Unit 4 The art of having fun Starting out & Understanding ideas课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 4 The art of having fun Starting out & Understanding ideas (阅读) Learning Objectives After completing the unit , you will be able to : Introduce your favourite activity for fun. Use imperatives to talk about benefits of having fun. Describe the good and bad of fun activities. Conduct a class survey on fun activities and make a presentation. In unit 1 , we learnt the secret of _______________. Happiness In our daily life, happiness comes from These are fun activities ! What fun activities can you see? skateboarding playing baseball playing the guitar listening to music singing and dancing Starting Out Modern people ___________ for fun. skateboard play baseball play the guitar listen to music sing and dance Oral practice Cuju(蹴鞠) play chess Chuiwan(捶丸) wrestle (角抵) What activities do ancient people do for fun? Ancient people ___________ for fun. Starting Out Watch a video What else do ancient people do for fun？ Bingxi means _____ ______, including speed _______ and ice ________... winter sports skating football Starting Out Free talk A: What activities do you do for fun? B: I ______ for fun. T: What activities do people in Poland do for fun? S: They ______ for fun. Homework : let’s do a survey like this! Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading After-Reading Free talk A: Why do people have fun ? B: Having fun can... give a moment of joy lift sb’s spirits feel youthful bring people closer enjoy life Fast reading Why do people have fun ? Find sentences in your book P52-53 Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading Choose another suitable title for the passage. Fast reading How？ Just like making an oreo O re O Match paragraphs in it. → Para .1 Para .2/3/4 Para .5 Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading Careful reading What would you like to bring with you? Why should you choose these 4 things? To be safe . ... Why do most people choose something for fun as the 5th thing? No one wants to get bored. Why does the writer use the island example? 1. To start the topic. 2. To make readers interested. (How？) By asking a question. Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading Careful reading Para.2-4 something for fun lift our spirits a moment of joy youthful stop playing connect with others brings people closer your opinion a scene a famous saying a research result Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading something for fun lift our spirits a moment of joy youthful stop playing connect with others brings people closer enjoy life Careful reading Para.2-4 Starting Out Pre-Reading While-Reading After-Reading Think and Share 1.Why does the writer use the island example in the first paragraph? The writer uses the island example to lead in the topic of having fun and make readers think about the importance of having fun. 2.Do you agree with George Bernard Shaw? Why or why not? Learning to think for question 2 When hearing others’ words, we should be open-minded. We could ask ourselves, “Why are they saying it?” “Can it be supported by facts?” “Who else might think differently?” This helps us understand others better. 萧伯纳 萧伯纳是爱尔兰剧作家、评论家和社会改革者。其代表作包括《伤心之家》《皮格马利翁》等。 We don’t stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing. 我们不是因为变老了才停止玩耍， 而是因为不再玩耍才变老。 3.What do you think “No one is an island.” mean? It means that no one can live alone all the time. Everyone needs to connect with others and have fun together. Language Points 1. Imagine staying on an island alone. (1) imagine doing sth.想象做某事 E.g. I can’t imagine living without music. (2)imagine + 名词 / 代词 E.g.Imagine a world without war. Can you imagine the life on Mars? (3)imagine + 宾语 + 宾语补足语（形容词 / 名词 / 介词短语 / 分词） E.g.I can’t imagine him angry. Imagine yourself a millionaire. Imagine the house in a mess. I can’t imagine the boy being late. (4)imagine + (that) 从句 E.g.I imagine (that) he will come soon. 2. Fun can do away with bad feelings and lift our spirits. (1) do away with意为“摆脱，废除”。 E.g.We should do away with the rule. (2) lift sb’s spirits意为“使某人开心起来，使某人振奋”。 E.g.The warm morning sunshine lifted her spirits. 3. Research also shows that fun brings people closer. 句型research shows that...表示“研究表明……”，常用于学术文章、新闻报道或正式语境中。 E.g.Research has shown that students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process. $$