1、WorkbookLISTENING Page 481.Before you listen,look at the map on the right.It shows some of the places in the world where English is spoken as an official language.Guess what this listening is about.Listen to the tape and see if you are right.Speaker1 Speaker2 Speaker3 Speaker4Country nameHints2.List
2、en to the tape again.Work out the name of each students country and find the hints that help you identify them.I live in South Asia.My country is thousands of years old and now has more than a billion people.Unlike many other countries.Our people speak a lot of languages.So we use English,which we g
3、ot from British rulers hundreds of years ago.Of course,we have our own way of using English.scriptWell,I live on a huge green island in western Europe.Hundreds of years ago,my people spoke a very different language from English.Then the British rulers came.Now the old language is spoken in only a fe
4、w villages in the western part of my country.My country has more than 7000 islands.Some of them are very large but most of them are quite small.Hundreds of years ago,the Spanish rulers changed the way live.Much later,the American rulers taught their own kind of English in our schools.Nowadays,we spe
5、ak a kind of English that borrows words from American English but is mostly our own.My country is very small.In fact its really a city.It is in southeast Asia and is very rich.People come from all over Asia to do business here.Today,you can hear our kind of English spoken everywhere in the city and
6、on many ships that come here.USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONSWork with a partner to complete the word puzzle.Use the clues to help you.1.agreed,said or done by the government2.like a line or road that goes in one direction3.national,local way of pronouncing words4.a polite way of asking for something5.th
7、e way that the words are used in a languageofficialstraightaccentrequestusage1Page 496.the northern central area of the USA7.someones name or a strong feeling of being part of a group,race,etc8.a powerful flash of light in the sky9.the way in which a word is spelled10.truck11._midwesternidentifyligh
8、tingspellinglorryfrequentlyPlay the game“Find the odd one out”.Pick out the one that does not fit each group.21.actor elevator visitor doctor director2.eastern western northern modern midwestern3.windy lorry lucky sandy cloudy4.imagine important impolite improve immediately5.fluently July gradually
9、frequently actually6.unhappy unfriendly untidy unless unnecessary7.afraid alone awake aloud alive8.natural capital national official traditionalTranslate the following sentences into English,using the words and expressions in brackets31.博物馆要求参观的游客不得在馆内拍照。(request)2.邓小平在中国经济的发展过程种起着非常重要的作用。(play a pa
10、rt;economy)Visitors are requested not to take photos in the museum.Deng Xiaoping played an important partin developing the economy in China.3.记者问作家他作品种的人物是以谁为原型的。(base)4.她说：“我会穿一件红色的长大衣，这样你肯定能认出我来。”(recognize)The reporter asked the writer who he based his characters on.“I will be wearing a long red
11、coat so you will be sure to recognize me,”she said.5.沿着这条路走三个街区，然后右转，医院就在你的左边。(block)6.我们有很多工作要做，所以要利用好时间。(make use of)Go along the road for three blocks and then turn right.You will see the hospital on your left.We have a lot of work to do,so we have to make good use of time.7.他直接去了纽约，没在香港停留。(strai
12、ght)8.这座城市在初夏季节常下雨.(frequent)He went straight to New York,without stopping in Hong Kong.Rains are frequent in this city in early summer.Read the passage on Page 51,then answer the questions and fill in the following form:Reading Taskon page 511).Why were dictionaries invented?2).Who played an import
13、ant part in making English dictionaries?3).The Oxford English dictionary is the largest dictionary.Who is the editor?How many years did it take to complete the dictionary?CountryScotlandEducationJobMake notes about Murrys lifeNo formal education;taught himself while workingWorked in a bank before be
14、ginning to compile the OEDMostimpor-tanttaskIts difficulties:Qualities needed:1.worked in a shed in his garden and behind his house2.very cold as it was one meter underground3.no heating;he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm4.no electric light;he worked at night with mitment2.
15、perseverance 3.accuracyWho worked on itDate of completionOther informationat first just james murray;later his two daughters;finished by other editors after his death1928first edition took forty;four years to compileLISTENING TASKDo you also practise your English outside class?What do you usually do
16、 to improve your listening?Discuss with your partner.1Listen to what Wang Ting and Chen Peng have to say and find out how they improve their English.Write down the main idea.2Wang Ting and Chen Peng are discussing how they improve their English listening outside class.Listen again and answer the fol
17、lowing questions.1.What is Wang Ting going to do this weekend?2.What does Wang Ting think about listening to English songs?3Wang Ting is going to buy some CDs to improve her English.She likes to listen to English songs to learn idiomatic English expressions.3.Did Chen Peng often watch English films?
