Module 7　English for you and me 2023-2024學(xué)年外研版英語九年級(jí)下冊(cè)

外研版英語九年級(jí)下冊(cè)Module7

Unit1HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorner?EnglishcornerTounderstandtheconversationabout

“l(fā)earningEnglish”.2.Tolearnsomekeywordsanduseful

expressions.

3.Totalkaboutthegoodwaystolearn

English:IhopemyEnglishisgoodenoughfortheexams…YoumeanthoseclubswherepeoplegotopractisetheirEnglish?Learningtargets1.HowdoyoulearnEnglish?2.Whatareyourproblemsin

learningEnglish?3.Canyousuggestsomegoodand

usefulwaystolearnEnglish?LeadinListentotheradioinEnglishReadnewspapersinEnglishWatchEnglishfilmsSingEnglishsongsGotoEnglishcornerWords

v.成功；實(shí)現(xiàn)

prep.包括；包含Newwordsachieve

including

speaker

n.說某種語言的人

DiscussionIsthereanEnglishcornerinyour

classroom?2.HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglish

corner?1Lookatthephotoandanswerthequestions.Whichismoredifficult…1

speakingtoyourclassmatesorspeakingtopeople

fromtheUKortheUS?2doingEnglishexercisesorreadingEnglishstories?3

understandingwrittenEnglishorspokenEnglish?Listeningandvocabulary1

HowhasTony’sdadmadeprogressinlearningChinese?Hehasbeentoclasses.b)Hehaspractisediteveryday.c)Hedidnotdoanythingspecial.2Listenandchoosethecorrectanswer.√2AccordingtoTony’sdad,whatdoyouneedtodotobegoodataforeignlanguage?a)Youneedtobeverybright.b)Youneedtoworkhard.c)Youneedtogotoclasses.√ItiseasierthanEnglish.b)ItismoredifficultthanEnglish.c)ItisaseasyasEnglish.3WhatdoesTony’sdadthinkabout

Chinese?√3Listenandread.EverydayEnglishIhope……isnotthatgood.Readandmakeadialoguewitheachone.①

A:Howareyoufeelingtoday?

B:Muchbetter.IhopeIcangobacktoschoolsoon.②

A:Howaboutthissweater?

B:Thedesignisallright,butthecolorisnotthatgood.

Nowdecidewhomightagreewiththefollowingsentences.WriteBforBettyandLforLingling.1Englishmaynotbedifficulttolearnaslongasyoukeepontrying.2Chinesemaybemorepopularinthefuture.3LearningEnglishcanbealotoffun.4Englishismybestsubjectatschool.LLLB1

SomepeoplethinkEnglishisdifficulttolearnbecause_________________________

_______________.2

You’llfindalotoffuninlearningEnglishif

______________.3

YoucangotoanEnglishcornerif

__________________.youkeeptryingyouarehappytotrytolearnitwellitrequirestoomucheffort4Completethesentencesinyourownwords.4ItisgoodtomeetotherspeakersofEnglish,

although______________________________.

5LinglingdoesnothavetogotoanEnglishcornerbecause________________________________________________

youdidn’tspeakEnglishverywell

shecanspeakEnglishwithBetty

whenevertheymeet.1Howmuchhaveyou________thisyearinEnglish?Haveyoumademuch________?2Howcanyougetmorepracticewith

English________fromtheUKandtheUS?3Whatdoesit_______tolearnEnglishwell?5Completethequestionswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.achieveprogressrequirespeakerprogress

speakersrequireachievedDoyouknowanyothermethodstolearnEnglish

well?Talkaboutitwithyourpartner.6Readandpredictwhichwordsthespeakerislikelytostress.Englishisdifficulttolearnatthebeginning.Butifyoukeeptrying,youcanmakeprogressquicklyandfindalotoffuninlearningit.IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.Nowlistenandcheck.Pronunciationandspeaking7ReadtheparagraphinActivity6aloud.

