1、Reading:,Read the article and answer the questions below:,Why did she find English learning difficult?,What did she do to improve her English?,Why did she find English learning difficult?,It wasnt easy for me to understand when the teacher talked. She spoke too quickly. I was afraid to speak in clas

2、s. I couldnt always make complete sentences. I found English grammar is also very difficult.,What did she do to improve her English?,I started to watch English-language movies. Doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. I decided to take a lot of gram

3、mar notes in every class. I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning.,Listening:,True or false questions:,Reasons why she found English learning difficult:,The teachers pronunciation is poor.,People always laughed at he when she spoke.,She had trouble making comple

4、te sentences.,English grammar was difficult.,F,T,F,T,Her English improved when she started:,going out with English speaking friends.,lots of listening practice.,using grammar in original sentences.,F,T,T,Read silently and find out some expressions that are useful in writing,first of all,to begin wit

5、h,later on,then,First, second, third , finally, at last,Firstly , in the first place, at first, to begin with, to start with,Secondly, in addition, besides, moreover, whats more, on the other hand, however,In the end, last but not least, in conclusion,(1)表示增加的過渡詞：also, and, and then, too, in additio

6、n, furthermore, moreover, again, first/second/third等。 (2)表示時(shí)間順序的過渡詞：now, then, before, after, afterwards, earlier, later, (5)表示對(duì)照的過渡詞：but, still, yet, however, on the other hand, on the contrary, in spite of, even though等。 (6)表示結(jié)果和原因的過渡詞：because, since, so, as a result, therefore, then, thus, otherw

7、ise等。 (10)表示總結(jié)的過渡詞：finally, at last, in conclusion, as I have shown, in other word, in brief, in short, in general, on the whole, as has been stated等。,writing,假如你是李華,請(qǐng)就本校食堂服務(wù)(canteen service)的狀況給校長寫一封信，內(nèi)容包括：,Dear Mr. Principal: I am a junior student of our school. Id like to say something about the

8、canteen service in our school. ,In general, the service is satisfactory. The hall is clean and tidy. The dishes look inviting and taste delicious as well. Whats more, the workers there treat us as their friends, which makes us feel very happy. However, we feel the price of the meals is a little too high. Besides, we can only have a limited variety of dishes with little change every week. In addition, we often have to stand in line for a long time before we can get the meal. You could understand how precious time is to us students. Therefore, may I suggest