unit 8 reading: why don’t you learn to sing english songs? yangming middle school zhu fuguo love...
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Unit 8 Reading:
Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?
Yangming Middle School Zhu Fuguo
love has it allbeckons softly with its call night daye're spreading its silky wings on its waygently falls to the lonely melting heartand giving it a fresh new startlove has it all hot cold emotionwild free imaginationlove has it all don't you ever knowit touches you where're you goand kisses your broken soulwhile i feel lost barely surviving ups fallswhen broken dreams are trailing up the skywinds soaring highbut when i ask love to stay it flies awayleaving no trace makes me wonder what to saylove has it all it turns moments to goldit caresses your broken souland touches you wherever you gonow that i know love is hot love is coldmoments of ice moments of fireit flashes through the eyefor all i know love would want it to remouldfrom faded dreams to heart of golda brand new story
Unit 8 Reading:
Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?
Yangming Middle School Zhu Fuguo
Tongue Twisters. （绕口令）
Sue sells seashells by the seashore. /u:/ /e/ /i:/ /e/ /i:/
Ways to improve English
2. Watching English movies
3. Making friends with native speakers of English /ei/ /i/
1. Practicing English tongue twisters
4. …
It can improve our pronunciation (发音 ).
It can improve our listening skills.
We can learn the rhyme（韵律） .
Kookaburra 《翠鸟》
Kookaburra sits on an old gum ______
Merry merry king of the bush is ______
______ kookaburra, _______ kookaburra
Gay your life must _____.
tree
he
Laugh laugh
be
[i:]
in the bathroom on stage /ei/
enter a contest have fun with English /e/ /e/
proud modest /i/
win the prize make progress by singing /e/
encourage to do better take an interest in
/i/ /i/
Why did so many Chinese people enter the English singing contest?
Fast reading
The singers came from all age groups and all over China.
Today many Chinese people want to improve their
English in different ways.
Statements
（陈述）True False Not mentioned
(未提及）Three good ways of improving English are mentioned.
The winners both agreed that they were the best singers.
Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize.
Singing songs doesn’t mean you can speak English well.
Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies.
Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned ?
who when where
what why how
Six important elements of a passage (文章六要素）
Who
Where
What
How
Why EnglishSingingContest
Read Paragraph 1-3, try to answer more questions:
when
Where are the singers from?
How did they perform(表现） ?
Who are the winners?
The winner of the men’s
The winner of the women’s
What did Jiang Mei think of singing English songs?
What’s the influence（影响） of the contest?
They are from across China/ all over China.
A 40-year- old man from Xi’an.
A 19-year-old woman from Dalian.
It made her more interested in learning English.
It encourages people in China to speak English.
Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakers.
Further Reading
Many Chinese people are trying to _________ their
English in different ways. ______ English songs is one
way. Singers from _______ China entered a contest by
singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing
English songs just as well as _______ speakers. A
winner said singing English songs made her more
____________ in learning English. So this kind of
contest ___________ people in China to speak
English. And it is a good idea to have ___ with English.
_______ singing English songs, there are many other
fun ways to learn English, like __________ English
movies and _________English books.
improveSinging
across
native
interested
fun
Reading Strategy: Summarize(概括） .
encouragesBesides
watching
reading
Sam was waiting for his pen pal from Russia in London International Airport. It was nearly 12 pm.
He was hungry, so he bought a beef hamburger and began to eat.
Last night, it was very windy and cold outside.
While he was eating , suddenly one of his teeth was broken because there was a small stonein the hamburger. He cried sadly. What an unlucky day!
Read and find 5 “W”s and 1 “H”.
Who? Where? When? What? Why? How?
Remember
If you look hard enough, you'll find a good way to learn English better.
Homework:
1.Learn to sing an English song.
2.Write an article about your experience of learning English. Try to use 5”W”s and 1 “H”.