基础英语2unit3ppT

1、Unit 3,My English is improving fast,Reading and Writing Period 1,一，Lead in (视频,Answer these questions,1.Have you ever met foreigners ? Can you talk with them in English and give them some help? 你曾经见过外国人吗？你能和他们用英语交谈并给他们提供帮助吗,2.Do you think English is important in your lives? 你觉得英语在你们的生活中重要吗,Skim this

2、 passage quickly and answer the follwing quetions,1. Why did the author go to the hotel,He went there to visit his friend,2. What did the foreigner want to do,He wanted the ice in th cup,3. How did the author feel about his English,He felt confident with his English,Reading and Writing,Read and lear

3、n,读下文，了解英语在生活中的运用,参考译文,15 August, 2012, Wednesday Sunny This morning I went to a hotel to visit a friend. In the lobby, I noticed a foreigner explaining something to an attendant. It seemed that they couldnt understand each other. The attendant told me that the foreigner wanted to take away a glass.

4、 But the foreigner told me that what he wanted was not the glass, but the ice in it. I explained this to the attendant. She quickly fetched a paper cup, put the ice in it and handed it to the foreigner. The foreigner took the paper cup happily and thanked us. This small incident made me realise once

5、 again that English can be useful in our daily life. It also made me feel more confident with my English,Reading and Writing,Read and learn,读下文，了解英语在生活中的运用,参考译文,15 August, 2012, Wednesday Sunny This morning I went to a hotel to visit a friend. In the lobby, I noticed a foreigner explaining something

6、 to an attendant. It seemed that they couldnt understand each other. The attendant told me that the foreigner wanted to take away a glass. But the foreigner told me that what he wanted was not the glass, but the ice in it. I explained this to the attendant. She quickly fetched a paper cup, put the i

7、ce in it and handed it to the foreigner. The foreigner took the paper cup happily and thanked us. This small incident made me realise once again that English can be useful in our daily life. It also made me feel more confident with my English,1. It seemed that. 看起来., 似乎. each other 互相“ It seemed tha

8、t they couldnt understand each other. 他们似乎不能互相理解对方的意思,看起来明天将是雨天,eg: 1. It seems that it will be rainny tomorrow,2. 我们应该互相帮助,We should help each other,2.take away 拿走，拿开 take out 取出，拿出 take off 脱下（衣，帽）；起飞 take care of = look after 照顾，照看 take up 占据，占领,3. once again 又一次，再一次,4. fetch v. 去取来 bring 取来，拿来 t

9、ake 拿走,5.useful adj. 有用的 useless adj. 没有用的 help 有帮助的/ helpless 无用的,6. feel confident with. 对.感到自信” /be confident with.对.自信,It also made me feel more confident with my English,它也使我对我的英语水平更加自信了,eg: Tom always feels confident with his Math,Tom总是对他的数学感到自信,Im confident with myself,我对自己很自信,Exercise: 用所给词的

10、适当形式或汉语意思填空,1._ （its) seems that he _ (do not) like her new teacher. 2.It _ (seem) that I made a mistake yesterday. 3.Lucy and Lily often fight with _ _（相互） 4._ you often _ _ yourself? 你经常对自己自信吗？ 5. Have you _ (notice) that he is not happy recently. 6.Can you _(translate) the passage _ Chinese. 7.We

11、 can follow the _ (说明) on the back of the box. 8.My plane will _ _(起飞）in half an hour. 9.My grandma is ill, I have to _ _ _(照顾）her. 10.Dont gorget to _(带来）your homework to school,It,doesnt,seemed,each other,Are,confident with,noticed,translate,into,instructions,take off,take care of,bring,Scan the p

12、assage again and decide the following sentences true or false,1. The foreigner could understand the attendant very well.( ) 2. The attendant told me that the foreigner wanted to take off a glass.( ) 3. This incident made the writer realize that English is useless in our daily life.(,F,F,F,2012年8月15日

