(共28张PPT)
How can we become good learners
How can we become good learners
Unit 1
Unit 1
Section A 3a-3c
Let’s watch a video.
1. What is the name of this movie
3. Do you like watching English movies Is it a good way to improve your English
2. What new words can you learn from this video clip
Toy Story. 《玩具总动员》
Let’s predict.
What is this passage mainly talking about
Problems Wei Fen faced when she was learning English.
The ways that Wei Fen used to learn English.
Changes happened to Wei Fen.
Can you guess how I learn English
remote control
遥控器
She might learn English by ______________________.
watching videos
Reading tip: Readers can predict the content of the passage by reading the title and pictures.
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Wei Fen enjoys her English class now.
Wei Fen didn’t like her English class.
How Wei Fen learned English.
Skim the passage quickly and complete the mind map.
Last year
Then one day
Now
She _________ her English class.
didn’t like
She _____________ an English movie, Toy Story.
fell in love with
She really _______ her English class.
enjoys
The ____________ of Wei Fen’s attitudes towards English learning
changes
Read Para.1 and complete the table.
Wei Fen didn’t like her English class last year.
Problems Every class was like ________________.
The teacher spoke so __________ that she did not ______________ her most of the time.
She was __________ to ask questions because of her ______________________.
She ________________ her textbook and never said anything.
a bad dream
quickly
understand
afraid
poor pronunciation
hid behind
Read Para.2 and complete the mind map.
Para.2
_________ of getting the meaning
Improvements
Their ___________________ and the ______________ on their faces helped her to get the meaning.
By listening for just the _______________.
Her ________________ improved.
She learned some ____________________.
The secret to language learning is to _______________________________________.
listen to something interesting
Ways
body language
expressions
key words
pronunciation
useful sentences
Read Para.2 and answer the question.
It’s a piece of cake.
It serves you right.
I also learned some useful sentences.
How did Wei Fen understand these sentences
She looked them up in a dictionary.
Read Para.3 and answer questions.
What does Wei Fen want to learn more about English
① grammar ② writing skills
③ new vocabulary ④ pronunciation
① ②
① ③
② ③
③ ④
I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can ________________________ of English movies.
have a better understanding
Read the passage again and write T for true and F for false .
1. Last year, English class made Wei Fen have bad dreams.
2. Last year, Wei Fen can’t pronounce English well so she was scared to ask questions.
3. Wei Fen could understand everything the characters said by watching their body language and the expressions on their faces.
4. According to Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is to use a dictionary well.
5. Later, Wei Fen may memorize more new English words and learn more English grammar.
F
T
F
F
T
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.
I can get the meaning by listening for just the ___________.
My pronunciation improved by listening to the ____________ in English movies.
I learned __________ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies.
I can find the meaning of new words by looking them up in a ___________.
3b
body language
expressions
key words
conversations
useful
dictionary
Complete the mind map according to the passage.
How I Learned to Learn English
Problems
_________
Improvements
Results
I didn’t like English class.
I couldn’t _________ the teacher because she spoke _______.
I was _______ to ask questions.
I hid behind my ________and never said anything.
By watching characters’ ______________ and __________ on their faces.
By listening for just the _____________.
By __________ a dictionary.
My ___________ improved.
I learned ___________________.
I really _______ my English class. I want to learn _________ and more grammar.
Ways
understand
quickly
afraid
textbook
body language
expressions
key words
looking up
pronunciation
useful sentences
enjoy
new words
Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
Last year, Wei Fen didn’t like her ____________. The teacher spoke so _______ that she couldn’t understand. She was _______ to ask questions since she couldn’t ___________ well. But one day, she ___________ with the movie ______ Toy Story. She began to watch other English movies. Characters’ body language and the ___________ on their faces helped her to get the meaning. Besides, she got the meaning by listening for just the __________. Her ____________ improved and she learned useful sentences by ___________ new words in a dictionary. As for Wei Fen, listening to something interesting is the ________ to language learning. Now, Wei Fen enjoys her English class. She wants to learn new words and more _________ so that she can better _____________ English movies.
English class
quickly
afraid
pronounce
fell in love
called
expressions
key words
pronunciation
looking up
secret
grammar
understand
Let‘s think.
What ways of English learning can you learn from Wei Fen
Guess the meaning by watching the speakers’ body language and expressions on their faces.
1
Get the meaning by listening for just the key words.
2
Learn some new words and sentences by looking them up in a dictionary.
3
____________ is the best teacher.
Interest
persistence
A good way
Language points
Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.
so… that…如此……以至于……
大多数时候
因为
发音不准确
hide-hid-hidden
Language points
教材例句:
I was afraid of because of my poor pronunciation.
