UNIT 1
How can we become good learners?
(Section A 3a-4c)
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?
Because the teacher spoke so quickly that she did not understand her most of the time.
She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything.
Listening to something interesting.
语言学习的秘诀
形式宾语
1.find it difficult to do sth. 发现做某事很困难
2.成功的秘诀 ____________________
门的钥匙 _____________________
问题的答案 ______________________
足球赛的票 _______________________
the secret to success
the key to the door
the answer to the question
the ticket to the football game / match
How I Learned to Learn English

Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad

dream. The teacher spoke too quickly. But I was afraid to ask questions

because my pronunciation was very bad. So I just hid behind my

textbook and never said anything.
learn to do sth. 学会去做某事
be afraid to do sth.害怕去做某事
hide隐藏
Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I

fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So then I began to watch

other English movies as well. Although I could not understand

everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions

on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get

the meaning by listening for just the key words.
被叫做
fall in love with爱上……
begin to do sth. 开始去做某事
也（用在句末，前面不加逗号）
人 物
肢体语言
关键词
My pronunciation also improved by listening to the interesting

conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something

you are interested in is the secret to language learning. I also learned

useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I did

not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to

understand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary.
n. 发 音
v.发 现
be interested in 对……感兴趣
……的
小菜一碟
你活该
起 初
look up （在词典中）查找；查阅
Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn

new words and more grammar. Then I can have a better

understanding of English movies.
n. 理 解
那么我可以更好地理解英文电影。
3b Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching
movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.
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 get the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a
__________________.
body language
expressions
key words
conversations
useful
dictionary
Grammar Focus
4a Match the questions and answers.
1.How do you practice speaking?
2.How do you learn new words?
3.How do you improve your writing?
4.How do you practice listening?
5.How do you improve your pronunciation?
6.How do you learn grammar?
a. By watching English programs.
b. By listening to a tape and repeating out loud.
c. By having conversations with friends.
d. By taking notes, doing exercises and reading a lot.
e. By making word cards.
f. By writing e-mails to my pen pals.
practice doing sth.练习做某事
大声重复
制作单词卡片
给笔友写电子邮件
1.____ 2.____ 3.____4.___ 5.____ 6.____
c
e
f
a
b
d
4b Complete these statements. Use information that is true for you.
I like to practice my English by taking notes / reading books and newspapers / speaking English with my classmates /

memorizing sentence patterns .
b. I like to learn math by_________________________________.
c. I like to practice my physics by .
d. I like to improve my chemistry by .
e. I like to practice my Chinese by .
f. I like to improve my history and geography by .
记 忆 句 型
4c Check (✔) what you do to learn English. Then interview your partner.
A: Do you learn English by doing grammar exercises?
B: Yes, I do.
A: How often do you do them?
B: ...
Thanks