九年级英语A课文原文.docxVIP

九 年 级 3 A 课 文 原 文 How I Learned to Learn English Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke too quickly . But I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciation was very bad. So I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything . Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this excitin g and funny movie! So then I began to watch other English movies too. Although I could not （ couldnt ） understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get it by listening for just the key words.My pronunciation also improved by listening to the interesting conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning . I also learned useful sentences like “It ’s a piece of cake ” or “It serves you right. ” I didn ’t understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary. Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar. Then I can have a better understanding of English movies. Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark A_3a From Shy Girl to Pop Star For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness . As she got better , she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds . I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn ’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go. ” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. about how I appear to other