Englishisdifficulttolearnatthebeginning.Butifyoukeeptrying,youcanmakeprogressquicklyandfindalotoffuninlearningit.IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.Well,IwenttoanEnglishcorneronce,andthereweresomepeoplewhodidn’tspeakEnglishverywell.Buttheywerehappytotry,andotherpeople,includingsomeEnglishspeakersfromtheUKandtheUS,werehappytotalktothem.8Readthisparagraphaloud.Makesure

youstresstheimportantwords.Nowlistenandcheck.9Workinpairs.TalkaboutyourprogressinEnglish.UseyouranswersinActivity5

tohelpyou.—Doyouthinkyou’vemadeanyprogressinEnglishthisyear?—Yes,Ido.I’velearntalotofnewwords,although…A:You’regoodatEnglish.CouldyoutellmehowtolearnEnglishwell?B:ThewaytolearnEnglishwellistopracticespeakingitasoftenaspossible.A:Ithinkso.Anythingelse?B:Trytowriteafewsentencesaboutyourdayandthenspeakthemoutasmanytimesaspossiblebeforeyougotosleep.A:Goodidea.Thanks.1.Howmuchprogressdoyouthinkyou’vemadeinEnglishthisyear,Lingling?

progress

n.進(jìn)步(不可數(shù)名詞)，常用rapid、great、much、some等修飾。常用短語：

makeprogressin(doing)sth.在……方面取得進(jìn)步。例：Ihavemadegreatprogressinlearning

mathsthisterm.我這學(xué)期學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)學(xué)有了

很大的進(jìn)步。Languagepoints2.IthinkI’veachievedalot.

achieve

v.

成功；實(shí)現(xiàn)(人作主語)

短語：achievesuccess/one’sdream取得成功/實(shí)現(xiàn)某人的夢想，同義短語：cometrue。例：Yourdreamwillcometrueoneday.=Youcanachieveyourdreamoneday.總有一天你會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢想?！就卣?】辨析achieve、earn、get與win相同：都意為“取得；獲得”。區(qū)別：achieve指克服困難之后獲得；earn指通過努力獲得；get可指主動(dòng)爭取；也可指被動(dòng)接受，不一定需要付出很大努力就能獲得；win指在競爭、比賽、爭論或戰(zhàn)斗中擊敗對(duì)手而贏得勝利?！就卣?】achievement是achieve的名詞形式,意為“成就；業(yè)績；實(shí)現(xiàn)；成功”,當(dāng)它意為具體的某項(xiàng)“成就，業(yè)績”時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞；當(dāng)它意為不確定的“實(shí)現(xiàn)；成功”時(shí)是不可數(shù)名詞。例：Itisagreatachievementtohim.對(duì)他來說,這是一個(gè)了不起的成就。Whenhefinishedthework,hefelta

senseofachievement.當(dāng)他完成工作時(shí)，

他有一種成就感。3.IhopemyEnglishisgoodenoughforthe

exams,anyway.

(1)enough在此句作副詞，意為“足夠地；

充分地”，修飾形容詞、副詞或動(dòng)詞，常

與to或for連用。例：Heplayswell

enough

forabeginner.

對(duì)于初學(xué)者來說,他彈奏得相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)。【拓展】enough還可作形容詞，意為“足夠的；充分的”，通常在句中作定語或表語。例：Iboughtenoughfoodinthesupermarkettoday.我在超市買了足夠的食物。(2)anywayadv.

無論如何；不管怎樣例：Anyway,hemusthaveeatenalotbecauseheisheavynow.

總之，他一定吃了很多，因?yàn)樗F(xiàn)在很重。4.Butifyoukeeptrying…

keepdoingsth.意為“堅(jiān)持繼續(xù)做某事”，強(qiáng)

調(diào)動(dòng)作的連續(xù)不斷，不與瞬間性動(dòng)詞連用；

keepondoingsth.強(qiáng)調(diào)反復(fù)性和決心，既可

接瞬間性動(dòng)詞，也可接持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，相當(dāng)于

goondoingsth.例：Shekeptworkinguntilmidnight.她一直

工作到午夜。Althoughheistired,hekeepsonclimbing

themountain.盡管他很累，但他仍堅(jiān)持爬山。5.…findalotoffuninlearningit.

fun

n.

快樂；樂趣(不可數(shù))

。常用短語：

havefun玩得開心，havefun(in)doing

sth.

