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1、Unit 1 How to Be a Successful Language LearnerInformation related to the TextTextLanguage PointsSummaryExercises第1页Learning to Think All Over Again When you were a child, you didnt know what a tree was at first. Somebody had to tell you. Probably your parents took you outside, pointed to a tree and

2、said, “Tree.” You had to learn to associate the sound of the word “tree” with the big green leafy thing you saw in front of you.第2页Learning to Think All Over AgainThats what you must learn to do again when you are learning a foreign language. You need to learn associate sounds objects, and to think

3、in a new way. Only this time, since you are grown up, you will be able to understand what needs to be done much faster. Youll know why somebody is pointing to a tree and saying a strange word. But youll still have to learn the new word. You may even have to relearn it many times before you finally a

4、ctually learn it.第3页Learning to Think All Over AgainThere is an important idea here. In America our name for that big green leafy thins is “tree”, but in Germany the name for that thing is “Baum”. In Arab countries the name is “shajra”. And in China they say “shu”. These various words are not themse

5、lves “trees”. They are just some of the many hundreds of different sounds used in the world to represent that great big green leafy thing.第4页Learning to Think All Over AgainTo learn a foreign language you must get away from the idea of translating words. Translating takes too much time and mental en

6、ergy. You will never learn to really speak and understand a foreign language if you have to translate everything. Instead, learn to associate the new sound directly with the image in your mind. So when we hear the sound “Baum” or “shajra” or “shu”, we dont want to think, “Hmmmm.Baum means tree, whic

7、h means that great big green leafy thing.”第5页Learning to Think All Over AgainDont think that the challenge of new thinking will be limited only to the area of new words; it is going to go much deeper than that. Lets use an analogy: you can build a house using materials of very different sizes and sh

8、apes. English uses one set of building blocks, but other languages will use different-shaped building blocks that take some creativity to put together at first. Where we use two blocks, they may use three smaller ones-or maybe one large one.第6页Learning to Think All Over AgainHeres an example of an E

9、nglish sentence: we have to buy a few books before going home. When translating into almost any foreign language, you will not take each English word and substitute a foreign word for it. You will instead be substituting groups of words or ideas from one language to the other. How each language will

10、 choose to group the ideas depends on the language. In French or Spanish, for example, we have to buy is broken down into three words: we/have to/buy. In Turkish, however, the Turks are able to reduce all these four words to only one.第7页Learning to Think All Over AgainSo learn to start thinking in t

11、erms of bundles of concepts or ideas that will be converted to new language and not single words. Try to think in a foreign language. This isnt all that hard. You learn to think in the language simply by using the language over and over again, asking and answering simple questions until you feel com

12、fortable with the process. Then you add some new words, and a few more new situations, and practice using them together with all the words you learned in previous lessons. Bit by bit you build up skill.第8页Learning to Think All Over AgainOnce you really get into the language, youll understand all thi

13、s a good deal better. Somebody will be saying something quite fast and youll suddenly realize that you understand it all! Its great moment. Really satisfying. You probably wouldnt be able to repeat the words, or even know how it was that you understood it all. But its a sign that the language is sta

14、rting to sink into your mind. Youre beginning to understand without translating.第9页Information Related to the TextIt has always been assumed that in a foreign language learning situation, learners, especially beginners, rely extensively on their native language. They tend to transfer word order and

15、meanings of their native language to the foreign language through word-by-word translation. This process takes a lot of time and mental energy. Moreover, it may lead to many errors caused by cross-linguistic differences.第10页Language Points1. process n.e.g. Graying hair is part of the aging process.2

16、. point v.e.g. Its not polite to point at someone.3. associate v. associate with e.g. Most people associate this brand with bad quality. associate (adj) professor4. various adj. : all kinds of e.g. various ways of cooking an egg.第11页5. represent v.e.g. The red roses represent passion and love. 6. in

17、stead adv. e.g. Alice never studies. Instead, she plays computer all day.7. image n. e.g. We must not do anything that would harm our image.8. analogy n. e.g. draw an analogy between and People often draw an analogy between the brain and a computer.第12页9. substitute v./n. e.g. The young teacher had

18、to substitute (v.) for her sick colleague. e.g. There is no substitute for good eating and exercise if you want to keep fit.10. previouse.g. He has two daughters from a previous marriage.11. get away frome.g. they wanted to get away from the busy timetables of the past.e.g. I ate the meal inside the

19、 tent to get away from the wind.第13页12. depend one.g. Her family depends on her salary from that job. ( rely on)e.g. The success of the meeting depends on whether the chairman is efficient.13. break down intoe.g. I broke my expenses down into food, housing, travel and personal costs.14. in terms ofe

20、.g. In terms of money, I was better off in my last job than the present one.第14页15. build upe.g. It took her ten years to build up her business.16. get intoe.g. These days I am really getting into jazz.17. a good deale.g. We still need a good deal more money to buy this car.18. sink in(to)e.g. The r

21、ain sank into the dry ground. ( be absorbed)e.g. It took a long time for the terrible news to sink in. ( become clear in the mind)第15页SummaryThere are three key points in this text:1. You can never really learn to speak a foreign language, or understand it when it is spoken, unless you can learn to

22、think in the language.2. Learning to think in a new language means learning to associate a new sound with the idea or image of what is means. You practice to the point where the new sound takes on meaning for you.3. Avoid translating, that is, mentally putting everything you read or hear into your n

23、ative language. Your goal is to understand without translating.第16页Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a word you have learned.1.To lose weight, Katie( ) some low-fat food for high-fat foods in her diet.2.Out science teacher drew a(n) ( )between the way water moves and the way

24、 light travels in waves.3.In a dictionary, the word “noun” is often ( ) by the letter “n”.4.It is interesting that different styles of dress can be ( ) with different types of music.第17页5.AIDS is the biggest health ( ) we have had to face this century.6.Coal can easily be ( ) to gas.7.Although peopl

25、e often say this is beautiful or that is beautiful, it is not easy to define the( ) of beauty.8.The famous TV producer successfully( ) the history of space travel to a 2-hour show.9.I have a(n) ( ) in my mind of how I want my room to be.第18页10.Jack carried ( ) of old clothes and magazines to the gar

26、age sale.11.These are all beautiful photos. Its really hard for me to ( )the best one.12.When asked where his mother was, the little boy ( ) to the kitchen.13.John didnt marry Mary in the end. He married Julie ( ).14.The best thing about traveling is that you can meet different people and learn abou

27、t ( ) customs.第19页Rewrite the following sentences by replacing the italicized part with a phrase chosen from the boxGet intobreak intoput together get away fromDepend ona good dealover and over again第20页1.Home should be a place where people can be safe from fear and danger.Home should be a place whe

28、re people can get away from fear and danger.2.Professor Valentine made a reading list and asked her students to read all the articles on the list.Professor Valentine put together a reading list and asked her students to read all the articles on the list.3.Jennifer is becoming very interested in fash

29、ion design.Jennifer is getting into fashion design.第21页4.A difficult task is far easier to finish if it is separated into smaller, easier pieces.A difficult task is far easier to finish if it is broken down into smaller, easier pieces.5.After taking the medicine, the patient felt much better.After taking the medicine, the patient felt a good deal better.6.For many times I told Steve to give up smoking, but he never listened to me.Over and over again