Unit1HowcanwebecomegoodlearnersPeriod2:SectionA2(3a-3b)Step1RevisionGivethestudentssomepictures,thenletthemtalkabout:HowdoyoustudyEnglish?Istudyby______________.Step2Reading1.WarmingupLookatthepictureonpage3,thenletthestudentstalkabout:ThegirlisWeiFen.Whatisshedoing?CanyouguesshowshestudiesEnglish?2.ReadingFinish3a:ReadthepassageaboutWeiFenandanswerthequestions.1)WhydidWeiFenfinditdifficulttolearnEnglish?2)WhatdidshedoinEnglishclass?3)Whatisthesecrettolanguagelearning?secretn.秘密;秘诀adj.秘密的;保密的Keys:1)TheteacherspoketooquicklyandWeiFendidnotunderstandhermostofthetime,butshewasafraidtoaskquestionsofherpoorpronunciation.2)Shehidbehindhertextbookandneversaidanything.3)ForWeiFen,thesecrettolanguagelearningislisteningtosomethinginteresting.Finish3b:CompletethesentenceswithwhatWeiFenlearnedfromwatchingmovies.Usewordsandphrasesfromthepassage.1)Icanunderstandthemeaningbywatchingtheir_________andthe________ontheirfaces.2)Icangetthemeaningbylisteningforjustthe_________.3)Mypronunciationimprovedbylisteningtothe_____________inEnglishmovies.4)Ilearned______sentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”bywatchingthemovies.5)Icanfindthemeaningofthenewwordsbylookingthemupina_______.Keys:1)bodylanguageexpressions2)keywords3)conversations4)useful5)dictionaryexpressionn.表情;表示;表达方式Step3Languagepoints1.WhydidWeiFenfinditdifficulttolearnEnglish?finditdifficult/hardtodosth.发现做某事很困难【find用法归纳】findsb.doingsth.发现某人做某事findit+adj.+todosth.发现做某事很……findit+adj.todosth.中的it是形式宾语,adj.做宾补,todosth.是真正的宾语。同类的动词还有think,feel,consider等。【活学活用】1)Ifoundit__________(interest)totalkwithmygrandfather2)Ifoundithardforme___________(improve)spokenEnglish.Keys:interestingtoimprove2.ButIwasafraidtoaskquestionsbecauseofmypoorpronunciation.beafraidtodosth.害怕去做某事【afraid用法归纳】beafraidofsth./doingsth.害怕做某事(担心出现某种不良后果)beafraidtodosth.害怕去做某事(“怕”或“不敢”去做某事)beafraid+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】Tinaissoshythatsheisafraidof____infrontofagroup.A.tospeakB.speakC.speakingD.spokeKey:C3.ThenonedayIwatchedanEnglishmoviecalledToyStory.called=named叫做【call用法归纳】callsb.=telephonesb.=phonesb.=givesb.acall=ringsb.up给某人打电话callonsb.拜访某人4.Idiscoveredthatlisteningtosomethinginterestingisthesecrettolanguagelearning.discoverv.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.ColumbusdiscoveredAmericain1492.哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。5.Ialsolearnedusefulsentenceslike“It’sapieceofcake”or“Itservesyouright.”apieceofcake和servessb.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种固定表达方式,其意思往往不是字面所表达的含义。如:apieceofcake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”;servessb.right则相当于汉语说某人“活该”。6.ButbecauseIwantedtounderstandthestory,Ilookedthemupinadictionary.lookup(在词典、参考书中或通过电脑)查阅;抬头看【look用法归纳】lookafter照顾looklike看起来像lookout当心,小心lookthrough浏览lookfor寻找lookforwardto期待lookaround向四周看have/takealook看一看lookover检查Step4Summary发现做某事很难finditdifficulttodosth.语言学习的秘密thesecrettolanguagelearning害怕做某事beafraidtodosth.爱上fallinlovewith肢体语言bodylanguage脸上的表情theexpressionsonthefaces关健词keywords对……感兴趣beinterestedin在字典里查这个词lookupthewordinthedictionaryStep5Homework1.Recitetheimportantsentencesinthepassageonpage3.2.Rememberthewordsandphrasesinthislesson.
