Unit 4 Lesson 4 Reading for writing（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】2024-2025学年七年级英语下册同步备课（外研版2024）

优翼 Unit 4 The art of having fun Reading for writing 优蜜 Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1.talk about the"time-eating monsters"in your life,such as video games,social media,and TV shows; 2.know how the time-eating monster affect people's lives; 3.write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. 优翼 Free Talk What activities do you usually do in your spare time? How often do you do them? Look and Say 优翼 Look at the pictures below and answer the questions.Use the expressions to help you. social media TV shows miss out get lost in eat away one's time 1.What activities can you see in the pictures? checking social media watching TV shows 优翼 2.How much time do you spend on these activities each week? I spend about 3hours on watching TV shows and 7 hours on social media each week. 3.How may they affect your life? Sometimes I may get lost in checking social media and forget the time so that my neck hurts.I think it's bad for my health. 优翼 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1.What's the boy doing? He's watching TV on the couch and eating snacks. 2.What does he look like? He seems a little overweight and doesn't like doing sports. 3.How may the activity affect his life? It wastes too much of his time. Culture Tip 优翼 A "couch potato"means a person who spends a lot of time sitting on the couch, usually watching TV and doing very little physical activities. They are often lazy and don't Idiom:Couch Potato like to move around much. Are you a couch potato? 优置 Now read the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph. Have you ever noticed a monster around us?It's not big or scary, but it's very dangerous.This monster comes in many forms- games,social media and TV shows.You may ask,"It brings us so much fun.So why do you say it's a monster?" Para.1 Lead in the topic by asking the two questions. 优翼 2 At first,we may all think,"I'll just have a little fun."We turn on the computer and start a game.But soon the monster takes over. It starts to eat away our time,minute by minute.But we just sit there and look at the screen without noticing it at all. 3 We often get lost in the monster's world like this.We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes.We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones.We are deaf to the real world. Para.2-3 Analyze how these things affect our lives negatively. 优翼 4 Just remember,too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy!The time-eating monster will always be there.But we can keep it away by having fun in a balanced way. 5 So,stand up and leave the screens!Go outside,feel the sun on your face,and jog in the fresh air.Play tennis or go hiking with your friends.Talk about your day with your family. There is so much for you to do.The choice is ours. Para.4-5 Draw the conclusion and give suggestions on how to deal with the problem.