Why don’t you get her a scarf教学课件9.pptVIP

Unit 8 Why dont you get her a scarf ? Reading Lead in Think about the following questions: Do you like English songs? How many English songs can you sing? Do you think singing English songs is a good way to learn English? How can singing English songs help your English? Make a list. 1. We can learn some new words. 2. We can become more interested in English. 3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking. Before You Read Reading strategy: To understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why” questions as you read. Reading Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. Why don’t you learn to sing English songs? enter v. 参加；进入 nearly adv. 几乎 stage n. 舞台 native adj. 本地的；本国的 from across China=from all over China 来自全中国 by+n/v-ing 通过；以 as+形容词或副词原形+as 像……一样 winner n. 胜利者 modest adj. 谦虚的；谦让的 earlier adj. 早的；初期的 interested adj. 感兴趣的 The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China. The winner of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English. This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to h