新时代大学英语泛听教程1 课件 U4 English Learning

Unit4

EnglishLearningKEYSKILLS本单元重点训练以下听力技能：DistinguishingstrongandweakstressStressandrhythminpoetry1）语音技能——区分重读与弱读2）掌握诗歌和句子中的重读、弱读和节奏Longfellow’spoemsandcomplexsentencesEssayonEnglishlearningexperiencesEssayonEnglishlearningstrategiesVideoonforeignlanguagesignificanceVideoonworldlanguagesoverviewLISTENINGMATERIALS本单元主要包括以下听力材料：1)一组朗费罗的诗和几个长句2)关于英语学习经验分享的短文3)关于英语学习技巧的短文4)关于学习外语重要性的视频5)简介世界语言的视频剪辑VideoonEnglishlanguagetrivia6)关于英语语言的趣味知识视频Stress,WeakStress,andRhythm（重读、弱读与节奏）WhenreadingEnglishaloudorengaginginconversation,noteverywordinasentenceispronouncedwiththesameloudnessandclarity.Somewordsarespokensoftlyandquickly,ofteninalessdistinctmanner,whileothersarepronouncedwithmoreemphasis,moreslowly,andmoreclearly.Thewordsthatarepronouncedloudlyandclearlyarewherethesentencestressoccurs.Sentencestresshelpsconveytherhythmandmelodyofasentence,highlightingkeypointsandmakingiteasierforlistenerstounderstand.Generally,thewordsthatneedtobestressedinasentencearecontentwords,suchasnouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs,numerals,andpronouns;whereasunstressedwordsareoftenfunctionwords,suchasarticles,conjunctions,prepositions,andinterjections.PhoneticsBox—Stress,WeakFormsandRhythmStress,WeakStress,andRhythm（重读、弱读与节奏）我们在朗读英语或用英语交谈时,并不是句子中的每个词都读得一样响亮一样清楚,而是有些词读得或说得又轻又快,而且较为含糊,有些词则读得或说得又重又慢,而且较为清晰。那些读得或说得响亮而清晰的词就是句子重音所在。句子重音可以体现出句子的节奏感和韵律感，突出重点,使听者更容易理解。一般来说,在句子中需重读的词都是实词,比如名词、动词、形容词、副词、数词、代词等；不重读的多为虚词,比如冠词、连词、介词、感叹词等。.PhoneticsBox—Stress,WeakFormsandRhythmNextpageReadandlistentoapoem.Repeatandpayattentiontotherhythm.Task1TheArrowandtheSongbyHenryWadsworthLongfellowIshotanarrowintotheair,Itfelltoearth,Iknewnotwhere;For,soswiftlyitflew,thesightCouldnotfollowitinitsflight.

Ibreathedasongintotheair,Itfelltoearth,Iknewnotwhere;Forwhohassightsokeenandstrong,Thatitcanfollowtheflightofsong?

Long,longafterward,inanoakIfoundthearrow,stillunbroke;Andthesong,frombeginningtoend,Ifoundagainintheheartofafriend.NextpageTask2Listentoarecordingandfillintheblankswiththeinformationyouhear._____tell__________truth,Ineed_____part-timejob,both_____money_____forexperience.Idon’tthink__________handlebothapart-timejob__________schoolwork.Forjobapplicationitisrequired__________submit_____leasttworecommendationletterswritten__________teachers_____employers.HowwillI_____get__________ifyouneverletme_____anything?Youmaynot_____this_____becauseyouareall_____,relatively_____drivers.NextpageKEY1. To;youthe;a;for;and2. youcan;andyour3. thatyou;at;byyour;or4. ever;theexperience;do5. take;trip;young;inexperiencedprecisely adv.精确地；恰恰stuff v.塞满；填塞continuously adv.连续不断地convey v.传达；转达；表达confidently adv.自信地fluently adv.流利地；通畅地WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSSETUPStep1ListentoarecordinganddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F).()IfirststartedlearningEnglishattheageof14inschoolcourse.()Attheendofthecourse,IwasonlyabletodealwithsimplethingsinEnglishbutcouldn’ttalkwithEnglishspeakers.()InordertolearnEnglishwelltwoyearsago,ImanagedtoscheduleafixedtimetoattendanEnglishcourse.()NowIamconfidentandfluentinEnglish,thoughIstillmakemistakes.()IamsopassionateaboutlearningEnglishthatithasbecomeavitalpartofmylife.Task1NextpageKEYTFFTTListentotherecordingagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsbyfillingintheblanks..Task21.What’sthespeaker’sfirstexperienceofEnglishlearning?TheEnglishhestudiedthenwas__________boringgrammarrules.AttheendoftheEnglishcourse,hecouldnot___________________inEnglish.2.Whathappenedtwoyearsago?Thespeaker______________________.SincethenhehasbeenlearningEnglish_______________.3.How’shisEnglishnow?Hecan__________inEnglish___________________.Althoughhestillmakesmanymistakes,heregardsthemas___________________________.NextpageKEY1. stuffedwith;

