Reading

PhrasesPhrases说本族语言的人取得进步听说对…感兴趣与…交友不同的方式例如在舞台上看起来放松和…一样…全中国… 比赛的赢家赢得了奖品发现了一个…的方法

native speakermake progresshear oftake an interest inmake friends within different waysfor examplelook comfortable on stageas… as…all over Chinathe winner of …win the prizefind a … way to

Studying aims( 学习目标） 1.To understand the main idea of the passage. 理解短文大意 .

2.How to use the reading strategy. 使用阅读策略 .

3. 3. Learn to write a good summary.Learn to write a good summary.

学会写总结学会写总结 ..

To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read.理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。

My favorite movie-----

My favorite Chinese song----

My favorite English song-----

Tom and Jerry

My heart will go on

两只老虎

Task 1 — 1. Do you like music?

2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites?

1. We can learn some new words.

2. We can become more interested in English.

3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking.

3. How can singing English songs help your English?

4.We can improve the oral English.

…

Tell me something about yourself

Task 2 – Listening Listen to the tape once and answer the questions.1.How many singers entered the contest?

2.Where was the winner of the men’s competition from?

3.Who was the winner of the women’s competition?

Task 3 – What is this passage mainly about?Many Chinese people want to improve

their English in different ways.

Task 4—Read paragraph 1,4 carefullyFind out the fun ways to learn English.

1. Singing English songs.2. Watching English movies.3. Reading English books.4.Making friends with a native

speaker of English.

Where are the singers from?

How did they perform( 表现） ?

Who are the winners?

The winner of the men’s

The winner of the women’s

What was Jiangmei’s opinion of singing English songs?

What’s the influence（影响） of the contest?

They are from across China/ all over China.

A 40-year- old man from Xi’an.

A 19-year-old woman from Dalian.

It made her more interested in learning English.

It encourages people in China to speak English.

Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers

Read Paragraph 1,2 and 3. Answer the questions.

Task 5--

Task 6 —Reading (T or F) Judge if the statements in 3a are true, false or not mentioned. Statements True False Not

mentioned

Three good ways of improving English are mentioned.

The winners both agreed that they were the best singers.

Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize.

Singing songs doesn’t mean you can speak English well.

Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies.

Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly, and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.

clearly adv. 明朗地；明显地

from across China=from all over China 来自全中国by+ 名词 / 动词 -ing 通过；以

as+ 形容词或副词原形 +as 像…一样

The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.winner n. 胜利者 modest adj. 谦虚的

six months earlier 六个月以前interested adj. 感兴趣的

This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. Many Chinese people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to have fun with English.

encourage v. 鼓励 encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事make （ great ） progress 取得（巨大）进步It’s + 名词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样 have fun with sth. 在…中获得乐趣 have fun (in) doing sth.

Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why don’t you find out about it? It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a native speaker of English. If you look hard enough, you’ll find a good way to learn English better.

hear of 听说suggest v. 提议；建议take an interested in 对…感兴趣

besides prep. 而且；除…之外make friends with 与…交友

find out 找出；发现

besides ---prep. 而且；除…之外 ( 包括在内 ) ------ 表肯定意思except ---prep. 除 , 把… . 除外 ( 不包括在内的 )----- 表否定含义 ,着重点在除去的地方

比一比 , 看谁最快 !

Today many Chinese people____ 想要 improve their English ____ 用不同的方式 . For example, ____ young singers____ 来自全中国 entered ____ 一次比赛 by ____ 唱 popular English songs. ____ 几乎 all the singers ____ 唱 very clearly, and looked comfortable 在台上 . Some of these singers ____ 能够 sing English songs just ____ 像 ... 一样好 native speakers.

The singers really ____ 来自 all age groups, and ____ 来自全中国 . The ____ 获胜者 of the men’s ____ 比赛 was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s competition was ____ 一个 19 岁的女孩 from Dalian. Both winners ____ 是 very ____ 谦虚的 , and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said ____ 学习 English helped her ____ 赢得了奖 . Six months earlier, she felt her English was not ____ 足够好 , so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in ____ 学习 English.

This kind of contest ____ 鼓励 people in China to speak English. Many people agree that they ____ 取得进步 by____ 唱 Enging sons and that it is a good idea to ____ 在…中获得乐趣 English.

Have you ever ____ 听说 the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why don’t you ____ 发现 about it? It ____ 建议 ways for Beijingers to ____ 对什么感兴趣 learning English. ____ 而且 singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What about ____ 看 English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even ____ 与…交友 a native speaker of English. If you look hard enough, you’ll find a good way to learn English better.

The first 3 paragraphs:The first 3 paragraphs: learning English by learning English by

singing songssinging songs

Many people try to improve their English in different ways.

Topic sentence( 主题句 ):

The last paragraph:The last paragraph:other ways of other ways of

learning English:learning English:

Task 7-summary

For example

A Singing A Singing ContestContest

…encouraged…1. watching…

2. reading…

3. making friends with…

Many Chinese people are trying to _________ their English in different ways. ______ English songs is one way. Singers from _______ China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs just as well as _______ speakers. A winner said singing English songs made her more ____________ in learning English. So this kind of contest ___________ people in China to speak English. And it is a good idea to have ___ with English. _______ singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English, like __________ English movies and _________English books.

improve

Singingacross

nativeinterested

fun

Fill in the blanks.

encourages

Besides

watching reading

Discuss in Groups:

3b. What other ways can you think of improve your English?1.Joining an English club to prctice speaking English.2.Listening to English radio programs or watching English TV shows.3.Making friends with native speakers of English.4.Reading English books.

5.Role-playing some short plays in English.

Section 4 . Write some things that you can win an English song singing competition. Then ask a partner to give you some suggestions to achieve this dream.

1. Why don’t you listen to English songs more often?

2. __________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________

Why don’t you…? What/How about…?

How about watching English music videos?

Why not ask the teacher for help?

1.中国将举办 2008年奥运会。China will ___________________________.2.其中一些歌手唱的英文歌能和以英语为母语的人唱的一样好。Some of these singers _________________English songs just ________________ native speakers.3.女歌手大赛的获奖者是姜梅。__________________________________is JiangMei.4.两个歌手都很谦虚。Both singers____________________.

be the host for the 2008 Olypics

were able to sing

as well as

The winner of the women’s competition

were very modest

5.The singers came from all age groups, and all over China.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿6.This kind of contest encourage people in China to speak English._____________________________________7.Singing English songs made her more interested in learning English._________________________________________________________________________

歌手们来自各个年龄段，来自中国各地。

这种大赛能鼓励中国人说英语。

唱英语歌使她对学习英语更感兴趣

8.Have you ever heard of Beijing speaks English program ____________________________________9.If you look hard enough , you’ll find a good way to learn English better.___________________________________________________________________

你听说过北京说英语节目吗？

如果你努力探索地话，你将找到一种更好地学习英语地好方法