2. Revision :
1. 他们有一座自己的房子。
They have a house of their own.
2. 你和他们相处得怎么样？
How are you getting on / along with them ?
3. 昨天我在超市遇到一位老朋友。
I came across an old friend at the supermarket yesterday.
4. 我发现一些单词很难记。
I find some words hard to remember .

3. Why are you learning foreign languages? A foreign language is a
weapon in the struggle
of life.
By Karl Marx

4. How Marx Learned Foreign Languages
Lesson 82
Karl Marx
How Marx Learned Foreign Languages

5. Words and expressions:
native praise encourage
force works move on
master situation rapid
base limited article
homeland Engels
revolutionary Belgium
keep on doing sth translate---into---

6. Watch a video and tell the sentences true or false.

7. T OR F F 2. Marx’s English was good when he got to England.
1. Marx had to leave his homeland in his fifties.
2. Marx’s English was good when he got to England.
3. Marx began to learn Russian in the 1870’s.
4. Engles’ praise encouraged Marx a lot.
5. According to Marx, an English learner should try
to think in English. F F T T T

9. Questions for reading:
Why was Marx forced to leave his homeland ?
to make a living by teaching B. to meet Engles
C. to work for the newspaper D. for political reasons
2. When Marx came to England, he ____.
Knew little English B. knew some English
C. didn’t know English D. knew English quite well
3. Marx had difficulty in learning _____.
vocabulary B. grammar C. idioms D. B and C

10. 4. If we want to use a foreign language freely, we must ____.
A. Learn by heart as many new words as we can
B. first make it clear how to use the grammar
C. always translate it into our native language
D. try to forget our native language when we use it
5. When meet with a new word, you’d better____.
Look it up in the dictionary B. ask your teacher
C. Try to guess the meaning D. ask your deskmate

11. Detailed reading: Para 1 early life Marx’s ________ the base for his
place of birth
native language
leave his homeland for
places he went to
Germany
German
political reason
Belgium
France
England
the base for his
revolutionary work
London

12. Para2-3
At school
French English
find…limited
Getting to England
start working hard to…
that...
make rapid progress
write…in English
Before long
praise…for...
write back to…encourage…
be not sure about...

13. Para 4
studying
In the years that followed, Marx kept on _______
and _____ English.He ________the language __ well
____ he was able to write _____ in English.
using
mastered so
that
books

14. Para 5 1. When did Marx begin to learn Russian?
2. Why did he learn Russian?
3. What progress did he make?

15. In the 1870’s, when Marx was in his fifties, he
Para 5
1.When did Marx begin to learn Russian?
In the 1870’s, when Marx was in his fifties, he
began to learn Russian.
2.Why did he learn Russian?
Because he found it important to study the
situation in Russia.
3.What progress did he make?
At the end of six months he had learned enough
to read articles and reports in Russian.

16. Experience of learning foreign languages
para2-5
Experience of learning foreign languages
At school
French English
find…limited
Getting to England
start working hard to…
make rapid progress that...
write…in English
Before long
praise…for...
write back to…encourage…
be not sure about...
keep on studying and using...
master… well
write…in English
Later on
in his fifties
begin to learn...
In the 1870s
At the end of six months
read… in Russian

17. What’s Marx’s advice on how to a foreign language?
para 6
Advice on how to learn a foreign language
Question:
What’s Marx’s advice on how to a foreign language?

18. What is Marx’ advice on how to learn a foreign language?
When people are learning a foreign language,
they should not translate everything into their
own language.
When they use the foreign language, they
should try to forget all about their own.
By Karl Marx

19. What’s your advice on how to learn
Discussion:
What’s your advice on how to learn
a foreign language, such as English?
possible suggestions
listen to some English tapes or programs
listen carefully in class
read English newspapers or magazines
read stories in simple or original English
talk with your English teacher
speak English with your classmates
find a penfriend and write letters in English
keep a diary in English

20. The structure of the passage
(para 1)
Marx’s early life
(para2-5)
Experience of learning foreign languages
How Marx
learned English
How Marx
learned Russian
(para 6)
Advice on how to learn foreign languages

21. Further Comprehension
What can you infer from the article?
A. Only studying abroad can help foreign language learners.
B. One is never too old to learn.
B. One is never too old to learn.
C. On one’s way to success,
praise and encouragement
are the most important things.

22. Fill in the blanks with proper phrases:
force…to..., before long, make rapid progress,
encourage, keep on doing, praise, translate…into...
Yang Mei wanted to improve her English and
asked her teacher for advice. The teacher told her
she should______herself____do a lot of reading.
Sometimes she tried to ________ the stories_____
Chinese, but her teacher told her that it was not
necessary. Yang Mei_______ reading for some time.
__________, she ___________________. So far, she
has read over 150 short stories. She felt greatly
__________ and she has decided to read an English
novel in the original.
force to
translate
into
kept on
Before long
made rapid progress
encouraged

23. Homework 1. Write a short passage about Karl Marx.
2. Finish the workbook
exercises.