Unit1 Developing ideas（reading）课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）七年级英语下册

Developing ideas Unit1 The secrets of happiness What can you see in this picture ? How often do you cut your hair short? Why do you need to cut your hair short? cut hair short “剪头发” Parents ask me to cut it short. I don’t want to keep my hair long. I want to try new hair style. I can help others. Can you believe hair can help others? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What can you see in the picture? A barber（理发师）is cutting the hair short. 2. What is the hair like? The hair is long. 3. What is the letter about? It’s a thank-you note from the City Children’s Hospital to Mr Zhou. Activity 1 Look at the pictures and predict what the passage is about. Use the words and expressions to help you. Maybe the passage is about helping others. 1 The wind was strong.Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him:“Is that a boy or a girl?”He shook his head.“Just one more month!"he said to himself. 2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back.Sometimes they laughed at him.But he never felt any shame./ 3Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years.Day after day,hope grew together with his hair. 4 Finally,the time came.Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop.He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders.The other customers were very surprised.“Please cut it short and give me the hair,"he said.The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office./ 5A week later, he received a letter: Dear Mr Zhou, Thank you for helping kids with cancer. This is enough hair for wigs! 6Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror.He remembered the words of Plato:“Happiness springs from doing good and helping others."He smiled and said to himself,“It's time to grow happiness again."/ Read this passage and check your answer. Reading for facts 1 The wind was strong.Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him:“Is that a boy or a girl?”He shook his head.“Just one more month!"he said to himself. 2 People often talked about his long hair behind his back.Sometimes they laughed at him.But he never felt any shame./ 3Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years.Day after day,hope grew together with his hair. 4 Finally,the time came.Zhou Jian walked into a barber's shop.He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders.The other customers were very surprised.“Please cut it short and give me the hair,"he said.The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office./ 5A week later, he received a letter: Dear Mr Zhou, Thank you for helping kids with cancer. This is enough hair for wigs! 6Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror.He remembered the words of Plato:“Happiness springs from doing good and helping others."He smiled and said to himself,“It's time to grow happiness again."/ 1. What is the passage about? a.Zhou Jian's new hair style(发型） b.Zhou Jian uses his hair to help others c.Zhou Jian's daily care of his hair 2.What is each part mainly about? Part 1(Para.1-Para2)______ Part 2(Para.3-Para4)______ Part 3(Para.5-Para6)______ a.The reason for his action b.Problems caused by his hair c.What he does with his hair Reading for gist b. b. c. a. What surprises you most? Choose Problems caused by his hair What he does with his hair The reason for his action What surprises you most? Zhou Jian is a boy ! quality_restoration_20250206144043159.JPG Part 1 Problems long talked about laughed quality_restoration_20250206144043159.JPG kept his long hair cut it short Part 2 Actions quality_restoration_20250206144043159.JPG While-reading Why did he do so? He wanted to help 6____________. What did he do next? He 7_______ and said to himself, “It’s time to 8________________ again.” kids with cancer smiled grow happiness Part 3 The reason for his action 1. He heard a voice behind him: "Is that a boy or a girl？” “Is that a boy or a girl?” 是一个选择疑问句 选择疑问句是提出两种或两种以上的情况让对方进行选择的问句，供选择的部分用 or 连接，or 意为“还是”。 其结构“一般疑问句 + 一个供选择的对象 + or + 另一个供选择的对象?”。 --Is your mother a doctor or a teacher? --She is a teacher. 1. “Just one more month!” he said to himself. say to oneself 意为 “对自己说”。 他对自己说:“就再坚持一个月!” 例如: ① She said to herself, “You can do it.” 她对自己说: “你可以做到的。" ② When I face difficulties, I always say to myself, “Never give up!” 面对困难时，我总对自己说，“永不放弃！” 