Why don39t you learn to sing English songs？.ppt

Why don’t you learn to sing English songs? Pre-reading questions 1. What English songs can you think of? Which is your favorite? Section 1 Before You Read Section 2 While You Read Section 2 While You Read Section 2 While You Read Section 2 While You Read Section 3 After You Read While- reading Finding information 3. reading English books 1. listening to English radio program Post-reading True or False Match contest encourage make progress enter suggest native modest ? give someone the courage to do something ? a place where you come from ? competition ? get better ? tell or show ? go into ? don’t want to talk about one’s own abilities or achievements * * 2. How can singing English songs help your English? 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. 理解文章的重点，必须对文章加以提炼、总结。一般需要回答是谁、干什么、在哪里和为什么这些问题。 China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so 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. 参加 通过唱英文流行歌曲 几乎所有的歌手都唱得很清晰，在台上看起来很舒服。 和本国人一样好 The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an and the winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s 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. 两个赢