1. Why don’t you learn to sing English songs? Unit 8 Reading Part

2. How can singing English songs help your English? Make a list. (1b, p.66) 1. We can learn some new words. We can be interested in learning English. We can improve our ability of our speaking and listening. 2. 3. Take an interest in

3. Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?

4. ( 阅读分析） Ⅰ. The singing contest Ⅱ. The aim of the contest Ⅲ. The fun ways to learn English (paragraph 1, 2) (paragraph 3) (paragraph 4) Why? encourage people in China to speak English How? sing English songs watch English movies read English books make friends with a native speaker

5. Fast reading: 2. Watching English movies. 3. Reading English books. 4. Making friends with a native speaker of English …… 1. Singing English songs. How many ways are mentioned （提及） in the reading? And what are they? /′neitiv /

6. entered a singing contest p.66 What did they do in the picture? looked comfortable on stage stage

7. Ⅰ. The singing contest Paragraph 1: topic sentence Paragraph 2: Who? topic sentence What? How? 24 singers Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. entered a contest by singing English songs sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage Who? How old? The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China. Where?The man winner… The woman winner…

8. Scan the text for the information to answer the following questions. (underline the answer) 1. What kind of contest was it? 2. How many singers entered the contest? 3. How old was the winner of the men’s competition? Where was he from? 4. Who was the winner of the women’s competition? How old was she? It was a contest of singing popular English songs. Twenty-four. He was 40 years old. He was from Xi’an. Jiang Mei. She was 19.

9. Read Para.3 and guess the meanings of : 1.encourage …to… 2. make progress This kind of contest encourages people 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.

10. Task 3:Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned ? StatementsTrueFalse Not mentioned Three good ways of improving English are mentioned. （提到） 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.

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

12. Who is the best reader? Xiao Shenyang was waiting for Zhao Benshan in Beijing 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”.

13. 1) Jiang Mei took part in the contest. Jiang Mei _____ the contest. 2) Jiang Mei sang English songs very well, so she won the contest. Jiang Mei was the _____. 3) Jiang Mei is interested in learning English. Jiang Mei____ ____ _____ _____learning English. 4) Jiang Mei didn’t think she was better than the other singers. So she was very _____. 5) Her parents gave her a lot of help and hope. They__________ her to speak English. 6) Jiang Mei wanted to be a friend of many English learners. Jiang Mei wants to _____________ many English learners. entered winner takes an interest in modest encouraged make friends with

14. Yao Ming likes English songs very much. Because he ________________( 对 … 感兴趣 ) learning English. When he was in America, he ______________( 与 … 交友 ) __________ ( 说本族语的人 ). ______( 除 … 外 ) that, he ______( 鼓励 ) himself to speak English more. Now he speaks English quite well, but he is very _____( 谦虚的 ). He says: “I should do better on my own ______( 舞 台 ).No pains, no gains! ( 一分耕耘，一分收获 ) I hope our Chinese people can____________ ( 取得进步 ) in English. modest takes an interest in made friends with native speakers Besides encouraged stage make progress

15. Why do we learn English? 1.We can communicate with foreigners. 2.________________________________ 3.________________________________ English----An International Language

16. Written work: Write a summary of the reading and a short passage about why we learn English. Oral work: Learn to sing an English song : Green Flower Porcelain