1、Unit 1How can we become good learners?,Section A 23a-3b,I study by,How do you study English?,I study by,How do you study English?,I study by,How do you study English?,I study by,How do you study English?,I study by,How do you study English?,The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how s
2、he studies English?,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?,3a,n. 秘密; 秘诀adj. 秘密的; 保密的,1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? &
3、nbsp;The teacher spoke too quickly. She was afraid to ask questions. She didnt like her English class.2. What did she do in English class? She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything.,3. What is the secret to language learning? Listening to something you are in
4、terested in is the secret to language learning.,1. I can understand the meaning by watching their _ and the _ on their faces.2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the _.,Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.,expression
5、s,key words,3b,body language,n. 表情; 表示; 表达方式,3. My pronunciation improved by listening to the _ in English movies.4. I learned _ sentences like “Its a piece of cake” by watching the movies.5. I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a _.,conversations,useful,dictionary,1. Why di
6、d Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? find it difficult/hard to do sth. 发现做某事很困难 【find用法归纳】 find sb. doing sth. 发现某人做某事 find it + adj. + to do sth. 发现做某事很,【活学活用】1) I found it _(interest) to talk with my grandfather
7、.2) I found it hard for me _ (improve) spoken English.,interesting,to improve,find it + adj. to do sth.中的it是形式宾语, adj.做宾补, to do sth.是真正的宾语。同类的动词还有think, feel, consider等。,2. But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事 【afraid用法
8、归纳】 be afraid of sth./doing sth. 害怕做某事(担心出现某种不良后果) be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事(“怕” 或“不敢”去做某事),be afraid +that 恐怕(礼貌地说出令人不快、失望 或感到遗憾的事) 【活学活用】 Tina is so shy that she is afraid of _ in front of a group. &n
9、bsp;A. to speak B. speak C. speaking D. spoke,C,3. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. called=named 叫做 【call用法归纳】 call sb.=telephone sb.
10、 =phone sb. =give sb. a call =ring sb. up 给某人打电话 call on sb. 拜访某人,4. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. discover v. 发现; 发觉 指偶然或经过努力发现原来客观存在但不为人所知的事物。 &nbs
11、p;e.g. Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。,5. I also learned useful sentences like “Its a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” a piece of cake和serves sb. right是英语中的两个习惯用语, 也可称作习语idiom(s)。同汉语中的成语类似, 习语是人们在长期的语言运用中约定俗成的一
12、种固定表达方式, 其意思往往不是字面所表达的含义。,如: a piece of cake表示事情非常简单、易于解决, 相当于汉语的“小菜一碟; 小事一桩”; serves sb. right则相当于汉语说某人“活该”。,6. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary. look up (在词典、参考书中或通过电脑)查阅; 抬头看 【look用法归纳】 look after 照顾 &nbs
13、p; look like 看起来像,look out 当心, 小心 look through 浏览 look for 寻找 look forward to 期待 loo
14、k around 向四周看 have/take a look 看一看 look over 检查,find it difficult to do sth.the secret to language learningbe afraid to do sth.fall in love withbody languagethe expressions on the faceskey wordsbe interested in look up the word in the dictionary,发现做某事很难 语言学习的秘密 害怕做某事 爱上 肢体语言 脸上的表情 关健词 对感兴趣 查字典,1. Recite the important sentences in the passage on page 3.2. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.,