ReadingforWritingLanguagepointsBook1Unit5

LiuWen:Hi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,butnowImhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadviceprimaryschool小学secondaryschool中学usedtodo过去常常做某事beusedtodo被用来做……be/getusedtodoingsth.习惯于做某事havetrouble/difficultywithsth.在……上有麻烦/困难havetrouble/difficulty(in)doingsth. 做某事有麻烦/困难catch=get=understand听懂;明白

JiaXin:ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohosts.MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.ItssomucheasiertojustsayOpenthewindow!,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoImtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,Openthewindow,please!orCouldyouopenthewindow,pleaseorevenlongerWouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please

ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammes动名词作主语,谓语动词用单数1.compareAand/with/toB将A和B比较①Itisinterestingtocomparetheirsituationandours.②Myownproblemsseeminsignificantcomparedwithotherpeople’s.③Standardsinhealthcarehaveimprovedenormously(极其)comparedto40yearsago.2.Acompareswith/toBA和B相似Thisschoolcompareswith/tothebestinthecountry.3.compareAtoB表明…与…相似；将…比作…ThecriticscomparedhisworktothatofMartinAmis.评论家把他的作品和马丁埃米斯的相提并论。headache:apersonorthingthatcausesworryortrouble令人头痛的人或事物thinkabout思考；思索thinkof想到；想起

LiRui:Yeah,thatsreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyouretalkingto.IfImtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,likeOpenthewindow—ourrelationshipiscloseandw