Welcome to our school! 8B Unit one Study skills --- by Ke Julin

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What’s the word? In the dictionary: A~Z A: (after) rhmbd since primary B: (after) oqhlzqx lonely C: (before) mpofmz present D: (before) qsftfou factory E: (after) ezbsnqx In the dictionary: A~Z factory- lonely- present- primary- since

? A~Z married cinema husband development sentence especially recently married cinema recently especially reduce reduce sentence

e.g.page362-363: face card fair factor: page 362-363 Guide words e.g.page362-363: face card fair factor: page 362-363

Easier & more quickly Pages Guide words 34-35 dream drink 36-37 On the left are some page numbers and guide words from a dictionary. Help Daniel write down the page numbers for the words on the right. Pages Guide words 34-35 dream drink 36-37 drive during 64-65 nature nice 68-69 note now 86-87 present price Words Pages 1 pretty 86-87 2 nothing 3 dress 4 need 5 duck 68-69 34-35 64-65 36-37

Use your dictionary, please! e.g. recorder: [ ] n.记录员, 录音[像]机, 宏录制器, 记录器 1. symbol: 2. fantastic: 3. clap: 4. marriage: 5. sail: 6. key: (Can you find the key words in the sentence?)

Competition : Write down the pronunciation, figure (v/ n/ adj / …), and the best meaning of each word in each sentence. The lady in deep red is a worker. /_________/ ____ ____________ 2. We wash our hands in living water. /__________/ ____ ____________ 3. She would like to book a room in the hotel. / __________ / ____ ____________ 4. The man lifted a box onto the lorry easily. /___________/ ____ ____________ 5. That tennis player is a wonder./ ________/ ____ __________

Do you want to improve your English Do you want to improve your English? If you want to be excellent in English study, here are some important points for you to remember. 1. English language doesn’t just have different sounds. They are different in many ways. It is important to master the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the sprit of the language and use it as the English speaker does. 2. If you want to be a better reader, remember the following points. First, skim the passage and guess the main idea of it. Second, read the questions carefully and try to remember them, and then scan the passage with questions. For some difficult questions, you should not only understand the literal meaning, but also guess the deep meaning. At last, you should read the whole passage again to check your answers. 3. If you meet new words during your study, how can you deal with the problem? It’s too easy. Guess the meaning of the word according to the context first. If there is someone else, ask him or her for help. If the word doesn’t prevent you from working out the answers, overlook it. If the word matters with your answer, use the dictionary to look it up. The dictionary can also help you a lot in teaching yourself English.

D B C （A）Changes to Henry Henry has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn’t want to stop, so he continued to work for another two years. Finally, when he was nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son. But he was unhappy. He didn’t know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed because he liked working. Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again. He is now 76 and he has expanded the company. Most importantly, he hasn’t been bored since he bought the factory. 1. Where did Henry’s work before he first retired? A. in a library B. in a factory C. in a traveling company D. in the station 2. Henry could retire when he was _________years old. A. 68 B. 65 C. 71 D. 76 3. How did he feel after he first retired? A. happy B. sad C. exciting D. pleased 4. How is his new company now? A. It’s as big as before B. It’s much smaller C. It’s much bigger than before D. It will stop running soon. 5. Taxi drivers always ___________ duties around five o’ clock. Which one can we choose? A. hand in B. hand back C. give a hand D. hand over D B C

Study skills: 1. Guess the meaning of the word according to the context. 2. If there is someone else, ask him/ her for help. 3. If the word doesn’t prevent you from working out the answers, overlook it. 4. If the word matters with your answer, use the dictionary to look it up.

Get twice the result with half the effort (事半功倍) ---Study skills

Homework 1. Look up new words. 2. Self-taught work: do a time-limited reading.

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