1、SectionA 2 (3a-3b) Step 1 Revision Give the students some pictures, then let them talk about: How do you study English? I study by _. Step 2 Reading 1. Warming up Look at the picture on page 3, then let the students talk about: The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how she studies En
2、glish? 2. Reading Finish 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? secret n. 秘密; 秘诀adj. 秘密的; 保密的 Answers: 1) The teacher spoke too quickly and We
3、ifen did not understand her most of the time, but she was afraid to ask questions of her poor pronunciation. 2) She hid behind her textbook and never said anything. 3) For Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is listening to something interesting. Finish 3b: Complete the sentences with what Wei
4、Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage. 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 _. 3) My pronunciation improved by listening to the _ in English movies. 4) I learned _ sentences
5、 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 _. Answers: body languageexpressionskey words conversationsusefuldictionary expression n. 表情; 表示; 表达方式 Step 3 Language points 1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
6、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 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。 【活学活用】 1) I found it _ (interest) to talk with my grandfather 2) I found it hard for
7、me _ (improve) spoken English. Answers: interesting, to improve 2. But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. afraid 用法归纳 afraid 用作形容词，意思是“害怕的；畏惧的”，在句中只能作表语。含有 afraid 的常用结构有： be afraid of sb. / sth. 意为“害怕某人 / 物”。 如： Im afraid of my mother. Jane is afraid of dogs. be afraid o
8、f doing / to do sth. 意为“害怕做某事”。如： Mona alone at is afraid of walking / to walk night. 【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。 (1) 我和我的好朋友都害怕我们英语老师。 Both my good friend and I _ our English teacher. (2) 我弟弟害怕坐飞机。 My brother _ the plane. Answers: are afraid of, is afraid of taking / to take 3. I discovered that liste
9、ning 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。 e.g. Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥伦布于 1492 年发现了美洲。 4. 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
10、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”。 5. 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)查阅时， 其宾语可为名词(短语)或代 词。 当其宾
11、语为名词(短语)时， 该名词(短语)可位于 up 之后， 也可位于 look 和 up 之间；当其宾语为代词时，该代词位于 look 和 up 之间。如： You can look up a new word / look a new word up in the dictionary. If you dont know the word, you can look it up in the dictionary. 【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。 (1) 我在词典里查了这个单词的拼写。 I _ in the dictionary. (2) 我不认识这些单词，你能帮我在网上查查
12、吗？ I dont know these words. Can you help me _ on the Internet? Answers: looked up the spelling of the word / looked the spelling of The word up, look them up 【look 用法归纳】 look after照顾 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 look around向四周看 have/take a look看一看 look ove
13、r检查 Step 4 Summary 发现做某事很难find it difficult to do sth. 语言学习的秘密the secret to language learning 害怕做某事be afraid to do sth. 爱上fall in love with 肢体语言body language 脸上的表情the expressions on the faces 关健词key words 对感兴趣be interested in 查字典look up the word in the dictionary Step 5 Homework 1. Recite the important sentences in the passage on page 3. 2. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
