Why don

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Unit 8
Why dont you get her a scarf?
Reading
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PAIRWORK
1a How many English songs can you think of?
Which are your favorites?
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PAIRWORK
1b How can singing English songs help your
English? Make a list.
1. We can learn some new words.
2. _____________________________
We can improve the oral English.
We can improve the level of listening English.
3. _____________________________
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Reading strategy
To understand the important ideas from the text,
we must summarize. Do this by answering who,
what, where, why questions as you read.
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• Read the following passage and underline the
  important phrases or sentences, then translate
  them into Chinese.

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Why don't you learn to sing English songs?
Today many Chinese people try 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 clearly,
and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these
singers were able to sing English songs just as
well as native speakers.
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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 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 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.
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This kind of contest encourages people in
China to speak English. Many people agrees that
they make progress by singing English songs and
it is a good idea to have fun with English.
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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 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.
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Language points

• enter ??,??
• The man walked into the house in the dark.
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• nearly ??
• He can hardly understand it ,can he ?
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• sang sing ????
• Do you like singing English songs?
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Language points

• clearly ???,???
• I clearly remember it even nowadays.
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• winner ???
• Who is the winner?
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Language points

• interested ????
• interested in doing sth. ???????
• Im really interested in study English.
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• encourage ????
• Teachers often encourage class
  participation.
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progress ??,?? make progress ???????? I have
made great progress in this term? ???????????? sug
gest ??,?? She suggested early start.
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his daughter also went to see him. ??????,????????
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Language points
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Are these statements true, false, or not
mentioned in the reading?
Statements True False Not mentioned
Three 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.
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3c Close your books. Write a summary of the
reading using no more than 100 words.
Today many Chinese people are trying 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 with English.
Besides singing English songs, there are many
other fun ways to learn English, like watching
English movies and reading English books.
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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?
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• Join an English club.

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Listen to English news.
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Read English novels.
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Use flash cards.
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Write some things that you can do to win an
English song singing competition. Then ask a
partner to give you some suggestions to achieve
this dream.
Why dont you ?
How about ?

1. Why dont you listen to English songs more often?
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________

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• Bring your favorite English songs to class and
  share them with your classmates.

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Homework

• Finish off the exercises in 3c in Section 3
  and Section D in Reading.