13、，周三 晴 今天早上我去一家宾馆看一位朋友。在大厅里，我注意到一个外国人正在向一个女服务员解释什么。他们似乎不能理解对方的意思。女服务员告诉我，那个外国人想拿走一个杯子。而那位外国人告诉我他想拿的不是杯子，而是杯子里的冰块。我把外国人的想法解释给女服务员。她很快拿来一个纸杯子，把冰块放进去，递给外国人。外国人高兴地拿着杯子，并向我们表示感谢。这件小事使我再一次地意识到，英语在我们的日常生活中可能会很有用。它也使我对我的英语水平更加自信了,Reading and Writing,Discuss and list,讨论并列举可能用到英语的其他情况,1. help foreign guests fi

14、nd their way 2. introduce foreign guests to other people 3. translate English instructions or public signs 4. 5. 6. 7,write to your pen pals,travel in foreign countries,read English novels / read English news online,watch English movies / listen to English songs,Share your stories,讲述你生活中运用英语的故事,Read

15、ing and Writing,Homework,1.Memorize the key words, phrases and sentences in this class. 记本课中的重点单词，短语和句子。 2.Make a survey in your group about “Do you think English is important or not? Why?”. And make a PPT each grop and show the result of your groups survey in the next class. 在你的小组作调查：英语重要吗？为什么？每组做一

16、个PPT，下节课把你们的调查结果呈现出来,1. What are they doing? 2. How do you improve your English,Look at the picture and discuss,Youll be able to,1. talk about English learning; 2. talk about language and culture,Warming up,听录音，将下列词语与图片匹配,Listen and match,Key sentences,Chinese,English,French,Russian,Spanish,Warming

17、up,English,英语,Warming up,Russian,俄语,Warming up,Chinese,汉语,Warming up,Spanish,西班牙语,Warming up,French,法语,2. Chinese has the largest number of speakers,In the US, most people speak English,在美国，大多数人讲英语,讲汉语的人数最多,Read and tick,选出英语是主要语言的国家,Warming up,Canada,New Zealand,Australia,Italy,Germany,Singapore,Li

18、stening and Speaking,听录音，学习下列词语,Listen and learn,seem,apply for,international,must,luck,v. 似乎，好像,申请,adj. 国际的,n. 必须做的事,n. 运气,give it a try,试一试,Listen and practice,听录音，讨论工作对英语的要求,Bill: Hi, Sarah. You seem to be spending a lot of time studying English these days. Sarah: Thats true, but I have to. Bill:

19、 Why is that? Sarah: Because Ive applied for a job in a big international company. Bill: Whats the job youve applied for? Sarah: Secretary. Bill: Is English a must for the job? Sarah: Yes. Ill have to use a lot of English if I get the job. Bill: Wish you good luck,Listening and Speaking,参考译文,比尔：嗨，萨拉

20、。你最近似乎花了很多时间学习英 语啊。 萨拉：是的，我不得不如此。 比尔：为什么呀？ 萨拉：因为我申请了一份在一家大型跨国公司的工 作。 比尔：你申请了什么工作？ 萨拉：秘书。 比尔：做那份工作必须使用英语吗？ 萨拉：是的。如果我得到那份工作的话，我得大量 地使用英语。 比尔：祝你好运,spend some time doing sth.表示花费一些时间做，还可以说spend some time on sth,apply for：申请。该句包含一个定语从句youve applied for，修饰名词job，省略了关系词that,Listening and Speaking,Discuss an

21、d tick,讨论并选出下列工作对英语的要求,Linda: Leo, you speak beautiful English. Leo: Thanks. But my English used to be poor. Linda: Really? Then how did you improve it? Leo: I read English novels and English news online, listened to English songs, watched a lot of English movies, and tried to talk with my friends i

22、n English. Linda: That sounds good! But I find it very difficult to keep it up. Leo: Yes. Its difficult at first. But after two years, I find it a lot of fun. Linda: Really? I think Ill give it a try,Listen and practice,Listening and Speaking,参考译文,听录音，讨论英语学习方法,琳达：利奥，你英语说得很好呀。 利奥：谢谢。我以前英语可不怎么样。 琳达：真的

