高三英语unit8reading人教版

welcomeRIDDLEWhatislikeabridgeThatbringstogetheryouandme?WhatislikeanentranceFromwhichwecanenteranotherworld?WhatislikeatrainWhichcantakeustoabrightfuture?LANGUAGEWhatisyourdifficultyinlearningEnglish?Unit8

Learninga

foreign

language:TwiceAs

Hard?Learningaforeign

language:TwiceAsHard?Islearningaforeignlanguagetwiceashardaslearningourmothertongue?Skimthetext:Taskone:

TellthemainideaofthetextandofeachparagraphWhat’sthemainideaofthisarticle?

A.Learningaforeignlanguageistwiceashardaslearningourmothertongue.B.Learningaforeignlanguageismoreimportantthanlearningourmothertongue.C.Learningaforeignlanguageistwiceaseasyifwedevelopourstudyskills.D.Infact,thenumberofpeoplelearningaforeignlanguagehasincreasedwithyears.MainideaPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Learningalanguageismorethanjustmemorisingwords,phrasesandstructuresDifferentopinionsamongexpertsdifferencesbetweenlearningMTandFLthebasiccharacteristicsofsuccessfullearners.Whydosomestudentsachievesuccessinlanguagelearning?

WaystobecomesuccessfullearnersTwo

languageacquisitiontheoriesPara.2Theory1We’rebornwithalanguagespecificpartofthebrainsothatwehaveaspecialabilitytolearnlanguage.Theory2Welearnlanguagejustthesameaswelearnotherskills,thatis,wehaveageneralabilitytolearnlanguage.

MothertongueForeignlanguageMeansoflearningacquireby________learnthrough

formalinstructions

placeopportunitiesTimespentefficiency(效率)

lessefficientcanbeof_______differencebetweenlearningMTandFLcommunicating

everywhereusuallyinschool

allyourwakinghours

afewhoursinaweekgreater/highefficiencyPara.3manyfewWhatarethecharacteristicsofsuccessfullanguagelearners?Para.4Interestedinunderstandingtheirownthinking.CuriousabouttheworldWillingtotakechancesConfidentintheirability.UsedifferentwaysoflearningPlanandevaluatetheirstudiesHowcansomestudentsdobetterinlanguageacquisition?LessanxiousandmorerelaxedWillingtotakerisksandplaceThemselvesinnewlearningsituations.

Trueorfalse1.Wearestillnotsurehowwelearnallthesounds,words,grammarrulesandstructures.2.Languageexpertsagreeonthatwecanlearnlanguagesinlife,foreveryonelearnstousealanguageandhasmasteredthebasicsbytheageoffive.3.Becausetherearefewchancestocommunicatewithotherspeakersofthelanguage,somestudentsthinklearningaforeignlanguageisdifficult.4.Infact,theauthordoesn’tthinkwespendlesstimeonEnglishstudythanonChinesestudy.TTTF5.Textbooks,teachers,classmatesandstudymethodmakeusmoreefficient.6.Inthewriter’seyes,learningaforeignlanguageisveryeasy,comparedtolearningone’smothertongue.7.Ifwewanttosucceedinlearningaforeignlanguage,wemustbequalifiedwithsomecharacteristics,suchascuriosity,astrongappetitefortheworld,confidenceandsoon.TFT

ScanningScanthetextandtrytofindthedetailedinformationinthepassage.1.Mostchildrenhavemasteredtheirmothertongue

.A.attheageoffiveB.bytheageofeightC.beforetheyarefiveD.sincetheywerefive2.Infact,welearnEnglishmuchfasterthanwemayhavethoughtbecause________.A.Alotofpeoplearebornwithaspecialabilitytolearnaforeignlanguage.B.Englishlearningalwaystakesplaceinclass.C.Communicatingwithpeopleoftentakestoomuchtime.D.Wecangetalotofhelpandthelearningismoreefficient.3.Thetexttellsusthatsuccessfullanguagelearners______.spendasmanyhoursstudyingEnglishastheydotheirmothertongue.B.alwayshavedifferentplansfortheirlearningC.wantverymuchtobecometranslatorsandinterpreters.D.areusuallyveryimpatientinlearningalanguage.4.Successfullanguagelearnersdosharethefollowingcharacteristicsexcept

.A.theabilitytomemorizethewordsB.aninterestinunderstandingtheirownthinkingC.willingnesstotakechancesD.confidenceintheirability5.Fromthetextwecansee_______.A.Thestrongerthemotivationis,themorequicklyapersonwilllearnaforeignlanguage.B.Interest,curiosity,willingnessandconfidencearemoreimportantthananythingelse.C.We’llfinditeasiertolearnEnglishifwecanlearnsomethingfromsuccessfullanguagelearners.D.BothBandC..Evaluateyourstudies1.Ofthefactors,whichseemsthemostdifficultforyoutoachieve,whataretheproblemsanddiscusswaystoimproveit?2.Ofthefactors,whichfactorcontributesmosttoyoursuccessfulEnglishlearning,howdoesitinfluenceyourlearning(reasonswhyitisimportant),discusswaystohelpt