TEXT A

Learning a Foreign Language

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UNIT 1

Learning a Foreign Language

Useful Expressions

Text Interpretation

Sentence Structure

Translation Practice

Reading Skill

Structured Writing

Useful Expressions

3 years my junior 小我三岁 积极回应

高级官员 前妻 as timid as a hare

网购

positive response

senior officials

former wife

胆小如鼠

online shopping 错失良机 miss the opportunity 通讯卫星 com. satellite

Useful Expressions

mass media 大众媒体 virtual prisoner

keep up with

commit a crime 自律

最低工资

形同囚犯赶上，不落后

犯罪

self-discipline

minimum salary assign homework 布置家庭作业 发帖回复 post a reply

Useful Expressions

reap failure 遭受失败 live on benefit

贫富差距 at times feel like doing

come across

靠救济生活 gap between rich & poor

有时

想要做某事

偶然遇到 now that 既然 bridge the gap 缩小差距

1. Warm-up questions

2. Comprehension questions

3. Detailed reading

4. Song: Hero

Text Interpretation

1. Warm-up questions

1. When did you start to learn English?

2. How do you try to learn English well?

3. What have you got from English learning?

4. What do you expect from college English learning?

5. Ever tried online learning? What do you think?

2. Comprehension questions

1. Why did the writer enjoy learning English in junior middle school?

2. How did English learning change for the writer after entering senior middle school?

3. What equipment is necessary for studying English online?

4. Why does the writer enjoy speaking with other people?

5. More on p8

3. Detailed reading

1.My experience with learning … middle school, when I took my first English class.

2. I eagerly answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes.

3.While my former teacher had been patient with all …, my new teacher … punished those who …

4.Whenever ... she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, “No! No! No!”

5.The situation was far from perfect, though.

3. Detailed reading

6. I worked hard to meet the minimum standards set by the course and to complete assignments on time.

7.Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldn’t trade for anything.

8.Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of … I can participate and make friends.

3. Detailed reading

There's a hero 有一位英雄If you look inside your heart 如果你探寻内心You don't have to be afraid? 你不必害怕Of what you are自己是什么There's an answer 有一种答案If you reach into your soul 如果你深入自己的灵魂And the sorrow that you know 你所经历的痛苦Will melt away 将随之消散

4. Song: Hero

And then a hero comes along 会有一位英雄向你走来With the strength to carry on 带着继续奋斗的力量And you cast your fears aside 你会把恐惧抛开And you know you can survive 你知道自己能挺过来So when you feel like hope is gone 所以当你感到希望似乎破灭

Look inside you and be strong 审视自己，保持坚强And you'll finally see the truth 最终你将明白That a hero lies in you 英雄气魄就在你身上

4. Song: Hero

It's a long road 漫漫长路

When you face the world alone 当你独自面对世界

No one reaches out a hand 没有人伸出手

For you to hold 让你握住

You can find love 你一定能找到爱

If you search within yourself 如果能在自己身上找到勇气

And the emptiness you felt 你曾感到的空虚

Will disappear 将会消失

4. Song: Hero

1. While to introduce information of contrast

e.g. While my former teacher had been patient with all of the students, my new teacher quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers.

2. Not only … but also …

e.g. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture.

Sentence Structure

1. Not only can students choose when and where to learn for an online course, but they can also take time to think through answers before making a reply.

2. She is excited by the idea of online learning while he considers it meaningless and useless.

3. Communicating with native speakers is a very rewarding experience from which we can learn a lot.

4. Today more and more people have access to the Internet through which they look for the information they need.

Translation Practice

Translation Practice

5. He wants her to give up working and stay home to look after the children. She feels, however, that this is too much for her.

6. Now that we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.

Find out word meanings

1. Definition

2. Examples

3. Synonyms

4. Antonyms

5. Common sense

Reading Skill

Topic:

Li and Zhang got into a fight.

Cause:

one doing home work

the other listening to music

Effect:

Making the other angry

A quarrel leading to a fight

Structured Writing