Period2RevisionHowdoyoustudyEnglish?Istudybylisteningtotapes.Istudyby…workingwithfriendsmakingwordcardsaskingtheteacherforhelpReadingFinish3a:

Lookatthepictureonpage3.ThegirlisWeiFen.Whatisshedoing?CanyouguesshowshestudiesEnglish?Task1DiscussReadthepassageanddothefollowingexercisesTask2ReadthepassageaboutWeiFenandanswerthequestions.1)WhydidWeiFenfinditdifficulttolearnEnglish?2)WhatdidshedoinEnglishclass?3)Whatisthesecrettolanguagelearning?Answers:1)Theteacherspoketooquickly.Shewasafraidtoaskquestions.Shedidn’tlikeherEnglishclass.2)Shehidbehindhertextbookandneversaidanything.3)Listeningtosomethingyouareinterestedinisthesecrettolanguagelearning.

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CompletethesentenceswithwhatWeiFenlearnedfromwatchingmovies.Usewordsandphrasesfromthepassage.1)Icanunderstandthemeaningbywatchingtheir______________andthe__________ontheirfaces.2)Icangetthemeaningbylisteningforjustthe_________.3)Mypronunciationimprovedbylisteningtothe_____________inEnglishmovies.4)Ilearned______sentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”bywatchingthemovies.5)Icanfindthemeaningofthenewwordsbylookingthemupina_______.Answers:bodylanguageexpressionskeywordsconversationsusefuldictionaryLanguagepoints1.WhydidWeiFenfinditdifficulttolearnEnglish?finditdifficult/hardtodosth.發現做某事很困難

【find用法歸納】

findsb.doingsth.

發現某人做某事

findit+adj.+todosth.發現做某事很……findit+adj.todosth.中的it是形式賓語,adj.做賓補,todosth.是真正的賓語。同類的動詞還有think,feel,consider等。

【活學活用】1)Ifoundit__________(interest)totalkwithmygrandfather2)Ifoundithardforme___________(improve)spokenEnglish.Answers:interesting,toimproveTask3

Readthepassageagainandfindoutthenewwordsandphrasesineachparagraph發現做某事很難

finditdifficulttodosth.語言學習的秘密

thesecrettolanguagelearning害怕做某事

beafraidtodosth.愛上

fallinlovewith肢體語言

bodylanguage臉上的表情

theexpressionsonthefaces關健詞

keywords對……感興趣

beinterestedin

語言學習的秘密

thesecrettolearnEnglish查字典lookupthedictionary2.ButIwasafraidtoaskquestionsbecauseofmypoorpronunciation.

beafraidtodosth.害怕去做某事

【afraid用法歸納】

beafraidofsth./doingsth.害怕做某事(擔心出現某種不良后果)

beafraidtodosth.害怕去做某事(“怕”或“不敢”去做某事)beafraid+that恐怕……(禮貌地說出令人不快、失望或感到遺憾的事)【活學活用】Tinaissoshythatsheisafraidof____infrontofagroup.A.tospeakB.speakC.speakingD.spokeAnswer:C3.ThenonedayIwatchedanEnglishmoviecalledToyStory.

called=named叫做

【call用法歸納】

callsb.=telephonesb.=phonesb.=givesb.acall=ringsb.up

給某人打電話

callonsb.拜訪某人4.Idiscoveredthatlisteningtosomethinginterestingisthesecrettolanguagelearning.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.ColumbusdiscoveredAmericain1492.哥倫布于1492年發現了美洲。5.Ialsolearnedusefulsentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”or“Itservesyouright.”apieceofcake和servessb.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。如:apieceofcake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”;servessb.right則相當于漢語說某人“活該”。6.ButbecauseIwantedtounderstandthestory,Ilookedthemupinadictionary.

lookup(在詞典、參考書中或通過電腦)查閱;抬頭看

【look用法歸納】lookafter照顧

looklike看起來像

lookout當心,小心

lookthrough瀏覽

lookfor尋找

lookforwardto期待

lookaround