READINGS

Mr and Mrs Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday. As they had decided to spend it in another country,they had to reach the airport at eleven forty. "It’ll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi,"     

Earing or Travelling？

Mr and Mrs Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn at the foot of a hill. One year, however, Mr Smith made a lot of money in his busi- ness. So they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they were visiting that famous city.     

Strategies for College English Teaching in Military Academies

As pointed out in College English Curriculum Requirements, the main objective of College English teaching and learning in military academies is to"develop cadets’ ability to use English in a well-rounded way, especially in their listening and speaking abilities, so that in their future studies and careers they will be able to communicate effectively, and at the same time enhance their ability to study independently and improve their comprehensive cultural quality so as to meet the needs of PLA’s modernization."This paper focuses on some effective strategies which may be of some practical use for the teaching and learning of the English language.     

STORIES

A Mr and Mrs Jonson seldom go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs Jonson said to her husband, There will be a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it? Mr Jonson was quite happy about it, so they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. They came out of the cinema at eleven o'clock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Suddenly Mrs Jonson said,Look, Bill. A woman is running along the road very fast, and a man is running after her. Maybe she is in gre...     

A Wrong Seat

An interesting film is shown in a cinema.Mr Baker got two tickets on his way to his office this morning.It was going to be at seven in the evening.He called his wife and told her about it so that the supper could be ready at ten past six.     

On Strategies to Motivate College Students in English Class

Students in their early 20s are energetic,focusing on something they are really into.Unfortunately,English is not one of their interests.Some students may have face problems to speak up.This article aims at analyzing the roots of students’keeping silent in class and coming up with practical ways to make the students realize how important and interesting English can be,to create harmonious atmosphere for everyone to feel at ease and free to speak up anytime in the class,to combine evaluation with students’performance in classroom activities and to differentiate the students according to their different features,assigning them different activities to fulfill.     

Online Branches

Many people dislike walking to the bank and standing in long lines. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from their own home of the day, any day of the week.     

On the Development of Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in College English Classes

More frequent international contacts require culture teaching to be incorporated into college English classes so as to develop students’ intercultural communicative competence. English culture is different from Chinese at linguistic and pragmatic levels and in nonverbal communication as well. To make students engage in intercultural communication successfully, teachers should first develop their "critical cultural awareness".Meanwhile, they need to try flexible ways of culture teaching and create an authentic learning environment for the students. Opportunities should also be created for the students to communicate in the real context. Students’ autonomy to learn the language and its culture should also be nurtured.     

Teaching Design for Listening and Speaking of Module 3 Book 8

Step 1.Lead in Task:Prediction. Ask students to predict what should be good table manners in the west in pairs.While students talk about their opinions,the teacher writes them down on the blackboard.Then the teacher and the students check their predictions together. Step 2.Pre-listening Show a short movie clip of "The Princess Diaries"After watching it,the teacher asks the students to say what kind of bad table manners have been shown in the film and at the same time,the teacher writes them down on the blackboard.     

Mr Dodds and His Nephew

Some people do not like anything to be out of place. They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays;and they pay their bills(帐单) as soon as they arrive, and Mr Dodds is such a person.Mr Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr Dodds doesn't see his sister or her family,from one year to the next,but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten any one of Mark's seven-     

How Can Teachers Motivate Students Effectively in the Classroom

Motivation is a key issue to make students actively engage in their learning in the classroom.Instead of presenting statements of fact,teachers should ask provoking questions to develop students' thinking and make them more interested in the topics;encourage students to set learning goals at an early time and set it for their own sake;design fun and stimulating activities which challenge students at all levels;give awards or punishment to motivate students to perform better.It is necessary for teachers to make sure that all of these strategies are appropriately applied so that students may be highly motivated and facilitate their learning.     

趣谈Casino

It is a fine day.The sun is in the sky.Mr Green and his family are in the park.Mr and Mrs Green are sitting under the tree and looking at their children.Their daughter,Ann is flying a kite.     

