新目标八年级英语下unit8_Reading课件

1、Why dont you learn to sing English songs?Tell me something about yourself 1.Do you love listening to music? 2.Whats your favorite song? 3. Do you love singing? 4.Do you know the names of some English songs?Yesterday Once MoreThe Day You Went AwayYou and Me How can singing English songs help your Eng

2、lish? 1. We can learn some new words.2. Its good for our listening.3.It can improve our speaking.4. We can become more interested in English.5. Section 1 Before You ReadReading strategyTo understand the important ideas from the text, we must “summarize”. Do this by answering “who, what, where, why”

3、questions as you read.理解文章的重点理解文章的重点, 必须对文章加以提炼、总结。必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。Where are the singers from?How did they perform(表现）表现）?Who are the winners?The winner of the mensThe winner of the womensWhat was Jiangmeis opinion of singing English songs?Whats the inf

4、luence（影响）（影响）of the contest?They are from across China/ all over China. A 40-year- old man from Xian.A 19-year-old woman from Dalian.It made her more interested in learning English.It encourages people in China to speak English.Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable on stag

5、e. Some were able to sing English songs as well as native speakersRead Paragraph 1,2 and 3, then answer the questions. 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 across China ent

6、ered 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 奥林匹克运动会奥林匹克运动会nili adv. 几乎几乎sing过去式过去式 klili adv. 明朗地；明显地明

7、朗地；明显地steid n. 舞台舞台neitiv adj. 本地的；本国的本地的；本国的=from all over China 来自全中国来自全中国by+名词名词/动词动词-ing 通过；以通过；以.方式方式as+形容形容词或副词原形词或副词原形+as 像像一样一样hust n. 主持主持人人ent vt.参加；参加；进入进入kntest, kntest n. 竞赛；try to do sth.The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the mens compet

8、ition 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 of the womens competition, said studying English helped her

9、 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.mdist adj. 谦虚的；谦让的谦虚的；谦让的:li adj. 早的；初期的早的；初期的make sb. adj./make do sth.win n. 胜利者胜利者使她对.更感兴趣feel的过去式的过去式adj./

10、adv.+enough 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 with English.encourage v.

11、鼓励鼓励 encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事鼓励某人做某事progress prures, prres n. 进步；前进进步；前进 spokesperson spuks,p:sn n. 发言人；代言人发言人；代言人the Olympic Committee 奥委会奥委会Its + 名词名词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样做某事是怎样 have fun with sth. 在在中获得乐趣中获得乐趣 inkrid vt. 鼓励鼓励,怂恿；怂恿； make progress 取得进步取得进步If you go on studying hard, you will

12、 make progress.kmitimn., she felt her English was not good enough.拓展：拓展：1. feel+名词名词/代词代词 “摸摸.”The sixth man went forward to feel the elephant.第六个盲人去摸大象。第六个盲人去摸大象。2.feel +宾语宾语+doing sth. “感到感到.正在正在 .”He felt someone singing in class.他感觉到有人在课堂上唱歌他感觉到有人在课堂上唱歌。3. feel +宾语宾语+过去分词过去分词 ”感觉被感觉被.The boy fel

13、t his back patted by someone.4.feel +宾语宾语+do sth.“感到感到.做某事做某事那男孩感觉到有人拍了他的脊背那男孩感觉到有人拍了他的脊背 we felt the house shake just now. 刚才我们感觉到这房子的振动。刚才我们感觉到这房子的振动。5. feel (that)+宾语从句宾语从句我们大家都觉得他是一个平易近人的人。我们大家都觉得他是一个平易近人的人。We all felt (that) he was a friendly man.felt是是feel的过去式形式，的过去式形式，“感到，感觉感到，感觉”。常用作系动词，后跟形容

14、词作表。常用作系动词，后跟形容词作表语。如：语。如：I felt a bit cold yesterday. 她感到自己的英语不太好。她感到自己的英语不太好。 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 ot

15、her 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, youll find a good way to learn English better.hear of 听说听说suggest sdest v. 提议；建议提议；建议 suggestion sdestn n.建议建议 tak

16、e an interested in 对对感兴趣感兴趣besides bisaidz prep. 而且；除而且；除之外之外 make friends with 与与交友交友find out 找出；发现找出；发现 Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program?Have heard 是现在完成进行时是现在完成进行时native speaker 说母语的人，说本族语的人besides与与 except的区别：的区别： besides“除除外，还有外，还有”，指更进一步的拥有，包括，指更进一步的拥有，包括所所“除除”事物在内。事物在

17、内。 besides: (prep.)除除.之外之外 ,它这个它这个除除是包含的是包含的 Besides Tom, Mary went boating. (Tom和和Mary都去都去boating) Have you got any clothes besides these?除了这些衣除了这些衣服你还有别的吗服你还有别的吗? except: (prep.)除了除了.之外之外 . 后面的范围比主语的范围后面的范围比主语的范围小小,除去的和非除去的是同类事物，用除去的和非除去的是同类事物，用except We went boating except Tom (Tom属于属于我们我们(We)但不没

18、有但不没有went boating,但是但是Tom和和We都是人都是人) 不包括所引事物。常与不包括所引事物。常与no, none, nothing等否定词或等否定词或all, everyone, everything等连用，但不可用于句首。等连用，但不可用于句首。 They all went to the Summer Palace except one.除一人之外他们除一人之外他们都去了颐和园。都去了颐和园。 After reading: Are these statements true, false, or not mentioned in the reading? Statement

19、sTrue False 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 watc

20、hing movies. 3a.Section 3 After You ReadDiscuss in Groups:3b. Have you ever tried improving your English using any of the ways mentioned in the reading ? What other ways can you think of to improve your English?The other ways:1. I keep a diary in English every day to improve my writing.2. I listen t

21、o the English tapes for 20 minutes every day to improve my listening skill.3. I go to some English training classes during my holiday.4. .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 try

22、ing 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 English. So this kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. And it is a good idea to have fun w