Unit 8 Learning a foreign language, twice as hard?

4、match the part with the main idea.
part1(para 1~2) differences
part2(para 3) successful language learners
part3(para 4~6) learning of the mother tongue
step3: scanning
part1.
1. answer the questions or do multiple choice.
①what is the most puzzling question in learning our mother tongue?
how were we able to make sense of what we heard and distinguish the mistakes and errors from "good" language?
②how do different people explain our ability to learn our mother tongue?
some experts explain that we are equipped with a special ability to learn language and our brain adjusts itself to the language, others think that we learn language in the same way we learn other things and that what we are born with is a general ability to learn and adapt ,not a language –specific part of the brain.
③the sentence “l(fā)ife is a very successful language school” means .
a. we are equipped with a special ability to learn language
b. the key to learning the language well is to communicate with the people around us
c. parents can give children language lessons
d. people can learn the language by themselves
language points:
1. make sense of 理解 make sense有意義
make no sense in a sense在某種意義上
can you __make sense of ___ what i said?
talking after the accident __makes no sense___.
what he said is reasonable__in a sense_.
2. adjust 調(diào)整 adjust / adapt… to適應(yīng)
1) you shouldn’t adjust your computer without any instruction.
2) he adjusted his errors and continued his research work.
3) when you go to a new country, you must adapt /adjust yourself to new　circumstances
3. regardless of : 不管，不顧
the coal boss risked making money regardless of workers’ safety.
they decorated the house regardless of cost.
part2.
in fact, we learn english much faster than we may have thought because ________.
a. a lot of people are born with a special ability to learn a foreign language.
b. english learning always takes place in class.
c. communicating with people often takes too much time.
d. we can get a lot of help and the learning is more efficient.
language points:
1. in other words 　　　　　　　　　　　換句話說(shuō)
in a word 總而言之
in word 口頭上
with the words　　　　　　　　　　　　　說(shuō)完就......
have a word with sb. 和某人說(shuō)句話
have words with sb = quarrel with sb 與…爭(zhēng)吵
keep one’s word = keep one’s promise 遵守諾言
word came that… 有消息傳來(lái)……
1) with the words, he walked away with a smile.
2) it’s no use promising in word, but in deed.
3) in a word, you are a very good boy.
4) she often depends on others. in other words