【正文】 on with the lesson. 2. Now plete the conversation with the words in the brackets. Keys: requires to practise improve to achieve written (to) spread spoken Step 8 Reading Read the passage and choose the right answer. 1. In the past, people living in ____ spoke English. a) all of Britain b) a part of Britain c) all of France d) most of the world 2. English is a world language because ____. a) five billion people speak it b) many people are learning it c) people stopped speaking Latin d) speakers of many different languages use it 3. People find it difficult to imagine that __. a) French was more important than English b) English will always be important c) English might be less important in future d) Latin was used as a mon language for many centuries 4. Many people today are learning __. a) Chinese, Spanish or French b) Chinese, Latin or English c) Chinese, English or Latin d) Chinese, Spanish or Arabic Keys: b) d) c) d) Step 9 Listening 1. Listen and decide what the passage is about. a) An English learning website. b) An English magazine. c) An English language teacher. Keys: a) 2. Listen again and answer the questions. 1) What can most students easily find to practise their English? 2) What has been developed to help students get the practice they need? 3) Why can students get a lot of speaking practice? 4) Do students need to use an Inter program, if they want to join the course? Keys: Books, CDs and on line courses. A website called Now talk! has been developed. Because there are only 4 students for 1 teacher. Yes, they need to use Skype if they want to join the course. Step 10 Around the world Learn about an invented language. An invented language Since the twelfth century, people have been inventing languages, in the hope that a world language would ease human munication. Only one of these invented languages has enjoyed any success, though. It is called Esperanto. It was invented by a Polish man named Zamenhof. His language is based on Latin, German and Greek vocabulary. Each letter always makes the same sound, and the grammar rules are simple. Although Esperanto is spoken by about two million people and a thousand of them have learnt it as a first language, it is unlikely to bee a world language. Step 11 Writing 1. Talk about what problems you have in learning English in group. listening speaking reading writing vocabulary grammar cultural knowledge 2. Give tips for solving the problems. 3. Make a list of the tips and put them on a poster for others to read. Step 12 Exercises Do some exercises and draw the answers from the Ss. 1. Our teacher often tells us _____ in the river. It’s dangerous. A. don’t swim B. not swim C. not to swim 2. Paul made a nice cage ____ the little sick bird till it could fly. A. keep B. kept C. keeping D. to keep 3. It was time for class. Mr. King asked all the children ___________ down quietly. A. sit B. sat C. to sit D. sitting 4. If it ______ rain tomorrow, we’ll go hiking. A. won’t B. doesn’t C. don’t D. didn’t Keys: CDCB Step 13 中考鏈接 Do some exercises from the entrance exam to senior high schools. 1.—I want to know if Maria ___ us in the fashion show tonight. —I believe if she __ her homework, she will join us. 【 2021湖北咸寧】 A. joins。 例如： I decided to join some student clubs and take part in as many activities as I could. Norman Bethume wanted to help the Chinese people, so he came to China. 2. 作賓語補(bǔ)足語 不定式作賓語補(bǔ)足語是指 v.+名詞 /代詞 +(to) do 。 常用的有： (1) 時(shí)間狀語從句連詞： when, while, as, before, after, until, as soon as 等。 Step 6 Practice 1. Complete the questions with the correct form of the words in the box. achieve progress require speaker 1) How much have you _________ this year in English? Have you made much _________? 2) How can you get more practice with English _________ from the UK and the US? 3) What does it ________ to learn English well? Read the questions carefully. 2. Now ask and answer in pairs. 1) How much have you achieved this year in English? Have you made much progress? 2) How can you get more practice with English speakers from the UK and the US? 3) What does it require to learn English well? Step 7 Pronunciation and speaking 1. Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress. English is difficult to learn at the beginning. But if you keep trying, you can make progress quickly and find a lot of fun in learning it. I hope I can continue to make progress next year. 2. Now listen again and repeat. 3. Read the paragraph in Activity 6 aloud. English is difficult to learn at the beginning. But if you keep trying, you can make progress quickly and find a lot of fun in learning it. I hope I can continue to make progress next year. 4. Read the paragraph aloud to make sure you stress the important