cost、spend and pay?
Annie: Try to guess a word’s meaning by reading the sentences before and after it. You probably understand more than you think.
Jack: That sounds difficult! Annie: Well, be patient. It takes time. You can become
Unit 1 How can we become good learners?
Warming-up
excited interested curious … nervous lonely afraid …
The main task in Junior Three is study, so we should become good learners. What is a good learner?
S: I do that sometimes, I think it helps.
S1: I do, too. And I often look up new words in a
dictionary.
拓展：常见提建议的句子：
T: That’s a good idea.
1. what/how about+doing
1c. Make conversations about how you study for a test.
A : How do you study for a test? B : I study by working with a group.
• study for a test 准备考试 • prepare for a test 准备考试
考点链接
By doing… 表示通过…方式(形式、方法) eg: 通过努力学习，我进入了夷陵中学。 By working hard, I entered Yi Ling Middle school. Ask … for 请求、询问、向…要 Ask sb to do sth 让某人做某事 eg: She asked me to do more work.
friends?
What about listening to tapes?
What about reading aloud to practice
pronunciation?
c
Have you ever studied with a group?
a
听力文本参考
T: Welcome to the English club. Today we are going to talk about the best ways to learn English. Does anyone learn English by watching videos? S: No, it’s too hard to understand spoken English. T: What about keeping a diary in English? Do you learn English that way? S: Yes, I do. It helps to write English everyday. T: Have you ever studied with a group? S: Yes, I have. I have learned a lot that way.
Listening
1c Paul finds it difficult to learn English. Listen and complete the learning challeges he talks about.
Challeges 1. He can’t get the ____p_ro_n_u_n_c_i_a_ti_o_n_____ right. 2. He ______fo_r_g_e_ts______ a lot of new words. 3. He can’t always ____u_n_d_e_rs_t_a_n_d___ when people
T: Do you have conversations with friends in English?
S: Oh, yes. It really improves my speaking skills.
T: What about reading aloud to practice pronunciation?
2.why don’t you+do
3.why not+do
4.Let’s+do
5.Shall we/I+do
2c Make conversationsusing the information in 2a and 2b
A: Have you ever studied with a group? B: Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that the ways you study English. Then add other ways you sometimes study.
a. by working with friends b. by making word cards c. by reading the textbook d. by listening to tapes e. by asking the teacher for help
better by reading something you enjoy every day. The more you read, the faster you’ll be.
3a. Read the passage about Wei Fan and answer the question.
Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? The first paragraph. What did she do in English class? She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything. What is the secret to language learning? Listening to something you are interested in.
New words for today
Textbook n 课本 Conversation n 交谈 Aloud adv 大声地 Pronunciation n 发音 Sentence n 句子 Patient adj 有耐心的 Expression n 表达 Discover v 发现 Secret n/adj 秘密
a good learner
good grades
good ways to study
……
How do you learn English
By having English class carefully. By taking notes carefully. By finishing homework seriously. By listening to the tapes. By reading English magizines and newspapers. By getting an English totur.
她要求我做更多工作。
Listening
1b Listen. How do this students study for a test? Write letters from 1a above.
_____b____1. Meiping
_____d_____3. Tony
____e_____2. Peter
现在完成时的一般疑问句
2d. Role-play the conversation.
Jack: Annie, I’m a little nervous. I have to finish reading a book and give a report next Monday.
Annie: That doesn’t sound too bad. Jack: But I’m a very slow reader. Annie: For the first time, just read quickly to get the main
2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the_k_e_y_w__o_rd_s 3. My pronunciation improved by listening to the
i_n_te_r_e_s_ti_n_g_c_o_n_v_e_r_sa_t_io_n_s_ in English movies. 4. I learned__u_s_ef_u_l__ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake”
ideas. Don’t read word by word, read word groups. Jack: But I don’t understand many of the words. I have to
use a dictionary.
Do you know the differences among take、
by watching the movies. 5. I can get the meaning of the new words by looking
them up in a _d_i_c_ti_o_n_a_ry___ .
Grammar Focus