Films provide more than just entertainment．Watching foreign language films is a way to develop language skills．While watching a film，you are immersed（沉浸）in the language and can pick up new expressions that you might not find in a textbook．Some difficulties can arise when watching foreign language films-for example，unfamiliar colloquial language or strong regional accents．With this in mind，here are my tips to help you make progress in English learning while enjoying the films．

    Choose a film type that you enjoy.

    If you like action films，watch an action film-for example Indiana Jones．If you prefer comedies，watch a comedy-anything with Hugh Grant in always provides a laugh！It's simple enough，but if you choose something you enjoy watching in your native language，you're more likely to enjoy it in English．

    Choose something that you are familiar with.

    It's best to start off with something simple because in this way you have a higher chance of understanding the film．Disney films such as The Lion King，or the more recently released Tangled，are classic examples．Other cartoons such as Rango and The Lego Movie are also worth a watch．

    If you need to，use subtitles（字幕）．

    Subtitles are very helpful for beginners．using subtitles in your own language is the easiest choice，but for more advanced learners why not consider using English subtitles？This way，you can match the written subtitles to the words spoken on .screen．It helps you to develop your language further.

    I hope you find these tips useful-if you want to recommend a film to other users，feel free to use the comments section！

    Our school is on Guangming Street. It's next to the People's Library. There is a park across from our school. The pay phone is between our school and a post office. Our school is very beautiful. There are many trees and flowers in it. If you want to come to our school from the airport, take a taxi and go down Center Avenue. You can see a big restaurant on your right. There is a bridge near the restaurant. Go across it and turn left. Then go down Bridge Street. Turn left at New Park and go down Guangming Street. Our school is across from a bank.

    Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is teaching themselves. For example, if you can't remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look it up from your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.

    How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, or those you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't understand, or something you want to know more about it. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study

    Hello! My name is Julia and I'm 13 years old. I'm from America. I speak English. I can also speak Chinese, but not much. Now I live in China. I like my school life here. It's great. I go to school by bike every day. My favourite subject is history. I have learnt a lot about Chinese history and culture in class. My history teacher always helps me in every possible way. She is making a big difference in my life. My favourite sport is football. I often play football with my classmates after school.

    I have a good friend here. Her name is Zhang Qian. She and I are of the same age. She is from China So________is her first language. She usually goes to school by bus. Her favourite subject is shop.She__can__make__many__different__things__in__shop__class. Once she gave me a beautiful bird house made of wood. I like it very much. She wants to make a beautiful cup in shop class this week and then she will give it to her mother. She likes playing the piano. Sometimes she teaches me to play it. It is very interesting.

⑴题判断正误；⑵题完成句子；⑶题简略回答问题；⑷题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上；⑸题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

A. By plane   B. By bike   C. By boat   D. By subway

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Wow! I am in a beautiful village. There're two rivers around the village. The restaurant is between the two rivers. How can I get there?

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Look at the map. We can see a park. It's far from here. We can take the bus to get there. Let me see which bus we shall take. Oh, there aren't any bus stops near here. Look! A subway station! Let's go!

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I love Beijing. I want to see different Hutongs, I don't want to take the bus or subway. I can borrow a bike. I can go around the city by bike by myself. That's great.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Guilin is famous for its water and mountains. I will visit it. It's about 3,000 kilometers away from here. It's so far.

    August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned(布置) to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.

    You might think that I don't want to spend my summer reading, hut that's not the problem；I love reading. On the first day of summer holiday this year, I borrowed a Gathering of Old Men by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to(订阅) and spend about     minutes every day with the morning newspaper.

    So why do I hate summer reading for school？Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting(不吸引人的) . Teachers don't under-stand that summer reading can be interesting as well as educational. They choose books called "spinach books": good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.

    This bitterness started three years ago when 1 began high school. As preparation. my English teacher told me to read The Age of Innocence(《纯真年代》). At 14, I couldn't understand the love 100 years ago in the story. I only know my love for baseball. The Age of Innocence was completely different to my life. What is more, sometimes I guess teachers don't think exciting plots make for "good literature". To me, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.

    If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value(文学价值) and can also entertain kids. If the teachers could add a little fun into the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.