2. People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. behind one’s back 意为 “在某人背后，背地里”。 人们常常在背后议论他的长发。有时候还会嘲笑他。 例如: ① Don’t speak ill of others behind their backs. 不要背后说人坏话。 ② Her families planned a birthday party behind her back. 她的家人偷偷为她策划了一场生日派对。 6. The other customers were very surprised. surprised〔形容词〕吃惊的，惊奇的，惊讶的，诧异的 常修饰人，用于说明人的感受。 be surprised at 对...感到惊讶 be surprised to do sth 对做某事感到惊讶 We __________________ the news. 我们都对这个消息感到惊讶。 I _________________________ here. 在这里见到你我很惊讶。 were all surprised at am surprised to see you 4. He remembered the words of Plato: “Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.” spring from 意为 “由……引起，源于……”。 他想起了柏拉图的话：“幸福源于行善和助人。” 例如: ① Her interest in painting springs from her childhood experiences. 她对绘画的兴趣源于她的童年经历。 ② The tradition of this festival ___________ ancient customs. 这个节日的传统起源于古老的习俗。 springs from 柏拉图(Plato) (公元前427一前347) 是古希腊著名哲学家，柏拉图学派的创始人，创作了哲学对话体著作《理想国》。柏拉图是苏格拉底的弟子，也是亚里士多德的老师，他与苏格拉底、亚里士多德并称为“希腊三贤”。 7. He smiled and said to himself, "It’s time to grow happiness again.” It's time to do sth. 该做某事了/到做某事的时间了。 =It's time for sth. 到做某事的时间了。 It's time for sb to do sth. 到某人做某事的时间了。 到吃早饭的时间了。 It's time for breakfast. = It's time to have breakfast. 我们该回家了。 It's time for us to go home. 6 Zhou Jian looked at the smart young man in the mirror. He remembered the words of Plato: “Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.” He smiled and said to himself, “It’s time to grow happiness again.” 1. What will Zhou Jian do to “grow happiness again”? He decides to keep his hair long again. 2. Why does the writer use the words of Plato? To tell us that the key to happiness is doing good and helping others. Reading for analysis What does the title “Growing happiness” mean? It means the young man grew his hair to help others. This made him happy. 此处标题使用了比喻的修辞手法, 将幸福比喻为可以种植或生长的事物 (如头发)，形象地表达出幸福是可以通过行动而积累和增加的。 Think and share. 1. How do you feel when you read the letter in the passage? I feel surprised and happy for the kids with cancer. I understand why Zhou Jian grew his hair long. Learning to think Sometimes the writer puts the key information at the end of the story. This keeps us reading on! Activity 4 Think and share. 2. What can you learn from the passage? I can learn from the passage that helping others makes us happy. We should try our best to help others. gain happiness by helping others Donating hair may not be a very great thing. But it's the thought that counts. “礼轻情意重” More importantly, you should do what you can do. So do you have any story of helping others? Write a short story about feeling happy through helping others. quality_restoration_20250206144043159.JPG Action: help with study clean the community help an old man carry things Reaction: ask for help keep trying and never give up Feeling: happy /satisfied joyful proud never feel any shame look tiring/boring/difficult feel unfomfortable be laughed at by others Challenge: Last Saturday, Ma Yang went to the park with his mum. He played with his new toy car. He felt happy.However, there was a boy crying. “What's wrong with him?”Ma Yang asked his mum. "That boy's family is poor,and he doesn't any toys to play with." Ma Yang felt sad for the boy.Then he had an idea. "Would you like to play with my car?"he asked the boy. “Really? Thank you!”The boy smiled,and they started playing together. When it was time to go home,Ma Yang asked his mum,"Can I give my toy car to the boy." “Yes,Yang yang,you can.That's very kind of you." Ma Yang handed the car to the boy. "You can keep it, and we can be friends,"he said. The boy was very happy. Ma Yang learnt an important lesson that day.Helping others is one of the secrets of happiness. Love positive others 一、用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空 receive, wave, laugh at, cancer, just 1. It’s impolite (不礼貌的) to ___________ others. 2. Bill ________ his hand to us and then drove away. 3. The film tells the story of Wei and a girl who fight ________ together. 4. As the old saying goes, “It is better to give than ____________.” 5. It takes me ________ 5 minutes to walk to school from home. laugh at waved cancer to receive just 二、根据汉语意思完成句子 6. 该是你打扫教室的时候了。 ________ ________ for you ________ ________ the classroom. 7. 许多父母要求他们的孩子不要留长发。 Many parents ask their children not to _____ their _____ ________. 8. 她微笑着走进邮局。 She ________ and walked _______ the _______ _______. keep hair long It’s time to clean smiled into post office Thank you Lavf58.20.100 $$