山东省滨州市邹平实验中学八年级（下）英语《Unit8 Why dont you get her a scarf》课件6.pptVIP

* * 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. The Olympics=the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会 enter v. 参加；进入 nearly adv. 几乎 sing—sang clearly adv. 明朗地；明显地 stage n. 舞台 native adj. 本地的；本国的 from across China=from all over China 来自全中国 by+名词/动词-ing 通过；以 as+形容词或副词原形+as 像…一样 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. winner n. 胜利者 modest adj. 谦虚的；谦让的 earlier adj. 早的；初期的 interested adj. 感兴趣的 This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. “Chinese people should try to speak English more. We should try to make progress before the Olympics,” said a spokesperson from the Olympic Committee. He agrees that it is a good idea to have fun with English. encourage v. 鼓励 encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事 progress n. 进步；前进 make progress 取得进步 spokesperson n. 发言人；代言人 the Olympic Committee 奥委会 It’s + 名词 + to do sth. 做某事是怎样 have fun with sth. 在…中获得乐趣 Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why don’t you find out about it? It suggests