Swimming and English Learning

Can you swim? Do you swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It's the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-Speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on the radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.

Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than do. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.You learn to swim by ______.

A. reading books about it

B. looking at others swimming

C. having lessons on it

D. going into the river and learning

2.We should leant English by ______.

A. listening and speaking

B. reading and writing

C. A and B.

D. swimming

3.What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A .Don’ t make mistakes.

B. Study hard.

C. Try not to speak English.

D. Don’t be afraid.

4.What’s more important for senior school students?

A. Listening. B. Speaking.

C. Reading and writing. D. Learning.

5.We can listen to English_____, according to the passage.

A. by train B. on the radio

C. every minute D. now and then

Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And watching TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.

The researchers say they only want to tell people how dangerous watching TV for long time is. And they want to find out the relationship between watching TV and life.

Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they concluded(得出结论): TV watching time may have something to do with a loss of life.

The researchers, from the University of Queensland, used information from the Australian illnesses and lifestyle study, together with population and death rate data. But they said, “While we used Australian data, the effects in other countries are likely to be comparable(可比较的). In the UK, the average amount of time spent watching TV is four hours a day compared with five hours in the United States.

Some American researchers said that watching TV for long time can lead premature(过早的)death. Other study suggests that sitting for long can cause overweight and it can also make people take more junk foods.

England’s Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, says, “Physical activity offers huge benefits. We hope these studies will help more people realize that there are many ways to get exercise.” Her study shows that exercising for just 15 minutes a day can increase your life by up to three years.

Stop watching TV, sit up and take more exercise!

1.Watching TV for ___________ a week can make a loss of five’s years’ life.

A. 154 minutes B. 42 hours C. 70 hours D. 154 hours

2.The researchers want the public to know ____________.

A. the usage of watching TV. B. the advantages of watching TV.

C. the importance of watching TV. D. the danger of watching TV.

3.The research data comes from___________.

A. the U.K. B. the U.S. C. Australia D. France

4.The underlined word “overweight” in the passage means “__________” in Chinese.

A. 失重 B. 暴食 C. 超重 D. 厌食

5.Sally Davies suggests us ___________.

A. to take exercise as much as possible. B. to watch TV as much as possible.

C. to stay at home as long as possible. D. to play games when having time.

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