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1、Unit 8,Why dont you get her a scarf?,Reading,PAIRWORK,1a How many English songs can you think of? Which are your favorites?,PAIRWORK,1b How can singing English songs help your English? Make a list.,1. We can learn some new words.,2. _,We can improve the oral English.,3. _,We can improve the level of

2、 listening English.,Reading strategy:,To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read.,Read the following passage and underline the important phrases or sentences, then translate them into Chinese.,Today many Ch

3、inese people try to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly, and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs j

4、ust as well as native speakers.,Why dont you learn to sing English songs?,参加,通过唱英文流行歌曲,几乎所有的歌手都唱得很清晰，在台上看起来很舒服。,和本国人一样好,The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the mens competition was a 40-year-old man from Xian and the winner of the womens competition wa

5、s a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so sh

6、e had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.,两个赢家都很谦虚，说他们不认为他们唱得比其他歌手好。,唱英文歌让她对英语学习更感兴趣。,This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. Many people agrees that they make progress by singing English songs and it is a go

7、od idea to have fun with English.,鼓励,在中获得乐趣,Have you ever heard of the Beijing speaks English program? If not, why dont you find out about it? It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What

8、about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a native speaker of English. If you look hard enough, youll find a good way to learn English better.,北京说英语,它给北京人提供很多对英语感兴趣的方法。,交朋友,足够努力,enter 参加，进入 The man walked into the house in the dark. 那人摸黑走进了屋内。 ne

9、arly 几乎 He can hardly understand it ,can he ? 他几乎听不懂,不是吗? sang sing 的过去式 Do you like singing English songs？ 你喜欢唱英语歌吗？,Language points,clearly 清楚地，明显地 I clearly remember it even nowadays. 至今我仍能清楚地记得这件事。 winner 胜利者 Who is the winner？ 谁是胜利者？,Language points,interested 感兴趣的 interested in doing sth. 对做某事

10、感兴趣 Im really interested in studying English. 我对学习英语真的很感兴趣。 encourage 鼓励；激励 Teachers often encourage us to study hard. 教师常鼓励我们要努力学习. 。,Language points,progress 进步，进展 make progress 取得进步；取得进展 I have made great progress in this term。 这学期我取得了很大进步。 suggest 建议，提议 She suggested early start. 她建议早一点出发。 besid

11、es 而且；除之外 Besides his wife, his daughter also went to see him 除了他的妻子，他的女儿也去看他了。,Language points,Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned in the reading?,Have you ever tried improving your English using any of the ways mentioned in the reading? What other ways can you think of to improve your English?,Join an English club.,Listen to English news.,Read English novels.,Use flash cards.,Why dont you listen to English songs more often? _ _,Write some things that you can do to win an English song singing competition. Then ask a partner to give you some suggestions to achieve this drea