Period 61. Do you like music?2. How many English songs can you think of? What are your favorites?Do you think English songs can help you learn English?How can they do that?1.We can learn some new words.2.We can speak native English. 3.We can learn some beautiful sentences.4.We can know English culture.5.We can learn some idioms.1. How many singers entered the contest?2. How old were the singers?3. Where was the winner of the mens competition from?4. Who was the winner of the womens competition?5. Why did Jiang Mei win?6. Did the winners think they were better than the other singers?7. What does Beijing Speaks English suggest?8.How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they?1. How many singers entered the contest?2. How old were the singers?3 Where was the winner of the mens competition from?24They came from all age groups.He is from Xian.4. Who was the winner of the womens competition?5. Why did Jiang Mei win?6. Did the winners think they were better than the other singers?She is a 19-year-old girl from Dalian.Because she studied English hard. Singing English songs help her improve her English.No, they didnt. 7. What does Beijing Speaks English suggest?8.How many fun ways to learn English are there in the text? What are they?It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English.4Singing English songs, watching English movies, reading English books, making friends with a native speaker of English. StatementsTrueFalse Not mentionedThree good ways of improving English are mentioned.The winners both agreed that they were the best singers.Studying English helped Jiang Mei win the prize.Singing songs doesnt mean you can speak English well.Reading English books is a better way of learning English than watching movies. Judge if the statements in 3a are true, false or not mentioned.Discuss in Groups: What other ways can you think of to improve your English?3c Close your books. Write a summary of the reading using no more than 100 words.(合上书合上书,写一篇课文的概要写一篇课文的概要,不多于不多于100字字.) Many Chinese people are trying to improve their English in different ways. Singing English songs is one way. Singers from across China entered a contest by singing English songs. Some of them were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. A winner said singing English songs made her more interested in learning English. So this kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English. And it is a good idea to have fun with English.