Unit 2 English around the world

Recite

T e x a s A story spoken with a local dialect( 地方 方言） of Huston

From the picture, we know that Lester is afraid when the others aren’t. Lester Buford Big Billy Bob

Catfish ( 鲶鱼 ) are found in lakes and rivers throughout the US. They are harmless. Although they can grow to two meters in length, they don’t eat children. The catfish get its name from its long, catlike whiskers( 胡须 ) 。

A. Listen to the text and pay attention to the accent and intonation( 语调）. p14

3. Listen again and put these sentences in the right sequence （用正确的顺序）. ___ Lester climbed a tree. ___ Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming. ___ Lester thought the catfish would eat him. ___ Buford and Billy Bob laughed. ___ Lester saw a catfish. ___ Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place

1.Buford thinks that Texas is _________ A. a little town B. another country C. a mountainous village D. a little boy 2. How large was the catfish? 3. Lester got out of the water quickly because he thought ______________ __ B It was almost the size of. The catfish would eat him. a house 4.Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh? Because Lester believed the catfish would eat him.

Listen to a dialogue between Wang Ting and Chen Peng. p51 Cheng Peng Wang Ting

What are they talking about? A. They are talking about ways to improve their English listening outside class. B. They are talking about ways to improve their vocabulary outside class. C. They are talking about ways to improve their grammar outside class. D. They are talking about ways to improve their reading outside class.. A.

1.Why not ________________ or listen to songs like me? 2.Why don’t you also listen to the ________________ and improve your ________________? 3.My teacher always says that _________________is the way to learn. watch CCTV9 native speakers listening skills “little and often” Three ways to improve English skills. Listen for the details( 细节） to fill in the blanks

1.Listening to is an easy way to some idiomatic expressions （惯用用法）. 2.Watching and the interviews on CCTV9 is a good way to your understanding of English. 3. Listening to can improve your listening skills. English songs learn the news practise the native speakers Three ways Wang Ping suggests( 建议 ) to improve English skills

suggest doing sth. 建议做某事 =advise sb. to do sth. I suggest going by plane. I suggest them to go by plane.

CP: What are you doing this weekend, Wang Ting? WT: I’m going to buy some CDs to improve my English. CP: What? Are you kidding? WT: No. I often listen to English songs and learn them. It’s an easy way to learn some idiomatic ( 惯用 的） English expressions. Sometimes I watch films too. CP: No, not me! I used to （过去经常） watch English films but I can’t understand them without the Chinese subtitles （中文字幕）. I think English is too hard. WT: You give up too easily. Why not watch CCTV9 or listen to songs like me?

CP: I sometimes do that. I like watching the news and the interviews （访谈） on CCTV9. They often have Chinese people talking and they give subtitles in English to explain what they are saying. I find that very useful. WT: Yes, that’s a good way to practise your understanding of English. Why don’t you also listen to the native speakers and improve your listening skills? CP: Yes, I think I’ll do that more regularly( 有规律的）. My teacher always says that “little and often” is the way to learn. She’ll be proud of me! WT: I’m sure she will.

Exercise 3 1. Visitors are requested not to take photos in the museum. 2. Deng Xiaoping played an important part in developing the economy in China. 3. The reporter asked the writer who he based his characters on. 4. “ I’ll be wearing a long red coat so you’ll be sure to recognize me” she said.

Exercise 3 5. Go along the road for three blocks and then turn right. You’ll see the hospital on your left. 6. We have a lot of work to do, so we have to make good use of time. 7. He went straight to New York, without stopping in Hong Kong. 8. Rains are frequent in this city in early summer.

be in command of... 统率；指挥 have a command of 掌握；精通 General Lee is. 李将军统率这支部队。 She. 她精通 英语。 in command of the army has a good command of English

With the development of science and technology, the computer is becoming more and more popular. It is playing an important role/part in people’s life, which is the same as English. The number of computers is inc`reasing rapidly. At the same time, because of the Internet, people become closer. They can communicate with each other even if they are far away. However, there are actually a number of young people who are addicted to Internet games or chatting on-line. They gradually lose themselves. Therefore, we should make good use of the computer.

Homework 1. 完成书上 P51 “The Oxford English Dictionary” 的阅读练习 2. 完成练习 5 上的所有练习。 3. 预习书上 P52-53 speaking task and writing task. 4. 准备整个单元的听写。以及重新听写 (5:40) 。