预备级UnitoneHowtoBeaSuccessfulLanguage.ppt

Unit 1 How to Be a Successful Language Learner Lead-in Information related to the Text Text Language Points Summary Exercises To arouse your interest Useful idioms The Sound of Silence  by Paul Simon Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walk alone Narrow streets of cobble stone Beneath the hallo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence 在无遮的灯光下我看到人海茫茫他们在说着无聊的话语在漫不经心地听着别人讲话或在写着一些从来不会被人唱的歌谣似乎无人敢打破这份静默 And in the naked light I sawTen thousand, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence Fool said I, You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the walls of silence A father of five came home with a toy, summoned his children and asked which one of them should be given the present, “Who is the most obedient, never talks back to mother and does everything he or she is told?” he inquired. There was silence and then a chorus of voices: “You play with it, Daddy!” 一个有五个孩子的父亲带着一件玩具回到家里，把孩子们召集来问这件礼物应该给谁。 “谁最听话，从不和妈妈顶嘴，让干什么就干什么？”他问道。  大家都不吭声。过了一会儿，孩子们异口同声地说：“爸爸，您玩儿吧。” How to Be a Successful Language Learner Knowing another language allows you to operate in a bigger world than the one defined by your native language. --- Graham E. Fuller Warm-up questions 1. Why are you learning English? It’s compulsory.(passing exams) Be interested in it. Communicate with foreigners. Broaden one’s horizons. Warm-up questions 2. What