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Unit 8 Follow your interests
沪教牛津版七年级下册
How can we turn our interests into a career?
Key question
Reading I
主题范畴:人与自我
1
Look at the pictures and tell their possible jobs
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astronomer(天文学家)
biologist (生物学家)
athlete(运动员)
programmer(程序员)
musician(音乐家)
Lead-in
Act and guess:
A: Act out a job.
B: Guess the job.
Lead-in
1. What is Patrick Moore’s hobby?
2. What is probably his job now?
Look at the picture and the title of the article on page 117. Then answer the questions below.
His hobby is studying stars.
An astronomer.
/A person who studies stars.
Pre-reading
A. Narration (记叙文)
B. Argumentation (议论文)
C. Exposition (说明文)
What is the genre (体裁)?
Underline the words of time.
Pre-reading
I’m Patrick Moore, a British amateur astronomer. Today I would like to tell you how I turned my interest into a career.
Read for main idea
Part. 3: The ___________ of
Patrick Moore
Part. 1: The _____________of his lifetime hobby
Part. 4: The __________ from Patrick Moore
advice, beginning, career, development
Part. 2: The ____________of his lifetime hobby
beginning
development
career
advice
Reading comprehension
got a book about stars
from my dad
was great fun for me
asked all kinds of quetions and
read a lot about the topic
studying the stars
Anybody can achieve their dreams.
You just have to enjoy what you do!
2. Read the article again and find evidence证据 to support the statements below.
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(1) Patrick Moore thought the night sky was beautiful.
(2) Patrick Moore and his mother spent many exciting moments looking at the stars.
(3) Patrick Moore loved studying the stars.
(4) Patrick Moore’s parents knew how to encourage his curiosity.
(5) Many people liked watching Patrick Moore’s TV programme.
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2
3
4
5
Post-reading
Why do you think Patrick Moore was able to turn his interest into his career?
A strong interest and love
Supportive family
Continuous learning
Great communication skills
Stick to his dream/ never give his dream
Discussion
Discuss the questions below.
career
hobby
Why?
You can also turn your interests into your career. Enjoy what you do so that you can achieve your dream.
Do what you love and never give up.
终身兴趣
在晴朗的夜晚
掠过天空
用生动的方式
星座
主持了一档电视节目
把……变成……
(2) I used to get up early.
我过去早起。
(1) I'm used to getting up early.
我习惯早起。
(didn’t) used to do sth. 过去(不)常做某事
get / be used to doling sth. 习惯做某事
use sth to do sth. 用某物来做某事
be used to do sth. 被用来做某事
1. My grandfather ______ smoke, but he quit last year.
A. uses to B. used to C. is used to
2. We ______ a knife ______ cut the cake.
A. use...to B. uses...to C. are used...to
3. She ______ waking up early because she’s a nurse.
A. uses to B. is used to C. used to
4. This machine ______ make paper cups.
A. is used to B. is used for C. used to
即学即练
B
A
B
A
____ the morning
____ a Sunday morning
____ a cold morning
in
on
on
We have English class ______ Monday morning.
A. in B. on C. at
She was born ______ a cold winter morning.
A. in B. on C. at
The meeting will be held _____ 2:30 p.m. ______ Tuesday.
A. at; on B. in; on C. at; in
We often go swimming ______ summer.
A. in B. on C. at
He gets up early ______ the morning. But ______ this morning, he got up late.
A. in; on B. in; / C. on; in
即学即练
3. interest、interesting与interested辨析
interest 作名词,意为“兴趣;爱好”;
也可作动词,意为“使感兴趣;使关注” I lost interest in your story. (n.)
我对你的故事失去了兴趣。
Your story interested me a lot. (v.)
你的故事使我很感兴趣。
interesting 作形容词,意为“有趣的;有吸引力的”,常用来修饰事或物 This movie is very interesting.
这部电影很有趣。
interested 作形容词,意为“感兴趣的”,常用来修饰人。be/get interested in ...意为“对……感兴趣” She was interested in short videos.
她对短视频感兴趣。
1. He showed ______ in learning French after his trip to Paris.
2.The students listened to the scientist's talk carefully because the topic was so __________.
3. Many of them became very _________in space exploration after that.
4. John ____ with a fork and a knife, but now he ____ with
chopsticks (筷子) after living in Beijing for years.
A. used to eat, is used to eat
B. used to eating, is used to eat
C. used to eat, is used to eating
D. was used to eating, used to eat
interest
interesting
interested
C
interest, interesting, interested
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S1: Did you watch that science programme last night?
S2: No. What was it about?
S1: It was about different kinds of stars. A famous astronomer (1) the
programme, and she’s great. She knows a lot about the topic, and she
always talks about it in a very (2) way.
S2: What kinds of stars did she talk about?
S1: She talked about the Sun and other stars in the Milky Way. The closest star
to us is (3) far away: it takes light several years to travel there!
She also introduced some famous astronomers in the 20th century. Their
work (4) our knowledge about stars.
S2: That sounds interesting!
S1: Yes, and it was very inspiring too! She talked about the life of a famous
astronomer. When he was a teenager, he was very (5) about the
stars. He wanted to become an astronomer, and he worked so hard to achieve
his dream!
hosts
lively
extremely
increased
curious
2 Complete the conversation below with the words in italics from Exercise 1. Change
the form if necessary.
Activities about interest:
... used to go outside with ...
In winter, the “belt” of Orion ... In summer, ... Vega ...
Sometimes they saw ...
The growth of interest:
was curious about ...
asked all kinds of questions ... were patient ...
encourage him to find ...
The career led by interest:
He hosts a TV programme called ...
He uses ... to take people ... and ... in a lively way
... has lasted more than ... was proud of ...
The beginning of interest: got a book about stars
Patrick Moore
Hold your hobby
Study hard
Never give up
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