2. Unit one How do you study for a test?

3. Grammar Focus How do you study for a test? I study by listening to tapes. I learn by studying with a group. How do you learn English? Do you learn English by reading aloud ? Yes, I do.

4. 1.work with friends 2. make flashcards

5. 4. listen to tapes 3. ask teachers for help

6. 5. read the textbook 6. make vocabulary lists 读课本 列词汇表达

7. 5. study with a group 2a 1.Learn English by watching English-language videos. 通过看英语录像学英语. 和朋友练习对话. 2. have conversations with friends 4. read aloud to practice pronunciation 3. What about listening to tapes? 听录音带怎么样 ? 朗读练习发音. 和小组学习

8. 2b a. I’v learned a lot that way. b. It improves my speaking skills. c. I do that sometimes. I think it helps. d. It’s too hard to understand the voices. 用那种方法我学到很多. 它提高我的说的技能. 我有时那样做. 我认为它有帮助. 很难听懂声音.

9. 3a How do you learn best? This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English.many said they learnt by using English. ( 通过用英语 ) some students had more specific suggestions. ( 特别的建 议 )Lillian Li, for example 例如, said the best way to learn new words 学生词的最好 办法 was by reading English magazines 看 英语杂志. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs 记流行歌词 also helped a little 稍有帮助.

10. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “I never study grammar 学语法. It’s too boring.” Wei Ming feels differently. He’s been learning English for six years and really loves it. He thinks studying grammar is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English movies 看英语 电影 isn’t a bad way because he can watch the actors say the words 看演员说话 Sometimes, however,

11. he finds watching movies frustrating 使人 失望 because the people speak too quickly. Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school 加入学校俱乐部 was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun 有趣好玩. She added 补充说 that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. ‘we get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese 用汉语结 束说话,” she said.

12. Section B I can’t pronounce some of the words. I can’t spell some English words. I can’t understand spoken English. I make mistakes in grammar. I read very slowly. I don’t know how to use commas. 有些单词不会发音. 有些单词不会拼写. 我不懂英语口语. 我发语法错误. 我看 \ 读得慢. 我不知道用逗号.

13. flashcard vocabulary aloud pronunciation specific memorize grammar differently frustrate quickly excited not at all end up spoken slowly make mistakes comma challenge 词汇