初中英语山东版八年级下--Unit 2 A

UNIT 2 How do you study for a test?
[00:09.67]SECTION A
[00:11.94]Language Goal:Talk about how to study
[00:17.88]1a Check (√)the ways you study for an English
[00:22.19]test.
[00:23.73]Then add other ways you sometimes use.
[00:28.26]by working with friends
[00:31.28]by listening to tapes
[00:34.34]by making flashcards
[00:37.70]by asking the teacher for help
[00:41.81]by reading¹ the textbook²
[00:45.50]by making vocabulary³ lists
[00:49.52]I study by making flashcards.
[00:53.62]Mei   Antonio   Pierre
[00:59.56]1b Listen.How do these students study for a test
[01:06.10]Write letters from the pictures above.
[01:09.47]Hey,gang.There's a big test on Tuesday.
[01:12.46]I really need some help.Can you tell me how you
[01:15.25]study for a big test?
[01:17.18]Sure!Yes.Sure we will.
[01:20.17]You did really well on the last English test,
[01:22.57]didn't you,Mei?
[01:24.02]Yeah,I did OK.
[01:25.71]Well,how did you study?
[01:28.43]By making flashcards.
[01:30.32]Maybe I'll try that.How did you study,Pierre?
[01:34.07]By asking the teacher for help.
[01:36.02]She was really happy I asked.
[01:37.99]That's interesting,How do you study,Antonio?
[01:41.41]I like to study by listening to tapes.
[01:44.33]But sometimes my mother thinks I'm listening to
[01:46.74]music.And then she gets mad.
[01:50.14]Oh,well...
[01:52.99]1c  PAIRWORK
[01:55.37]Ask your partner how he or she studies for a
[01:58.85]test.
[02:00.85]How do you study for a test?
[02:03.22]I study by working with a group
[02:07.74]2a Listen and check (√) the questions you hear.
[02:13.23]Welcome to the English club.
[02:15.86]Today we're going to talk about the best ways to
[02:18.82]learn English.  Who has an idea?
[02:22.50]Do you learn English by watching English-
[02:25.38]language videos?
[02:26.95]No.It's too hard to understand the voices.
[02:30.88]What about keeping a diary in English?
[02:34.30]Do you learn English that way?
[02:36.99]I think so.It helps to write English every day.
[02:40.64]Have you ever studied with a group?
[02:43.77]Yes,I have!I've learned⁴ a lot that way.
[02:47.40]Do you ever practice conversations with friends?
[02:51.11]Oh,yes.It improves my speaking skills.
[02:54.41]What about reading aloud to practice
[02:57.07]pronunciation?
[02:58.80]I do that sometimes.I think it helps.
[03:01.70]I do too.And I always look up new words in a
[03:04.46]dictionary.That's a great idea!
[03:08.01]2b Listen again.Match each question above with
[03:12.58]an answer below.
[03:15.69]2c  PAIRWORK
[03:18.53]Make conversations using the information from
[03:22.04]2a and 2b.
[03:25.48]Have you ever studied with a group?
[03:28.01]Yes,I have.I've learned a lot that way.
[03:33.50]Grammar Focus⁵
[03:35.85]How do you study for a test?
[03:38.37]I study by listening to tapes.
[03:41.70]How do you learn English?
[03:44.14]I learn by studying with a group.
[03:47.38]Do you learn English by reading aloud?
[03:50.11]Yes,I do.
[03:52.37]Do you ever practice conversations with friends?
[03:55.77]Oh,yes.It improves my speaking skills.
[04:00.33]Have you ever studied with a group?
[04:03.59]Yes,I have.I've learned a lot that way.
[04:08.63]3a  Read the article and complete the chart⁶.
[04:15.95]How do you learn best?
[04:19.38]This week we asked students at New Star High
[04:24.19]School about the best ways to learn more English
[04:28.59]Many said they learnt by using English.
[04:31.79]Some students had more specific⁷ suggestions.
[04:35.92]Lillian Li,for example,said the best way to
[04:39.61]learn new words was by reading English magazines
[04:44.18]She said that memorizing the words of pop songs
[04:47.42]also helped a little.
[04:49.42]When we asked about studying grammar,she said,
[04:52.90]"I never study grammar.It's too boring.
[04:57.90]Wei Ming feels differently.He's been learning⁸
[05:01.35]English for six years and really loves it.
[05:05.17]He thinks studying grammar is a great way to
[05:07.91]learn a language.
[05:09.95]He also thinks that watching English movies
[05:13.25]isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors
[05:16.04]say the words.
[05:18.18]Sometimes,however,he finds watching movies
[05:21.53]frustrating because the people speak too quickly
[05:26.86]Liu Chang said that joining the English club at
[05:29.77]school was the best way to improve her English.
[05:33.89]Students get lots of practice and they also have
[05:36.72]fun.
[05:38.81]She added⁹ that having conversations with friends
[05:41.54]was not helpful at all.
[05:43.90]"We get excited about something and then end up
[05:47.11]speaking in Chinese,"she said.
[05:51.08]3b  PAIRWORK
[05:54.03]Role play.Student A,pretend to be one of the
[05:59.06]people in 3a.
[06:01.82]Student B,interview Student A about learning
[06:05.86]English.
[06:07.51]I'm doing a survey about learning English.
[06:10.75]Can I ask you some questions?
[06:12.89]Sure.Great!What's your name?
[06:17.11]Wei Ming.
[06:18.67]And how do you learn English,Wei Ming?
[06:23.42]4 PAIRWORK
[06:26.27]Check(√)what you do to learn English.
[06:29.24]Then interview your partner.
[06:31.95]Do you write vocabulary lists?
[06:34.74]Oh,yes.I do it often.
[06:36.38]

1 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

2 textbook   

n.课本，教科书

参考例句：

• The boy forgot where he put his textbook.那男孩忘记把课本放在什么地方了。
• This textbook contains 25 lessons.这本教科书共有25课。

3 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。

6 chart   

n.图表，图解，海图；vt.制成图表

参考例句：

• The chart shows an up trend of meat prices.图表显示肉价呈上升趋势。
• He copied the chart from a book.他从一本书上复印了那个图表。

7 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

8 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

9 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。