Summary:  (write down your answers in the quiz below)

                                请将答案填在下面的测验里。

An Impressive English Lesson

  To my son, I am a __1___: a father he is ___2___ listen to and a man ___3___ the rules of grammar. And I got ___4___ this because my student was unable to describe properly her feeling on her _ 5 _ to Europe. 

 However, it doesn’t ___6___ to criticize our students. They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these ___7___ because there is a sense that they ___8___. On one hand, they are misled by the___9___. On the other hand, school fails to ___10___ the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary.

  Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a ___11___ and a ___12____: often study the road map (check grammar) and ____13____ the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a ____14___ car. ____15____, ____16___, and ____17___ communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two ___18___      19     for students, but they are ____20___ in school.

  Learning English is never easy – but always rewarding! 

  Sometimes the detailed work of understanding grammar and building vocabulary can seem too time-consuming or even overwhelming, but learning can happen dramatically with different strategies!

Watch the video about English manias, and take notes of the expressions and sentences you like: