新版九年级Unit1 How can we become good learners Section A (3a-4c)

UNIT 1

How can we become good learners?

(Section A 3a-4c)

3a Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions.

形式宾语 1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English? Because the teacher spoke so quickly that she did not understand her most of the time. 2. What did she do in English class? She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything. 语言学习的秘诀 3. What is the secret to language learning? Listening to something interesting. 1.find it difficult to do sth. 发现做某事很困 难 the secret to success 2.成功的秘诀 ____________________ 门的钥匙 the key to the door _____________________ the answer to the question 问题的答案 ______________________ the ticket to the football game / 足球赛的票 _______________________ match

learn to do sth. 学会去做某事

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 hide隐藏

because my pronunciation was very bad. So I just hid behind my

textbook and never said anything.

be afraid to do sth.害怕去做某事

被叫做 Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fall in love with爱上…… fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So then I began to watch 也（用在句末，前面不加逗号） other English movies I could not understand 人 物 as well. Although 肢体语言 everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions

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on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get begin to do sth. 开始去做某事 the meaning by listening for just the key words.

My pronunciation also improved by listening to the interesting

v.发 现

n. 发 音

conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something ……的

you are interested in is the secret to language learning. I also learned 小菜一碟 你活该

useful sentences like “It’s a piece 起 初of cake” or “It serves you right.” I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to be interested in 对……感兴趣 understand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary. look up （在词典中）查找；查阅

Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar. Then I can have a better n. 理 解

understanding of English movies. 那么我可以更好地理解英文电影。

3b Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage. 1. I can understand the meaning by watching their_____________ body language expressions and the_______________on their faces. key words 2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the ______________. conversations 3. My pronunciation improved by listening to the ______________ in English movies. useful 4. I learned ______________sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies. 5. I can get the me