八年级人教新目标下册 Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf（41P）课件.pptVIP

Reading;Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?;SOME ENGLISH SONGS;When I was young Id listen to the radiowaiting for my favorite songsWhen they played Id sing alongIt made me smile those were such happy timesand not so long ago how I wonder where theyd gonebut theyre back again just like a long lost friendall the songs I love so wellevery sha-la-la-la every wo-wo still shineevery shinga-linga-lingthat theyre started to sing so finewhen they get to the partwhere hes breaking her heartit can really make me cryjust like before, its yesterday once more;Goodbye to you, my trusted friend,Weve known each other since we were nine or ten;together weve climbed hills and trees,learned of love and a-b-c`s,skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.goodbye my friend, its hard to die,when all the birds are singing in the sky;now that the spring is in the air,pretty girls are every where;think of me and Ill be there.we had joy, we had fun,we had seasons in the sun;but the hills that we climbwere just seasons out of time. ;Think of fun ways to improve English. Make suggestions.;Other ways to learn English;Section 1 Before You Read;What is the passage mainly about?; 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.; 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 ear