Unit 1 Focusing on culture 课件2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 1 Look it up Section 4 Focusing culture 1 Do you know it? Online encyclopaedia 线上百科全书 [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə] paper encyclopaedia Have you ever read any encyclopaedias? What are they about? History Society Science Technology Animals Nature Arts Culture... Encyclopaedias provide all kinds of information , such as What do you know about the history of encyclopaedias? Think ① ② ③ ④ Let’s explore the history of encyclopaedias to learn more. a History in China. b The introduction about encyclopaedias. c Why encyclopaedias matter . d Encyclopaedias around the world. ●Read the topic sentence of each paragraph and match the main idea. 中心句 重要 ●Read para. 1 and answer 1. Where does the word “encyclopaedia” come from? It comes from a Greek word that means “general education”. 2. What are the two types of encyclopaedias? They are online encyclopaedias and paper encyclopaedias. History in China History around the world Huanglan Yongle Dadian one of the ______ encyclopaedias. was created around __________. probably the ________ encyclopaedia in history. was completed in _____ and had over _______ volumes. The earliest known encyclopaedias in Europe the Encyclopaedia Britannica one of the ___________ encyclopaedias written by the _______ in the ______ century BCE. first 220 CE largest 1408 11,000 Greeks 4th first modern History ●Read para. 2&3 and fill in the blanks. Notes The Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia. The first edition was published in 1768, and since then there have been 15 editions. The 15th edition is made up of 32 volumes. Together they contain about 40 million words on half a million topics. Today, the Britannica is online, so you can use it anytime, anywhere. Know more about the Encyclopaedia Britannica Notes 世界著名的 由...组成 版本 从那时起 出版 包含 册 P15 ●Read para. 4 and answer 1. What can encyclopaedias help us do? It can record and provide information for us and help us learn about the world that we live in. With the rapid development of AI, will online encyclopaedias completely replace paper encyclopaedias? Further thinking Online encyclopedias will not completely replace paper encyclopedias. Instead, paper will continue to be a specialized, premium medium, while online encyclopedias and AI-powered knowledge services become the mainstream for everyday use. 一种专业且优质的媒介 主流 取代 3 Complete the sentences with the words below. Change the form if necessary. Before you start writing, you need to ________ your ideas. (3) Writers ________important information about science, art and other subjects in the Huanglan and Yongle Dadian. (4) _______ need to check all facts very carefully. (5) The words in a dictionary are usually in alphabetic________ editor order organize record organize recorded Editors order educate v. 教育 education n.教育 educational adj. 教育的，有教育意义的 定语从句 通识教育 use ... to do ...用某物来做某事 in general 通常；大体上 general:将军 prefer to do sth.更喜欢做某事 prefer A to B 比起B更喜欢A prefer doing A to doing B 比起做B 这件事更喜欢做A这件事 几册 有...的悠久历史 one of +序数词+名词复数 在历史上 两者都 连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词用复数形式 莉莉和汤姆都喜欢阅读。 Both Lily and Tom like reading. 覆盖 历史悠久 be written by 被...写 公元前四世纪 be similar to与...相似 be different from 与...不同 被,由 字母顺序 一个单词的首字母 同义表达：have a long history 或date back to a long time ago play an important role/part in 在...中起重要作用 定语从句 =know about 了解 一、完成句子。 1. Jason和Jack都喜欢中国文化。 _______ Jason _______ Jack _______ Chinese culture. 2. 中国茶的历史源远流长。 The history of tea in China _______ _______ _______ _______ _______. 3. 《红楼梦》是曹雪芹创作的。 The Story of the Stone _______ _______ _______ Cao Xueqin. 4. 树在我们的日常生活中扮演者重要的作用。 Trees _____ ___ __________ _____ in our daily lives. Both and like goes back a long way was written by play an important role 15 单击“同步练习”字样，可打开Language points同步练习的Word文档超链接。 Thank you！ 16 Blues 147102.05 $