做某事很開心/有趣。例：Youcangooutandhavefunwithyour

close

friendsonSunday.星期天你可以

和你的好朋友出去玩。

Wehadfuninridingbikestothebeach

today.今天我們?cè)谏碁T自行車，玩得

很開心。6.IhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogress

nextyear.

continuetodosth.繼續(xù)做某事（同一件事）

continuedoingsth.繼續(xù)做某事（非同一件事）

continuewithsth.繼續(xù)……例：Wemusttellhuntersnottocontinuehunting.我們必須告訴獵人不要再繼續(xù)

去獵取野生動(dòng)物。AfterreadingLesson7,shecontinuedtoread

Lesson8.讀完第七課，她繼續(xù)讀第八課。7.You

mean

thoseclubswherepeople...

mean

v.意思是；意味著例：Whatdoyoumean?

你（說）的話是什么意思？【拓展】adj.吝嗇的；刻薄的例：Theoldmanissomeantohisneighbours.

這位老人對(duì)他的鄰居很刻薄。8.…includingsomeEnglishspeakersfromtheUKandtheUS,….

including

prep.

包括，后接名詞、代詞或

動(dòng)名詞。動(dòng)詞include，意為“包括”。例：Tenbusinessmenattendedthismeeting,

includingmyfather.十位商人，包括我

的父親出席了這次會(huì)議。

DoyouknowifIamincludedinthis

plan?你知道我參與了這次計(jì)劃嗎？9.YoucanalsohelpmewithmyChinese.

常用短語：helpsbwithsth.幫助某人某事

helpsb.(to)dosth.幫助某人做某事，with

one’shelp=withthehelpofsb.在某人幫助下。10.

inthefuture在將來infuture

=fromnowon今后例：Iwanttobeadoctorinthefuture.將來我想

當(dāng)一名醫(yī)生。Don’tdothatthinginfuture.今后不要做那

件事。SummaryLearnthenewwordsandphrasesinUnit1.2.Improvethelisteningskills.LearnhowtostudyEnglishbyreadingthepassage.外研版英語九年級(jí)下冊(cè)Module7

Unit2WeallownEnglish.Englishiseverywhere.1.TounderstandthereasonwhyEnglish

iswidelyused.2.Tolearnsomekeywordsanduseful

expressions.

3.Towriteacompositionaboutthe

futureofChinese.LearningtargetsTranslatethephrasesandsentences.1.足夠好___________________________2.最擅長于……_____________________3.太多努力_________________________4.越來越受歡迎_____________________5.取得進(jìn)步_________________________6.繼續(xù)做某事_______________________7.英語角___________________________goodenoughbebestat…toomucheffortmakeprogresscontinuetodosth.EnglishcornermoreandmorepopularRevisionWhichlanguagedoyouthinkisthemost

widelyusedlanguageintheworld?Whichcountrydoyouthinkhasthemost

Englishlearners?DoyoulikelearningEnglish?

Whyorwhynot?PairWorkCanadianAustralianEnglishBritishAmericanIndianCaribbeanManycountriesspeakdifferentkindsofEnglish.Words

n.老板；上司n.秘書bosssecretary

quarter

industry

zero

Indian

type

n.四分之一

n.

制造業(yè)；工業(yè)n.（數(shù)字）零n.印度人

adj.印度的；印度文化的n.種；類；類型Newwords

Wherearethey?

Whatlanguagescanyousee?IcanseeChinese/English/...Theyarein/at...1Workinpairs.Talkaboutthephotosontherightandonthenextpage.Say:ReadingandvocabularyCanyoutellanythingabouttheminEnglish?1HowmanypeopleintheworlduseEnglish?About400millionpeopleintheworlduseEnglish.2Read

thepassageandanswerthequestions.Inthenineteenthcentury,Englishbecamethelanguageofworldtrade.Andinthetwentiethcentury,theUSspreadEnglishtotheworldthroughnewspapers,televisionandfilms.2HowdidEnglishbecomeaninternational

language?3WhendoyouthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguage?IthinkChinesewillbecomeaninternationallanguagebythemiddleofthe21stcentury.4

WhoownsEnglish?Englishisownedbyeveryonewhospeaksit.Readthepassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.①InacountrylikeIndia,Englishis____.a)nottaughtinschoolb)spokenbyeveryonec)themostimportantforeignlanguaged)notthelanguageeveryonespeaksat

homed②Englishbecomesmorecommonbecause____.a)ofthegrowthoftheUKb)it’saneasylanguagetolearnc)itisusedinscience,industry

andtheInternetd)itissoldlikeanindustrialproductc③Englishhasmanywordswhich_____.a)aredifficulttorememberb)borrowedfromotherlanguagesc)lookasiftheycomefromanotherlanguaged)areimportanttorememberb④Inthemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury,Chinese_____.a)mayreplaceEnglishasaninternationallanguageb)willbetaughtinallschoolsasaforeignlanguagec)maybecomeascommonasEnglishd)won’tbeusedaswidelyasEnglishca)Chinesemaybethenextworldlanguageinthefuture.b)Englishisthemostimportantinternationallanguagetoday.c)Englishspreadthroughtradeandthemedia.d)WeallownEnglish.e)Englishhasborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.Para4Para1Para2Para5Para33

