Cutting Edge

Elementary
MODULE 1. PEOPLE AND PLACES
 Overview 课程简介

Introduction Objectives Methods QUESTIONS!

自我介绍 课程目标 学习方法 提问
 Background Knowledge 背景知识

• Part of speech 单词词性

• IPA (International Phonetic
Alphabet) 国际音标
VOCABULARY
词汇 Your own wordlist 制作单词表

• How to do it 如何做？
• Example: see next page 范例

Module 1：New words 生词

 Sample Word List
 生词表范例

Example Bear in mind that…

• Always use dictionaries: Oxford, Langman, 有道
entertain v. 词典
1. to invite people to eat or drink with you as your • Try to understand the word in English. See
guests, especially in your home 招待，款待 example.
• entertaining friends 招待朋友 p. 6 • Optional: try making your word list in English.
2. to interest and amuse sb. in order to please them • Make sentences with the word to help you
使有兴趣；娱乐 remember.
• ~ sb. with sth. 用某物娱乐某人
• The various forms and expressions of the root
例句：He entertained us with his amazing stories.
word.
词汇扩展：entertainment n. 娱乐活动；entertaining
adj. 令人愉悦的
 READING & LISTENING
 阅读与听力

Workbook (p.8, language focus 2,

11) 🎧 p.10 🎧
• Listening 听 • Useful phrases 有用的表达
• Read after me 读
• Useful phrases 有用的表达
 Be 系动词be的各种形态
• positive, negative and question
forms. p.10,12 Grammar, p.141.

GRAMMAR Possessives 所有格

语法
• 练习：possessives

Indefinite Articles 不定冠词

• 练习：articles a/an
 Pronunciation 发音
• [ɒ], [ei] and [ai]

SPEAKING About People

口语
• Useful phrases: p.14

Self-Introduction🎬
 Tips in writing
• Layout 格式
• Structure and Logic 结构与
WRITING
写作
逻辑

Self-introduction
• Write an outline 试写大纲
 Personal experience 个人经历
• In my experience…; I remember when…; What happened
was…; Back when I was…
Opinions 见解
• Speaking for myself…; Personally…; In my view…
• I’m sure that…; I’m convinced that…

WRITING
• I couldn't agree more; I'm afraid I disagree.

Expressing possibility 推测
写作
• I suppose…; It’s possible…
• I would imagine that…; I think it’s likely/unlikely

Structure 结构
• To begin with…; First of all…; One of the most interesting
things about…
• Another reason why I like …; Moreover…; One of the main
advantages…; For instance…
• In conclusion,…; To wrap up,…; To conclude,…; To sum up,….
QUESTION TIME

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