Unit1HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorner?Module7

EnglishforyouandmeDoyoulikeEnglish?HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorner?1.Lookatthephotoandanswerthequestions.Whichismoredifficult...1.speakingtoyourclassmatesorspeakingtopeoplefromtheUKortheUS?2.doingEnglishexercisesorreadingEnglishstories?3.understandingwrittenEnglishorspokenEnglish?Listeningandvocabulary2.Listenandchoosethecorrectanswer.1.HowhasTony’sdadmadeprogressinlearningChinese?

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a)Hehasbeentoclasses.②

b)Hehaspractisediteveryday.

c)Hedidnotdoanythingspecial.b溫馨提示：此符號表示“考點精講點撥”鏈接。2.AccordingtoTony’sdad,whatdoyouneedtodotobegoodataforeignlanguage?

a)Youneedtobeverybright.b)Youneedtoworkhard.

c)Youneedtogotoclasses.3.WhatdoesTony’sdadthinkaboutChinese?

a)ItiseasierthanEnglish.

b)ItismoredifficultthanEnglish.

c)ItisaseasyasEnglish.baTony:HaveyoumademuchprogresswithyourChinese,Dad?Dad:Yes,Ihave.I’vepractisediteveryday.Mylevelisbetterthanitwaslastyear,eventhoughIhaven’tbeentoclasses.Butmyhandwritingstillisn’tverygood.I’vestillgotsomeworktodoonthat.AndIstillfindreadingChinesequitedifficult.Tony:Doyouthinkyouhavetobereallysmarttobegoodataforeignlanguage?Dad:No,Idon’t.Whateveryoudo,youhavetomakeaneffort.IthinkChineseissimplerthanEnglish,anyway.Tony:IwishIspokeChineseaswellasyoudo.Dad:IthinkyourChineseisquitegoodalready.I’mreallyproudofyou.3.Listenandread.Betty:Howmuchprogressdoyouthinkyou’vemadeinEnglishthisyear,Lingling?Lingling:IthinkI’veachievedalot.③

IhopemyEnglishisgoodenoughfortheexams,anyway.④

It’salsothesubjectthatI’mbestat,althoughmyspokenEnglishisnotthatgood.Betty:IcanseeyoureallyenjoylearningEnglish.SomepeoplethinkEnglishistoodifficultanditrequirestoomuchefforttolearnitwell.Lingling:Englishisdifficulttolearnatthebeginning.Butifyoukeeptrying,youcanmakeprogressquicklyandfindalotoffuninlearningit.⑤

IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.⑥Betty:Ithinkyou’vedonereallywell.HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorner?Lingling:YoumeanthoseclubswherepeoplegotopractisetheirEnglish?IalwaysthoughttheywereforpeoplewhospeakgoodEnglishalready.Betty:Well,IwenttoanEnglishcorneronce,andthereweresomepeoplewhodidn’tspeakEnglishverywell.Buttheywerehappytotry,andotherpeople,includingsomeEnglishspeakersfromtheUKandtheUS,werehappytotalktothem.⑦EverydayEnglish?Ihope...?...isnotthatgood.Lingling:Idon’thavetogotoanEnglishcorner.IcanspeakEnglishwithyouwheneverwemeet.Betty:Yes,I’malwayshappytospeaktoyouinEnglish.Atthesametime,youcanalsohelpmewithmyChinese.IthinkChinesewillbemoreandmorepopularinthefuture.Nowdecidewhomightagreewiththefollowingsentences.WriteBforBettyandLforLingling.1.Englishmaynotbedifficulttolearnaslongasyoukeepontrying.________2.Chinesemaybemorepopularinthefuture.________3.LearningEnglishcanbealotoffun.________4.Englishismyfavouritesubjectatschool.________LLLB

4.Completethesentencesinyourownwords.1.SomepeoplethinkEnglishisdifficulttolearnbecause____________________________________________.2.You’llfindalotoffuninlearningEnglishif____________________________________________.3.YoucangotoanEnglishcornerif____________________________________________.itrequirestoomuchefforttolearnyoukeepstudyingityourspokenEnglishisn'tgood4.ItisgoodtomeetotherspeakersofEnglish,although_______________________________________________.5.LinglingdoesnothavetogotoanEnglishcornerbecause_______________________________________________.theirlanguagelevelmaybehigherthanyoursshecanspeakEnglishwhenevershemeetsBetty5.Completethequestionswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.achieve

progress

requirespeaker1.Howmuchhaveyou__________thisyearinEnglish?Haveyoumademuch__________?2.HowcanyougetmorepracticewithEnglish__________fromtheUKandtheUS?3.Whatdoesit__________tolearnEnglishwell?Nowworkinpairs.Askandanswer.achievedspeakersrequireprogressPronunciationandspeaking6.Readandpredictwhichwordsthespeakerislikelytostress.Englishisdifficulttolearnatthebeginning.Butifyoukeeptrying,youcanmakeprogressquicklyandfindalotoffuninlearningit.IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.Nowlistenandcheck.7.ReadtheparagraphinActivity6aloud.8.Readtheparagraphaloud.Makesureyoustresstheimportantwords.

