Unit 8 Listening and Speaking 课件 2024-2025学年沪教版（2024）七年级英语下册

How can we turn our interest into a career? Key question Listening and Speaking By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: 1. Understand and extract information from a listening passage about Linda's hobby and career. 2. Analyze why it is important to follow one's interests and how it can lead to a fulfilling career. 3. Express your own ideas and opinions on the importance of following interests in career choices. Learning Objectives: Warm up Do you know this sport ? What do you think of it? Pre-listening: Guess what Linda’s story is about. What is Linda doing in the picture? How do you think she is feeling at this moment? She is sailing. Exciting, thrilling, free, confident ... While-listening: Listen and fill in the blanks. When I was young, my family lived_____________. My dad used to take my sister and me for trips on his boat _____________. I began to love sailing. When I got older, I sailed the boat ______. I loved the water and spent ____________  sailing. It was my favourite ________ . next to the sea myself all my free time hobby Listen to the first part of the recording and fill in the missing parts. at weekends While-listening: Listen and and and fill in the blanks. Listen to the second part of the recording and fill in the missing parts. After I left school, I got a job__________. I still went sailing every weekend. I wasn’t __________ my job. I found it very ______. I thought about _______ every day. One day, I decided to leave my job in the office and make my hobby my______ . I trained to be a sailing ______. Now I spend every day teaching people how to __________ . I am very happy now. I ______ my job. in an office happy with boring sailing career teacher sail safely love Answer the following questions based on your notes. What was Linda’s first job? What did she think of it? What is Linda’s job now? What does she think of it? Her first job was in an office, but she found it boring. Now she is a sailing teacher, and she loves her job. While-listening: Listen agin and correct the mistakes Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F). Correct the false ones. father every weekend How many periods of time in Linda’s life have been mentioned in the record? What order is this story told? Time order When I was a child When I got older After I left school One day Now Pair work: Retell the story with your partner. When I was a child When I got older After I left school One day Now My family lived next to the sea. I began to love sailing. My father taught me how to sail the boat myself. Sailing was my favourite hobby. I got a job in an office, but I found it very boring. I thought about sailing every day. I decided to turn my hobby into a career! I took a training course to become a sailing teacher. I teach people how to sail safely. I’m very happy now because I love my job. Audio script Hello, I’m Linda. I’d like to share how I turned my hobby into a career. When I was a child, my family lived next to the sea. My dad used to take my sister and me for trips on his boat at weekends. I began to love sailing. When I got older, he taught me how to sail the boat myself. I loved the water and the fresh sea air. From then on, I spent all my free time sailing. It was my favourite hobby. After I left school, I got a job in an office, but I still went sailing every weekend. I wasn’t happy with my job. I found it very boring, and I thought about sailing every day. One day, I finally decided to leave my job and turn my hobby into a career! I took a training course to become a sailing teacher. Now I teach people from all over the world how to sail safely. I’m very happy now because I love my job. I think it’s the best job for me. Post-listening: Pair work Discuss the following questions with your partner. Did Linda like sailing very much? Why or why not? What did Linda do to become a sailing teacher? Why do you think Linda was able to turn her interest into a career? Post-listening: Group discussion Linda’s passion for sailing and her hard work and training helped her become a sailing teacher. Post-listening: Talk with your partner about your dream job. What is your deam job? What do you like about this job? What skills or abilities do you need for your dream job? What are you doing to make your dream come true? I want to be a ...... I like the job because ...... I need .... Now I’m learning .... In my free time, I .... Post-listening: Pair work Work in pairs and make a dialogue about your dream job. Use the example below to help you. P123 Homework 1.Compulsory(必做) Present Linda’s story as a sailing coach in written form, and add your own opinion on her story. 2.Optional(选做) Collect famous quotes on the topic of hobbies and ideal careers. Lavf58.12.100 $$