Unit 8 Why don’t you learn to sing

English songs?

: Think of fun ways to improve English. Make suggestions.

A. How about taking part in English Corner?

B. What about having English Speech Contest?

C. Why not act famous plays on stage?

D. Why don’t you sing English songs?

: How can singing English songs help your English? Discuss it in groups of four.

A. We can learn new words.

B. We can speak native English.

C. We can know English culture.

List Other English Songs You Know.

1.Every body 2.As long as you love me

3.Pretty boy 4.I want it that way

5.To be or not to be 6.Baby

7.soledad 8.She

9.God is a girl 10.Scream

11.You are not alone 12.We are the world

13.Dangerous 14.Beat it

15.They don’t care about us 16.Just one last dance

17.Tomorrow 18.I don’t give

19.When you’re gone 20.Boom Boom pow

• How do Chinese people improve their English?

• How many young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs?

• How did all the singers look on stage?

Qs:

In different ways.

Twenty-four.

They looked comfortable on stage.

Paragraph A Listen ＆ answer

Listening Paragraph B

Qs: • Who was the winner of the men’s competition?

• Who was the winner of the women’s competition?

• Were both winners very proud?

A 40-year-old man from Xi’an.

A 19-year-old girl from Dalian.

No, they were very modest.

Listening Paragraph C

Qs: • What do many people think of singing English songs?

• How many ways of studying English are there in this paragraph?

They think singing English songs can help them make great progress and it’s a good idea to have fun.

There are four.

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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.参加 通过唱英文流行歌曲

几乎所有的歌手都唱得很清晰，在台上看起来很舒服。

和本国人一样好

Section 2 While You ReadSection 2 While You Read 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 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.两个赢家都很谦虚，说他们不认为他们唱得比其他歌手好。

唱英文歌让她对英语学习更感兴趣。

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This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to have fun with English.

鼓励

Section 2 While You ReadSection 2 While You Read Have you ever heard of the Beijing speaks English program? If not, why don’t 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 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 enough, you’ll find a good way to learn English better.

北京说英语它给北京人提供很多对英语感兴趣的方法。

交朋友 足够努力

1.be different from … = have difference from … 与…不同

be different in … = have difference in … 在某方面不同

… difference between … (and) ……. 之间的区别

… ① be different from…

Her coat is different from mine.

= Her coat has some differences from mine.

The weather in Chongqing is different from that in Shanghai.

Your haircut is different from his.

… ② be different in …

The two words are different in meaning.

= The two words have difference in meaning.

Their clothes have difference in color.

…③ difference between…

There’s no difference between the two computers.

There is much difference between the two words.

◆ difference: 当指笼统的，不具体的区别时为不可数名词；指具体的区别时为可数名词。

e.g.

I can see some difference between the two pictures.

I can see three differences at least between the two pictures.

The second passage:

2.enough 的用法： 形容词 / 副词 + enough enough + 名词 e.g. That’s not special enough. 那不够特别。

That’s not creative enough. 那没什么创意。

They don’t get enough gifts. 他们没有得到足够的礼物。 I don’t have enough time to spend with her. 我没有足够的时间和她在一起。此外， enough 还可以说： It’s enough to make her happy. 这足以让她很高兴。

也可以说： enough for somebody to do sth. Eight hundred Yuan is enough for me to buy an MP3.

ReadingRead through the passage carefully to find

the answer to the next two questions and do the True (T) or False (F) Questions .

What’s the help with English by singing English songs according to the passage?

1.Singing English songs can improve English.

2.It can encourage us to speak English.

3.We can make great progress.

4.It can make us take an interest in English.

• What other ways are there in the passage to learn English?

1.We can watch English movies.

2.We can read English books.

3.We can make friends with a native speaker of English.

Are these statements true,false,or not mentioned?

statements true false Not mentioned

Three 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 doesn’t mean you can speak English well.

Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies.

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1. We should not eat _____ meat.(2009. 安顺 ) A. too many   B. much too  C. too much D. many too2. -- Simon, I am going to Beijing with my

parents tomorrow. -- _____ ! (2009. 常州 )  A. Have fun    B. Best wishes C. Never mind    D. Cheer up

Choose the best answer.

3. -- How about raising some money for the charity? (2009. 上海 )

-- ____ .  A. Enjoy yourself  B. Good idea C. 

You’re welcome   D. Never mind4. Why not ____ your teacher for help wh

en you can’t finish ____ it by yourself? (2009. 兰州 )

A. ask, write B. to ask, writing C. ask, writing D. asking, write

5. You’d better ____ too much time playing computer games. (2009. 重庆 )

A. don’t spend  B. not to spend C. to not spend    D. not spend6. Little Tom is only five years old.He can’t make model planes by himself.

( 两句合并为一句 ) (2009. 重庆 ) Little Tom is ______ young _____ makemodel planes by himself.

too to

1.其中一些歌手唱的英文歌能和以英语为母语的人唱的一样好。Some of these singers _______________ English songs just _________ native speakers.2.女歌手大赛的获奖者是姜梅。__________________________________ is Jiang Mei.3.两个歌手都很谦虚。Both singers____________________.

were able to sing

as well as

The winner of the women’s competition

were very modest

5.The singers came from all age groups, and all over China.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿6.This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English.__________________________________7.Singing English songs made her more interested in learning English._________________________________

歌手们来自各个年龄段，来自中国各地。

这种大赛能鼓励中国人说英语。

唱英语歌使她对学习英语更感兴趣。

8.Have you ever heard of Beijing speaks English program? ____________________________________9.If you look hard enough , you’ll find a good way to learn English better.___________________________________________________________________

你听说过北京说英语节目吗？

如果你努力探索地话，你将找到一种能把英语学得更好的好方法。

I’ll play an English song, you can dance to it.