English in Daily Life

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English in Daily Life
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How to Study This Course

• 18 weeks all together
• 8 weeks on English in Daily life the other 8
  weeks on English at leisure
• One unit per week

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Principle

• Emphasis on skills in using English, and
  listening and speaking in particular
• The principle of learning by doing

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Suggestions

• Make a very good plan of your time 278 tasks to
  be divided into 56 days -- 17.27 minutes per
  task 85.66 per day
• Review and Prepare each unit carefully so that
  you go to class with questions
• Never be too shy and timid to practice and ask
  for help

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Unit 1

• The family

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Aim

• 1. Introduce yourself in informal contexts
• 2. Introduce others in informal contexts
• 3. Talk about family relationships
• 4. Make conversations
• 5. Describe appearances
• 6. Describe personality
• 7. Write/talk about yourself

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Language Points

• 1. Terms of address
• 2. Present simple (esp. be, have)
• 3. Present continuous tense
• 4. Tag questions
• 5. Compare American and British English

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Greetings

• 1. How do you do?
• 2. How are you?
• 3. How are you doing?
• 4. Whats up?
• 5. Whats new?
• 6. Hi/hello.
• 7. Good morning.

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Replies

• 1. How do you do? Pleased to meet you.
• 2. Fine, thanks. And you?
• 3. Just so so.
• 4. Not too bad.
• 5. Great!
• 6. Its good to meet you.
• 7. Welcome to China.

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For Fun
Enjoy a Humor   A man was driving along
the country road. Then he saw right in the middle
of a field, there was a farmer standing there
still and doing nothing. He stopped his car and
got out of it. He approached the farmer and asked
I have seen you standing here for quite a few
minutes. What are you doing here? The farmer
answered Im trying to win a Nobel Prize. The
man was very curious and asked How can you win a
Nobel Prize by standing here?Can you guess what
the farmer answered?
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The farmer answered Ive heard they
give the prize to people who are outstanding
in their field.
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Reading Skills
Finding Out Word Meanings
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Writing
Writing
Unity in the Paragraph
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INTRODUCTION
A paragraph is unified when all the sentences
in the paragraph are focused on one central
thought or on a single topic. When you write a
paragraph, be sure that each sentence contributes
to the theme, and any irrelevant information is
excluded.
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Practice
Read the following paragraphs and analyze Which
of the sentences doesnt contribute to the
topic?
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1. Riding a bicycle has a lot of advantages
over driving a car. First, it is a physical
exercise to ride a bicycle. in contrast, sitting
in the car, one tends to gain weight. Besides, it
is much more economical to ride a bike than drive
a car. The only fee a bike-rider has to pay is
the annual tax. However, the annual fees for a
car are costly. Most important of all, it is
beneficial to the environment to ride a bicycle
because the bike doesnt consume petrol it is a
pollution-free transport. In contrast, the
exhaust released by the car is harmful to the
environment. Scientists should find a way to
reduce its damage to the environment.
1. Riding a bicycle has a lot of advantages
over driving a car. First, it is a physical
exercise to ride a bicycle. in contrast, sitting
in the car, one tends to gain weight. Besides, it
is much more economical to ride a bike than drive
a car. The only fee a bike-rider has to pay is
the annual tax. However, the annual fees for a
car are costly. Most important of all, it is
beneficial to the environment to ride a bicycle
because the bike doesnt consume petrol it is a
pollution-free transport. In contrast, the
exhaust released by the car is harmful to the
environment. Scientists should find a way to
reduce its damage to the environment.
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2. Science and technology are developing rapidly
with each passing day. At the same time, tuition
and fees for college are much higher than ever
before. How to finance your college education
had become a matter of concern for many. You can
deal with it in many ways. You can get all of the
money from your parents. You can apply for a loan
especially set up for college students. You can
also acquire the money completely by yourself,
doing a full-time job in summer or winter
holiday. In addition, you can ask your parents
for most of it and earn the rest in your spare
time in college, by doing a part-time job.
Science and technology are developing rapidly
with each passing day. At the same time,
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3. Most animals are quite unable to control their
environments they must fit themselves to the
natural conditions as they find them. By
contrast, man is able to dominate his
surroundings and this he does by using his
intelligence, his curiosity, and his ability to
observe and learn. A chimpanzee learns a few
tricks, and white rats learn to run a race. Other
animals are wonderfully adapted to their
particular environmentthe eagle to the air, the
shark to the water, the elephant to the land but
only man can orbit the earth, sail the North
Pole, drive a tunnel through the Alps. No other
animal is so adaptableequally at home in the
cold of the polar regions and in the heat of the
tropical jungle.
rats learn to run a race.
A chimpanzee learns a few tricks, and white
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Homework

• 1. Review the whole unit
• 2. Work on Activity 8 and be ready to present it
  to your class next time
• 3. Prepare Unit 2