Unit 4 Section B 1a-1e 课件 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Section B 1a-1e 1.words: member, pressure, compete，spend time alone，... Learning goals 3. Emotional aims: learn to lower pressure in their lives properly. 2. Ability aims: --Use the knowledge we learned to talk about pressure. Where might your stress come from? Do your parents give you too much stress? … Presentation Look and say What activities should we do to help lower our stress? Why not ... to lower our stress? read books We should ... to lower our stress. talk to parents We’d better ... to lower our stress. watch movies How about... to lower our stress? spend time alone hang out with friends play sports listen to music eat delicious food Have a brainstorm What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress? play sports hang out with friends talk to parents or other family members spend time alone play computer games read books watch movies /ˈmembə(r)/ Go to somewhere for no reason. ___ play sports ___hang out with friends ___ talk to parents or other family members What activities do you like to do to help lower your stress? Order them [1-8] with 1 being the most favorite thing you do to lower stress. 1a Pre-listening 2 1 7 ___ spend time alone 6 ___ play computer games 4 ___read books 5 ___ watch movies 3 ___ other: _______________ 6 Tell your partner about your answers in 1a. 1b Pre-listening 7 Presentation Pre-listening 1b Tell your partner about your answers in 1a. In order to lower my stress, I_____________. play sports talk to parents hang out with friends spend time alone play computer games read books watch movies go traveling I’d like to when I’m under pressure. I always so that I can lower my stress. Listen and check the problems Wei Ming talks about. Tip: Circle the keys words in the title and questions before listening. 1c __ My parents give me a lot of pressure about school. __ I don’t get enough sleep. __ I don’t have enough free time. __ I had a fight with my parents. __ I have to compete with my classmates at school. pressure=stress /ˈpreʃə(r)/ /kəmˈpiːt/ √ √ √ Let’s guess Wei Ming is stressed out all the time. Can you guess what problem Wei Ming have? friends free time grades parents classmates health Listen again. What advice does Alice give to Wei Ming? Fill in the blanks. 1d Tip: Write down the first letter(s) of the words when listening. Although you may be ________ with your parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much _______. Life shouldn’t just be about ______. Free time activities like _____ and hanging out with friends are important, too. You shouldn’t _______ with your classmates to get better grades. You should all be _______ each other to improve. unhappy pressure grades sports compete helping Wei Ming: Alice, help me! My parents are giving me too much pressure about school! Alice: Hey, Wei Ming. Although you may be unhappy with your parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much pressure. Wei Ming: It’s because they want me to get good grades. Alice: But life shouldn’t just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important, too. Wei Ming: I totally agree.I need more free time to do activities I enjoy. This can help me relax and be healthier. Alice: Yes, you won’t get good grades if you’re stressed out all the time. Wei Ming: I also keep worrying about getting better grades than my classmates. Alice: Oh, you shouldn’t compete with your classmates to get better grades. You should all be helping each other to improve. Wei Ming: You’re right. Thanks for all the good advice, Alice. 1. Why do Wei Ming’s parents give him so much pressure? 2. What does Wei Ming like to do in order to lower his stress? 3. What’s Wei Ming’s worry? To be win-win (共赢) is more important than to win. Listen and repeat. Wei Ming: Alice, help me! My parents are giving me too much pressure about school! Alice: Hey, Wei Ming. Although you may be unhappy with your parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much pressure. Wei Ming: It’s because they want me to get good grades. Alice: But life shouldn’t just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important, too. Wei Ming: I totally agree. I need more free time to do activities I enjoy. This can help me relax and be healthier. Alice: Yes, you won’t get good grades if you’re stressed out all the time. How can we show our problems? How can we give advice? Presentation Practice Finish the report Wei Ming's parents are giving him ____ _____ _______ about school because they want him to ____ _____ ______. But life shouldn't just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and _______ ____ with friends are important, too. Wei Ming totally agrees that he needs more free time to ___ ________ he enjoys. This can help him relax and ___ ________. He won't get good grades if he is _______ ___ all the time. Wei Ming should't _______ ____ his classmates to get better grades. They should all be helping ____ ______ to improve. too much pressure get good grades hanging out do activities be healthier stressed out compete with each other 14 Let’s summarize the useful expressions! …is/are giving me too