【正文】 Teacher: Good handwriting (1) ___________ (require) a lot of practice. You need (2)_________ (practise) writing the letters and joining them together. If you work hard, you can (3)___________(improve) it. Is there anyone else with a problem? Student B: I want (4) __________ (achieve) higher marks in spelling. It’s so difficult. Teacher: Yes, English spelling is need to have a good knowledge of the way that words are (5) ____________ (write). For example, remember that the word “l(fā)etter” has double “t” in it. Student C: I have a question. Can the Inter help us improve our English? Teacher: Yes, of course. The Inter has helped (6)______________ (spread) English around the world. There are a lot of good websites that you can learn from. Some of them can even help you practise your (7)_______ (speak) English. Now, instead of worrying, let’s go 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。 常用的有： (1) 時(shí)間狀語從句連詞： when, while, as, before, after, until, as soon as 等。 . I thought he was honest, but I was wrong. 我原以為他是誠(chéng)實(shí)的，但我錯(cuò)了。 2. It’s also the subject that I’m best at, although my spoken English is not that good. that是在這里是副詞，表示 “那么，那樣 ”。 Module 7 English for you and me 【教材分析】 Module 7的主要內(nèi)容為 通過對(duì)英語的 學(xué)習(xí)情況的討論和對(duì)英語語言發(fā)展的介紹來復(fù)習(xí)狀語從句和動(dòng)詞不定式。 名詞為 achievement. . He has achieved his dream already. 他已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)了他的夢(mèng)想。（表示 “有意，故意 ”） 4. I always thought they were for people who speak good English already. 在這個(gè)句子中， thought表示 “原以為（但實(shí)際并非如此或現(xiàn)在不那樣認(rèn)為了） ”。只要知道各種連詞的意思和功能就能正確使用。不定式作目的狀語時(shí)，可以放在句末和句首。 will rain D. holds。