23、吗？你是怎么提高的？ 利奥：我在网上读英文小说、看英语新闻，听英文歌 曲，看很多英语电影，和我的朋友试着用英语聊 天。 琳达：听起来很棒！但我发现坚持下来很难。 利奥：是的。刚开始很难，但两年后我发现这样做充满 了乐趣。 琳达：真的吗？我想我也要试一试,sound是感官动词，后加形容词，其他感官动词还有feel，taste，smell， look等,Listen again and compare,再听录音，比较英语,Listening and Speaking,学习方法,More ways to improve your English,listen to English songs,rea

24、d English novels,I,Leo,read English news online listened to English songs,watched a lot of English movies tried to talk with his friends in English,listen to English radio programmes read English news browse English learning websites keep a diary in English,2012年8月15日，周三 晴 今天早上我去一家宾馆看一位朋友。在大厅里，我注意到一

25、个外国人正在向一个女服务员解释什么。他们似乎不能理解对方的意思。女服务员告诉我，那个外国人想拿走一个杯子。而那位外国人告诉我他想拿的不是杯子，而是杯子里的冰块。我把外国人的想法解释给女服务员。她很快拿来一个纸杯子，把冰块放进去，递给外国人。外国人高兴地拿着杯子，并向我们表示感谢。这件小事使我再一次地意识到，英语在我们的日常生活中可能会很有用。它也使我对我的英语水平更加自信了,explaining something to an attendant是现在分词结构作宾语补足语,Reading and Writing,Discuss and list,讨论并列举可能用到英语的其他情况,1. help

26、 foreign guests find their way 2. introduce foreign guests to other people 3. translate English instructions or public signs 4. 5. 6. 7,Share your stories,讲述你生活中运用英语的故事,Reading and Writing,Reading and Writing,参考译文,Read and learn,读下文，了解身势语的不同含义,When class was over yesterday, my friends and I got toge

27、ther to talk about where to go for dinner. I mentioned a small but cozy restaurant near our school, and most of my friends agreed with me. Our new friend, Raj, also smiled, but he shook his head at the same time. We asked again, “Do you like the restaurant?” Raj smiled and shook his head again. At l

28、ast we became a little bit annoyed and asked him where exactly he wanted to go. Raj said that he liked our idea. “But why do you shake your head?” I asked. Raj laughed and said, “In India, shaking the head means yes.,昨天下课后，我和朋友在一起讨论去哪儿吃晚饭。我提到了我们学校附近的一家很舒适的小餐馆，绝大多数朋友都同意我的提议。我们的新朋友拉杰也笑了，但他同时又摇了摇头。我们又问

29、他；“你喜欢那家餐馆吗？”拉杰笑了笑，又摇了摇头。最终，我们有点生气了，问他到底想去哪儿。拉杰说他很喜欢我们的主意。“但你为什么摇头呢？”我问道。“在印度，摇头是同意的意思。” 拉杰笑着说,shaking the head是动名词短语，在该句中作主语,Discuss and fill,讨论以下身势语在不同文化中的,Reading and Writing,含义，并填表,1. In India, it means “agree with others”. 2. In many other countries, it means “disagree” or “no,1. In the US, it

30、means “OK”. 2. In Latin America, its rude. 3. In Japan, it means “money,Reading and Writing,参考译文,Read and learn,读下文，了解中西方不同的文化现象,Chinese people tend to avoid “4” because it sounds like the word “death”, while Westerners do not like “13”, considering it unlucky. In China, “6” is a lucky number. Howev

31、er, in some Western cultures, it is simply a number,中国人尽量避免“4”这个数字，因为它读起来像“死”这个字。与此同时，西方人不喜欢“13”这个数字，认为它不吉利。在中国，“6”是个幸运数字。然而，在一些西方文化中，它仅仅是个数字,Reading and Writing,参考译文,In some Western countries, people try to avoid a black cat. If they see a black cat walking in front of them, they think it will brin