Well,IwenttoanEnglishcorneronce,andthereweresomepeoplewhodidn’tspeakEnglishverywell.Buttheywerehappytotry,andotherpeople,includingsomeEnglishspeakersfromtheUKandtheUS,werehappytotalktothem.Nowlistenandcheck.9.Workinpairs.TalkaboutyourprogressinEnglish.UseyouranswersinActivity5tohelpyou.—Doyouthinkyou’vemadeanyprogressinEnglishthisyear?—Yes,Ido.I’velearntalotofnewwords,although...①HowhasTony’sdadmadeprogressinlearningChinese?progress/'pr??ɡres/n.(theprocessofimprovingordeveloping)進步考點1progress為不可數名詞，其前不能用冠詞a修飾，也沒有復數形式，其前常用great,good,much等詞修飾。e.g.SpeakEnglishasmuchaspossibleandyou’llmakegreatprogressinspokenEnglishoneday.盡可能多地說英語,總有一天你的英語口語會有很大的進步。IhavemademuchmoreprogressinPhysicsthisterm.這學期我在物理方面進步很大。考題1：[黃石]這三年里你們取得了多么大的進步啊！_________________________youhave________inthepastthreeyears!Whatgreatprogressachieved返回溫馨提示：可返回原文②Hehasbeentoclasses.have/hasbeento去過考點2辨析：have/hasbeento,have/hasgoneto與have/hasbeeninhave/hasbeento去過某地現在已不在那里了have/hasgoneto去了某地說話時該人不在現場have/hasbeenin待在某地常與表示一段時間的狀語連用have/hasbeento后跟表示地點的副詞here,there,home等時不加介詞to。e.g.—TheWhiteshavegonetoHongKong.Theyarenotathome.懷特一家去了香港。他們不在家。—Oh,really?Ihaveneverbeentherebefore.哦,真的嗎？我以前從沒有去過那里。Shehasbeeninherroomforhours.她已經在她的房間里待了幾個小時了。考題2：[達州]—Whoisplayingthepianointhemusicroom?IsitMary?—No,it______beher.Shehas______toBeijingonbusiness.A.couldn’t;been B.can’t;goneC.can’t;been D.mustn’t;gone【點撥】第一處表示否定推測,且由“IsitMary?”可知,此句應該是一般現在時,此處應該用情態動詞can’t;根據“toBeijingonbusiness”可知,出差了,還未回來,用hasgoneto。B返回③IthinkI’veachievedalot.achieve/?'t?i?v/v.(tosucceedindoingsth.orcausingsth.tohappen)成功;實現;完成e.g.Weneedtoworktogethertoachievethesegoals.我們需要合作來實現這些目標。考點3語境助記：TheChineseDreamismadeupofeveryordinaryperson’sdreams.Weshoulddoourbesttomakeourdreamcometrue.中國夢是由每個普通人的夢想組成的。我們應該盡最大努力實現我們的夢想。辨析：achieve與cometrueachieve意為“成功;實現”,其主語必須是人,其后可以接賓語。achieveone’sdream=one’sdreamcomestrue=makeone’sdreamcome

truecome

true意為“完成;實現”,其主語是事物,其后通常不接賓語。拓展：achieve的名詞形式為achievement,意為“成就;成績;完成;實現”。Theywereproudoftheirchildren’sachievements.他們對他們的孩子的成績感到自豪。考題3：[東營]—I’msadtohearthatYuanLongpingpassedaway.—SoamI.Welostahero.His______onhybrid(雜交)ricehelpedChinesepeoplesolvetheproblemofeating.A.surveys B.reportsC.researches D.achievements【點撥】詞義辨析法。根據“onhybridrice”可知講述的是袁隆平的成就,用名詞“achievements”。D調查報告研究成就返回④IhopemyEnglishisgoodenoughfortheexams,anyway.anywayadv.不管怎樣,無論如何e.g.Anyway,itisstillgoodnewsthatChinesestudents’healthhasbecomemoreandmorevalued.無論如何,中國學生的健康越來越受到重視,這仍然是個好消息。Showhimthebookanyway.不管怎樣,給他看看這本書。考點4anyway作副詞，用于支持、補充說明先前的陳述，可位于句首和句末。考題4：[廣東]—Alan,yourhairissolong.Whydon’tyougoandhaveahaircut?—I’mtoobusytogotoday,butthanksforyouradvice______.A.anytimeB.anywhereC.anywayC在任何時候在任何地方不管怎樣，

無論如何返回⑤Butifyoukeeptrying,youcanmakeprogressquicklyandfindalotoffuninlearningit.keepdoingsth.一直做某事考點5辨析：keepdoingsth.與keepondoingsth.keepdoingsth.keepdoingsth.強調動作或狀態的持續性。keepondoingsth.強調動作的反復性和時間的間隔性。e.g.MrWukeepstellinghisstudentsthatthefuturebelongstothewell-educated.吳老師一直告訴他的學生們未來屬于受到良好教育的人。—HowcanIimprovemypronunciation,Madam?夫人,我怎樣才能改善我的發音？—Keeponpracticingandyou’llmakeprogress.繼續練習,你會進步的。考題5：[鹽城]Allofusshouldlookstraightaheadandkeep__________(run).running考題6：[大慶]—Englishisdifficult_____atthebeginning.—Yes,butifyoukeep______,youcanmakeprogress.A.tobelearned;trying B.tolearn;tryingC.tobelearned;totry D.tolearn;totry【點撥】第一個空符合“be+adj.+todo”“做……是……的”;第二個空符合keepdoing“繼續做……”。B返回⑥IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.continue/k?n't?nju?/v.(使)繼續e.g.Mymotherwantedtocontinueworking/toworkuntilshewas60.我媽媽想要繼續工作到60歲。考點6continue作及物動詞，后常接名詞、動詞-ing或動詞不定式作賓語。拓展：continue作不及物動詞常用結構：continuecontinuewithsth.使某事物繼續存在或不斷發生continue