How-I-learned-to-learn-English

SectionB3a-4DoyouhaveanydifficultiesorchallengesinlearningEnglish?HowdoyousolveyourprobleminEnglishstudy?Newwordslateron以后;随后beafraidtodosth害怕去做…laughatsb笑话;取笑(某人)completeadj.完整的;完全的sentencen.句子makeasentence造句firstofall首先;第一secretn.秘密;机密learnern.学习者takenotes做笔记;做记录termn.学期impressv.使感动…;给…深刻印象HowIlearnedtolearnEnglishLastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficultforme.Firstofall,itwasn’teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalkedtotheclass.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn’tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn’tmatterifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.AlsoIwasafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatemightlaughatme.Icouldn’talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglishlanguageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishGrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It’samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.readthearticlequicklyandfindtheanswertothisquestion:IssheenjoyinglearningEnglishnow?Taskone:SkimmingReadthearticleagainandwrtie“T”(for)trueor“F”（forfalse).Tasktwo:Scanning3aReadthearticle.Thenreadthestatementsaboutthearticle.Write“T”(fortrue)or“F”(forfalse)ThewriterfoundlearningEnglishdifficultbecause…1.theteacher’spronunciationwaspoor.2.peoplealwayslaughedatherwhenshespoke.3.shehadtroublemakingcompletesentences.4.Englishgrammarwasdifficult.HerEnglishimprovedwhenshestarted..5.goingoutwithEnglish-speakingfriends.6.lotsofspeakingpractice.7.usinggrammarinoriginalsentences.FFFTTTTWhatchallengesdidshemeetinlearningEnglishlastyear?1.Itwasn’teasyforhertounderstandtheteacher.2.Shewasafraidtospeakinclass.3.Shecouldn’tmakecompletesentences.4.Englishgrammarwasdifficultforher.Taskthree:intensivereadingHowdidshesolvethesedifficulties?1watchEnglish-languageTV.2doinglotsoflisteningpractice.3takegrammarnotesineveryclass.4writeherownoriginalsentences.Taskfour:MatchMatchthechallengeswithsolutionschallengessolutionsMatchthewriter’schallengesandsolutionscan’tunderstandteacher’swordsbeafraidtospeakinclasscouldn’talwaysmakecompletesentencesEnglishgrammartakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclasswritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearningwatchEnglish-languageTVEnglishgrammardolotsoflisteningpracticeTaskfive:haveadiscussioningroupstosolvethedifficultyinthepassage.HowIlearnedtolearnEnglishLastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficultforme.Firstofall,itwasn’teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalkedtotheclass.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn’tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn’tmatterifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.AlsoIwasafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatemightlaughatme.Icouldn’talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglishlanguageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishGrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It’samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.对于某人来说做某事很容易It’seasyforsb.todosth.害怕做某事beafraidofdoingsth/todosth嘲笑某人造完整的句子makecompletesentences---的秘密是--thesecretsof…决定做某事decidetodosth做笔记takenotes做某事有困难havetrouble/problems/difficultiesindoingsth.LaughatsbHaveatryAnalysethestructureofthetextandfindthewordsaboutthetimeorderHowIlearnedtolearnEnglishLastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficultforme.Firstofall,itwasn’teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalkedtotheclass.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn’tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn’tmatterifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.AlsoIwasafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatemightlaughatme.Icouldn’talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglishlanguageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishGrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It’samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.HowIlearnedtolearnEnglishLastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficultforme.Firstofall,itwasn’teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalkedtotheclass.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn’tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn’tmatterifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.AlsoIwasafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatemightlaughatme.Icouldn’talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglishlanguageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishGrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It’samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.first of all 首先    to begin with 一开始    later on 后来、随后    also 也、而且（用于肯定句）    either 也（用于否定句）    so 因此     then然后now现在Tasksix:Retellthearticle.ChallengesSolutionsteacherspeaktooquickly,can’tunderstandrealizeditdoesn’tmatterifyoucan’tunderstandeverywordbeafraidtospeakinclasswatchEnglish-languageTVcan’tmakecompletesentencesdoalotoflisteningpracticeEnglishgrammarwriteoriginalsentencestakegrammarnotes根据中文提示完成句子.如果你没有听明白每一个词,那没有关系.It____________ifyoudon’tunderstandeveryword.2.听懂老师说的对我来说很不容易.It__________formetounderstandtheteacher.3.开始她说得很快.To____________,shespoketoofast.4.我不敢在课上说英语,因为我认为同学会笑话我.IwasafraidtospeakEnglishinclassbecauseIthoughtmyclassmatesmight_____________me.5.昨天起得太晚了,没赶上头班车.Igotup______late_____catchthefirstbusyesterday.doesn’tmatterisn’teasybeginwithlaughattootoWritingDearLiLei,Iknowitisn’teasytolearnEnglishwell,butIhavesomeideasthatmayhelp.Yousaidyoucouldn’tunderstandpeoplewhotalkedfast.Well,youcantrytolistenforthemostimportantwords,noteveryword.Youcanalsodolotsoflisteningpractice.Ithinkit’soneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIthinkimportantisEnglishgrammar.Inordertolearnitwell,youhavetotakealotofgrammarnotesineveryclass.YoucanwriteEnglishsentencesusingthegrammaryouarelearning.YoucanalsoreadmoreEnglishbooks.ReadingisasimportantaslisteningforustolearnEnglishwell.Ifyoudoso,IbelievethatyoucanlearnEnglishverywelllateron.Yours,Meimei