Unit19lesson1EnglishLearningWarmingup1.HowlonghaveyoubeenstudyingEnglish?2.IsiteasytolearnEnglishwell?BywhatwaysdoyouthinkcanimproveyourEnglish?3.WhydowelearnEnglish?IsitimportantforustolearnEnglish?WecanimproveourEnglishby:LearningthewordsinadictionaryWatchingTVinthelanguageListeningtothemusicinthelanguageLearningformtheforeignteachersThewholestructureofthepassage.1stpara.:2ndpara.and3rdpara.:4thpapa.tothelast:FirstreadingWhydoweneedtolearnEnglish?Howcanwelearnitwellintermsoftheory?Somepracticalsuggestions1.Expertsrecommenddoing2hoursofextraworkonceaweek.2.ListeningtoanEnglishsongseveraltimescanhelpyourevisenewvocabulary.FTThethirdreadingReadthetextagainanddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse3.ThereisnopointreadingthenewsinEnglishifyouhavealreadywatcheditinyourownlanguage.4.WatchingyourfavoriteDVDinEnglishwillimproveyourlisteningskills.FTReadthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhathasmademoreandmorepeopledecidetolearnEnglishinrecentyears?2.Accordingtosometheories,whatisthebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguage?3.Howcanteacherstrytocreatearichlanguageenvironmentintheclassroom?4.Whatextraworkcanyoudooutsideoftheclassroom?Secondreading1.WhathasmademoreandmorepeopledecidetolearnEnglishinrecentyears?ThegrowthofinternationalcompaniesandthegreatadvancesincommunicationshavestartedthetrendforlearningEnglish.2.Accordingtosometheories,whatisthebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguage?Englishlearnersmustbesurroundedbythelanguageenvironment.3.Howcanteacherstrytocreatearichlanguageenvironmentintheclassroom?Teachersmustmakesurethatthereisanadequateamountofinputintheforeignlanguageconveyedtostudentsthroughvariousmediums,whichmeansqualitylanguageoutput.4.Whatextraworkcanyoudooutsideoftheclassroom?Settingachievabletargets;listeningtoEnglishsongs;watchingthenewsinyourownlanguageandthenreadinganEnglishnewspaper;watchingDVD;studyingwithfriends;rewardingyourself.Blank-fillingafterthethirdreading.Manypeople________inthe1700sthatEnglish__________bethegloballanguagesoneday,which______tobethecase.Withthegrowinginternationalcompaniesandthegreatadvancesincommunications,moreandmorepeople____tolearnEnglishasthesecondlanguage.predictedwouldprovedtendAndthefactisthatspeakingmorethanonelanguagemakeyou____________________.Peoplehaverealizedthatinthe_______ofthenativelanguageenvironment,peoplecannotlearnitwell.In_____words,youhavetobe__________bythelanguage.standout/outstandingabsenceothersurroundedSadly,mostoftheEnglishlearnerscannotliveinthenativecountry,whichmeanswecanonlydependonourschoolresources.Soteachershaveto_________richlanguage_____,whichcanbe________tostudents_______variousmediums.Sinceextra-curriculaworkmayguaranteeinputconveyedthrough_________languagelearning,herearesomesuggestionstoEnglishlearners:setting________targets;listeningEnglishsongs;watchingEnglishDVD;Studyingwithyourfriends;andrewardingyourself.Pleaserememberto____dedicatedaccelerateworkablekeep1.Itwaspredictedasearlyasthe10700sthatEnglishwouldonedaybethegloballanguageandthathasprovedtobethecaseinthelastfewdecades.早在18世纪人们就预言英语有一天会成为全球性语言，而这一预言在过去的几十年中已经得到了证实。Itwaspredicted…that…这是一个固定句型，it为形式主语，真正的主语是that后的从句，该结构常译为：“据预言……。”这种结构常可以替换如：said,reported,predicted•Itispredictedthattherewillbemoreseriousnaturaldestroytheenvironment.•Itissaidthath...
