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1、Why dont you learn to sing English songs?教學(xué)目標(biāo)：教學(xué)目標(biāo)：To be interested in taking part in activities in an English class.1. Do you like music?2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites?Listen to some English songs.Do you know the names of these songs?Big big worldpretty boyMy he

2、art will go ontake me to your heartwe will rock youthe day you went awayDo 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 English. 3.We can learn some beautiful sentences.4.We can know English culture.5.We can learn some id

3、ioms.1a How many English songs can you think of ?Which are your favorites?1b how can singing English songs help your English? Make a list.1. We can learn some new words.2. _3. _ China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways.

4、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.Read and understand the passag

5、e.The Olympics=the Olympic Games 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)enter v. 參加；進(jìn)入?yún)⒓?；進(jìn)入nearly adv. 幾乎幾乎singsang clearly adv. 明朗地；明朗地；明顯地明顯地stage n. 舞臺(tái)舞臺(tái)native adj. 本地的；本國(guó)的本地的；本國(guó)的from across China=from all over China 來(lái)自全中國(guó)來(lái)自全中國(guó)by+名詞名詞/動(dòng)詞動(dòng)詞-ing 通過(guò)；以通過(guò)；以as+形容詞或副詞原形形容詞或副詞原形+as 像像一樣一樣The singers really came from all age grou

6、ps, 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 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 o

7、f the womens 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.winner n. 勝利者勝利者modest adj. 謙虛的；謙讓的謙虛的；謙讓的earlier ad

8、j. 早的；初期的早的；初期的interested adj. 感興趣的感興趣的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

9、 with English.encourage v. 鼓勵(lì)鼓勵(lì) encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓勵(lì)某人做某事鼓勵(lì)某人做某事progress n. 進(jìn)步；前進(jìn)進(jìn)步；前進(jìn) make progress 取得進(jìn)步取得進(jìn)步spokesperson n. 發(fā)言人；代言人發(fā)言人；代言人the Olympic Committee 奧委會(huì)奧委會(huì)Its + 名詞名詞 + to do sth. 做某事是怎樣做某事是怎樣 have fun with sth. 在在中獲得樂(lè)趣中獲得樂(lè)趣 Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program

10、? 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 learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a nat

11、ive speaker of English. If you look hard enough, 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?China24They came from all age groups.4. Where was the winner of the mens competit

12、ion from?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.I. 請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的表請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的表格格, 每空詞數(shù)不限。每空詞數(shù)不限。7. Did the winners think they

13、were better than the other singers?8. What does Beijing 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.4Singing English songs, watching English movies, reading En

14、glish books, making friends with a native speaker of English.Form(形式) of the English contestA contest by (1)_.The number of the singers in the contest(2)_.Where did the singers in the contest come from?They came from (3)_.singing popular English songsTwenty-fourall over ChinaThe winner of the womens

15、 competition(4)_Purpose（目的） of the contestThis kind of contest encourages people in China (5) _.to speak EnglishJiang MeiII. 請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 判斷下列句子正判斷下列句子正(T)誤誤(F)。( )1. Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways for the 2008 Olympics.( )2. All the singers could sing English

16、 songs very clearly and looked comfortable on stage, but none of them were able to sing as well as native speakers.TF( )3. Both winners of the contest thought that they sang better than the other singers.( )4. Jiang Mei thought that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.

17、( )5. Besides singing English songs, we can also improve our English by watching English movies, reading English books or making friends with native speakers of English.FTThear of 聽(tīng)說(shuō)聽(tīng)說(shuō)suggest v. 提議；建議提議；建議take an interested in 對(duì)對(duì)感興趣感興趣besides prep. 而且；除而且；除之外之外make friends with 與與交友交友find out 找出；發(fā)現(xiàn)找

18、出；發(fā)現(xiàn)( )1. Chinese want to improve their English because _. A. they take an interest in learning English B. they hope to go to other foreign countries C. they get ready for the Beijing 2008 Olympics D. they want to find a better job than now( )2. 24 of singers in China who entered a contest can _. A.

19、 sing all kinds of songs B. sing English songs C. speak English well D. speak Chinese well( )3. Jiang Mei said she won the prize because she _. A. learned Chinese B. learnt from famous singer C. studied English D. looked comfortable on stageCBCChoose the best answer( )4. One of the winners is _ from

20、 Shanxi. A. 40 years old B. 19 years old C. a modest girl D. a woman singer( )5. Jiang Mei felt her English not good enough _. A. six months later when she left the high school B. six months ago when she took part in the contest C. when she wasnt interested in singing English songs D. after she won

21、the prize in the singing competitionAB 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 a better way of learning English than watching movies. Homework: Close your books. Write a summary of the reading using no more than 1