《Why don’t you get her a scarf课件1》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《Why don’t you get her a scarf课件1（20页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、Period 6Why dont you learn to sing English songs?1. Do you like music?2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites?Now lets listen to some English songs.Do you know the names of these songs?Do you think English songs can help you learn English?How can they do that?1. We can le
2、arn some new words.2. 3. 4. 5. StatementsTrueFalse Not mentionedThree good ways of improving English are mentioned. The winners both agreed that they were the best singers. Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize. Singing songs doesnt mean you can speak English well. Reading English books is
3、 a better way of learning English than watching movies.1. Which country will be the host for the2008 Olympics?2. How many singers entered the contest?3. How old were the singers?China24They came from all age groups.4. Where was the winner of the mens competition from?5. Who was the winner of the wom
4、ens 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 Speaks English suggest?9.How many
5、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.4Sing English songs, watch English movies, reading English books, make friends with a native speaker of English.1. Some singers were able to sing Eng
6、lish songsas well as native speakers.2. The singers came from all over the world.3. The winner of the mens competition was a19-year-old boy.4. The two winners thought they were better than the other singers.5. The spokesperson from the Olympic Committeesaid we neednt learn English well becausethe ne
7、xt Olympics would hold in China.6. Singing English songs is the only fun way to learn English.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 acr
8、oss 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 Olympics=the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会enter v. 参加；进入 nearly adv. 几乎singsang
9、clearly adv. 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 co
10、mpetition 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
11、enough, 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 Engli
12、sh 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 sth. 鼓励某人做某事 progress n. 进步；前进 make progress 取得进步 spokesperson n. 发言人；代言人 the Olympic Committee
13、 奥委会 Its + 名词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样 have fun with sth. 在中获得乐趣 Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why dont you find out about it? It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to lear
14、n 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 enough, youll find a good way to learn English better. hear of 听说 suggest v. 提议；建议take an interested in 对感兴趣 besides prep. 而且；除之外 make friends
15、 with 与交友find out 找出；发现Discuss in Groups:What other ways can you think of to improve your English?3c Close your books. Write a summary of the reading using no more than 100 words.Because China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, many Chinese people are trying to improve their English in different ways. Singing English songs is one way. Singers from across China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. A winner said singing English songs made her more interested in learning
