II. Read 2a, 2b and look at the picture of 2a, then answer the questions.
阅读 2a 和 2b，看 2a 的图片，然后回答问题。
1. Are they at school or at home?
2. What are they talking about?

1. They are at school. 2. They are talking about the ways to learn English.

III. Read the tapescript of 2a, 2b and complete the passage.
阅读 2a 和 2b 的听力录音材料，完成下面短文。每空一词。
Today they are talking about the best ways to learn English at the English club. Girl 1 doesn't learn English by videos because it's too hard to understand the spoken English, but she learns it by a diary in English because it helps to write English every day. Girl 2 has ever studied with a a lot. She likes to have with friends and it improves her speaking . Boy 1 and Girl 2 sometimes read to practice pronunciation, and Girl 2 often new words in a dictionary. They think these ways help.

1. watching 2. keeping 3. group 4. conversations 5. skills 6. aloud 7. looks up

IV. Read 2d and answer the questions.
阅读 2d，回答下列问题。
1. Why is Jack a little nervous?
2. How does Annie advise Jack to read quickly?
3. What should Jack do if he doesn't understand many of the words while he is reading?

1. Because he has to finish reading a book and give a report next Monday, but he’s a very slow reader. 2. Read quickly to get the main ideas at first and not to read word by word, read word groups instead. 3. He should try to guess the words' meaning by reading the sentences before and after it.

V. Complete the passage according to 2d.
根据 2d，完成下面短文。每空一词。
Jack is a little because he has to finish reading a book and give a next Monday, and he is a very slow . His friend Annie tells him to read quickly to get the at first and not to read word by word, read word instead. If Jack doesn't understand many of the words, he needn't use a . He should try to guess the words' meaning by the sentences before and after it. She thinks Jack should be , too. The more he reads, the he'll be.

1. nervous 2. report 3. reader 4. main ideas 5. groups 6. dictionary 7. reading 8. patient 9. faster