[话题](Topic): How to learn English

[重点词组](Key Phrases)

1. not at all 一点也不　　　　　　　　　　 2. end up (doing) sth. 结束做某事

Talk about how to study Listen, describe and talk about different ways to learn English Learn to write in reply Learn to deal with new problems or situations using what you know

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功能句式 Talk about ways to learn English 　 How do you study for a test?? 　 By doing… 　 Have you ever studied with group? Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way. 　 … They learned by using English。 Studying grammar is a great way to learn a language. He finds watching movies frustrating. What things are difficult for you? …it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher… 　词汇 1. 重点词汇 pronunciation, differently, quickly, excited, slowly, realize, afraid, secret, term, trouble, fast, deal, unless, regard, duty, easily, influence, friendship, lose, soldier 2. 认读词汇 flashcard, vocabulary, aloud, specific, memorize, grammar, frustrating, pronounce, spoken, comma, challenge, solution, complete, sentence, learner, impress, soft, essay, unfair, solve, disagreement, adult, unimportant, psychologist, Pierre, Antonio, Lillian, Stephen Hawking 3. 词组 not at all, end up, make mistakes, later on, be afraid to, laugh at, take notes, look up, make up, deal with, be angry with, go by, try one’s best to, break off 　语法 verb+by with gerund 　Strategy 　Focus Personalizing 　Role playing 　Culture 　Focus Challenges are used to take the place of difficulties

7. 在文章中出现了许多表示顺序或承接的连词或词组。这些词使全文流畅生动，条理清晰。在写作中，正确使用连接词会使其增色，提高档次。

　如：first of all　 首先

　　 to begin with　 一开始

　　 later on　 后来，随后

　　 also　 也，而且(用于肯定句)

　　 either　 也(用于否定句)

　　 so因此

　　 then 然后

6. 在本单元中，出现了大量的动名词。我们有必要了解动名词的结构和用法。

　 动名词即动词的-ing形式，相当于名词。在句子中可做主语，宾语，表语等。

　e.g. 1). I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of learning.

doing lots of listening practice 为动名词短语，做从句中的主语。listening做定语，修饰 practice

2)I am enjoying learning English. 动名词短语做宾语。

3)Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。(seeing做主语，believing做表语)

5. end up doing sth 终止做某事，结束做某事，后面加动名词短语，相当于 finish doing sth

　 表示结束做某事，事情已完成

　 e.g. When we practice speaking English, we often end up speaking in Chinese.

　但，要注意与stop doing sth 的区别

stop doing sth指停止做某事，有可能是暂时的，不久还会继续下去。

e.g. We had to stop singing because somebody knocked at the door.

　另外，end up with…　 以…而告终，后面加名词或动名词

e.g. The party ended up with her singing. 晚会以她的歌唱而告终。

4. get excited 变得兴奋起来　 get是系动词，get+ adj. 有“逐渐变得…”的含义

　 e.g　 get mad 生气　　 get clear 变得清晰了

　　　 The long journey got the children all tired.　 长途旅行使得孩子们疲惫不堪。

3. frustrating a. 令人灰心的，令人沮丧的。(修饰物，事件)

　　 e.g. Watching movies to learn English is frustrating because the people speak too quickly.

　　　　 通过看电影来学英语是让人灰心的，因为剧中人物说话太快了。

　 frustrated a.灰心的，沮丧的 (修饰人)

　　 e.g. I felt frustrated at that time. 那时我觉得很沮丧。

　 类似的还有：interesting令人感兴趣的　　 disappointing令人失望的　

　　　　　　　 interested 感兴趣的　　　　 disappointed 失望的　　　　

　　　　　　　 boring 无聊的　　　　　　 exciting令人兴奋的

　　　　　　　 bored 感到无聊的　　　　　 excited 兴奋的

2. Many said they learnt by using English. 许多学生说他们通过使用英语来学习英语。

many 在这里是代词，而不是形容词，意为many students

e.g. We can put away many of these plates. We don’t need this many.

我们可以把许多盘子收起来，用不着这么多。

1. ask sb about sth　 问某人某件事情 about后面加名词或动名词

　e.g. Ask students about the best way of learning 问学生们最好的学习方法。

ask sb to do sth　 要求某人做某事，请某人做某事，to后面加动词原形

　e.g. He asked his mother to buy him a new bicycle.他请求母亲给他买一辆新自行车。