Unit 1 Reading for writing 课件 -2024-2025学年外研版英语七年级下册

The secrets of happiness 1 Unit Reading for writing Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. Where was the person in the picture? It was in a barber’s shop. 2. What was happening? Someone was having his hair cut short. 3. Is the person a boy or a girl? Let’s explore the answer together. Look at the pictures. Is the person a boy or a girl? The person may be a boy. Why did he keep his hair long? Why did he cut it short? Let’s keep on learning. do good keep hair long happiness grow smile help others P12 Look at the pictures and predict what the passage is about. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 cut it short laugh at 1. He kept his hair long. 2. His happiness grew together with his hair. 3. Sometimes people laughed at him. 4. He cut it short to help others. 留长发 做好事 嘲笑 剪短 帮助别人 P13 Read the passage and check your answers. 2 1 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl?" He shook his head. "Just one more month!" he said to himself. 2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame. 3 Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair. 4 Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. "Please cut it short and give me the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office. adj. 强劲的 吹掉 v. 挥动 听到一个声音 再过一个月 自言自语 在他背后，背地里 嘲笑 留长发 日复一日 理发店 脱掉；摘掉 把它剪短 邮局 5 A week later, he received a letter: 6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: "Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." He smiled and said to himself, "It's time to grow happiness again." 收到一封信 镜子里 发源于 Read the passage carefully and do the following exercises. 1 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl?" He shook his head. "Just one more month!" he said to himself. 2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame. 3 Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair. 4 Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. "Please cut it short and give me the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office. 5 A week later, he received a letter: 6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: "Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." He smiled and said to himself, "It's time to grow happiness again." 1. Where can you probably read the passage? A. A science report. B. A travel guide. C. A news paper. 2. What order does the story follow? Time order. Read paragraphs 1-2. What was Zhou Jian's hair like? He had ¹__________ hair. How did people react? • They ²____________ his long hair behind his back. • They ³____________ at him. How did Zhou Jian feel? long talked about laughed He never felt any shame. What would Zhou Jian do after a month? Read paragraphs 3-4. What did he do with his hair? • He ⁴________________ for over two years. • He went to a barber's shop to ____________. • He put the hair into a bag. kept his hair long cut it short How did the other customs feel when they saw his long hair? They felt surprised. Why did Zhou Jian walk to the post office? Maybe he mailed the hair. Read paragraphs 5-6. Why did he do so? He wanted to help ⁶______________. What did he do next? He ⁷_____________ and said to himself, “It's time to ⁸_______________ again.” others smiled grow happiness Where was the letter from? It was from the City Children’s Hospital. What would the hair be used for? The hair would be used to make wigs for kids with cancer. 1 What do you think “hope grew together with his hair” means? P14 Answer the questions. 4 Zhou Jian’s hope was to help others by donating his hair to make wigs. As his hair grew longer, he was getting closer to his goal. 2 What will Zhou Jian do to “grow happiness again”? Zhou Jian will continue doing good and helping others. 3 Why does the writer use the words of Plato in the last paragraph? The writer uses the words of Plato to emphasize the theme of happiness through helping others. Plato Nationality: Greek Profession: philosopher (哲学家) Works: The Republic Pay attention to the following expressions. 三个声音： noise 通常指噪音 sound 泛指听到的任何声音或响声 voice 一般指人的嗓音、说话声或歌唱声 日复一日，天天地 year after year 年复一年 adv. 最后，终于 = at last = in the end 脱下。 take off还可以表示“起飞”。 be surprised to see / hear / learn ... 看到/听到/得知……而感到很惊讶 surprising adj. 令人惊奇的 反义词：forget remember to do sth表示“记得去做某事(还没做)”； remember doing sth表示“记得做过某事(已做过)”。 