF1. I can understand the mea

8、ning by watching their _ and the _ on their faces.2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the _.Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.expressionskey wordsbody language n. 表情; 表示; 表達方式3b3. My pronunciation improved by list

9、ening to the _ in English movies.4. I learned _ sentences like “Its a piece of cake” by watching the movies.5. I can find the meaning of new words by looking them up in a _.conversationsusefuldictionaryn. 交談；談話Fill in the blanks and try to retell the passage. Wei Fen disliked her English class last

10、year, because she couldnt understand her teacher. And her _ made things worse. Then one day, she _ a movie called Toy Story. She tried to _ by watching the characters body language and _ on their faces, by listening for _ and _ new words in a dictionary. Her pronunciation _ and she learned many _ as

11、 well. Now she enjoys learning English. improved poor pronunciationfell in love withget the meaningexpressionskey wordsby looking upuseful sentences 愛上Pay attention to the following phrases and sentences.1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? 為什么魏芬覺得學英語很難？ find it difficult/hard to d

12、o sth. 發現做某事很困難 【find用法歸納】 find sb. doing sth. 發現某人做某事 find it + adj. + to do sth. 發現做某事很【語境應用】1) I found it _ (interest) to talk with my grandfather.2) I found it hard for me _ (improve) spoken English. interestingto improvefind it + adj. to do sth.中的it是形式賓語, 形容詞做賓補, to do sth.是真正的賓語。同類的動詞還有think,

13、feel, consider等。2. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. 老師說得太快了，很多時候我都聽不懂。 so . that“如此以至于”，引導結果狀語從句。so修飾形容詞或副詞。常見結構：so+形容詞/副詞+that從句；so+形容詞+a(n)+單數可數名詞+that從句。suchthat和sothat的區分sothat與suchthat之間的轉換既為 so與such之間的轉換。so和such的區別是： so修飾形容詞或副詞, such修飾名詞。e.g. My brot

14、her runs so fast that I cant follow him. 我弟弟跑得那么快以至于我跟不上他。 He is such a lovely boy. 他是一個這樣可愛的孩子。 so修飾的形容詞后可以有一個單數的可數 名詞，其結構是“so+形容詞+a/an+可數名 詞單數”。such可以修飾可數名詞單復數和不可數名詞，名詞前可以有形容詞作定語，其結構是“such +a/an+形容詞+可數名詞單數”，“such+形容詞+可數名詞復數/不可數名詞”。e.g. He is so clever a boy. =He is such a clever boy. 他是一個如此聰明的孩子。

15、It is such cold weather. 這么冷的天氣。 （正） It is so cold weather.（誤） 如果可數名詞復數前有many，few或不可 數名詞前有much，little修飾，用so不用 such。 so many（如此多的），so few（如 此少的）可以加可數名詞復數。 so much（如此多的），so little（如此少 的）可以加不可數名詞。巧記so和such的用法：名前such, 形，副so，多多少少也用so；little屬特殊，“小”用such,“少”用so。當little作“小的”講，修飾名詞時，其前 面仍須用such, 而不用so。e.g. T

16、hey are such little children that they cant do anything. 這些孩子太小了，無法做任何事情。3. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies. 為了能夠對英語電影有更好的理解，我想學 習新單詞和更多的語法。 so that“以便，為了” （從句中常用can, could, would, may等）。e.g. She worked hard so that everything wo

17、uld be ready in time. 她努力工作，為的是及時做好各項準備。 I didnt have lunch so that I would be hungry tonight. 我不吃午飯，為的就是讓自己今晚能感到饑 餓?！菊Z境應用】單項選擇。1) Im going to take him to some famoushutongs_ he can learn more about China. A. because B. when C. so that D. as if2) The movie is _ wonderful _ I want to see it again. A.

18、 too; to B. so; that C. as; as D. so; as3) Mark is _ popular a boy _ many students are around him. A. such; that B. such; as C. so; as D. so; that4. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. 我不敢問問題，因為我的發音不標準。 afraid用作形容詞，“害怕的；畏懼的”，在句中只能作表語。含afraid的常用結構有： be afraid of sb. / sth.

19、 “害怕某人 / 物”。 e.g. Im afraid of my mother. 我害怕我媽媽。 Jane is afraid of dogs.簡害怕狗。be afraid of doing/to do sth. “害怕做某事”e.g. Mona is afraid of walking / to walk alone at night. Mona害怕晚上自已一個人走路。beafraid + that“恐怕 ”, 用于禮貌地表達可能令人不愉快的消息?；卮饎e人的提問時，可用省略形式Imafraidso (not)。afraid so（not）具體用法如下：(1) Im afraid so. 意

20、為“恐怕如此”。多用于 情景對話, 對別人的提問作出推測式回答。(2) Im afraid not. 意為“恐怕不是”。【語境應用】完成句子，每空詞數不限。1) 我和我的好朋友都害怕我們英語老師。 Both my good friend and I _ our English teacher.2) 我弟弟害怕坐飛機。 My brother _ the plane.are afraid of is afraid of taking / to take5. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to l

21、anguage learning. 我發現聽些有趣的東西是學習語言的秘訣。 discover v. 發現; 發覺 指偶然或經過努力發現原來客觀存在但不為人所知的事物。 e.g. Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥倫布在1492年發現了美洲?！颈嫖觥縤nvent v. 發明通過勞動運用聰明才智“發明/創造”出以前從未存在過的新事物。e.g. Edison invented the electric light. 愛迪生發明了電燈。6. I also learned useful sentences like “Its a piece of cake” o

22、r “It serves you right.” 我也學會了有用的句子像“這簡直是小菜一碟”“你活該”。 a piece of cake和serves sb. right是英語中的兩個習慣用語, 也可稱作習語idiom(s)。同漢語中的成語類似, 習語是人們在長期的語言運用中約定俗成的一種固定表達方式, 其意思往往不是字面所表達的含義。a piece of cake表示事情非常簡單、易于解決, 相當于漢語的“小菜一碟; 小事一樁”; serves sb. right則相當于漢語說某人“活該”。7. But because I wanted to understand the story, I

23、looked them up in a dictionary. 因為我想了解這個故事，所以我查了字典。 look up (詞典、參考書或電腦)查閱時，其賓語可為名詞(短語)或代詞。當賓語為名詞(短語)時，該名詞(短語)可位于up之后，也可位于look和up之間；當其賓語為代詞時，該代詞位于look和up之間。e.g. You can look up a new word / look a new word up in the dictionary. 你可以用詞典查生詞。 If you dont know the word, you can look it up in the dictionar

24、y. 如果你不認識這個單詞，你可以查字典。【語境應用】單項選擇。1) This morning I _ some new restaurants on the Internet for I wanted to take Mia to a nice restaurant for her birthday. A. picked up B. looked up C. cleaned up D. gave up2) If you want to know what the words mean, you can _ in the dictionary. A. look it up B. look up

25、 it C. look them up D. look up them【拓展】look短語歸納look after 照顧 look like 看起來像 look out 當心, 小心 look through 瀏覽 look for 尋找 look forward to 期待 look around 向四周看 have/take a look 看一看 look over 檢查 poor pronunciation 發音不好listen for the key words 聽關鍵詞as well 也look up the word in a dictionary 在詞典中查單詞fall in love with . 愛上Its a piece of cake. 這簡直是小菜一碟。It serve