初二上-悦读联播----完整版

1YOU’RENOTALONE---GETBLOGGINGDoyoufeelstressedandconfusedwhenyou’relearningEnglish?Frustratedbyyourlackofprogress?Well,don’tworry.You’renotalone!ZhaoXing,fromBeijingfeltjustlikethis.Sohedecidedtowriteto‘InternationalEnglishLearners’Blogsite’.Ablogisanonlinediary,wherepeopleacrosstheworldcommunicateanddiscussissueswitheachother.ZhaoXing’sBlogHi,I’mZhaoXingfromBeijing.I’mreallystrugglingtolearnEnglishandIjustneedsomehelp!I’vegotanexamcomingupsoonandIneedtoimprovemyspeaking,listening,readingandwritingskills.Pleasehelpme!IfeellikeI’mgoingmad!Anyadvice?June,chinaZhaoXing!Iknowjusthowyou’refeeling.Theremustbeotherpeopleinyoursituation.Whydon’tyougettogetherandsetupsomekindof‘EnglishSpeakingClub’?Youcantalktoeachotheraboutyourlife,yourworries…It’sanexcellentwaytoimproveyourEnglishandenjoyyourself!LiMing,UKHithere!Likeyou,I’mstrugglingtoleanEnglishgrammarandespeciallypronunciation—theyspeaksofasthereandhavereallystrangeaccents!TrytowatchsomeEnglishfilmsanddon’tworryifyoudon’tunderstandeverything—justguesswhatthey’resaying.Daniella,SpainIt’sagoodideatoreadEnglishnewspapers.Isn’tthereoneinChinacalledChinaDaily?Getyournotebookoutandwritedownandthentranslatesomewordsyoudon’tknow!You’llfindwordsrepeatthemselvesandyou’llfindwordsrepeatthemselvesandyou’llquicklybuildupyourvocabulary.Sam,AustraliaHowaboutgettingapenfriend?I’dbehappytobeyours.Wecansendeachothermessages.Don’tbeshy!Goodluckinyourexams.Takeadeepbreath,smileandyou’llbefine!EXERCISES1.Matchthewordwithitscorrectmeaninginthetext.frustratedmakingagreateffortstrugglingincreasebuildupdiscouraged2.Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.1.Whatcanpeopledoonablog?2.Whichtwopeoplehaveasimilarproblem?3.WhatdoesSamadviseZhaoXingtodo?WORDBANKstressed感到（身体或精神）压力的confused困惑的；烦恼的frustrated受挫折的lack缺乏progress进步online在线的communicate沟通issue问题struggle努力comeup接近；即将发生improve提高situation情形2worry烦恼accent口音buildup增大TERMREPORTSEndofTermReportStudent’sNameZhaoXingSubjectEnglishTeacherMr.DickensZhaoXinghasalwaysbeenahard-workingpupil.However,hefindsthatstudyingEnglishisverydifficult.Atthebeginningoftheterm,hewasstrugglingtokeepupwithhisclassmates.SoIwasverypleasedthatattheendofthisterm,ZhaoXingcametopofhisclass.Allareashaveimprovedgreatly.Inhiswriting,hisspellingandpunctuationaremuchbetter.Heisabletocorrecthisownworkandhelpcorrectotherpupils’.Inspeaking,heismuchmoreconfident.HecanhaveEnglishconversationswithhisfriendsandwithme.Hetakespartingroupworkandheisnotafraidtospeakanymore.Heisabletoreadandunderstandquitedifficulttextsmuchmoreeasily.WhenIaskhimquestionsinEnglish,hesmilesandcananswerthemquickly.ZhaoXingshouldfeelverypositiveabouttheprogresshehasmadethisterm.Ifhecontinueslikethis,hewilldoverywellindeed.EndofTermReportStudent’sNameSamSmithSubjectEnglishTeacherMrs.BlackSamisapopularmemberoftheclass.Heisalsoveryclever.However,HeisresultsthisterminEnglishhavebeenverydisappointing.Inhisfinalwritingexam,hemadealotofmistakesandcamelastintheclass.Heshouldtryandcheckhiswritingmoreandconcentrateonhisspelling.Whenheisspeaking,heshouldremembertospeakmoreslowlyandclearly.Sometimes,itisverydifficulttounderstandwhatheissaying.Hedoesn’tseemtolistencarefullyeither.HisknowledgeofbasicEnglishgrammarispoor.Heneedstobuyagoodgrammarbookandstudyiteveryday.IrealizethatSamistheyoungestmemberofhisclass.Heisanintelligentpupilwhocoulddowell,ifhetriesharder.EXERCISES1.Fillintheblanks.1.Atthebeginningoftheterm,hewasstrugglingtokeepup________hisclassmates.2.Heisable________correcthisownworkandhelpcorrectotherpupils’.3.Hetakespart________groupworkandheisnotafraidtospeakanymore.4.Heshouldtryandcheckhiswritingmoreandconcentrate________hisspelling.2.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)1.ZhaoXing’sEnglishteacherisMrs.Black.()2.ZhaoXinghasmadegreatprogressinEnglish.()3.Samisnotashard-workingasZhaoXing.()WORDBANK3hard-working勤奋的keepupwith跟上punctuation标点confident自信的positive确定的，有信心的continue继续popular受欢迎的result成绩disappointing令人失望的concentrateon全神贯注于basic基本的realize认识到intelligent聪明的GHATTINGONLINEZhaoXing:HiSam.How’sitgoing?It’sgreattohaveanonlinepenfriend.I’mfeelinggreattoday.Wegotourendoftermreportsandmyparentsweresopleased.I’veneverseenthemsmilesomuch.Howaboutyou?Sam:HiZhaoXing.Yes,it’sgoodtohearfromyou.MyreportcametodayandI’veneverseenmyparentslooksounhappy.Ican’tbelieveit.ZhaoXing:I’msorrytohearthat.DoyouremembertheadviceJunegavemeaboutsettingupanEnglishclub?Well,Idid!Agroupofusmeetafterschoolandtalkaboutthingsthatinterestus.Oftenwejusttalkaboutfilmswehaveseen.There’sonlyonerulewhenwemeet–youmustspeakEnglish!Ienjoymeetingdifferentpeople.It’sreallyhelpedmetofeelconfidentwhenIspeakEnglishinclass.Whydon’tyoutryanddothesame?Sam:That’sareallygoodidea,thanks.Therearelotsofpeoplefromdifferentcountriesinmyschool.Thetroubleis,theystayinlittlegroupsanddon’tmixverywell.ZhaoXing:Itmustbedifficultforyou.Theremustbethingsyoucandooutsideschool.Ireallylikefootball,soI’vejoinedafootballclub.It’sgreatbecausewedosomethingwereallyenjoyandspeakEnglishatthesametime!Andwegetfitaswell!Howabouttryingthesame?Sam:Ican’tplayfootballbutIcanpl