“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线Unit 1 How do you study for a test? Section A 3a-4Learning Goals:Section A 3a-4 is the second lesson in this unit. In this lesson, the Ss need to master more useful expressions about learning how to learn, like “the way of doing, the way to do sth., end up”. And they will go on to consolidate the structures “verb + by with gerund” and “gerunds as subjects” by finishing reading, speaking and interviewing tasks about how to study English better. The Ss can get a good chance to learn, show and share good experience of learning more English.Teaching and learning steps:Teaching and learning steps:Step I. Pre-reading activities1. PreviewAsk the Ss to translate the following Chinese into English. First ask the Ss to put them into English orally, then let them write English down without looking at the textbooks.(1)学习更多英语的最佳方式 _(2)具体的建议 _(3)通过使用英语来学习 _(4)记流行歌曲的单词 _(5)学习语法 _(6)感觉不同 _(7)看演员说台词 _(8)发现看电影无聊 _(9)改进英语 _(10)和朋友做对话 _(11)一点也不 _(12)因某事而变得兴奋 _(13)玩的愉快 _(14)以说语结束讲话 _（设计说明：本部分词组为学生的预习作业，通过检测学生的预习效果，教师可以更有针对性地教，学生可以更有针对性的学。）2. Review(1)Ask the Ss to retell how Mei, Pierre and Antonio in 1b study for a text.e.g. Mei studies for a test by making flashcards(2)Ask the Ss to retell the ways to learn English in 2a. e.g. Therere many ways to learn English. Some people learn English by watching English-language videos. Some people （设计说明：通过复述，既可以巩固上节课的语言知识，又为下一步导入新课做了充分的语言铺垫。）3. Lead inTell the Ss that therere many ways to learn English in 2a. Ask the Ss to make a conversation in pairs about what they think of these ways.e.g. A: What do you think of watching English-language videos? B: I think its too hard to understand the voices. What do you think of? A: Its （设计说明：通过引导学生开展对2a中呈现的英语学习方法的讨论，为下一步阅读关于英语学习方法的文章构建了相关语境。）Step II. While-reading activities1. Read the passage fast and silently to find the general idea.Tell the Ss that theyll read an article. Ask the Ss to read the article fast and silently for the first time and find the general idea.What is the article about? Its about _.A. how to study for a test B. the best ways to learn more English C. how to use English2. Read the text carefully and silently to find the specific ideas.(1)Ask the Ss to read the article again more carefully and silently to find the specific ideas to complete the chart.Ways of learning EnglishNot successfulOKSuccessfulLillian Listudying grammarWei MingLiu Chang(2) Check the Ssanswers.（设计说明：两次阅读任务不同，目的也不同。通过任务不同的阅读，目的分别是为了培养学生概括文章大意和读取细节的能力。）Step III. Post-reading activities1. Read and retell(1)Play the tape and ask the Ss to read 3a after the tape and prepare for retelling.(2)Get the students to retell 3a by using the chart.e.g. For Lillian Li, studying grammar is not successful. Memorizing the words of pop songs is OK. Reading English magazines is successful. For Wei Ming, After retelling, ask the Ss to think about the similarity in the above sentences: what is used as the subject? If necessary, the teacher can help the Ss to make a summary: The subjects are all gerunds.(3) Ask the Ss to read after it and find out the sentences with gerunds as subjects as many as possible.There are five sentences with gerunds as subjects. * She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little.* He thinks studying grammar is a great way to learn language.* He also thinks that watching English movies isnt a bad way.* Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English.* She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all.(4) Then ask the Ss to complete 3a by filling the blanks without looking at the text. This week we asked students at New Star High School about _ _ _ _ learn more English. Many said they learn _ _ _. Lillian Li said the best way to learn new words was _ _ _ _. She said that _ _ _ of pop songs also helped a little. She never studies grammar. She thinks its _. Wei Ming _ _. He thinks _ _ is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that _ _ _ isnt a bad way. Liu Chan