Unit 4 Digital life Starting out 教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 4 Digital life-Starting out This unit focuses on the theme of "Digital life". In the "Starting out" part, students are introduced to the topic of digital life through various materials such as videos and pictures. They will start to think about how digital technology affects our daily life, including aspects like digital payment, online shopping, and communication via digital devices. This part aims to arouse students' interest in the topic and lay a foundation for further exploration of digital life in the following sections. 教学目标 Students can master key words and phrases related to digital life, such as "smartphone", "code", "wallet", "payment", "system", "cash", "app", "delivery", "digital payment", "payment system", etc. Students can understand and use important sentence patterns to describe digital life, like "Today, we cannot live without technology.", "The technology there lets me live a more convenient life!", "Digital technology is a big part of their everyday life." Students can get familiar with the usage of the infinitive as the object complement, for example, "I asked the shopkeeper to show the QR code." 教学重难点 1. Key Points Key words, phrases, and sentence patterns related to digital life. The usage of the infinitive as the object complement. How to lead students to actively participate in class discussions and express their opinions on digital life. 2. Difficult Points Helping students understand and correctly use the infinitive as the object complement in different contexts. Encouraging students to think deeply about the impact of digital life and express their unique and logical views in English. 1. Key Words smartphone /'smaːtfəʊn/n. 智能手机 code /kəʊd/n. 编码，编号，标记 wallet /'wɒlɪt/n. 钱包，皮夹子 payment /'peɪmənt/n. 支付，付款 (verb: pay) system /'sɪstəm/n. 系统 cash /kæʃ/n. 现款，现金 app /æp/n. 应用程序 delivery /dɪ'lɪvəri/n. 递送，交付 device /dɪ'vaɪs/n. 设备，仪器 progress /'prəʊɡres/n. 进步，进展 2. Key Phrases digital payment 数字支付 payment system 支付系统 shared bike app 共享单车应用 digital wallet 数字钱包 QR code 二维码 make digital payments 进行数字支付 ride a shared bike 骑共享单车 order dishes through an app 通过应用程序点餐 show the QR code 出示二维码 connect with others 与他人联系 check progress 查看进展 light up 照亮，变得明亮 throw away 扔掉 take up 占据（时间、空间） save time 节省时间 3. Key Sentence Patterns Digital life description: Today, we cannot live without technology. The technology there lets me live a more convenient life! Digital technology is a big part of their everyday life. Smartphones are really useful, but we shouldn't let them take up all our time. Experience and problems: But it took forever to find a bike! That 15 - minute ride cost me an arm and a leg - more than five pounds. I asked the shopkeeper to show the QR code, but she didn't understand! When my dishes finally arrived 90 minutes later, they were stone cold! Views and suggestions: In my opinion, digital technology has made our life easier. We should use digital devices wisely. There are lots of things to do in the real world. What effect has digital technology had on your life? Future prospects: What will life be like in the future? I think people's life will be more digital in 50 years' time. Schools in the future will be very different from now. Digital technology will change every part of our life. 4. Grammar - Infinitive as Object Complement Formation: Verb + Object + Infinitive (to do) Commonly used verbs: ask (要求): I asked the shopkeeper to show the QR code. allow (允许): Mobile payment allows us to use our smartphones to pay for things easily. help (帮助): Online education helps us learn new things anytime, anywhere. let (让): The technology there lets me live a more convenient life! make (使): Shared bikes have made us get around cities more conveniently. encourage (鼓励): Such apps also encouraged me to explore fun knowledge. Notes: Some causative verbs like "let" and "make" are followed by the bare infinitive (without "to") in active voice, but in passive voice, "to" should be added. For example, We were made to study hard by our parents. 教学过程 1. Lead - in (5 minutes) Show students some pictures about modern digital life, such as people using smartphones to pay, riding shared bikes, and shopping online. Then ask students: "What can you see in these pictures? How do these things affect our life?" Encourage students to share their ideas freely. Play a short video about digital life around the world, including different digital payment methods in various countries. After watching, ask students to briefly describe what they have seen in the video. 2. Vocabulary Presentation (10 minutes) Present the key words and phrases related to digital life on the PPT one by one. Explain the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of each word or phrase. For example, when teaching "digital payment", show pictures of people using Alipay or WeChat Pay, and explain how convenient it is. Let students read the words and phrases after the teacher several times to practice pronunciation. Then divide students into pairs and ask them to practice using these words and phrases to make sentences. For example, one student says: "I often make digital payments when I buy things." The other student responds with another sentence like: "I used a shared bike app to find a bike yesterday." Walk around the classroom to monitor and offer help if necessary. 3. Text Learning (15 minutes) Present a short text about a person's digital life experience in a foreign country on the PPT. The text can include difficulties in using digital payment, problems with online shopping delivery, etc. Let students read the text silently for the first time and try to get the general idea. Then ask students some general questions, such as "Where did the story happen?" "What was the main problem the person faced?" Let students read the text again carefully. This time, ask them to find out key sentences and phrases related to digital life problems. After that, ask several students to share the sentences they found, and write them on the blackboard. Analyze these sentences together, explain the language points, especially the usage of the infinitive as the object complement in these sentences. For example, in the sentence "I asked the shopkeeper to show the QR code.", explain that "to show the QR code" is the object complement, indicating what the shopkeeper was asked to do. Let students read the text aloud together, paying attention to pronunciation, intonation, and the usage of language points. 4. Group Discussion (10 minutes) Divide students into groups of 4 - 5. Give each group a topic related to digital life, such as "The advantages and disadvantages of digital payment", "How digital technology changes our communication", or "The future of digital life". Ask each group to discuss the topic, using the vocabulary, sentence patterns, and ideas they have learned in this class. Encourage students to express their own views and support their opinions with examples. Walk around the classroom, participate in students' discussions, and offer guidance and help when necessary. After the discussion, ask each group to choose a representative to give a short presentation in front of the class. The representative should summarize the group's discussion results, using clear language and correct grammar. 5. Summary and Homework (5 minutes) Summarize the key points of this class, including important vocabulary, sentence patterns, and the grammar of the infinitive as the object complement. Review the main ideas of digital life discussed in class. Assign homework: Ask students to write a short passage (about 80 - 100 words) about their own digital life experience. They should use at least 5 key words and phrases and 2 sentence patterns learned in this class. Let students search for more information about digital life, such as new digital products or emerging digital services, and be ready to share it in the next class. 教学反思 In this class, through various teaching methods such as picture - showing, video - playing, text - learning, and group - discussion, students showed great interest in the topic of digital life. Most students actively participated in class activities, mastered key vocabulary and sentence patterns, and were able to express their views on digital life to some extent. However, there are still some areas for improvement. In the grammar teaching part, although the usage of the infinitive as the object complement was explained with examples, some students still had difficulties in using it correctly in their own sentences. In the future, more practice exercises and real - life examples can be provided to help students better understand and master this grammar point. During the group discussion, some students were a bit shy and did not actively contribute their ideas. In the following classes, more efforts should be made to create a more relaxed and supportive atmosphere, encourage these students to express themselves, and gradually improve their speaking and thinking abilities. 2 / 37 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$