Objectives

1. talk about language learning using new vocabulary

2. use transition words in your writing

3. explain some unique features and usages of the English  

language

4. explain the features of the Chinese language and how to learn  

it well

Viewing and speaking

Watch the video, then fill in the blanks on the next slides and 

discuss the questions that follow.

Task 1. Fill in the blanks with what you hear from the video  

clip. (P. 26)

Task 2. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

1) What is your most difficult point in English learning?

2) Do you think the ways introduced in the video clip work for you in 

learning English?

3) Do you have any other ways to recommend?

Task 3. Watch a Ted talk about English, and then answer the  

following questions.

1) How do Chinese students learn English inthis video? How do 

you learn it?

2) According to the speaker, why should welearn English? 

3) Why do you learn English?

Background information

This text is adapted from the openingchapter of Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language,written by Richard Lederer, an American author, speaker and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on word play such as puns (双关语), oxymorons (矛盾修辞法) and anagrams (变位词). In his books, Richard Lederer reveals the crazy features of the English language in a humorous way.