Matchtheideaswiththeparagraphs.1.WhatdoyouwanttouseEnglishfor?IwanttouseEnglishforreadingEnglishnewspapersandcommunicatingwithforeigners.Discussion2.

DoyouknowanyChinesewordsfromEnglish?

Givesomeexamples:沙發(fā)(sofa),咖啡(coffee),博客(blog),可口可樂(CocaCola)3.DoyouagreethatChinesewillonedayreplaceEnglish?Maybe.Chinacontinuestogrowfast.AsmanyforeignerscometoChinatoworkandtravel,IthinkChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthe21stcentury.1.Doesaprivate_________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)_________lookafteroffice

workersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____

called?4Completethequestionswiththewords

inthebox.bossIndiaquartersecretaryzero1.Doesaprivate_________workforamanagerorateacher?2.Doesa(n)_________lookafteroffice

workersorworkalone?3.Whatarethepeoplewholivein_____

called?secretaryIndiaboss4Completethequestionswiththewords

inthebox.bossIndiaquartersecretaryzerobossIndiaquartersecretaryzero4.Howmanytimesdoes_____appearin

1,000and1,000,000?5.If1.75billionisa(n)________ofthe

world’spopulation,what’sthewhole

populationoftheworld.quarter

zeroNowworkinpairs.Askandanswer.5WriteacompositioncalledThefutureof

Chinese.

Writenotesaboutthefollowingquestions:

HowmanypeoplespeakChineseinChina?

800million.

HowmanypeoplespeakChineseoutside

China?Wherearethey?

Singapore,Malaysia,Chinesecommunities

allovertheworld.WritingWhoislearningChineseoutsideChina?SchoolchildrenintheUKandtheUSA.DoyouthinkpeoplewillspeakChineseasaninternationallanguageinthefuture?Why?Yes,

Ithinkso.Becauseasoneofthegreatleadersintheworld,theimportanceofitslanguagecannotbeneglected.

Basedonyournotes,decideifChinesewillbecomemoreimportantinfuture.Writeanintroductiontostateyourpointofview.

Organiseyournotesintosentencesandparagraphs.Usefactstosupportyouropinions.

Finishyourcompositionwithaconclusion.Addanyfurtherinformationorideasyoumayhave.Nowwriteyourcomposition.LearningtolearnToattractreaders’attention,thewriteroftenbeginsacompositionwithquestionsandthenanswersthem.Youcandothesamewhenwritingyourowncomposition.

Asweallknow,therearemanylanguagesintheworld,anddifferentcountrieshavedifferentlanguagesastheirmotherlanguages,suchasChinese,English,RussianandFrench.Chinese,whichcanbedatedbacktothousandsofyearsago,iswidelyspokenintheworld,andwillhaveabrightfuture,actingamoreandmoreimportantroleontheworldstage.Thereasonsareasfollows.TheFutureofChineseSample1

Firstofall,Chinesecharactersareakindofwritinginpictures,whichareeasytolearnandmemorize.Second,comparedwithotherlanguages,Chinesehasmuchemotionalcolouring,includinghappiness,angriness,sadnessandpleasure.Therearemanywordsandexpressionsforchoicestoexpressdifferentfeelings.Third,takingupone-fifthoftheworld’spopulation,Chinawillhavemoreandmoreeffectontheworldinallkindsoffields,likepolitics,economy

andculture.Chinawillbecomethecentreoftheworld.AndcertainlyChinese,asthemotherlanguageofit,willbeusedmoreandmoreoften.Fromalongrun,Chinesewillhaveabrightfutureandhavetheopportunitytobetheworldlanguage.Sample2

ChineseisoneofworkinglanguagesintheUnitedNations.NotonlypeoplelivinginsideChina,butalsomanyChineseoutsideChinaspeakit.YouwillfindlargeorsmallgroupsofChinesepeoplelivinginalmosteverycountryintheworld.Theyarelivingandworkingthere.Chinesehasthelargestnumberofspeakersintheworld.However,wehaveenteredaperiodinhistoryTheFutureofChinesewhenchildrenarealllearningbeginnersorhigherlevelEnglishlearners.Butlookingintothefuture,thenumberoflearnersmaygrowsmalleralmostasquicklyasitincreased.ManylanguagelearnersareexpressinganinterestinlearningChinese.1.InGhana,IndiaandSingapore,English

isusedasaworkinglanguage…

beusedas表示“用作……”；beusedfor...