13. 在某人背后，背地里 14. 看到/听到/得知……而感到很惊讶 15. 记得去做某事(还没做) 16. 记得做过某事(已做过) 7. 脱掉；摘掉 8. 把它剪短 9. 邮局 10. 收到一封信 11. 镜子里 12. 发源于 Translate the following expressions into English. 1. 吹掉 2. 再过一个月 3. 自言自语 4. 嘲笑 5. 日复一日 6. 理发店 blow off one more month say to oneself behind one’s back laugh at day after day a barber’s shop take off be surprised to see / hear / learn ... cut it short the post office receive a letter in the mirror remember to do sth remember doing sth spring from 1 How do you feel when you read the letter in the passage? I feel surprised and touched. The key information in the letter makes the story meaningful and helps me understand the importance of the act. It really moves me. Learning to think for question 1 Sometimes the writer puts the key information at the end of the story. This keeps us reading on! P14 2 What can you learn from the passage? One secret to happiness is giving without expecting anything in return. By doing good and helping others, we can find true happiness and fulfillment. P14 Answer the questions according to the passage. Who is the main character of the story? The main character of the story is Zhou Jian. What does he do and what challenge(s) does he face? Zhou Jian kept his hair long to help children with cancer. People talked about it behind his back and laughed at him. How does he react to the challenge(s)? He never felt any shame and kept his hair long for over two years. What does he feel? He feels a deep sense of happiness. Do you know any stories about feeling happy through helping others? P15 Write a short story about feeling happy through helping others. 5 Organise your ideas by answering the following questions. Who is the main character of the story? What does he / she do and what challenge(s) does he / she face? How does he / she react to the challenge(s)? What does he / she feel? When and where does the story happen? The story happens at Sammie's school and starts from 2017. Sammie Vance, a 15 - year - old American girl. Sammie runs the Buddy Bench program. Her challenge is to collect bottle caps to make the benches. Sammie askes people from the US, Germany, and other places for help. She feels satisfied and happy to see lonely kids make friends. Use your ideas to write your story. Sammie Vance is a 15-year-old American girl. She started a Buddy Bench program at her school in 2017. She got the idea from a summer camp. Lonely kids can sit on the bench to show they need a friend. To be nice to the environment, she made benches from bottle caps. It was hard for her to get enough caps. But many people from the US, Germany, and other places helped her. She has given away more than 200 benches. Sammie knows how it feels to be lonely, so she wants to help other lonely kids. When she sees lonely kids make friends because of the bench, she feels very happy. Helping others always brings happiness and joy. Check. Did you: □ include characters, a setting and events? □ use the words and expressions from the reading passage? □ give your opinion about the secrets of happiness? Share your story with the class. 1. A week later, he received a letter... 一周后，他收到了一封信…… ① I received her photos two days ago. receive v. 拿到；接到；收到 两天前我收到了她的照片。 我刚刚收到我爸爸的一封电子邮件。 ② He received an e-mail from his father just now. 2. Thank you for helping kids with cancer. 感谢您帮助癌症患儿。 Thank you for doing sth. 常用来表示感谢别人做某事，其中for是介词，后接名词或动名词。 ① Thank you for your letter. 谢谢你给我的信。 谢谢你邀请我们参加你的聚会。 ② Thank you for inviting us to your party. 3. He smiled and said to himself, "It's time to grow happiness again." 他微笑着对自己说：“是时候再次获得幸福了。” 反身代词以-self (单数)或-selves (复数)结尾。第一、二人称的反身代词由物主代词加-self构成，第三人称的反身代词由代词宾格加-self构成。在句子中可作宾语、同位语等。 I you (你) he she it we you (你们) they myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves yourselves themselves 由反身代词构成的常见短语有： say to oneself 自言自语 enjoy oneself 玩得高兴 by oneself 单独；独自 learn sth. by oneself 自学 help oneself (to ...) 请自便(随便吃/喝些……) 1. Help __________ to some fruit, everybody! 2. She learned English by ___________. 3. They enjoyed ___________ at the birthday party! 4. The great man __________ visited us. We felt proud. 根据题意，用合适的反身代词填空。 yourselves herself themselves himself 1. Can you tell the story Growing happiness? 2. Can you write a short story about feeling happy through helping others? Complete and polish your writing. $$