evendealwithsimplethings

2. decidedtolearnEnglishwell;

throughtheInternet

3. conveyhisideas;

confidentlyandfluently;

anopportunitytocorrectandimproveSCRIPTTodayI’mgoingtosharewithyoupartofmyexperienceinlearningEnglish.Likemanyofyou,IstartedstudyingEnglishquitelate,preciselyattheageof14inmyhighschoolcourse.TheEnglishwestudiedwasquitepoorandstuffedwithboringgrammarrules.AttheendofmystudyingcourseIwasn’tevenabletodealwithsimplethingsinEnglish,nottomentionunderstandingnatives.AbouttwoyearsagoIdecidedIwantedtolearnEnglishandbecomegoodatit!Ididn'tattendaschoolbecausemyjobdoesn'tgetmethechancetoscheduleafixedtime.IcanbefreeforaweekandthenallofasuddenIhavetoworkfor20hourscontinuously.So,I’vebeenstudyingalmostonlythroughtheInternet.NowIcanconveymyideasinEnglishconfidentlyandfluently.IstillmakemanymistakesbutIseethemasanopportunitytocorrectandimprove.Andthen,youknowwhat?OnceyoudealwithEnglisheveryday,itstartsbeinglikeadrug!Yougetaddicted!Sonow,Ican’thelpstayingwithmyeverydayEnglishasmuchasIcan.

capacity n.能力，才能cultivate v.培养constantly adv.不断地，时常地boost v.促进，增加diminish v.减少，变小multitasking n.同时处理多项任务eliminate v.消除，排除circuit n.电路，线路consolidate v.巩固，加强atregularintervals每隔一段时间WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSSETUPStep2Listentoarecordingandfinishtheexercisesbelow.1.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?HowtolearnEnglishwell.Howtomemorizenewstermsandexpressions.Howtoimproveyourgenerallearningcapacity.Howtoimproveyourmemory.

2.Whatarethefourkeyfactorsmentionedinthepassage?________________________________________Task1NextpageKEY

B2.a.Interest b.Attention c.Comprehension d.ConsolidationListentotherecordinganddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F).Task2YourstronginterestinEnglishlearningwillremindyourselfwhyyouaredoingit.InterestinEnglishlearningwillmotivateyoutoworkhard.Accordingtothepassage,onceyoustartlearning,you’dbetterremoveanythingthatmaydistractyou.Thepassagesuggeststhatthemusicradioisoneofthepotentialdistractionsanddiminishescencentration.Ifthelearnerunderstandsacertainsentence,hedoesnotnecessarilyunderstandeverysinglewordinit.Reviewonaregularbasishelpsyoutolearnmoreeffectively.NextpageKEYTTTTFTSCRIPTHerearesomekeyfactorsforimprovingyouroverallcapacitytoremembernewtermsandexpressions:InterestInordertoimproveyourabilitytorecognizeandmemorizenewwordsandexpressions,youneedtobe

interestedinwhatyouaredoing.Cultivatinganinterestinaparticularfieldwillconstantlyremindyourselfwhyyouaredoingitandthereforeprovidesan

incredibleboost

inyourlearningprocess.AttentionConcentrationandattentionarekeyfactorsinthelearningprocess.IntheInternetera,concentrationisdiminishedduetomultitasking.So,Isuggestyoueliminatethemusicradioandallotherpotentialdistractionsand

focusonthetaskathand.ComprehensionWheneveryoufullyunderstandasentence,youalsounderstanditssinglepartsandtheconnectionsamongthem.Anengineerwhofiguresouthowanelectroniccircuitworksismorelikelytounderstanditssinglecomponents.Thesamegoesforalanguagelearner:ifheunderstandsagivensentence,hewillrememberthewordsbetter.ConsolidationOneofthebestandsimplestwaystodothisissimplyto

reviewwhatyouhavelearnedatregularintervals.Repeatingsomethinghelpsyoutofixthatinformationinamuchmoreeffectiveway.dedication n.献身，致力Intellectualadj.知识的，智力的integrate

v.融入；成为一体transfer n.转移；调任WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSSETUPStep3Listentoarecordingandchoosethebestanswer.

Task11.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage? A.Difficultiesinlearningaforeignlanguage. B.Personalexperiencesinlearningaforeignlanguage. C.Reasonsforlearningaforeignlanguage. D.Tipsforlearningaforeignlanguage.

