Unit 6 Reading Plus 课件 2024-2025学年人教版（2024）七年级英语下册

Unit 6 Rain or Shine Reading Plus 1 Let’s predict! What can you see in the picture ? stormy sunny happy sad Weather Mood and Weather affects how he feels. and It means people may feel bad in rainy weather feel happy in sunny weather. title Reading Tip 1: The title and the picture can help us get the main idea(主旨大意). 2 Fast reading 1. How many paragraphs are there in the text? 2. What is the structure of the text? Four paragraphs. A B Body part Conclusion part Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.. General Introduction 3 Presentation Read the passage quickly again and match the main idea of each paragraph. Weather’s impact(影响) on daily life Weather language for emotions Weather’s effect on mood Fact and advice Fast reading Reading Tip 2: Paying attention to the first or last sentences of each paragraph can help. Presentation Read Part 1 and answer the questions. 1. What does the circled ‘It’ refer to ? 2. Why does the writer say “It is a big part of our lives” ? It refers to weather. Because weather affects where we go, what we do, what we wear and how we feel and behave. 3. Can you give an example to explain weather is a big part of your life? On rainy days, I won't go to the park but stay at home instead (affects where I go). I might read books or watch movies inside (affects what I do). I wear raincoats and boots to keep dry (affects what I wear). And the rainy weather can make me feel a bit bored or lazy, so I just lie on the sofa and relax (affects how I feel and behave). Careful reading Presentation Why do you think people use weather language to describe mood? It's a clever and practical way. Weather is familiar to everyone, and its various states can vividly represent different moods, making it easy to express and understand emotions. feel ill “under the weather” feel stressed and busy “snowed under” a bad mood “bad” weather a good mood “good” weather Careful reading Read Part 2, find out all the weather language in this paragraph and match with their meaning. Presentation Guess the meaning of these weather idioms. “it never rains but it pours” “take a rain check” “have your head in the cloud” “brainstorm” “break the ice” 祸不单行 头脑风暴;奇想 打破僵局 心不在焉;注意力不集中 延期;改天 Head in the clouds. 心不在焉，做白日梦 Storm in a teacup 小题大做 Presentation Read Part 3 again and think. Careful reading These days, many of us spend less time outside than in the past. Getting no fresh air or sunlight and spending too much time inside can make us feel down. It is very important to go outside once in a while, whatever the weather, rain or shine! fact What is the writer’s advice for us? It’s important to go outside. Why? advice Close your book and fill in the blanks. Do you know how weather affects our lives? Well, it affects ____________, what we do, and _____________. And it also affects how we ________________. It is a big part of our lives!We often use __________________to describe how we feel. For example, if we are feeling ill, we say we are “____________________". If we are feeling ___________ and busy, we can say that we are “________________”. What’s more, the weather can even change ______________! For example, __________helps our body to produce vitamin D. This vitamin can __________________. But some parts of the world get ______________in winter, so people can feel unusually _____ then. Scientists are still studying how the weather changes the way people feel and behave.These days, many of us spend ______________ than in the past. Getting no fresh air or sunlight and spending too much time inside can make us ____________. It is very important to___________once in a while, whatever the weather, ______________! where we go what we wear feel and behave weather language stressed under the weather snowed under the way we feel sunlight improve our mood little sunlight sad less time outside feel down go outside rain or shine Let’s summarize! Presentation When it's sunny, we can enjoy the sunshine and play outside. When it rains, we can listen to the sound of the rain and feel the fresh air. So, we should go outside more often and not be afraid of the weather. Must-do： Choose-to-do: Search for more English idioms related to the weather theme and write out their Chinese interpretations. Share them with your friends. Talk with your friend about how weather affects you today. 11 null 123014.805 $$