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Unit 4 How can we become good learners?
Self Check
Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母或音标提示填写单词
1.The Internet provides us with a more lively way to d the outside world.
2.I feel nervous to speak English in public because of my poor p .
3.I am studying the basic rules of English /ˈɡræmə(r)/ at school.
4.Listening to the teacher carefully and taking n in class can be a good way to learn English.
5.The old things he keeps have brought back many sweet m .
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成句子或翻译句子
6.通过听英文电影中的交谈我的发音也得到了改善。
My improved as well by listening to the in English movies.
7.中学生怎样才能成为成功的学习者呢?
8.你读得越多,你的速度就越快。
The you read, the you will be.
9.他在语法方面出现了这么多的错误,以至于他考试不及格。
10.只要你对某事集中注意力,你就会把它学得更好。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Chinese, Japanese and Korean all have simpler number words. They express math concepts(概念) more clearly than English. The language difference has drawn lots of attention. Several recent studies have connected weaker math abilities of English-speaking children with English number words.
Chinese, for example, has just ten basic number words. English, however, has more than two dozen(一打). The trouble starts at 11. English has a word (eleven) for that number. Chinese, Japanese and Korean have words that can be translated as ten-one—spoken with the ten first. That makes it easier for these children to understand the place value(位值). And the students can easily see the number system comes from units of 10.
English number words over 10 don’t make the place value clear. Words for numbers 13 to 19 change the order of the ones and tens. Children often mix 17 with 71. As a result, children working with English number words have a harder time doing difficult calculations(运算). They make more mistakes.
It also feels more natural for Chinese speakers than for English speakers to use the make-a-ten method. When adding two numbers, Chinese students often break down the numb