Unit OneTeaching Objectives:1.Grasp the main idea of Text A&B --- To know the purpose of learning Englishis helpful to study English well.2.Master important language points and grammatical points.3.Try to master basic English sentence patterns.4. Learn how to write Notice.Time Allotment:1~2 periods: Pre-reading tasks and Text A3~4periods: Exercises of Text A and New words of Text B5~6periods: Exercises of Text BText A How to study English (Ⅰ)1. Pre-reading Tasks1.1. Pre-reading questions1) What’s your purpose of learning English?2) How do you usually learn English (listening, speaking, reading and writing)?3) When you have some difficulties in English study, how do you deal with them?4) Do you think it’s losing face to make mistakes in speaking English?1.2. IntroductionThis unit is about English learning. This is an old topic. But can you tell me how to study English well? I think you can give me many, many answers, maybe some are from your own experience, some are from the books and still some are from your teachers or other people. Today I also want to give you two tips: the first one is Passio n and the second one is Effective learning methods, and passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English; learningmethods only tell you how to do it better. Just as an old saying goes: All roads lead to Rome. In English study, different people have different methods, but the methods must be effective. In this unit the author gives us some useful tips for our English study.2. While --Reading Tasks2.1. Read the passage quickly and finish Exercises A and B.2.2. Listen to the recording of the passage, and then ask some students to read inclass.2.3. Answer some questions based on the text.1) Why is English an important foreign language for Chinese students?Because it is a common means of communication in the world.2) According to the text, what is the greatest difficulty to overcome in Englishlearning?The fear for losing face.3) What is a mind-reader?A mind-reader is someone who knows what is in your mind.4) Is it good for Chinese students to translate English into Chinese sentence bysentence? Why?No, because then you’ll always think in Chinese.5) What is a good way to learn to speak English?By imitating other’s speaking at normal speed.2.4. Study the text in detail1) Learning a foreign language is for the purpose of communication ━Peoplelearn a foreign language because they want to communicate withothers.Learning a foreign language动名词（gerund）短语作主语e.g. Reading in bed is bad for your eyes.Helping others is helping yourself.▲purpose: n. aim, objective 目的,意图e.g. 1. Did you come to London for the purpose of seeing your family or forbusiness purpose?你到伦敦来的目的是为了要看望家人还是为了公事？2. Do you think I did it on purpose?on purpose: with a purpose故意地,有意地e.g. 1. She seems to do these things on purpose.2. She came to see you on purpose.▲communicate: v. --- t o give or exchange information or opinions/to convey one’s ideas, feelings, etc. clearly to others交流/传达e.g. I often communicate with my friends by email.●communication: n. the act or process of communicating.通讯，交往.e.g. 1.Radio and television are important means of communication.无线电和电视是重要的通信手段。
2. Language is a tool of communication.●communicative: a. related to communication. 交际的e.g. Communicative abilityLanguage is a communicative tool.2）▲make (good/full )use of: to use sth. In order to succeed in doing sth.e.g. We should make use of the chance.I make use of my spare time to work and learn.I make use of every precious minute.Make the best use of everything. 使物尽其用3）Whatever your reason, you need to remember that your purpose is to understand and make yourself understood.your purpose is to understand 动词不定式(infinitive)作表语(predicative)▲whatever: no matter what/everything or anything that 无论如何，任何事物e.g. Whatever happens, the first important thing is to keep cool.不管发生什么事,头等重要的是保持冷静。
You may do whatever you want to do. 无论你想做什么事，你都可以做。
They eat whatever they can find. 他们找到什么就吃什么？4)▲overcome: v. to successfully deal with or control 克服，战胜e.g. overcome difficulties.overcome one's shortcomings.5) You must learn to be an active rather than a passive student in class —You must learn to be an active and not a passive student▲active: ready to do things; able or ready to take action活跃的; 积极的e.g. She is very active in English class。
He is an active member of the club.他是俱乐部的积极分子。