八年级下英语第八单元阅读.ppt

1、Unit 8 Why dont you learn to sing English songs?,1 Fill in the blanks with the words given.,expensive boring cheap special interesting,1. Today is Jims birthday. His mother is going to make a meal for him. 2. My shoes were really . They only cost $5. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an restaurant

2、, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was . I fell asleep half way through it. 5. Its important to choose subjects that you find .,special,cheap,expensive,boring,interesting,adj. 睡着的,入睡,v.选择,Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. 后来，同样的礼物可能分发给别人。 （1） give away 意为“赠送；分发”。如

3、： He has given away all his money to the beggars. 他把所有的钱都分给了乞丐。 （2） else 意为“别的；其他的”，常用在anything, nothing, someone, anybody, nobody 等不定代词之后。如： Anything else I can do for you? 还有别的事我能帮你做吗？,rather than 意为“而不是”，用来连接两个并列的名词、代词、形容词、V-ing 形式和不带to的动词不定式。如： These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 这些鞋

4、不好看，但穿起来很舒服。 Id like to go in summer rather than in winter. 我想夏天去，不想冬天去。,Free talk,How many English songs can you think of ? Which are your farvorites? My heart will go on,How can singing English songs help our English? Make a list.,1. We can learn some new words.,2. We can become more interested in

5、 English.,3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking.,Can you guess what the main idea of this text is?,What is the passage mainly about?,Some good ways of improving English, especially singing English songs.,Task 1 Read and match,Para.1,B.Many people want to improve their English in di

6、fferent ways.,A.Peoples opinion about the contest,Para.2,Para.3,Para.4,C.Many other fun ways to learn English,D.Some information about the two winners,快读（默读）,1.How many singers entered the contest? 2.How did these singers sing?,Task 2 Read the first paragraph and answer,Twenty- four singers from acr

7、oss China.,Nearly all the singers sang very clearly.,Task 3 Learn in detail,1 Today many Chinese people want 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 clear

8、ly, and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.,asas 与一样，像,across=all over,3.Where were the two winners of the competitions from? 4.Why did Jiang Mei win?,Task 2 Read the second paragraph and answer,精读（大声）,The man winner was

9、 from Xi an. The woman winner was from Dalian.,Studying English made her win the prize.,2 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 was a 19-year-old girl from Dali

10、an. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers.,all age group 不同年龄层,The winner was a man of 40 years old.,the other +名词复数 其他的人/物（某一定范围内） Mike did better than all _ players in the game.,the other,Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competitio

11、n, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.,enough 1.形容词，足够的； 修饰名词置于名词之前 2.副词；修饰adj/adv置于其后,make sb adj. 使某人 2.make sb

12、 do sth 使某人做某事 eg:The bad news made me _(exciting). The little dog made us _(laugh).,excited,laugh,5. What is the advantage of entering English Song Singing Competition?,Task 2 Read the third paragraph and answer,That kind of contest encourages people to speak English well.,3 This kind of contest en

13、courages people in China to speak English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to have fun with English.,make progress 取得进步,It is a good idea to do sth. 做某事是个好主意。 have fun with sth. 在某事中获得乐趣 have fun doing sth.做某事有乐趣,encourage sb to do sth.,6

14、.What does Beijing Speaks English suggest? 7.How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they?,Task 2 Read the fourth paragraph and answer,Singing English songs, watching English movies, reading English books and making friends with a native speaker.,It suggests ways for Beiji

15、ngers to take an interest in learning English.,4 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.

16、What 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.,hear of =hear about 听说 hear from sb. 收到某人的来信,take an interest in =be interested in对感兴趣,1.suggest s

17、th. to do 2.suggest doing sth 3.suggest that 从句,besides:除外，着重于“另外还有” except：从整体中减去一部分，着重于“排除在外”,1. enter a contest 2. nearly all the singers 3. sing very clearly 4. encourage people to speak 5. make progress 6. besides singing English songs 7. the winner of 8. on stage. 9. make her interested in. 10

18、. hear of. 11. make friends with.,1. 参加比赛 2. 几乎所有的歌手 3. 唱的很清晰 4. 鼓励人们说 5. 取得进步 6。除了唱英语歌曲 7. 。的获胜者 8. 在舞台上 9. 使她对。感兴趣 10. 听说 11. 和。交朋友,1. be able to 2. very modest 3. different statements 4. native speakers 5. make progress 6. suggest doing sth 7. take an interest in 8. hear from 9. on stage 10.not m

19、entioned,1. 能够 2. 很谦虚 3. 不同的 陈述 4. 说本族语的人 5. 取得进步 6。建议做。 7. 对。感兴趣 8. 收到。来信 9. 在舞台上 10.未曾提及,你记住了吗？,Fill in the blanks.,1.Many Chinese people want to improve their English _.(用不同的方法) 2._ all the singers sang very clearly and looked _ on stage. 3.Some of the singers were able to sing English songs _ na

20、tive speakers. 4.The winner was a _(19)girl . 5.Singing English songs made her _ _ in learning English. 6.This kind of contest _ (鼓励)people _(speak) English。,in different ways,Nearly,comfortable,as well as,19-year-old,more,interested,encourages,to speak,7.Thats not _. A.enough interesting B.interesr

21、ed enough C.interesting enough 8.He is also good at basketball and tennis _ swimming. A.except B.besides C.but 9.Miss Li often encourages me _ hard. A.to work B.work C.working 10.The woman has an _ boy. A.eight-years old B.eight year-old C.eight year old,C,B,A,B,What is the passage mainly about?,Tas

22、k 4 Write a summary,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.,深读（小声）,Many Chinese people are trying to improve their English in different ways. Singers from across China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs very well. A win