北师大版高中英语课文Unit 15 Learning.docVIP

Unit 15 Learning ? Warm-up Tapescript Dave: I write down new words several times on paper. This helps my spelling, too. Oh, and I also draw little pictures in my vocabulary book, you know, for “fur” Id maybe draw a fur coat. And I also imagine the pages of the textbook in my head, you know, photos might help me remember a few words, or even grammar structures. Luning: I cant remember vocabulary very well. If I have to learn a lot of words, I just repeat them aloud to myself, again and again, till I can remember them well enough to spell them backwards even. Sometimes one word makes me think of another, in the list. I also go over the corrections that my teacher makes in my schoolwork. Tonghuan: Mm, its hard to say. It depends on the words, but I often sort of simplify a word by breaking it up into different parts, you know, like “entertain-ment”, and this helps me understand how they fit together. Sometimes a word sounds similar to another word in Chinese, which helps me remember it. Xiaofang: This may sound silly, but I have a jar in my room. I write translations of new words on bits of paper and put them in the jar. After a week, I open the jar and see if I can remember the words in English. And I write translations in my vocabulary book and ask my mum to test me. And sometimes I test myself on my way to school. You know, I say things in English to myself! ? Lesson 1 Life-long Learning The Importance of Lifelong Learning Nowadays, more and more people of various ages and backgrounds are continuing to study to improve themselves. Heres what they have to say about their life-long learning experience. Sun Wen – 28 years old “Its never too late to learn.” That was the advice I got after I failed my college entrance exam. Now Im about to graduate from the School of Continuing Education at Qinghua University with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering by distance learning. Because of my new qualification, Im getting promoted at work. In the past, if someone like me