内容正文:
How I Learned to Learn English
1.What do you think the text is about when you read this title?
2.What’s the girl doing in the picture?
Wei Fen
Do you understand the meaning of 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?
1.find it +adj. +to do sth.
该结构为find的复合结构,其中it作形式宾语,真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式短语,形容词在句中作宾语补足语。
He finds it interesting to read stories to kids.
They find it relaxing to lie on the beach.
【拓展】“find+it+be+adj.(+for sb.) +to do sth.”为“find+宾语从句” 结构。
eg. We find it is boring to listen to the long speech.
2.the secret to... ……的秘诀
secret / ˈsiːkrət / n.秘密;秘诀 adj. 秘密的;保密的
the secret to... 中to作介词,表示所属关系,意为“…...的”。
eg. The secret to his success is his hard work.
【拓展】类似的用法还有:
the key to the lock; the answer to the question
secret作名词时,还有“奥秘;奥妙”的意思。
eg. Mary takes great interest in the secrets of the universe.
The teacher spoke so quickly that she could not understand her most of the time, and she was afraid to ask questions because of her poor pronunciation.
She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything.
1.Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
2.What did she do in English class?
For Wei Fen, listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning.
3.What is the secret to language learning?
3b Complete the sentences with 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 ___________.
body language
expressions
key words
3. My pronunciation improved by listening to the _____________ in English movies.
4. I learned _________ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies.
5. I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a__________.
conversations
useful
dictionary
so…that…结构
so…that…表示“如此……以至于……”,其中so为副词,修