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聲,常與 talk/ speak/ laugh/ sing等詞連用 , 常用比較級。 . We can’t hear you. Please speak louder. 我們聽不到你的聲音。請再大聲點。 loudly 高聲地;喧鬧地??梢院?loud互換,含有 “吵鬧 ”的意思,不悅耳。 What about/ How about…? 后跟名詞,代詞或 。用于征求意見。 . What about a cup of tea? 喝杯茶怎么樣? How about you? 你呢? What /How about going to the zoo this afternoon? 今天下午去動物園怎么樣? 3. It’s too hard to understand spoken English. 句中的 it 是形式主語 , 不定式短語 to understand spoken English是真正的主語。該句句型為 : It’s+too+adj.+ (for sb.)+to do sth. 意思是 “(對某人來說 )做某事是 …… 的 ”。如: It’s too important to keep healthy. It’s difficult for him to learn two languages. 【鏈接】 too ... to ... 結(jié)構(gòu)常表示 “太 …… 而不能 ……”, too 后面接形容詞或副詞 , to后面接動詞原形。如: The room is too dirty to live in. He walks too slowly to get there on time. 【運用】 將 下面的句子翻譯成英語。 1) 孩子們在那條河里游泳是危險的。 It’s dangerous for the children to swim in that river. 2) 晚飯后散步太有必要了。 It’s too necessary to take a walk after supper. 3) 水太燙 , 不能喝。 The water is too hot to drink. Step 10 Exercises Ⅰ . Choose the best answer. 1. He goes to school ____ bike. A. by B. on C. in D. at 2. — How do you study English so well? — By ____ lots of books. A. read B. look C. watching D. reading Answers: A, D Ⅱ . Complete the following sentences. 1. 大聲朗讀來練習(xí)發(fā)音怎么樣? What about ____________ to practice pronunciation? 2. 她通過讀課本來學(xué)習(xí)英語。 She studies English __________ the textbook. 3. She improves her English _______________ (通過加入英語俱樂部 ). Answers: 1. reading aloud 2. by reading 3. by joining an English club Ⅲ . Translation. 1. 老師要求我大聲朗讀課文。 2. 不要這么大聲。嬰兒在睡覺。 3. 我爸爸經(jīng)常開車去上班。 Answers: 1. The teacher asked me to read aloud the text. 2. Don’t talk so loudly. The baby is sleeping. 3. My father often goes to work by car. Step 11 Homework How do you study English? What about physics and Chinese? Make a list. Section A 2 (3a3b) Step 1 Revision Give the students some pictures, then let them talk about: How do you study English? I study by ______________. Step 2 Reading 1. Warming up Look at the picture on page 3, then let the students talk about: The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how she studies English ? 2. Reading Finish 3a: Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer 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? secret n. 秘密 。 秘訣 adj. 秘密的 。 保密的 Answers: 1) The teacher spoke too quickly and Weifen did not understand her most of the time, but she was afraid to ask questions of her poor pronunciation. 2) She hid behind her textbook and never said anything. 3) For Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is listening to something interesting. Finish 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 _________. 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 _______. Answers: body language expressions key words conversations useful dictionary expression n. 表情 。 表示 。 表達方式 Step 3 Language points 1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? find it difficult/hard to do sth. 發(fā)現(xiàn)做某事很困難 【 find用法歸納】 find sb. doing sth. 發(fā)現(xiàn)某人做某事 find it + adj. + to do sth. 發(fā)現(xiàn)做某事很 …… find it + adj. to do it 是形式賓語 , , to do 。同類的動詞還有 think, feel, consider等。 【活學(xué)活用】 1) I found it __________ (interest) to talk with my grandfather 2) I found it hard for me ___________ (improve) spoken English. Answers: interesting, to improve 2. But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事 【 afraid用法歸納】 be afraid of sth./doing sth. 害怕做某事 (擔(dān)心出現(xiàn)某種不良后果 ) be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事 (“怕 ” 或 “不敢 ”去做某事 ) be afraid +that 恐怕 ……( 禮貌地說出令人不快、失望或感到遺憾的事 ) 【活學(xué)活用】 Tina is so shy that she is afraid of ____ in front of a group. A. to speak B. speak C. speaking D. spoke Answer: C 3. Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. called=named 叫做 【 call用法歸納】 call sb.=telephone sb. =phone sb. =give sb. a call =ring sb. up 給某人打電話 call on sb. 拜訪某人 4. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. discover v. 發(fā)現(xiàn) 。 發(fā)覺 指偶然或經(jīng)過努力發(fā)現(xiàn)原來客觀存在但不為人所知的事物。 . Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥倫布于 1492年發(fā)現(xiàn)了美洲。 5. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” a piece of cake和 serves sb. right是英語中的兩個習(xí)慣用語 , 也可稱作習(xí)語 idiom(s)。 同漢語中的成語類似 , 習(xí)語是人們在長期的語言運用中約 定俗成的一種固定表達方式 , 其意思往往不是字面所表達的含義。 如 : a piece of cake表示事情非常簡單、易于解決 , 相當于漢語的 “小菜一碟 。 小事一樁 ”。 serves sb. right則相當于漢語說某人 “活該 ”。 6. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary. look up (在詞典、參考書中或通過電腦 )查閱 。 抬頭看 【 look用法歸納】 look after 照顧 look like 看起來像 look out 當心 ,