Unit 1 How can we become good learners? listening to English tapes listening to English songs...

Unit 1

How can we become good

learners?

listening to English tapes

listening to English songs

listening to radios

MatchHow do you learn English?

speaking in class

speaking out of class

speaking aloud

speaking with friends

speaking with a foreigner

speaking crazily

reading English aloud

reading English crazily

reading English textbooks

reading English notes

reading English newspapers

reading English magazines

writing compositions

writing/taking English notes

writing/keeping diaries in English

writing e-mails to friends

watching English films

watching English TV

watching English DVDs

asking the classmate for help

asking the teacher for help

memorizing the words

making flashcards

making vocabulary lists

doing a lot of exercises

Are you stressed out each time you

have a test? You don’t have to be if you

_________smart study skills. Remember to

_________ in class and review them on

1 Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

practice develop remember prepare take notes until worry about everything

develop

take notes

your own or with friends after class. Then

________ what you learned by doing exercises.

Try to study and ___________ information bit

by bit instead of waiting __________ the last

minute to study __________ at once. If you

__________well for a test, then there’s nothing

to _____________!

remember

practice

until

everything

prepare

worry about

______ What’s the matter?______ Well, I practice my listening by listening to the tape over and over again until I can understand everything.______ So you want to practice your listening?______ Hi, Jake, I need your help.______ Uh-huh. Do you have any advice?______ OK, I’ll try that.______ I have a listening test next week.

2. Number these sentences in order to make a conversation.

26

4

1573

1. Jane is a very slow reader.

She should improve her reading speed

____________________.

2. Li Ming wants to improve his listening.

He could practice his listening

___________________.

3.Meiping doesn’t know many English word

s. She could learn more words

________________________.

3 Give advice to these people.

by reading word groups.

by listening to tapes

by using dictionaries

I. 根据句意及汉语或首字母提示，填写单词。1. Don’t let them ________ ( 影响 ) your decision. Just do it as you like.2. My brother became a _____ ( 军人 ) five yea

rs ago. Now he is a policeman.3. I __ ( 失去 ) interest halfway through the boo

k.4. I think f_________ between classmates is im

portant and we should get on well with each other.

5. Martin is f_____ the biggest challenge in his work.

influence

soldier

ost

riendship

acing

II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1. We can ____ (easy) finish the task today.

2. A good _______ (science) should learn

from those of other countries.

3. They were ________ (success) in winning

the contest.

easily

scientist

successful

4. I was just a young girl from a small

town and I felt very ___________

(important).

5. -- Education is an important part of our

___________ (develop).

-- Yes. That’s why I’m studying so hard

at school.

unimportant

development

1.I don’t know how they will _______

　　　　 ( 处理 ) the problem.

2. Arguing about small things may

________ ( 中断 ) your friendship.

break off

deal with

Ⅲ. 根据句意及汉语提示，用适当的短语完成句子。

3. Don’t ___________ ( 担心 ) your daughte

r

at school. She is doing well now.

4. Mrs Yang _____________ ( 生……的气 )

me today because I was late for the

meeting again.

5. If you want to finish this job in such a

short time, you’ll have to __________ 　　　　 ( 尽全力 ).

worry about

was angry with

try your best

1. 除非我被邀请，否则我不会去参加 晚会的。 I _________ the party _____ I’m invited. 2. 在史密斯先生的帮助下，我才能够在 上周末及时完成了作业。 ______________ Mr Smith, I could finish my homework in time last weekend.

won’t go to unless

Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思，补全下列英语句子。每空词数不限。

With the help of

3. 乔决定不一个人去见他的网友。 Joe ____________ meet his Internet friend alone.4. 时光飞逝，我已经在这个城市生活 20 年了。 Time _______, and I ______________ in the city for 20 years.5. 很多人认为史蒂芬•霍金很伟大。 Many people ______ Stephen Hawking ___ very great.

goes by have been living

decided not to

regardas

V. 翻译下列短语。1. 除非，如果不 2. 处理3. 担心 4. 生…的气5. （指时间）过去，消逝 6. 解决一个问题7. 把…看作… 8. 抱怨9. 太…以致不能 10. 尽某人最大的努力11. 在…的帮助下 12. 把…变成…

unlessdeal withworry aboutbe angry with…go bysolve a problemregard…as…complain abouttoo…to…try one’s bestwith the help ofchange…into…

1. 除非我被邀请，否则我不会去参加晚 会的。

2. 我总是开著窗户睡觉 , 除非天气非常冷 才关上窗户 .

VI. 翻译下列句子。

I won't go to the party unless I'm invited.

I sleep with the window open unless it’s really cold.

3. 许多学生常常会抱怨老师。

4. 我们必须学习如何将这些问题变为挑 战。

Many students often complain about teachers.

We must learn how to change these “problems” into “challenges”.

5. 作为年轻人，我们应该在老师的帮助下尽自己所能去解决学习中的每一个挑战。

As young adults, it is our duty to try our best to deal with each challenge in our education with the help of our teachers.

Homework

Write an article about your

own experiences of learning

English.