Section B
Unit 1
How can we become good learners?
2a-2e
Learning Aims
一、通过学习,能正确写出本课单词及短语:ability, in common, brain, active, pay attention to, connect…with, get bored, take notes, overnight, look for, review, knowledge, wisely.
二、能熟练说出和写出本话题的功能句:
三、能够运用词典了解英语词汇的不同意义和用法,
解决学习中的困难。
四、掌握不同的学习方法,运用到自己的学习实践中。
Do you learn English by watching movies?
Yes, it’s a very interesting way.
No, it’s too hard to understand spoken English.
Let’ talk about the best ways to learn English.
What about writing letters to a pen pal in America?
Yes, it helps to improve my writing skills and know a lot about America .
Do you have conversations with friends in English?
Of course, we can talk about plenty of things like school, pets, movies, and our parents.
2a
What good learning habits can you think of? Make a list and discuss them with your partner.
bad learning habits
good learning habits
listening to music when learning
Are these habits good or bad? Why?
looking up words in a dictionary when meeting new words
learning from the mistakes in time
asking questions
developing study skills 发展学习技巧
drawing mind maps
Are these habits good or bad? Why?
Read the title, subtitles and the introduction on page 6. Then answer the questions below.
What does the passage talk about?
2. What’s the secret to be a successful learner?
It talks about how to be a successful learner.
Your ability to learn depends on your learning habits.
3. What are successful learners’ habits?
4. Is learning a lifelong journey?
(1) Creating an interesting in what they learn
(2) Practicing and learning from mistakes
(3) Developing their study skills
(4) Asking questions
Yes, it is.
2b
Read the passage quickly and check if any of the habits you listed in 2a are mentioned.
Which four habits of successful learners can you find from the passage ?
1. Creating an interest in what they learn.
2. Practicing and learning from mistakes.
3. Developing their study skills.
4. Asking questions.
2c
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
细读小贴士
Move your eyes quickly to
get the useful information.
1. The writer thinks that everyone is born with
the ability to learn well. I agree with the
writer that everyone is born with the ability
to learn, but learning well depends on the
learning habits that one develops.
The keys:
2. This is because studies show that if you
are interested in something, your brain is
more active and it is easier for you to pay
attention to it for a long time. You will
also not get bored.
4. They learn from mistakes, and they are not
afraid of making mistakes.
5. Take notes by writing down key words or by
drawing mind maps. Look for ways to review
what has been learnt, e.g. read the notes every
day or explain the information to another
student.
6. (Answers will vary.)
3. Use it or lose it: If you stop doing something,
you will forget how to do it.
Practice makes perfect: If you do something
again and again, you will become very good at it.
Look up the following words from the passage in the dictionary. Then write a sentence for each word.
brain n. connect v. overnight adv. attention n.
review v. knowledge n. ability n. active adj.
wisely adv.
e.g. brain: A good way to train the brain is to do some math exercises every day.
训练大脑
2d
Do you think you are a good learner?
What learning habits do you think are useful? Discuss with your group and share your ideas with the class.
Discussion
I think …
I feel …
I believe …
It is important to …
2e
Do you think you are a good learner?
What learning habits do you think are useful?Discuss with your group and share your ideas with the class.
Title of the passage
Conclusion
Learning
habits
Topic sentence
Research shows that successful learners
have some good habits in common.
Learning is a lifelong journey.
So learn wisely and learn well.
Creating an interest in what they learn
Practicing and learning from mistakes
Developing their study skills
Asking questions
How Can You Become
a Successful Learner?
我都 学会了!
本课句型
Summary
一、根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。
1.Your behavior will c________ a lot of problems to us.
2.When we finish learning the whole text, we should r________ it to understand further.
3.The boy is very a________ in class.He always answers our teacher's questions.
4.My English is poor. Could you please tell me how to improve my reading a___________ ?
5.Mike made his decision w________.What a clever boy!
reate
eview
ctive
bility
isely
6.We should read aloud to practice our
p_____________.
7.As teachers, we must be p_______ with
our students.
8. He is careless, so he always makes many
m________ in his homework.
9.Listening to the teacher carefully is the
s_______ to becoming a good language learner.
10. I’ve learned a lot of k__________ from
his report.
ronunciation
atient
istakes
ecret
nowledge
二、单项选择。
( )1.I love reading books because I can have much ________ from them.
A.food B.knowledge C.money D.grammar
( )2.Everyone is born ________ the ability to learn.
A.at B.on C.with D.in
B
C
( )3.—Are you going to have a part-time job during the summer vacation?
—Yes,I think I shouldn't always ________ my parents since I've grown up.
A.fight against B.argue with C.hear from D.depend on
( )4.—You can't speak English well _______ you practice more.
—OK.I will practice more.
A.if B.but C.because D.unless
D
D
( )5.My history teacher got angry with me when I did not ________ his words in class yesterday.
A.look for
B.take care
C.pay attention to
D.fall asleep
C
三、根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。
1.Though my grandmother is eighty years old,she is still very ________ (活跃的).
2.The more I get to know Amy,the more I realize that we have a lot in ________ (共同的).
3.I don't know ________(是否) or not I can get there on time.
4.If you do the same things month after month,you may get ________ (厌烦的).
5.Could you please tell me how to improve my reading ________ (能力)?
active
common
whether
bored
ability
Exercises
1.令我吃惊的是,我发现自己和这个陌生人之间有很
多共 同之处。
2. 天气若不很冷,我总是开着窗户睡觉。
To my surprise, I found I had a lot in common with this stranger.
I sleep with the window open unless it’s really cold.
五. 完成句子
3. 你能依靠她来应付(deal with)这种局面。
4. 请注意你的字迹。
5. 他对小说(fiction)感兴趣。
You can depend upon her to deal with this situation.
Please pay attention to your handwriting.
He was interested in fictions.
Thank you !