Unit1Howdoyoustudyforatest?

　　SectionA

　　3aReadthearticleandcompletethechart.

　　Howdoyoulearnbest?

　　ThisweekweaskedstudentsatNewStarHighschoolaboutthebestwaystolearnmoreEnglish.ManysaidtheylearntbyusingEnglish.Somestudentshadmorespecificsuggestions.LillianLi,forexample,saidthebestwaytolearnnewwordswasbyreadingEnglishmagazines.Shesaidthatmemorizingthewordsofpopsongsalsohelpedalittle.Whenweaskedaboutstudyinggrammar,shesaid,鈥淚neverstudygrammar.It鈥檚tooboring."

　　WeiMingfeelsdifferently.He鈥檚beenlearningEnglishforsixyearsandreallylovesit.Hethinksstudyinggrammarisagreatwaytolearnalanguage.HealsothinksthatwatchingEnglishmoviesisn'tabadwaybecausehecanwatchtheactorssaythewords.Sometimes,however,hefindswatchingmoviesfrustratingbecausethepeoplespeaktooquickly.

　　LiuChangsaidthatjoiningtheEnglishclubatschoolwasthebestwaytoimproveherEnglish.Studentsgetlotsofpracticeandalsohavefun.Sheaddedthathavingconversationswithfriendswasnothelpfulatall."WegetexcitedaboutsomethingandthenendupspeakinginChinese,鈥shesaid.

　　SectionB

　　3aReadthearticle.Thenreadthestatementsaboutthearticle.Write"T鈥(fortrue)or"F"(forfalse).

　　HowIlearnedtolearnEnglish

　　LastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficult.Firstofall,itwasn'teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalked.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn'tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn'tmatterifyoudon'tunderstandeveryword.Iwasalsoafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatesmightlaughatme.Icouldn'talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglish-languageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishgrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It'samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.

　　Unit2Iusedtobeafraidofthedark.

　　SectionB

　　3aReadthestoryaboutRoseTang鈥檚problemsandthencompletethechart.

　　Mybiggestproblem

　　MybiggestproblemisthatI'mtoobusy.WhenIwasyoung,Iusedtohavesomuchtime,butthesedaysIgetupearlyandstayinschoolallday.ThenIgorighthomeandeatdinner.BeforeIstartedhighschool,Iusedtospendalotoftimeplayinggameswithmyfriends,butIjustdon'thavethetimeanymore.Intheevening,IusedtowatchTVorchatwithmygrandmother,butnowIhavetostudy.Ilovemusic,andmyfatherusedtotakemetoconcerts.Thesedays,Ihardlyeverhavetimeforconcerts.Idomyhomeworkandgotobed.Ireallymisstheolddays.

　　Unit3Teenagersshouldbeallowedtochoosetheirownclothes.

　　SectionA,

　　3aReadtheconversation.ThenwriteSunFei鈥檚andWuYu鈥檚rulesinthechart.Use鈥淒on鈥檛鈥and鈥淵oucan鈥?

　　SunFei:Wehavealotofrulesatmyhouse.

　　WuYu:Sodowe.Forexample,Ihavetostayathomeonschoolnights.

　　SunFei:Iusuallydo,too.ButsometimesI鈥檓allowedtostudyatafriend鈥檚house.Whataboutweekends?

　　WuYu:Well,I鈥檓allowedtogotot