much pressure about... I also keep worrying about… You should/shouldn’t… …is important, too. You will/won’t if you… give advice show problems …is/are putting  pressure on me to…  I am stressed about… Why don’t you …? Why not…? You’d better… What other similar expressions can we use? useful expressions: Presentation Learn good phrases & sentences Wei Ming：Alice, help me! My parents are giving me too much pressure about school! Alice：Hey, Wei Ming. Although you may be unhappy with your parents, you should talk to them. Ask them why they give you so much pressure. Wei Ming：It’s because they want me to get good grades. Alice：But life shouldn’t just be about grades. Free time activities like sports and hanging out with friends are important, too. Wei Ming：I totally agree. I need more free time to do activities I enjoy. This can help me relax and be healthier. Alice：Yes, you won’t get good grades if you’re stressed out all the time. Wei Ming：I also keep worrying about getting better grades than my classmates. Alice：Oh, you shouldn’t compete with your classmates to get better grades. You should all be helping each other to improve. Wei Ming：You’re right. Thanks for all the good advice, Alice. be stressed out 压力大的，紧张的 keep doing sth.继续/坚持/一直做某事 compete with sb. 和某人竞争 be unhappy with sb. 对某人不满 16 What is your advice for Wei Ming? Tell your partner and say why. Pair work Why? I think Wei Ming should listen to music. Why don’t Wei Ming talk to his parents? Why? Because music can make people relax . Because communication can lower stress. 1e I think Wei Ming should communicate with his parents and talk about his pressure. Why? Because if he does that, his parents will understand him and allow him to do some free time activities he likes. Post-listening Discussion Pressure get into a good high school and later a good university compete and win good for kid’s future … isn’t good for children’s development. cause a lot of stress for children … Do you like pressure ? Why or why not? Level B Have a role-play between Wei Ming and Alice. I am a good adviser! If you perform well enough, you will get a good adviser gift package! Level B Have a role-play between Wei Ming and Alice. Level A Group work to show problems and give advice. Suppose(假设)you are an adviser and your partner(s) is (are) a student with problems about stress. Make a conversation in pairs or groups. Group work 1. My parents give me a lot of pressure about school. pressure可指外界施加的压力或工作、生活中的压力。既可作可数名词又可作不可数名词，但一般情况下用作不可数名词。常用短语： pressure n. 压力 I’m not able to do well with the pressure from my job. The team performs well under pressure. put pressure on sb. 向某人施加压力 under pressure 在压力之下 Language points Let's learn and take notes. compete with和...竞争 You shouldn't ___________ your classmates.（和...竞争） compete for 为...竞争 The wild rabbits begin to __________ the grass with the sheep and cows. (为...竞争) [2010福州] n. competitor 竞争者 n. competition 竞赛 compete with compete for Level B Have a role-play between Wei Ming and Alice. Think about the questions: What are Wei Ming’s problems? What is Alice’s advice? Alice, help me!… Hey, Wei Ming… Useful expressions: …is/are giving me too much pressure about... I also keep worrying about… You should/shouldn’t… …is important, too. You will/won’t if you… Level B Have a role-play between Wei Ming and Alice. Level A I am a good adviser! Student a: The adviser. Ask for problems and give advice. Student b/c/d:  share the problem and show thanks. A: What's the matter? B: My parents are putting pressure on me to get good grades. I am really terrible. What should I do…?  A: You should…/Why don’t you…?/You’d better… B: ... A: What about you? What’s wrong with you? C: … What are your own problems about stress? Let’s share your problems and offer advice in groups of 4! Exercises My parents give me a lot of ________ (press) about school. You need more free time to do the _________ (activity) you enjoy. The boy is always__________ (compete) with other classmates. You should talk to parents or other family ___________(member). So far about forty students have entered for the singing ___________ (compete). 一、用括号里单词的适当形式填空。 1 3 pressure activities competing competition 2 4 5 members 1. 我父母给我很多学习上的压力. My parents give me a lot of ______ ______ ______. 2. 我昨天和父母吵了一架. I _____ ____ ______ ______my parents yesterday. 3. 在学校我不得不和我的同学竞争. I have to _______ _____my classmates at school. 4. 我喜欢独处来减压. I like to _____ ______ ______ to lower my stress. 5. 周末的时候我喜欢和我的朋友闲逛. I’d like to ____ _____ ______ my friends on weekends. pressure about school compete with spend time alone hang out with had a fight with 完成句子: Key expressions: 1. Words: member, pressure, compete; compete with sb. 2. Sentences： (1) My parents give me a lot of pressure about school. (2) I have to compete with my classmates at school.　… Do some listening practice about problems and advice to solve them. Summary Homework 基础型作业: Review and role-play 1c. 实践型作业: Interview your classmates about their problems about stress and give your advice. 拓展型作业: Search for information about other ways to lower stress. We should keep a balance between pressure, our study and life. Pressure Life and study $$