Unit 8 Reading: Why don’t you learn to sing English songs? Yangming Middle School Zhu Fuguo love has it all beckons softly with its call night day e're spreading its silky wings on its way gently falls to the lonely melting heart and giving it a fresh new start love has it all hot cold emotion wild free imagination love has it all don't you ever know it touches you where're you go and kisses your broken soul while i feel lost barely surviving ups falls when broken dreams are trailing up the sky winds soaring high but when i ask love to stay it flies away leaving no trace makes me wonder what to say love has it all it turns moments to gold it caresses your broken soul and touches you wherever you go now that i know love is hot love is cold moments of ice moments of fire it flashes through the eye for all i know love would want it to remould from faded dreams to heart of gold a brand new story

Unit 8 Reading: Why don’t you learn to sing English songs? Yangming Middle School Zhu Fuguo

Tongue Twisters. （绕口令） Sue sells seashells by the seashore. /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /e/ /i:/

Ways to improve English 2. Watching English movies 3. Making friends with native speakers of English /ei/ /i/ 1. Practicing English tongue twisters 4. …

It can improve our pronunciation ( 发音 ). It can improve our listening skills. We can learn the rhyme （韵律）. Kookaburra 《翠鸟》 Kookaburra sits on an old gum ______ Merry merry king of the bush is ______ ______ kookaburra, _______ kookaburra Gay your life must _____. tree he Laughlaugh be [i:]

in the bathroom on stage /ei/ enter a contest have fun with English /e/ /e/ proud modest /i/ win the prize make progress by singing /e/ encourage to do better take an interest in /i/ /i/

Why did so many Chinese people enter the English singing contest? Fast reading

The singers came from all age groups and all over China. Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways.

Statements （陈述） TrueFalse Not mentioned ( 未提及） Three good ways of improving English are mentioned. The winners both agreed that they were the best singers. Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize. Singing songs doesn’t mean you can speak English well. Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies. Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned ?

who whenwhere whatwhyhow Six important elements of a passage ( 文章六要素）

Who Where What How Why English Singing Contest Read Paragraph 1-3, try to answer more questions: when

Where are the singers from? How did they perform( 表现） ? Who are the winners? The winner of the men’s The winner of the women’s What did Jiang Mei think of singing English songs? What ’s the influence （影响） of the contest? They are from across China/ all over China. A 40-year- old man from Xi’an. A 19-year-old woman from Dalian. It made her more interested in learning English. It encourages people in China to speak English. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers. Further Reading

Many Chinese people are trying to _________ their English in different ways. ______ English songs is one way. Singers from _______ China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs just as well as _______ speakers. A winner said singing English songs made her more ____________ in learning English. So this kind of contest ___________ people in China to speak English. And it is a good idea to have ___ with English. _______ singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English, like __________ English movies and _________English books. improve Singing across native interested fun Reading Strategy: Summarize( 概括）. encourages Besides watching reading

Sam was waiting for his pen pal from Russia in London International Airport. It was nearly 12 pm. He was hungry, so he bought a beef hamburger and began to eat. Last night, it was very windy and cold outside. While he was eating, suddenly one of his teeth was broken because there was a small stone in the hamburger. He cried sadly. What an unlucky day! Read and find 5 “W”s and 1 “H”. Who? Where? When? What? Why? How?

Remember If you look hard enough, you'll find a good way to learn English better.

Homework: 1.Learn to sing an English song. 2.Write an article about your experience of learning English. Try to use 5”W”s and 1 “H”.