An Action Research Focusing on the Improvement of Students’ Writing Competence

Based on the theory of Consciousness- Raising( CR),this paper proposes a teaching reform in her class,aiming to improve students’ writing competence.Activities have been carried out in their English study and different tasks have been performed at different stages to train the students to be more effective in writing.This paper has expounded the feasibility of this action research and carefully presented the teaching procedures,hoping to help teachers to become more reflective and innovative in their teaching.     

STORIES

A Mr and Mrs Jonson seldom go out in the evening,but last Saturday,Mrs Jonson said to her husband,"There will be a good film at the cinema tonight.Can we go and see it?" Mr Jonson was quite happy about it,so both of them went and enjoyed the film very much.     

Analysis and Evaluation of the Learners’ESL in Terms of Developmental Acquisition Stage

This essay aims at utilizing the acquisition criterion developed by researchers to analyze the data collected from the two learners of English in Australia. Drawn from the Processability theory and the theory of Second Language Acquisition, the findings in both quantitative and qualitative forms will be presented to draw a conclusion that the two students have reached at which developmental stage their L2 learning is.     

A Study on the Classroom Discourse of College"Comprehensive English"

Aiming at finding out some typical features of classroom discourse of the CE classrooms in China context so as to be of assistance to college English majors and their teachers, the present study, by following a four-part process of Recording, Viewing, Transcribing and Analyzing, has made some detailed study on the classroom discourse of several top-quality Comprehensive English classes. And finally, the features of those selected top-quality CE classes and their implications can be described in this paper.     

This Isn''''t My Day!

Mr Brown and Mr White are neighbours. They work in the same office building. They both have their own cars, but don't usually drive to work because traffic is bad and it is difficult to find a parking space. This morning they went to work together in Mr Brown's car, but they couldn't find a parking space in front of their office build-     

The effects of science,technology, society and environment （STSE） education on students＇ career planning

The leakages in secondary level education brought forward the necessity to restructure the educational system so as to address the social and individual needs and meet the requirements of Turkey; therefore, a ＂reformation＂ study became an obligation. The formal education in Turkey starts at the age of 6, when the individual is shaped within the system. Determination of the characteristics of an ideal future citizen of a country should be apprehended at all levels of education and individuals should attain these appreciated characteristics. The reformed science education programs in Turkey aim to guide the individuals to be scientifically and technologically literate. Through enabling an individual, who is in a technological media, to attain the required knowledge, skills and attitudes, the individual should have the ＂science and technology literacy and creative thinking＂ skills. Individuals should recognize the technological environment they live in as well as the dimensions and facilities of technology, and should be aware of the fact that they could make use of these opportunities. In the light of this aim, this study involves the teaching of ＂separating mixtures＂ to 9th grade students in relation with science, technology, society and environment and the examination of its possible effects on students＇ achievement as well as their career choices. The Chemistry Achievement Test and the Career Choice Questionnaire were administered as pre- and post-test to serve as data collection tools. The study concluded that chemistry education in relation with science, technology, society and environment would lead students to choosing different fields for their future careers by changing their perspectives towards science. A significant increase in students＇ chemistry achievement levels was also observed.     

Miss the final exam

For many years,the course "the rudiments of chemistry" was taught by Professor Duke.Once two young men chose this course as their optional subjects,and they did so well in every test that their scores were all A's.including the mid-term exam.The friends were so confident about the final exam that they decided to go to Vi-rginia University to have a party with some friends at the weekend just before the exam,which was to be held on Monday.     

A Wrong Dog

Mr.and Mrs. Brown were going abroad for their holiday. They had a dog called Blackie which they were very fond of，but they could not take him abroad with them，so they looked for a good place to leave him in while they were away，and at last they found a place which looked after dogs very well while their owners were away. They took Blackie there just before they left for their holiday，and sadly said goodbye to him.At the end of their holiday，they got back to England very late at night，…