八年级下英语第八单元阅读课件

1、Unit 8 Why dont you learn to sing English songs?A test:Listen and write down the words of the song Twinkle, twinkle, star,How I what you are,Up the world so high,Like a in the sky,Twinkle, twinkle, little ,How I wonder what you are.littlewonderabovediamondstarFree talkHow many English songs can you

2、think of ?Which are your favorites?My favorite English Songs1.As long as you love me2.Lemon tree3.Yesterday once more4.Big big world5.B what u wanna b6.Tell me why7.Season in the sun8.My love How can singing English songs help our English? Make a list.1. We can learn some new words.2. We can become

3、more interested in English.3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking.Can you guess what the main idea of this text is? What is the passage mainly about?Some good ways of improving English,especially singing English songs.Task 1 Read and matchPara.1B.Many people want to improve their En

4、glish in different ways.A.Peoples opinion about the contestPara.2Para.3Para.4C.Many other fun ways to learn EnglishD.Some information about the two winners快读（默读）快读（默读）1.How many singers entered the contest?2.How did these singers sing?Task 2 Read the first paragraph and answer,Twenty- four singers f

5、rom across China.Nearly all the singers sang very clearly. Task 3 Learn in detail 1 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

6、 clearly, and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.asas 与与一样，像一样，像across=all over3.Where were the two winners of the competitions from?4.Why did Jiang Mei win?Task 2 Read the second paragraph and answer,精读（大声）精读（大声）The man

7、 winner was from Xi an. The woman winner was from Dalian.Studying English made her win the prize. 2 The singers really came from all age groups 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

8、 from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didnt think they were better than the other singers. all age group 不同年龄层不同年龄层The winner was a man of 40 years old.the other +名词复数名词复数 其他的人其他的人/物（某一定范围内）物（某一定范围内）Mike did better than all _ players in the game.the other Jiang Mei, the win

9、ner of 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.enough 1.形容词，足够的；形容词，足够的； 修饰名词置于名词之前修饰名词置于名词之前

10、2.副词；修饰副词；修饰adj/adv置于其后置于其后1. make sb adj. 使某人使某人 2.make sb do sth 使某人做某事使某人做某事eg:The bad news made me _(exciting). The little dog made us _(laugh).excitedlaugh5. What is the advantage of entering English Song Singing Competition?Task 2 Read the third paragraph and answer,That kind of contest encour

11、ages people to speak English well. 3 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.make progress 取得进步取得进步It is a good idea to do sth. 做某事是个好主意。做某事是个好主意。have fun

12、with sth. 在某事中获得乐趣在某事中获得乐趣have fun doing sth.做某事有乐趣做某事有乐趣encourage sb to do sth.6.What does Beijing Speaks English suggest?7.How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they?Task 2 Read the fourth paragraph and answer,Singing English songs, watching English movies, reading Eng

13、lish books and making friends with a native speaker.It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English. 4 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. B

14、esides 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, youll find a good way to learn English better.hear of =hear about 听

15、说听说 hear from sb. 收到某人的来信收到某人的来信take an interes in=be interested in对对感兴趣感兴趣1.suggest sth. to do 2.suggest doing sth3.suggest that 从句从句besides:除除外，着重于外，着重于“另外还有另外还有”except：从整体中减去一部分，着重：从整体中减去一部分，着重于于“排除在外排除在外”1. enter a contest2. nearly all the singers3. sing very clearly4. encourage people to speak5

16、. make progress6. besides singing English songs7. the winner of8. on stage.9. make her interested in.10. hear of.11. make friends with. 1. 参加比赛参加比赛 2. 几乎所有的歌手几乎所有的歌手 3. 唱的很清晰唱的很清晰 4. 鼓励人们说鼓励人们说 5. 取得进步取得进步 6。除了唱英语歌曲。除了唱英语歌曲 7. 。的获胜者。的获胜者 8. 在舞台上在舞台上9. 使她对。感兴趣使她对。感兴趣10. 听说听说11. 和。交朋友和。交朋友 1. be able

17、to 2. very modest 3. different statements 4. native speakers 5. make progress6. suggest doing sth 7. take an interest in 8. hear from9. on stage10.not mentioned1. 能够能够2. 很谦虚很谦虚3. 不同的不同的 陈述陈述4. 说本族语的人说本族语的人5. 取得进步取得进步6。建议做。建议做。7. 对。感兴趣对。感兴趣8. 收到。来信收到。来信9. 在舞台上在舞台上10.未曾提及未曾提及你记住了吗？你记住了吗？Fill in the bl

18、anks.1.Many Chinese people want to improve their English _.(用不同的方法用不同的方法)2._ all the singers sang very clearly and looked _ on stage. 3.Some of the singers were able to sing English songs _ native speakers.4.The winner was a _(19)girl .5.Singing English songs made her _ _ in learning English.6.This

19、kind of contest _ (鼓励鼓励)people _(speak) English。in different waysNearlycomfortableas well as19-year-oldmoreinterestedencouragesto speak7.Thats not _. A.enough interesting B.interesred enough C.interesting enough8.He is also good at basketball and tennis _ swimming. A.except B.besides C.but 9.Miss Li

20、 often encourages me _ hard. A.to work B.work C.working 10.The woman has an _ boy. A.eight-years old B.eight year-old C.eight year oldCBABWhat is the passage mainly about?Task 4 Write a summaryReading strategy:To understand the important ideas from the text, we must summarize. Do this by answering“who, what, where, why”questions as you read.深读（小声）深读（小声） Many Chinese people are trying to improve their English in different ways. Singers from across China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs very well. A winner said singing English songs made