Welcome to Teaching English-a site for teacher educators who are working in schools，colleges，universities or language academies. On Teaching English you'll find lesson plans，tools and activities for your classroom. We have a range of resources to help with your professional development. Our site is free of charge.
Here are two ways to find a page where you can get started：
*Use the menu links at the top of every page to see what materials we have.
*Use the search button at the top-right of every page to find topics of interest to you.
Where to start Explore the site. Our practical teaching resources are divided into three main areas，which you'll see in the top menu: Teaching kids，Teaching teens and Teaching adults.
Resources for teachers of primary
There are more than 100 teachers lesson plans and activities for the primary classroom. All our lesson plans and activities are divided by level and you'll find a range of topics-from seasons and festivals to ideas for using flashcards and a focus on grammar.
In our teaching tools section for primary，we have classroom rule posters in four different designs，badge builders and star charts to motivate your students and a range of board games.
Resources for teachers of teenagers
There are more than 200 lesson plans and activities with different levels. You'll find a range of topics-from a series of plans to develop higher level thinking skills to online safety.
In our teaching tools section for teens，we have classroom rules posters in four different designs，badge builders to motivate your students and a range of skills posters with top tips.
Resources for teachers of adults
There are more than 150 graded lesson plans and activities for adult learners of English. You'll find a range of topics-from a series of activities around rants and raves to cooking！
Our English for business section has 15 lesson plans to help you with your business English classes. With lesson plans around the themes of meetings，negotiations and socializing，you are sure to find what you need.
1.When you get started on Teaching English，what should you pay much attention to？
A. All the lesson plans，tools and activities are designed specially for your classroom.
B. The menu links can help you know of every detail of the site efficiently.
C. The search button can help you locate what you are interested in.
D. There are only three areas in the top menu on every page.
2.What is the similarity among the Resources for teachers of primary，teenagers and adults？
A. The number of their lesson plans and activities are similar.
B. Their lesson plans and activities are all divided by level.
C. They share a range of similar topics with each other.
D. They all have classroom rule posters as their teaching tools.
某英文杂志在其“互动栏目（Q & A）”刊出Lora的来信，欢迎读者就信中提到的问题进行分析并提出建议。假定你是读者李华，请给Lora回信。
Dear editor,
I’m a senior high school student, and I want to read more books of classic literature. But some friends suggest I watch movies based on the books instead. What are the advantages of each approach and what do you suggest?
Thanks!
Lora
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
The first a few weeks of the term are over and it has definitely been a new experience.
Having school lesson online is something I’ve only read about in articles where discuss future technology. Now I am living in the future! They took me some time to get used to my new Internet classroom. At first, I can’t always hear what the teacher or my classmates was saying. Sometimes I wasn’t well preparing. Slowly, however, I adapted the new learning environment but now things are going smoothly. Of course, I still miss seeing my classmates and play together outside. Hopefully, we can meet in person soon.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填写 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The novel coronavirus, now officially named Covid-19, is a new 1. (ill) and scientists are still studying the best ways to control it. Defeating Covid-19, 2., is not only the job of scientists and doctors. People have an important role to play in the battle. The best wayto help prevent the virus 3. (spread) is by protecting yourself and staying healthy.
Scientists are now sure that Covid-19 is passed between people through coughing and sneezing. The virus travels through the air and can be breathed in by people nearby. It may also land 4. surfaces such as tables and chairs. If these surfaces 5. (touch), the virus may be on your hands. Touching your eyes or mouth with 6. (wash) hands can let the virus enter your body.
7. (protect) yourself and others, wear a mask at all times when out in public. This stops healthy people from breathing in Covid-19 and 8. (reduce) the amount of the virus ill people send into the air. Most importantly, wash your hands carefully and frequently, especially 9. you are outside your home.
Covid-19 is undoubtedly a serious social challenge, but if we all contribute and behave 10. (responsible), it is one that we can overcome.
Throughout my life, I was never very athletic. I wasn’t really into____, sports or conflict. The only_____I enjoyed were_____things like watching TV and playing computer games.
It was during my junior year in high school that I realized I needed a_____. My friends were joining the long distance running club and_____me to do it also. At my school, there were no qualification_____; every student was accepted.
As everyone gathered around on the first day of practice, the_________announced it was time for “warm-up”. I imagined the warm-up would be a_____jog around the 400-metre track. I soon_____it was a 1-km run. After completing the run, I was_______! I wondered, “If that’s warm-up, what’s next?” The_____workout for the day was a 5-km run, which I mostly walked. When I came home, I really considered______. However, I______ myself to keep at it and try harder.
Of course, there was no real improvement______. I always came in last during practice and the first few____. As days and weeks went on, I really tried my best. During practice, I would always keep at the_____of the group; the fastest, more_____runners were always ahead, while the laziest were behind. As the result of my______, warm-up became a real warm-up. The 5-km runs transformed into an_____day of practice. And I was no longer last in anything we did. For a former couch potato, like me, this was a(n)____.
1.A.rules B.arts C.competition D.schoolwork
2.A.procedures B.activities C.lessons D.programs
3.A.endless B.pointless C.important D.challenging
4.A.change B.rest C.team D.result
5.A.accompanied B.assisted C.required D.invited
6.A.trials B.alternatives C.opportunities D.reasons
7.A.competitor B.coach C.reporter D.referee
8.A.hard B.boring C.practical D.casual
9.A.decided B.suspected C.realized D.agreed
10.A.sent off B.taken away C.turned down D.worn out
11.A.real B.best C.expected D.fun
12.A.complaining B.quitting C.crying D.refreshing
13.A.convinced B.taught C.sent D.helped
14.A.actually B.gradually C.separately D.instantly
15.A.performances B.presentations C.races D.steps
16.A.middle B.top C.front D.bottom
17.A.popular B.confident C.serious D.relaxed
18.A.inspiration B.determination C.loyalty D.contribution
19.A.unimaginable B.avoidable C.easy D.optional
20.A.exception B.example C.promotion D.success
Leonardo da Vinci and Nature
In the modern world, art and science are two very separate activities, but in Leonardo’s time they were closely connected. Science meant mathematics and medical studies. 1. Mathematics included practical work like surveying land for making maps as well as measuring the movements of the stars in the sky. An artist might need to measure the different parts of the body. He could also use mathematics to place things in relationship to each other in a drawing or painting so the scene looked correct. 2.
Mathematics was also connected to music because musical sounds have a fixed relationship with each other that can be described in numbers. 3. More than this, though, Leonardo believed that numbers were a part of all things in the world, including music, and he said that “without them nothing can be done.”
“Nature has kindly given us things everywhere to copy,” wrote Leonardo. In all his activities, Leonardo was trying to discover the rules that control nature. In his search for those rules, he looked very carefully at a lot of examples and details. Actual experience was more important to him than opinion, and he worked from facts to ideas. 4. His purpose was to examine the world so he could copy it in beautiful paintings and sculptures. He also wanted to learn from the clever solutions of nature.
5. His quick little sketches (素描), often done while wandering outside, helped him to catch a movement or a shape. More careful drawings would be done at a desk with a pen and ruler. In July 2001, a small drawing by Leonardo was sold for $12 million. It was the most expensive drawing in the world.
A.Leonardo was always drawing.
B.How could these be connected with art?
C.Leonardo’s ideas were vastly ahead of his time.
D.Mathematicians and doctors worked to discover the unknown.
E.Above all, Leonardo wanted to understand how and why things worked.
F.You will see a good example of such positioning in the painting of The Last Supper.
G.Leonardo himself was a very good musician and liked to play an instrument and sing.
