Module 1

Module 1 How to learn English

Unit 2 You should smile at her!

How to learn English well? 1. We should always speak English in class. 2. Let’s try to speak English as much as possible. 3. Why not write down our mistakes in our notebooks?

4. Don’t forget to write down the correct answers next to the mistakes. 5. It’s a good idea to spell and pronounce new words aloud every day. 6. How about listening to the radio? 7. What about reading English stories? 8. Why don’t we try to find some English pen friends?

Words and expressions 请求（给予） v. 改进；改善 adj. 主要的；基础的 n. 次；回 v. 向……提出意见； 忠告；建议 ask for improve basic time advise

shy conversation quickly natural suggest place adj. 羞怯的；腼腆的 n. 谈话；交谈 adv. 快地；迅速地 adj. 合理的；合乎常情的 v. 建议；提议 v. 放置

Reading and vocabulary

Pre-reading Work in pairs. Talk about problems you have with… understanding English speaking English learning vocabulary

Understanding English: speak too fast/use a lot of new words Speaking English: can’t speak fast enough/pronunciation is poor Learning vocabulary: can’t remember new words/too many words to remember

Listen to the passage and find out what problems the students have. Understanding English films and songs Speaking Vocabulary

Scanning Read the passage and complete the table. Advice from Diana Li Hao watch and listen several times; guess the meaning of the new words; talk about the films or songs with friends

Advice from Diana Wang Fan say: “Hello! How are you?” “Do you like China?” to start a conversation; smile before speaking; don’t be shy; just try

Advice from Diana Zhang Lei write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room; read the words when you see them; try to use them

Detailed-reading Read the passage again and complete the text structure. About understanding English films and songs Diana’s advice About ________ speaking About vocabulary

Talk about the films or songs with ______. several About understanding English films and songs Watch films and listen to songs _______ times, and guess the meaning of the new words. Talk about the films or songs with ______. several friends

1. Start a conversation with greetings or a(n) ________. About speaking 1. Start a conversation with greetings or a(n) ________. 2. Smile before speaking and don’t be shy. question

1. Write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in About vocabulary 1. Write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in the room. 2. Read the words when seeing them and try to _______ them. use

Post-reading advise basic conversation improve meaning shy suggest Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. advise basic conversation improve meaning shy suggest Diana, the Language Doctor, gives some (1) _____ advice about learning English. She (2) ______ you to talk about films and songs, and guess the (3) ________ of the new words. basic advises meaning

advise basic conversation improve meaning shy suggest The second piece of advice is this: Start your (4) ___________ with greetings or a question. She (5) ________ that you smile before you speak and do not feel (6) _____. Finally, (7) ________ your vocabulary with four or five new words every day. conversation suggests shy improve

【运用】根据句意用advice或advise的 适当形式填空。 (1) Wei Hua ________ us to do some reading to improve our English last week. (2) Here is some _______ on saving the document. advised advice 

4. I suggest you write four or five words a day on pieces of paper and place them in your room. suggest表示“建议”, 常用suggest (that) sb. (should) do sth. e.g. He suggested (that) we _______ _____ for a walk. 他建议我们去散散步。 (should) go

suggest doing sth. 也可表示“建议做某事” e.g. If there’s a problem, we suggest _______ the police for help. 如果有问题, 我们建议打电话找 警察求助。 calling

Check (√) what you are good at or no good at in English. What I am good at What I am not good at Listening Speaking Reading Writing

Learning to learn List all the things you are good at in learning English. Try to use what you are good at to help you learn what you are not good at.

Write a letter to Diana asking for advice Write a letter to Diana asking for advice. Use the letter below to help you. Dear Diana, I understand English in the classroom, but it is sometimes hard to understand American and British people. Can you help me? Thanks, Lingling

Work in pairs Read your partner’s letter. Give your advice. Then write down your advice. You should watch films and TV programmes in English…

Writing tips Here is some of my advice. First, you should listen to ... Second, you can try to talk with ... in English. Third, it’s also a good idea to read ... If you ..., you’ll ...

Think of your main problem in learning English and write a similar letter to Diana asking for advice.

Possible answer: Dear Diana, I like reading in English, but I think a whole book is too hard and takes a long time to finish. There are a lot of words I don’t know. What can I read in English? Thanks. Jack

Ⅰ. 根据语境选择恰当的单词填空。 1. The girl is so _____ that she is afraid to speak in class. 2. Get up _______! It’s time for us to do morning exercises. 3. It is _______ for people to eat food when they are hungry. 4. Just now Mr Smith ______ his book on the chair. quick, place, shy, natural shy quickly  natural  placed

Ⅱ. 根据句意及提示语写出所缺单词。   1. Yesterday my English teacher had a(n) ___________ (谈话) with my father. 2. Toby has a wide __________ (词汇量) and he can read very well. 3. This is the _______ (基础的) need for living. 4. Some students even want to watch the film three ______ (次). 5. My uncle often listens to the radio to _______ (提高) his English. conversation vocabulary basic times improve

Ⅲ. 根据提示翻译下列句子。 1. 昨天一些学生请求给予每天半小时来进行阅读。 (ask for) 2. 格林先生建议我们在睡觉前喝一些牛奶。(advise sb. to do sth.) Yesterday some students asked for half an hour to read every day. Mr Green advised us to drink some milk before we go to bed.

3. 小孩和小孩玩是合乎常情的。(It is natural for sb. to ...) 4. 我建议我们明天在海滩野餐。 (I suggest ...) 5. 我们班很多学生不敢在河里游泳。(be afraid to) It is natural for young children to play with young children. I suggest we have a picnic on the beach tomorrow. Many students in our class are afraid to swim in the river.

Ⅳ. 根据要求完成下列各题。 1. Betty always wants to learn something new.  (改为否定句) Betty _______ wants to learn _______ new. 2. He suggests we read more.  (改为同义句) He ______ ______ ______ ______ more. never anything advises us to read

3. Our school has four English teachers. (改为同义句) Our school has four teachers _____ _______. 4. David usually listens to an English song three times.  (对划线部分提问) ______ ______ ______ ______ David usually listen to an English song? of English How many times does

Finish your letter.