用于……(某種目的)例：Cottoncanbeusedforclothesandquilts.棉可用于做衣物和被子。Aredlampisusedasadangersignal.紅燈可以用作警示信號(hào)。Languagepoints2.Englishisnowusedbynearlyaquarterof

theworld’spopulation,...

aquarterof四分之一的……，謂語的單

復(fù)數(shù)由of后面的單詞決定。例：Onlya

quarter

oftheearthisland.地球上只有四分之一的大陸。

A

quarter

oftheresidentsareover55yearsold.四分之一的居民年齡超過55歲。

quarter的基本意思是“四分之一,四等分”,可用來指距離、數(shù)量、價(jià)格及物體的四分之一的量,也可專指時(shí)間“一刻鐘,十五分鐘”或“一季度,三個(gè)月”。例：It’sa

quarter

pastten.10點(diǎn)過15分。Theflightwasputoffabouta

quarter

becauseoftheheavyfog.由于大霧，航班延遲了15分鐘?！猈hichisthebiggestnumberofthefour?—_______.（黔西南州中考）

A.OnethirdB.Twothirds

C.AhalfD.AquarterB解析A.三分之一，B.三分之二，

C.一半，D.四分之一。通過比較可知，三分之二最大，故選B。中考鏈接3.ThereisagoodchancethatyouwillmeetsomeonewhospeaksEnglish.Thereisagoodchancethat…表示“很可

能……”。例：Thereisagoodchancehewillfail.

他極有可能失敗。

ThereisagoodchancethatI’llfinishtheworktomorrow.我有可能在明天完成這

項(xiàng)工作。和chance有關(guān)的短語：

givesb.achance給某人一次機(jī)會(huì)

haveachancetodosth.有機(jī)會(huì)做某事

missachance錯(cuò)過機(jī)會(huì)

loseachance失去機(jī)會(huì)

和chance有關(guān)的句型：Thechanceisthat…

/Thechancesarethat…

有可能……/很有可能……例：Thechanceis(that)she’salreadyheardthenews.有可能她早已聽聞這個(gè)消息。Thechancesarethatthenewmachinewill

arrivetomorrow.新藥很有可能明天到。4.Thereasonwhy…isthatinthenineteenthcentury…

Thereasonwhy…isthat…表示“……的原

因是……”?！咀⒁狻坑⒄Z中沒有thereasonwhy…isbecause…,正確的形式是thereasonwhy…isthat…例：Hedoesn’tcomeheretoday.Thereasonis

that

he’sillathome.他今天不來這兒。因

為他生病家。5.MoreandmoreschoolsinEuropeare

teachingChineseasaforeignlanguage,

togetherwithsomeEuropeanlanguages.togetherwith…

與……一起，連同……例：Hecollectscoins,togetherwithstamps

andpostcards.他收集硬幣，還有郵票和明信片。二、根據(jù)漢語提示完成句子。1.

你仍然有很多機(jī)會(huì)。別放棄！Youstillhavemany

.Don’tgiveup!chancesIwanttoknowthe

youchoosethisjob.3.昨天我和幾個(gè)朋友去了電影院。

Yesterday,I

tothemovietheatre

withsomefriends.2.

