1. TEXT A Learning a Foreign Language go UNIT 1

2. Learning a Foreign Language Useful Expressions Text Interpretation Sentence Structure Translation Practice Reading Skill Structured Writing

3. Useful Expressions  3 years my junior 小我三岁  积极回应  高级官员  前妻  as timid as a hare  网购 positive response senior officials former wife 胆小如鼠 online shopping  错失良机 miss the opportunity  通讯卫星 com. satellite

4. Useful Expressions  mass media 大众媒体  virtual prisoner  keep up with  commit a crime  自律  最低工资 形同囚犯 赶上，不落后 犯罪 self-discipline minimum salary  assign homework 布置家庭作业  发帖回复 post a reply

5. Useful Expressions  reap failure 遭受失败  live on benefit  贫富差距  at times  feel like doing  come across 靠救济生活 gap between rich & poor 有时 想要做某事 偶然遇到  now that 既然  bridge the gap 缩小差距

6. 1.Warm-up questions 2.Comprehension questions 3.Detailed reading 4.Song: Hero Text Interpretation

7. 1. Warm-up questions 1. When did you start to learn English? 2. How do you try to learn English well? 3. What have you got from English learning? 4. What do you expect from college English learning? 5. Ever tried online learning? What do you think?

8. 2. Comprehension questions 1. Why did the writer enjoy learning English in junior middle school? 2. How did English learning change for the writer after entering senior middle school? 3. What equipment is necessary for studying English online? 4. Why does the writer enjoy speaking with other people? 5. More on p8

9. 3. Detailed reading 1. My experience with learning … middle school, when I took my first English class. 2. I eagerly answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes. 3. While my former teacher had been patient with all …, my new teacher … punished those who … 4. Whenever... she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, “No! No! No!” 5. The situation was far from perfect, though. 3. Detailed reading

10. 6. I worked hard to meet the minimum standards set by the course and to complete assignments on time. 7. Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldn’t trade for anything. 8. Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of … I can participate and make friends. 3. Detailed reading

11. There's a hero 有一位英雄 If you look inside your heart 如果你探寻内心 You don't have to be afraid? 你不必害怕 Of what you are 自己是什么 There's an answer 有一种答案 If you reach into your soul 如果你深入自己的灵魂 And the sorrow that you know 你所经历的痛苦 Will melt away 将随之消散 4. Song: Hero

12. And then a hero comes along 会有一位英雄向你走来 With the strength to carry on 带着继续奋斗的力量 And you cast your fears aside 你会把恐惧抛开 And you know you can survive 你知道自己能挺过来 So when you feel like hope is gone 所以当你感到希望似乎破灭 Look inside you and be strong 审视自己，保持坚强 And you'll finally see the truth 最终你将明白 That a hero lies in you 英雄气魄就在你身上 4. Song: Hero

13. It's a long road 漫漫长路 When you face the world alone 当你独自面对世界 No one reaches out a hand 没有人伸出手 For you to hold 让你握住 You can find love 你一定能找到爱 If you search within yourself 如果能在自己身上找到勇气 And the emptiness you felt 你曾感到的空虚 Will disappear 将会消失 4. Song: Hero

14. 1.While to introduce information of contrast e.g. While my former teacher had been patient with all of the students, my new teacher quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers. 2.Not only … but also … e.g. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture. Sentence Structure

15. 1.Not only can students choose when and where to learn for an online course, but they can also take time to think through answers before making a reply. 2.She is excited by the idea of online learning while he considers it meaningless and useless. 3.Communicating with native speakers is a very rewarding experience from which we can learn a lot. 4.Today more and more people have access to the Internet through which they look for the information they need. Translation Practice

16. 5.He wants her to give up working and stay home to look after the children. She feels, however, that this is too much for her. 6.Now that we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.

17.  Find out word meanings 1. Definition 2. Examples 3. Synonyms 4. Antonyms 5. Common sense Reading Skill

18.  Topic: Li and Zhang got into a fight.  Cause: one doing home work the other listening to music  Effect: Making the other angry A quarrel leading to a fight Structured Writing