18、Does he watch them now?4.What does Chen Peng like watching on CCTV 9?No,he used to watch English films.He doesnt wath them now as he thinks they are too hard without Chinese subtitles.He likes listening to Chinese people and reading the English subtitles.5.What does Wang Ting ask Chen Peng to do?6.W
19、hat does Chen Pengs teacher say about learning English?What does she mean?She asks him to listen to native speakers more often.The teacher asks him to learn“little and often”.She means that he should do a little extra listening every day to make the best improvement.Write down the three ways Wang Ti
20、ng suggests to improve English skills.1.Listening to _is an easy way to _ some idiomatic _.2.Watching _ is a good way to _ your _ of English.3.Listening to _ can improve your _.4English songslearnexpressionsthe news and the interviewspractiseunderstandingnative speakerslistening skillsSPEAKING TASKI
21、magine that the leaders of your hometown have asked your school to help beginners to learn English.They have suggested these three methodsListening to English programmers on the radio.Watching English filmsReading English newspapersNow make your recommendation.Compare your idea with another pair and
22、 make a final decision.Tell your teacher your idea and your reason for choosing it.S1:Now what helped us most to learn English?S2:I remember extra reading helped me.Why dont they read newspapers?S1:Yes,a good idea.I found they helped me increase my vocabulary,but I found listening the most difficult
23、.S2:Perhaps they could listen to the radio.I like to listen to native speakers but they used to speak rather fast for me.Now Ive been listen every day for some time I can understand the different accents better.That has been very good practice.S1:What about watching English films?Did that help you?S
24、2:The action films are very good to watch.Sometimes the accents made it difficult,but it doesnt matter.You can follow the story and understand some of the English through the action.Did you find that?S3 and S4:I did!I did!S1:So we should say that we learned our English by listening to native speaker
25、s on the radio,by extra reading that was not too difficult and by watching films.That seems very clear.So lets fill in the chart.MethodAdvantagesDisadvantagesListening to English programmeson the radioWatching English filmsReading English newspapershear native speakers get used to different accentst
26、hey speak rather fastaction films are easy follow,you can understand some of the Englishthe language may be spoken too fastit helps improve your Englishthey may use infamiliarvocabularyNow make your recommendation.Compare your idea with another pair and make a final decision.Tell your teacher your i
27、dea and your reason for choosing it.WRITING TASKPage 53What problems do you have in learning English?Make a note about your problems or difficulties.Share your problems with your friends and discuss how you can solve them.List your solutions to two of your problems.Decide a title and draft your comp
28、osition.1Read the sample writing and study how the text is organized.Then write about your problems in your English study.2Ways of improving listeningOf the four skills,I think listening is the hardest.I like watching English films but I cant understand them without the Chinese subtitles.I am not sa
29、tisfied with this situation,so recently I had a talk with my friend Wang Ting.She told me some good ways of improving listening.She suggested using CDs to listen to English songs and learn English expressions,watching the news and interviews on CCTV 9,and trying to listen to native speakers.I will d
30、o as she advised.Im sure I will gradually make progress.Studying the textText type:personal recountParagraph1:the main problemParagraph2:suggestions on how to solve the problemListen to CDsWatch CCTV 9Listen to native speakersParagraph3:conclusionMake a brainstorming map My problemsIdeas for improve
31、mentConclusionListeningWritingWords.Listen to BBC.Get an e-pal.Memorize new words every morning.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Ill I shouldIm sureIts necessary.My experience of improving EnglishPara 1 My problems in learning English.Para 2 How can I can improve my English.Para 4 How I hope to make us
32、e of my English.I have a great progress in English learning.But at first,I had many difficulties in learning English.I found listening really hard.Sometimes,it was just impossible to understand.Besides,my written English was not very good.And it was hard for me to memory new words.My experience of i
33、mproving EnglishHow could I improve my English?Take listening as example.I bought a radio and listened to BBC English every morning.The more you listen to English,the easier it becomes.At the same time,I got an English e-pal and my written English improved quickly.My dream is to be a doctor.Its nece
34、ssary for a doctor to be good at English.I love English.It will help me realize my dream.Meanwhile,I made a plan to memorize new words.Every evening I memorized twenty new words and reviewed them the next morning.Then put them up on the wall to review in my spare time.Assignment1.Review all the new words and expressions.2.Finish the exercises on the exercise books.3.Prepare for the next class.
