1、Period 2: Section A 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
2、studies English ? 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 Keys: 1) The teacher spoke too quick
3、ly and Wei Fen 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
4、 what Wei 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 _
5、 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 _. Keys: 1) body language expressions 2) key words 3) conversations 4) useful 5) dictionary expression n. 表情; 表示; 表达方式 Step 3 Language points 1. Why did Wei Fen find it di
6、fficult 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 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)
7、 I found it hard for me _ (improve) spoken English. Keys: interesting to improve 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
8、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. A. to speak B. speak C. speaking D. spoke Key: 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. = phone sb. = give sb. a call = ring sb. up 给某人打
9、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。 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 righ
10、t.” 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
11、、参考书中或通过电脑)查阅; 抬头看 【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 over 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 在字典里查这个词 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.
