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1、No. 20 Middle School Zhang Fan,Reading,Why dont you learn to sing English songs,Unit 8,Period 6,the Monkey King,Chinese Dragon,Pandas,Chinese Tiger,Tibet antelopes,Milu deer,1. Do you like music? 2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites,Task 1,Think about it,Now lets liste
2、n to some English songs. Do you know the names of these songs,Big big world,pretty boy,My heart will go on,take me to your heart,we will rock you,the day you went away,Do you think English songs can help you learn English? How can they do that,1.We can learn some new words. 2.We can speak native Eng
3、lish. 3.We can learn some beautiful sentences. 4.We can know English culture. 5.We can learn some idioms,Why dont you learn to sing English songs,China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so many Chinese people try to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young si
4、ngers 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
5、China. The winner of the mens competition was a 40-year-old man from Xian, and the winner of the womens competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competiti
6、on, 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. “Chinese
7、 people should try to speak English more. We should try to make progress before the Olympics,” said a spokesperson from the Olympic Committee. He agrees that it is a good idea to have fun with English,Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why dont you find out about it?
8、It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a native speaker of English. If you look hard e
9、nough, youll find a good way to learn English better,1. Which country will be the host for the 2008 Olympics? 2. How many singers entered the contest? 3. How old were the singers,Task 2,Answer the questions,China,24,They came from all age groups,4. Where was the winner of the mens competition from?
10、5. Who was the winner of the womens competition? 6. Why did Jiang Mei win,He is from Xian,She is a 19-year-old girl from Dalian,Because she studied English hard. Singing English songs help her improve her English,7. Did the winners think they were better than the other singers? 8. What does Beijing
11、Speaks English suggest? 9.How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they,No, they didnt,It suggests ways for Beijongers to take an interest in learning English,4,Singing English songs, watching English movies, reading English books, making friends with a native speaker of En
12、glish,Task 3,Judge if the statements in 3a are true, false or not mentioned,Task 4,Find out the new words in the passage,China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so many Chinese people try to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China e
13、ntered 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 Olympics=the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会,enter v. 参加；进入,nearly adv. 几乎,singsang,clearly ad
14、v. 明朗地；明显地,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+名词/动词-ing 通过；以,as+形容词或副词原形+as 像一样,The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the mens competition was a 40-year-old man from Xian, and the winner of the womens competiti
15、on was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the womens competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough,
16、 so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English,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,This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. “Chinese people should try to speak English more. We should try to make progress before the Olympics,” said a spokesperson from the Olympic Committee. He agrees that it is a good idea to have fun with English,encourage v. 鼓励 encourage sb. to do s
