1、Workbook,LISTENING,Page 48,1. 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.,2. Listen to the tape again. Work out the name of
2、 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 got from British rulers hundreds of
3、years ago. Of course, we have our own way of using English.,script,Well, 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 few villages in the western
4、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 speak a kind of Engli
5、sh 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 on many shi
6、ps that come here.,USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS,Work with a partner to complete the word puzzle. Use the clues to help you.,agreed, said or done by the government like a line or road that goes in one direction national, local way of pronouncing words a polite way of asking for something the way that
7、the words are used in a language,official,straight,accent,request,usage,1,Page 49,6. the northern central area of the USA 7. someones name or a strong feeling of being part of a group, race, etc 8. a powerful flash of light in the sky 9. the way in which a word is spelled 10. truck 11. _,midwestern,
8、identify,lighting,spelling,lorry,frequently,Play the game “Find the odd one out”. Pick out the one that does not fit each group.,2,actor elevator visitor doctor director eastern western northern modern midwestern windy lorry lucky sandy cloudy imagine important impolite improve immediately,fluently
9、July gradually frequently actually unhappy unfriendly untidy unless unnecessary afraid alone awake aloud alive natural capital national official traditional,Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions in brackets,3,博物馆要求参观的游客不得在馆内拍照。(request)邓小平在中国经济的发展过程种起着非常重要的作
10、用。(play a part; economy),Visitors are requested not to take photos in the museum.,Deng Xiaoping played an important part in developing the economy in China.,记者问作家他作品种的人物是以谁为原型的。(base)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 wear
11、ing a long red coat so you will be sure to recognize me,” she said.,沿着这条路走三个街区，然后右转，医院就在你的左边。(block)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.,他直接去了
12、纽约，没在香港停留。(straight)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 Task,on page 51,1).Why were dictionaries invented?
13、2).Who played an important 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?,Make notes about Murrys life,No formal education; taught himself while working,Worked in a bank before
14、 beginning to compile the OED,1.worked in a shed in his garden and behind his house 2.very cold as it was one meter underground 3.no heating; he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm 4.no electric light; he worked at night with candles,mitment 2.perseverance 3.accuracy,at first j
15、ust james murray; later his two daughters; finished by other editors after his death,1928,first edition took forty; four years to compile,LISTENING TASK,Do you also practise your English outside class? What do you usually do to improve your listening? Discuss with your partner.,1,Listen to what Wang
16、 Ting and Chen Peng have to say and find out how they improve their English. Write down the main idea.,2,Wang Ting and Chen Peng are discussing how they improve their English listening outside class.,Listen again and answer the following questions.,What is Wang Ting going to do this weekend?What doe
17、s Wang Ting think about listening to English songs?,3,Wang 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? Does he watch them now?,4. What does Chen Peng like watching on CC
18、TV 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. What does Chen Pengs teacher say about learning English? W
19、hat 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 Ting suggests to improve English skills.,Listening to
20、 _is an easy way to _ some idiomatic _ . Watching _ is a good way to _ your _ of English. Listening to _ can improve your _ .,4,English songs,learn,expressions,the news and the interviews,practise,understanding,native speakers,listening skills,SPEAKING TASK,Imagine that the leaders of your hometown
21、have asked your school to help beginners to learn English. They have suggested these three methods,Listening to English programmers on the radio.,Watching English films,Reading English newspapers,Now make your recommendation. Compare your idea with another pair and make a final decision. Tell your t
22、eacher 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.,S2: Perhaps they could
23、 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? S2: The action f
24、ilms 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 speakers on
25、the radio, by extra reading that was not too difficult and by watching films. That seems very clear. So lets fill in the chart.,hear native speakers get used to different accents,they speak rather fast,action films are easy follow, you can understand some of the English,the language may be spoken to
26、o fast,it helps improve your English,they may use infamiliar vocabulary,Now make your recommendation. Compare your idea with another pair and make a final decision. Tell your teacher your idea and your reason for choosing it.,WRITING TASK,Page 53,What problems do you have in learning English?,Make a
27、 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 composition.,1,Read the sample writing and study how the text is organized. Then write about your problems i
28、n your English study.,2,Ways of improving listening Of 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 satisfied with this situation, so recently I had a talk with my friend Wang Ting. She told me som
29、e 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 do as she advised. Im sure I will gradually make progress.,Studying the text,Text type: pe
30、rsonal recount Paragraph1: the main problem,Paragraph2: suggestions on how to solve the problem,Listen to CDs Watch CCTV 9 Listen to native speakers,Paragraph3: conclusion,Make a brainstorming map,My problemsIdeas for improvementConclusion,Listening Writing Words .,Listen to BBC. Get an e-pal. Memor
31、ize new words every morning. ,Paragraph1,Paragraph2,Paragraph3,Ill I should Im sure Its necessary .,My experience of improving English,Para 1 My problems in learning English. Para 2 How can I can improve my English. Para 4 How I hope to make use of my English.,I have a great progress in English lear
32、ning. 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 improving English,How could I improve my Englis
33、h? 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 necessary for a doctor to be good at Engl
34、ish. 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.,Assignment,Review all the new words and expressions. Finish the exercises on the exercise books. 3. Prepare for the next class.,