2014初三英语新目标Unit1Section B

Unit1Howcanwebecomegoodlearners?Toread,write,listenandspeakaboutyourproblemsinlearningEnglishTolearnnewwords:pronounce,increase,speed,ability,…What’syourproblemsinlearningEnglish?Howdoyousolvethem?IhavedifficultiesinlearningEnglish.Canyouhelpme?ThedifficultieshehasinlearningEnglish•Newwords:can’tpronouncesomeofthewords/spellsomeEnglishwords•Speaking:beafraidtospeak•Listening:can’tunderstandspokenEnglish•Writing:can’tmakecompletesentences•Reading:readveryslowly•Grammar:makemistakesIcan’tpronouncesomeofthewords.Ican’tunderstandspokenEnglish.Idon’tknowhowtoincreasemyreadingspeed.Ican’tspellsomeEnglishwords.Ioftenmakemistakesingrammar.1aLearningEnglishcanbedifficult.Whatthingsaredifficultforyou?Readthelist.Check(✔)thestatementsthataretrueforyou.don’tknowenoughwordstowritewell.can’tgetthepronunciationrightbeafraidpeoplemightlaughatmecan’talwaysmakecompletesentencesforgetalotofnewwordscan’tunderstandwhenpeoplespeaktooquicklydon’tgetmuchwritingpracticecan’tunderstandthewordsinmagazinesWhatotherthingsaredifficultforyou?Makealist.(1b)1cPaulfindsitdifficulttolearnEnglish.Listenandcompletethelearningchallengeshetalksabout.1.Hecan’tgetthe______________right.2.He___________alotofnewwords.3.Hecan’talways__________whenpeopletalktohim.4.Hedoesn’tgetmuch___________practice.pronunciationforgetsunderstandwriting1dListenagain.Completethesolutions.1.________________canhelp.2.Hecanalways_____________________inhisnotebookandstudythemathome.3.Hecan________________________topracticespeaking.4.Heshouldfinda_______topracticewriting.ListeningwritethenewwordsjoinanEnglishlanguageclubpenpal1eRole-playconversationsusingtheinformationin1cand1d.A:Idon’thaveapartnertopracticeEnglishwith.B:MaybeyoushouldjoinanEnglishclub.A:Ican’tgetthepronunciationright.B:Maybeyoushouldlistentapes.A:Ican’talwaysunderstandwhenpeopletalktome.B:MaybeyoushouldjoinanEnglishlanguageclubtopracticespeaking.A:Iforgetalotofnewwords.B:Maybeyoushouldwritethenewwordsinyournotebookandstudythemathome.Pairworkmistakevt.弄错,误解Imistookthenumberandwenttothewrongroom.我记错号码,走错了房间。n.错误;过失Tomdidn’tmakeasinglespellingmistakeinhiscomposition.汤姆在这篇作文里一个字也没拼错。makemistakes犯错;出错Languagepointschallengen.挑战Hewantsacareerthatoffersachallenge.他想要一份有挑战性的事业。vt.向......挑战;对......提出异议Ichallengedhimtoshowhisproof.我要他拿出证据。Hechallengedmyviewonthatmatter.他就我对那件事的看法提出异议。solutionn.(问题、疑难等的)解决;解答Itmaytakealongtimetofindasolutiontotheproblem.也许要花很长时间才能找到解决这个问题的办法。Thesolutionoftheproblemrequiresalotoftime.解决这个问题需要很多时间。2aWhatgoodlearninghabitscanyouthinkof?Makealistanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.2bReadthepassagequicklyandcheckifanyofthehabitsyoulistedin2aarementioned.Whichfourhabitsofsuccessfullearnerscanyoufindfromthepassage?USINGDICTIONARIESThiscanhelpyoufindthedefinitionthatmatchesthecontextofthewordinthetext.HowCanYouBecomeaSuccessfulLearner?Everyoneisbornwiththeabilitytolearn.Butwhetherornotyoucandothiswelldependsonyourlearninghabits.Researchshowsthatsuccessfullearnershavesomegoodhabitsincommon.CreatinganinterestinwhattheylearnStudiesshowthatifyouareinterestedinsomething,yourbrainismoreactiveanditisalsoeasierforyoutopayattentiontoitforalongtime.Goodlearnersoftenconnectwhattheyneedtolearnwithsomethinginteresting.Forexample,iftheyneedtolearnEnglishandtheylikemusicorsports,theycanlistentoEnglishsongsorwatchsportsprogramsinEnglish.Thiswaytheywillnotgetbored.PracticingandlearningfrommistakesGoodlearnersthinkaboutwhattheyaregoodatandwhattheyneedtopracticemore.Remember,“useitorloseit”!Evenifyoulearnsomethingwell,youwillforgetitunlessyouuseit.“Practicemakesperfect.”Goodlearnerswillkeeppracticingwhattheyhavelearned,andtheyarenotafraidofmakingmistakes.AlexanderGrahamBelldidnotinventthetelephoneovernight.Hesucceededbytryingmanytimesandlearningfromhismistakes.DevelopingtheirstudyskillsItisnotenoughtojuststudyhard.Goodlearnersknowthebestwaystheycanstudy.Forexample,theymaytakenotesbywritingdownkeywordsorbydrawingmindmaps.Theyalsolookforwaystoreviewwhattheyhavelearned.Theymaydothisbyreadingtheirnoteseverydayorbyexplainingtheinformationtoanotherstudent.AskingquestionsGoodlearnersoftenaskquestionsduringorafterclass.Theyevenaskeachotherandtrytofindouttheanswers.Knowledgecomesfromquestioning.Learningisalifelongjourneybecauseeverydaybringssomethingnew.Everythingthatyoulearnbecomesapartofyouandchangesyou,solearnwiselyandlearnwell.LanguagePoints1.Everyoneisbornwiththeabilitytolearn.Butwhetherornotyoucandothiswelldependsonyourlearninghabits.(1)Beborn意为“天生，出生”为被动语态，be动词通常用was或were，born为bear的过去式。E.g.Iwasborninasmallvillage.我出生在一个小山村。Hewasborntosucceedinlife.他生来注定会成功。(2)ability在此处为不可数名词，意为“能力”常构成短语havetheabilitytodosth.(有能力做某事)，而不用“havetheabilityofdoingsth”结构。Manhastheabilitytospeak.人类有说话的能力。(3)whetherornot意为“是否”whether引导主语从句，不能与if替换。whethershewillcomeornotisstillaproblem.她是否会来还是个问题。(4)Dependon意为“视……而定，取决于；依靠；依赖。后接名词，代词或动名词。既不能用于进行时态也不能用于被动语态。Wedependonthenewspaperfordailynews.我们得靠报纸得知每天的消息。Youmaydependonhiscoming.你可以相信他会来。2.Studiesshowthatifyouareinterestedinsomething,yourbrainismoreactiveanditisalsoeasierforyoutopayat