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthereasonforlearningaforeignlanguage? A.Furtherstudyabroad. B.Work. C.Emigration. D.Familyandfriends.NextpageKEY1. C2. AListentotherecordingagainanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T),False(F)orNotGiven(NG)..Task2()1. It’sneverbeenaneasyjobtolearnaforeignlanguage.()2. Beingabletospeakaforeignlanguageprobablyenablesyoutomovetoaforeigncountry.()3. Learningthelocallanguagehelpsyoutocommunicatewithandintegrateintothelocalcommunity.()4. IfyourfirstlanguageisEnglish,it’snotnecessaryforyoutolearnthelocallanguagewhenyoumovetoanewcountry.()5. It’squiteimportantforyoutounderstandyourfriends’cultureandwayofthinking.()6.Youwillstandagoodchanceinyourcareerifyouareabletocommunicatewithspeakersofforeignlanguages.NextpageKEY1. T2. NG3. T4. F5. T6. TLearningaforeignlanguagetakestimeanddedication.Thereasonsbelowmayhelptoconvinceyoutogetinvolved,ifsuchpersuasionisneeded.Somereasonsarepracticalandothersintellectual.EmigrationWhenyoumovetoadifferentcountry,learningthelocallanguagewillhelpyoutocommunicatewithandintegrateintothelocalcommunity.Evenifmanyofthelocalsspeakyourlanguage,forexampleifyourfirstlanguageisEnglishandyoumovetotheNetherlands,it’sstillworthyourwhilelearningthelocallanguage.Doingsowilldemonstrateyourinterestinthenewcountry.FamilyandfriendsIfyourpartner,relativesorfriendsspeakadifferentlanguage,learningthatlanguagewillhelpyoutocommunicatewiththem.Itcanalsogiveyouabetterunderstandingoftheircultureandwayofthinking.WorkIfyourworkinvolvesregularcontactwithspeakersofforeignlanguages,beingabletotalktothemintheirownlanguageswillhelpyoutocommunicatewiththem.Knowledgeofforeignlanguagesmayalsoincreaseyourchancesoffindinganewjob,gettingapromotionoratransferoverseas.SCRIPTdominant adj.支配的，占优势的byalandslide 压倒性的primarily adv.首先，主要地dialect n.方言mandarin n.（汉语）普通话surpass v.超越，胜过WORDSANDEXPRESSIONSSETUPStep4EnglishasLanguageoftheWorldWatchavideoclipandfillintheblankswiththeinformationyouhear.1.Whatarethethreemajorlanguagestalkedaboutinthevideoclip?Pleaserankthemintheorderyouhear.__________spokenby__________people__________spokenby__________people __________spokenby__________people

2.Whenincludingsecondlanguagelearners,thenumberofEnglishspeakersbumpsupto__________million,surpassing__________butnot__________.

3.DoestheUnitedStateshaveanofficiallanguage?________________________________________Task1NextpageKEY1. Chinese; nearly1.2billionSpanish 400millionEnglish 335million2. 830 Spanish Chinese3. NOWatchthevideoclipagainandprovidethemissinginformation.Task2Well,byalandslide,themostcommonlanguagecomesfrom(1)__________—China.WithmorethanoneinsixpeopleonEarthclaimingitastheirfirstlanguage,Chineseisprimarilyspokenbynearly1.2billion.(2)__________Chineseisamacrolanguagemadeupof7majorgroupsbroughtoutovermorethan200differentdialects.Inparticular,mandarinrepresents(3)__________,some70%.ThenextlanguageonthelistisSpanish,with400millionnativespeakersworldwide.Spanishisalsothelargestsecondlanguagein(4)__________.PerhapssurprisinglyEnglishisonlythethirdmostspokenfirstlanguageintheworldwith335millionspeakers,(5)__________thepopulationsoftheUSandtheUK(6)__________.Butwhenincludingthosewholearnitasasecondlanguage,thatnumberbumpsupto830million,surpassingSpanishbutnotChinese.(7)__________:EnglishisnottheofficiallanguageoftheUnitedStates.TheUSdoesn’tevenhaveanofficiallanguage.Andyet(8)__________97%ofitsresidentsspeakEnglish.

NextpageKEY1. themostpopulatedcountry2. Technically3. thevastmajorityofChinesespeakers4. boththeUSandCanada5. barely6. combined7. Funfact8. reportedlyTherearemorethan7,000spokenlanguagesintheworld.Butnearlyhalfthepopulationspeaksoneofjusttwelveastheirfirstlanguage.Asamatteroffact,morethanthreequartersofalllanguagesareonlyspokenbyasmallnumberofpeople.Overall,mostoftheworldcommunicatesusingjustahandfulofdominantvocabularies.Sowhatarethebiggestlanguagesintheworld?Well,byalandslide,themostcommonlanguagecomesfromthemostpopulatedcountry—China.WithmorethanoneinsixpeopleonEarthclaimingitastheirfirstlanguage,Chineseisprimarilyspokenbynearly1.2billion.TechnicallyChineseisamacrolanguagemadeupof7majorgroupsbroughtoutovermorethan200differentdialects.Inparticular,mandarinrepresentsthevastmajorityofChinesespeakers,some70%.ThenextlanguageonthelistisSpanish,with400millionnativespeakersworldwide.SpanishisalsothelargestsecondlanguageinboththeUSandCanada.PerhapssurprisinglyEnglishisonlythethirdmostspokenfirstlanguageintheworldwith335millionspeakers,barelythepopulationsoftheUSandtheUKcombined.Butwhenincludingthosewholearnitasasecondlanguage,thatnumberbumpsupto830million,surp