我想知道你選擇這份工作的原因。reasonwentwhytogetherSummaryLearnthenewwordsandphrasesinUnit2.2.KnowmoreaboutEnglishlanguage.WriteacompositioncalledThefutureofChinese.外研版英語九年級(jí)下冊(cè)Module7

Unit3LanguageinuseLearningtargets1.Tounderstandanduseadverbialclausesandinfinitives.TomakealistoftipsforlearningEnglish.Toknowmoreaboutworldlanguage.HaveyoueverbeentoanEnglishcorner?LeadinHaveyouevergivenaspeech

inEnglish?HaveyoueversunganEnglishsongforyourclassmates?HaveyouevertalkedwithaforeignerinEnglish?HaveyoueverbeenamemberofaEnglishdramaclub?It’salsothesubjectthatI’mbestat,although

myspokenEnglishisnotthatgood.IcanspeakEnglishwithyouwheneverwemeet.As

Chinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonasEnglishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.讓步狀語從句原因狀語從句GrammarLanguagepracticeIhopeIcancontinuetomakeprogressnextyear.TheBritish,theIndiansandtheChineseallhelp(to)makeitarichlanguage.動(dòng)詞不定式表目的It’salsothesubjectthatI’mbestat,________myspokenEnglishisnotthatgood.2.IcanspeakEnglishwithyou_________wemeet.3.___Chinacontinuestogrow,manypeoplethinkthatChinesewillbecomeascommonas

Englishbythemiddleofthetwenty-firstcentury.wheneveralthough用適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~補(bǔ)全句子。AsExercises4.IhopeIcancontinue__________progress

nextyear.5.TheBritish,theIndiansandtheChineseall

help___________itarichlanguage.(to)maketomake1ManyConfuciusInstituteshavebeensetuparoundtheworld________moreandmorepeoplewanttolearnChinese.

afteralthoughbecausebeforeifsothatso…that…whenwhilebecause

1Completethesentenceswiththewordsorexpressionsinthebox.Theremaybemorethanoneanswer.2Frenchwasmorepopular_________Englishbecameimportantinthenineteenthcentury.3Iwillmakegreatprogress_______youhelpmelearnEnglish.4TonyfindswritingChinesereallydifficult,_________hecanunderstandandspeakChineseprettywell.before

if

afteralthoughbecausebeforeifsothatso…that…whenwhilealthough5Englishspreadmorequicklyallovertheworld_______televisionwas

invented.6IadviseyoutogotoanEnglishcorner________youcanimproveyour

listeningandspeaking.after

sothat

afteralthoughbecausebeforeifsothatso…that…whenwhile7Englishhasbecome_______importantininternationalcommunication________schoolsinChinaandmanyothercountriesteachthelanguage.8InordertoimprovehisEnglish,myuncletookeverychancetotalktopeopleinAustralia___________hewasworkingthere.sothat

afteralthoughbecausebeforeifsothatso…that…whenwhilewhen/while

9IstartedlearningEnglish_______Iwassevenyearsold,rightonmybirthday.when

afteralthoughbecausebeforeifsothatso…that…whenwhile1Manypeoplewant_________(study)Englishsotheycangetagoodjob.2Iaskedmyteacher_________(give)mesomeextraEnglishhomework.3Youneed__________(practise)speakingeverydayifyouwanttoimproveyourspokenEnglish.tostudytogive(to)practise2Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinbrackets.4Jennylearnt_________(speak)EnglishwellwhileshewasinCanada.5Englishiseasy_______(learn)ifyoupractiseandreviseeveryday.tospeaktolearn

MeghasachievedaveryhighlevelofEnglishthisyear.Sheisabrightandhard-working

student,andweareveryproudofheratthisschool.1Whohasdoneverywellatschool?Meghasdoneverywellatschool.3Workinpairs.Readtheremarksanddiscussthequestions.

Nedneedstomakeanefforttoimprovehishandwriting.Allheneedsisafewminutesoniteveryday.Ifhepractisesit,hishandwritingwillcertainlyimprove.2WhatdoesNedneedtodoinordertogetbetterathandwriting?Heneedstopractiseitforafewminutesevery

day.

Tobyseemsnottobeasinterestedinschoolworkasheisinsport.Hewillmakegoodprogressinallhissubjectsifheworksharder.3WhatdoesTobyenjoy?Doeshelikeschoolworkasmuchasthis,orlessthanthis?Heenjoyssport.Helikesschoolworklessthansport.Teacher:Beforewestartthelesson,everyone,isthereanythingyou’reworriedaboutorneedhelpwith?StudentA:Yes,I’mworriedaboutmyhandwriting,becauseitisn’tgood.4Completetheconversationwiththe

correctformofthewordsinbrackets.Teacher:Goodhandwriting(1)_________

(require)alotofpractice.Youneed

(2)___________(practise)writingthe

lettersandjoiningthemtogether.If

youworkhard,youcan(3)_______

(improve)it.Isthereanyoneelse

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