1. He goes to school ____ bike.

A. by B. on C. in D. at

2. — How do you study English so well?

— By ____ lots of books.

A. read B. look C. watching D. reading

Answers: A, D

Ⅱ. Complete the following sentences.

1. 大声朗读来练习发音怎么样?

What about ____________ to practice pronunciation?

2. 她通过读课本来学习英语。

She studies English __________ the textbook.

3. She improves her English _______________ (通过加入英语俱乐部).

Answers: 1. reading aloud 2. by reading 3. by joining an English club

Ⅲ. Translation.

1. 老师要求我大声朗读课文。

2. 不要这么大声。婴儿在睡觉。

3. 我爸爸经常开车去上班。

Answers: 1. The teacher asked me to read aloud the text.

2. Don’t talk so loudly. The baby is sleeping.

3. My father often goes to work by car.

Step 11 Homework

How do you study English? What about physics and Chinese?

Make a list.

Section A 2 (3a-3b)

Step 1 Revision

Give the students some pictures, then let them talk about:

How do you study English?

I study by ______________.

Step 2 Reading

1. Warming up

Look at the picture on page 3, then let the students talk about:

The girl is Wei Fen. What is she doing? Can you guess how she studies

English ?

2. Reading

Finish 3a: Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions.

1) Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?

2) What did she do in English class?

3) What is the secret to language learning?

secret n. 秘密; 秘诀 adj. 秘密的; 保密的

Answers:

1) The teacher spoke too quickly and Weifen did not understand her most of the time, but she was afraid to ask questions of her poor pronunciation.

2) She hid behind her textbook and never said anything.

3) For Wei Fen, the secret to language learning is listening to something interesting.

Finish 3b: Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.

1) I can understand the meaning by watching their ______________ and the

__________ on their faces.

2) I can get the meaning by listening for just the _________.

3) My pronunciation improved by listening to the _____________ in English

movies.

4) I learned ______ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the

movies.

5) I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a _______.

Answers: body language expressions key words

conversations useful dictionary

expression n. 表情; 表示; 表达方式

Step 3 Language points

1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?

find it difficult/hard to do sth. 发现做某事很困难

【find用法归纳】

find sb. doing sth. 发现某人做某事

find it + adj. + to do sth. 发现做某事很……

find it + adj. to do sth.中的it是形式宾语, adj.做宾补, to do sth.是真正的宾语。同类的动词还有think, feel, consider等。

【活学活用】

1) I found it __________ (interest) to talk with my grandfather

2) I found it hard for me ___________ (improve) spoken English.

Answers: interesting, to improve

2. But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation.

be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事

【afraid用法归纳】

be afraid of sth./doing sth. 害怕做某事(担心出现某种不良后果)

be afraid to do sth. 害怕去做某事(“怕” 或“不敢”去做某事)

be afraid +that 恐怕……(礼貌地说出令人不快、失望或感到遗憾的事)

【活学活用】

Tina is so shy that she is afraid of ____ in front of a group.

A. to speak B. speak

C. speaking D. spoke

Answer: C