内容正文:
Unit 1
How can we become good learners?
Section A
3a~4c
Revision
How do you study English?
I study English
by working with friends.
I study English
by listening to tapes.
I study English
by reading the textbook.
Before reading
The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how she studies English?
Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and complete the table.
Time
Attitude
Last year
One day
Now
did not like the English class
fell in love with English movies
really enjoys the English class
3a
Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions.
1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
3. What is the secret to language learning?
2. What did she do in English class?
The teacher spoke too quickly and she did not understand her most of the time, but she was afraid to ask questions because of her poor pronunciation.
For Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is listening to something interesting.
She hid behind her textbook and never said anything.
Language point
1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
find + it +adj. +to do sth. 发现做某事……
find后接复合宾语,其中it在句中作形式宾语,真正的宾语是后面的
动词不定式。
I find it very interesting to learn English.
我发现学英语很有趣。
My pen pal Andrew found it difficult _______ Chinese well.
learning B. learn
C. to learn D. learned
C
2. What is the secret to language learning?
the secret to … “…的秘诀”
其中to 为介词, 表示所属,意为“……的……”
secret 在此处用作可数名词,意为 “秘密;秘诀”。
The secret to success is making more efforts.
成功的秘诀是更多的努力。
Language point
3. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation.
be afraid to do sth. 意为“害怕做某事”
I am afraid to travel by plane. 我害怕乘飞机旅行。
be afraid of doing sth. 害怕做某事;
I’m afraid of going out alone at night. 我害怕夜晚独自外出。
be afraid of sb/ sth. “害怕某人/某物”;
Are you afraid of snake? 你怕蛇吗?
I am afraid + that 从句. “担心……”。
I’m afraid that you are wrong. 恐怕是你错了。
拓展
Language point
3. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation.
because of
意为“因为;由于”
辨析
be