Unit5Languagesaroundtheworld

Part4ReadingforwritingWehavelearndaforeignlanguageformanyyears.Doyouknowwhywelearnaforeignlanguage?Task1Readthepostsquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whostartsthisblog?WangLe2.Whorespondstoit?LiuWen,JiaXin,LiRui3.Whatistheblogmainlyabout?ProblemswithlearningEnglishReadingReadingHi!I'vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,butnowI'mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?Readandfindoutwhat’stheirproblems.SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceCanyoufindsupportingdetailsoftheseproblems?ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost's!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It'ssomucheasiertojustsay"Openthewindow!",butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI'mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,"Openthewindow,please!"or"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"orevenlonger"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceYeah,that'sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou'retalkingto.IfI'mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”—ourrelationshipiscloseandwe'reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI'mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn'tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger—andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"IfI'mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem—therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican'tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan'trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceSupportingdetailsareusuallyexamplesorfactsthatareusedtodescribeorexplainthetopicsentence.Theycanmakeyourdescriptionorexplanationmorevividandconvincing.Tips:NameProblemAdviceLiuWenJiaXin'sadvice:listentoEnglishradioprogrammes,repeatwhatyouhear,recordyourvoiceandcomparetotheradiohost'sJiaXinLiRui'sadvice:LiRuiYouradvice:LiuWenJiaXinLiRuitroublewithlisteningtonativeEnglishspeakershowtobepoliteinEnglishuseshortrequestsforclosefriends,uselongerrequestsforpeoplewhoarenotsoclose,usemorepolitephrasesforpeopleseniortoyourememberingnewvocabularyCreateyourownwordbank:carryasmallnotebookwithyoueverywhere,andaddnewwordswhenyoulearnthem,learnwordchunksinsteadofsingleword,learnwordformationCanyoufindtheadviceforthemfromtheblogs?Learntowrite求助信起首句（theopeningsentence）I’mwritingtoaskyouafovor.Wouldyoudomeafavor?I’mwritingtoyouforsomehelp.我給您寫信是想得到您的幫助。I’mwritingalettertoyoutogetsomehelp.我給您寫信是為了得到您的幫助。Ihavemetmuchdifficultyin...在……方面我遇到許多困難。Idon’tknowwhattodo.我不知道該做什么。結束語(theclosingsentence)Isincerelyhopeyoucan…Iamlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.HopeforanearlyreplyIwouldbegratefulifyoucould…Iwouldappreciateitifyoucould…

你是高一學生李華，英語學習上遇到了困難，寫信向MissWang尋求建議，要求包含以下內容：1．單詞多，很難記住；2．課文太長，難以背誦(recite)；3．寫作有困難；4.聽說能力低；5.向MissWang尋求學習英語的方法。Writingtask寫作指導1:定框架體裁人稱時態布局第一、第二人稱求助信（askingforadvice）一般現在時第一段：寫信目的第二段：描述具體問題第三段：表達感激2.要點及補充內容要點1：我英語學習上遇到了困難，寫信向Jenny尋求建議。要點2：我發現課本單詞多，很難記住。要點3：課文太長，我難以背誦(recite)。要點4：寫作有困難，語法錯誤比較多。要點5：聽說能力低，聽說考試表現糟糕。要點6：向Jenny尋求學習英語的方法。要點7：表達感激。要點2：我發現課本單詞多，很難記住.(定語從句)

Ifindourtextbookfullofnewwordswhichareverydifficultformetoremember.要點4：寫作有困難，語法錯誤比較多。（havegreatdifficultyin）

Ihavegreatdifficultyinwritingandalwaysmakemanymistakesingrammar.要點5：聽說能力低，聽說考試表現糟糕。。（dobadlyin,v-ing作結果狀語）Mylisteningandspeakingabilityisweak,makingmedobadlyinlisteningandspeakingexams.寫作指導3：遣詞造句DearMissWang，MynameisLiHua.I'mwritingalettertoyoutoaskforsomeadviceonEnglishlearning.IhavemetwithmanydifficultiesinlearningEnglishsinceIenteredseniorhighschool.Firstofall,Ifindourtextbookfullofnewwordswhichareverydifficultformetoremember.Besides,thetextsaretoolongformetorecite.What'smore,Ihavegreatdifficultyinwritingandalwaysmakemanymistakesingrammar.Lastbutnotleast,mylisteningandspeakingabilityisweak,makingmedobadlyinlisteningandspeakingexams.Idon’tknowwhattodonow.WouldyouliketointroducemesomeadvicesothatIcanlearnEnglishmoreeasily?Iwouldgreatlyappreciateyourtimelyhelp.Yours，LiHua4.Writethearticle.Homework:Writealetterofaskingforhelp假設你是高一學生李華，正在忙著備戰

期末考試，但是發現很難集中精力學習，請給你的英國朋友Alex寫一封郵件，向他求助。內容包括：1.你的困難；2.尋求幫助。PossibleVersion1DearAlex,I'mLiHua,aSenior1student(同位語)