The article review(文章导读):目 录
封面 扉页 版权页 编写人员
前言（Foreword）
Unit 1 Friendship
教学目的和要求（Teaching aims and demands）
教学建议（Suggested teaching notes）
补充参考
Text(正文):
Most important task compiling the first edition of the OED
Its difficulties:
1 worked in a shed in his garden and behind his house
2 very cold as it was one metre underground
3 no heating; he had to wear a coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm
4 no electric light; he worked at night with candles
Qualities needed:
1 commitment
2 perseverance
3 accuracy
Who worked on it at first just James Murray; later his two daughters; finished by other editors after his death
Date of completion 1928
Other information first edition took forty-four years to compile
Speaking Task
Integrated practice of grammar and usage is complemented by integrated reading as shown in the Reading task, Further reading and the reading that introduces this oral activity．Students may be unfamiliar with the abbreviations used in this reading passage that introduces the speaking task．
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation （London, England）
CCTV = China Central Television （Beijing, China）
CNN = Cable News Network （Atlanta, Georgia, US）
CRI = China Radio International （Beijing, China）
Sometimes the best way to understand a language is to teach it to others．This speaking task requires students to think about how they learn English and choose the methods that helped them the most．
Sample dialogue:
S1: Now let\'s try and remember what helped us most when we were first learning English．
S2: I remember that learning the grammar and then practising it in situations helped me a lot．
S3: Yes, and I enjoyed the chants we used to sing and short poems we used to say．
S4: But I learned the most from seeing the words written down and doing the dialogues and readings．Do you remember we used to read the dialogues in the book and then change them a little using our own words．That was very good practice．
S1: What about listening to English? What helped us most to improve that aspect of our English?
S2: The listening tapes that we had were very good．The VCD, which used native speakers to teach the units, was very helpful．The exercises where we repeated the English words helped me with my pronunciation．
S3 and S4: Me too! Me too!
S1: So we should say that we learned our English by listening to tapes with native speakers, by reading texts that were not too difficult, by practising the grammar with chants and exercises, by speaking English using the dialogues and practising the pronunciation of new words．That seems very clear．So let\'s make a list．
Writing Task
Most language teachers try to model the language they are teaching when they speak．They do this by using correct pronunciation, syntax and word choice．However, they seldom share with their students the specific ways in which they themselves learned English as teenagers．As a result, students may believe that their English teachers never struggled with learning the language as much as they are now．To avoid sharing your own growth as a language learner is to miss an opportunity to empathize with your students （ie understand their frustrations more fully）and let them see that it is possible to become fluent in English despite many setbacks．Therefore, you are encouraged to model this writing task by sharing your own learning experiences． |