我很害怕,因为我的发音不准确。
be afraid of sb. / sth.“害怕某人/某事”
e.g. I am afraid of my math teacher because she is strict with us.
be afraid of doing sth. / to do sth.“害怕做某事”
e.g. My brother is afraid of taking the plane / to take the plane.
be afraid + that从句 “害怕……”
e.g. We are afraid that she can’t win the game.
afraid adj. 害怕的,在句中只能作表语。
Language points
Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies, too. 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.
叫做 = named
fall in love with 爱上
n. 人物
肢体语言
面部表情
关键词
Language points
教材例句:
I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie!
我爱上了这部既刺激又有趣的电影!
fall in love with sb. / sth. “爱上某人/某事”,强调动作。
e.g. I fell in love with her when I first met her.
(2) be in love with sb. / sth. “与……相爱”,强调状态。
e.g. They have been in love with each other for more than 20 years.
fall in love with “爱上”
Language points
My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting 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 them up in a dictionary.
也
conversation n. 谈话
……的秘密;秘诀
小菜一碟。
活该。
最开始
look up 查找
发现
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“也”
too 肯定句
as well
also
either 否定句
用于句末,有逗号隔开。
e.g. I like to play basketball, too.
用于句末,无逗号隔开。可以与too互换。
e.g. I like to play basketball as well.
用于句中,实义动词前,其他动词后。
e.g. I also like to play basketball.
用于句末,有逗号隔开。
e.g. I don’t like to play basketball, either.
Language points
find, look for, find out, discover
find
look for
find out
discover
发现,找到
寻找
查明,弄清楚
发现
强调找的结果。
e.g. I can’t find my keys.
强调找的过程。
e.g. What are you looking for
指经过反复调查、询问、研究后搞清楚。
e.g. Please find out when the train leaves.
指发现已经存在而别人没有发现的东西。
e.g. Columbia discovered America.
Language points
教材例句:
I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning.
我发现听有趣的东西是学习语言的秘诀。
the secret to sth. ……的秘密;秘诀
e.g. Keeping exercising is the secret to good health.
n. 秘密;秘诀(可数)
adj. 秘密的
e.g. The cookies are made according to a secret recipe.
in secret “秘密地”
keep a secret“保守秘密”
Language points
教材例句:
“It’s a piece of cake.” “It serves you right.”
Let the cat out of the bag. 泄露秘密。
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
Hold your horses. 耐心等待。
a piece of cake和serve sb. right 都是英语的习惯用语,也可称作习语(idiom) ,类似于汉语的成语。习语是人们在长期的语言运用中确定或形成的一种固定表达方式,所表达的意思不能从字面上去理解。
Language points
教材例句:
I looked them up in a dictionary.
我用字典中查阅了它们。
look up (在词典、参考书中或通过电脑)查阅;抬头看
look up意为“查阅”,可接名词或代词作宾语。宾语如果为代词要放在look和up之间;宾语如果是名词,放在look和up之间或up之后均可。
e.g. She looked up the word / looked the word up in the dictionary.
e.g. She looked it up in the dictionary.
(2) look up还可意为“抬头看”,常和from连用。
e.g. She looked up from her book as I entered the room.
Language points
Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.
以便;为了
更好地理解
Language points
教材例句:
I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.
我想学习新单词和更多的语法以便我能更好地理解英语电影。
(1) so that意为“以便;为了”,常用来引导目的状语从句,从句中常有can, could, should等情态动词。 可与in order that互换。
e.g. He got up early this morning so that he could catch the early bus.
= He got up early this morning in order that he could catch the early bus.
(2) so that 意为“因此,所以”,引导结果状语从句,此时从句中一般不含can, could等情态动词。
e.g. Li Lei studied hard, so that he passed the exam.
Exercises: 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
My sister is afraid of _________ (speak) in class.
2. My _____________ (pronounce) has improved a lot since I joined the English club.
3. Yesterday I watched a wonderful film ______ (call) The Battle at Lake Changjin.
Judy __________ (hide) her football under the bed.
He ran so _________ (quick) that no one could follow him.
Wei Fen found it difficult ___________(learn) English.
speaking
pronunciation
called
hides / hid
quickly
to learn
Exercises: 翻译句子。
1. 我哥哥发现拉小提琴很困难。
My brother found it difficult ______ ________ the violin.
Traditional Chinese music helps us to ______ ______ ________ _____________ _______ Chinese culture.
2. 中国传统音乐有助于我们对中国文化有一个更好的理解。
4. 我能通过查字典找到生词的意思。
3. 他们爱上了这座美丽的城市。
They ______ _______ _______ _______ this beautiful city.
I can ________ ________ the meanings of new words in a dictionary.
to play
have a better
understanding of
fell in love with
look up