32、g them bad luck. However, in China, a black cat just means it is black, one of the colours,在一些西方国家，人们试图避免见到黑色的猫。假如他们见到有只黑猫从自己面前走过，他们会认为它会给自己带来厄运。然而，在中国，黑色的猫仅仅说明它是黑色的，不过是颜色的一种罢了,Reading and Writing,参考译文,In Western countries, white symbolises pure, clean and honest qualities. When Westerners hold wedd

33、ings, the bride usually wears a white dress. In China, however, red is usually connected with such joyful occasions as festivals and weddings. But, nowadays, many Chinese brides also wear white dresses on their weddings for a change,在西方国家，白色象征纯洁，干净和诚实的品质。西方人举办婚礼时，新娘通常会穿白色的礼服。然而在中国，红色通常和诸如节日和婚礼这些喜庆的场

34、合联系在一起。但如今，很多中国新娘也在她们的婚礼上穿白色婚纱来改变一下（传统的婚纱颜色,Think and discuss,思考并讨论中西方文化还有,Reading and Writing,哪些不同,1. Im too shy to speak English in front of other people. 2. My pronunciation is poor. 3. Im poor at grammar. 4. 5. 6,More Activities,Discuss and list,讨论并列举学英语时遇到的困难及其原因,Make a report,汇报讨论结果，并提供相应的解决办法

35、,More Activities,For example: The most common difficulty we find in English learning is that we are too shy to speak it. To solve the problem, we should be more confident. We should not be afraid of making mistakes,Around the World,参考译文,Language is a living thing. It keeps changing all the time. In

36、many countries, the old now cant understand the young. In fact, this is happening in every country, especially on the Internet. Can you understand these things? OMG (oh my god), IC (I see), ASAP (as soon as possible) and FYI (for your information). Nowadays these terms are not only used on the Inter

37、net, but also in short text messages,OMG: IC: ASAP: FYI,Oh my god,I see,As soon as possible,For your information,Read and answer the questions,1.Where are these terms used? 2. Why is language a living thing,These terms are not only used on the Internet, but also in short text messages,Because it kee

38、ps changing all the time,只接动名词的词语,喜欢 花费 忙着 想象 enjoy spend be busy imagine 忍不住 想要 结束 练习 cant help feel like finish practice 错过 建议 保持 介意 miss suggest keep (on) mind 值得 考虑 be worth consider,练习,1.Before he came, Id finished _ the whole book. A. to read B. to have read C. reading 2. I was enjoy _ to popu

39、lar music at night. A. listening B. to listen C. listened 3.He spent a lot of money_ books. A. buy B. buying C. to buy,Not only.but (also). “不但而且,主要用于连接两个对等的成分: She likes not only music but also sport. Not only the students but also their teacher is enjoying the film,注意,若连接两个成分作主语，其后谓语动词与靠近的主语保持一致（就

40、近原则）。如： Not only the students but also their teacher _ enjoying the film. Not only the students but also their teachers _ enjoying the film,is,are,Listen and read , find the difficult words and phrases,语言是有生命的。它总是在不断变化着。在许多国家，年长者不能理解年轻人。实际上，这种现象发生在每个国家，特别是在网络上。你能理解这些事情吗？OMD是由oh my god（我的天呀）的每个词的第一个字

41、母缩写而成，IC是与它有相同发音的I see（我明白了，我懂了）的缩写，ASAP是由as soon as possible （越快越好）每个词的第一个字母缩写而成，而FYI是由for your information（供你参考）每个词的第一个字母缩写而成。现今，这些术语不仅仅用在因特网上，而且也用在短信上,There are some fun riddles in English. Try to give an answer to each of the following riddles and then check whether youre right. “I begin with T and end with T, and I am full of T. What am I?” “Why is smiles the longest English word?” “Why is heat faster than cold?” “What day of the week is the best f