Unit 2 Listening & Speaking 课件 2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）英语八年级上册

Contact Us Unit 2 Amazing numbers The world’s countries and population & Using numbers in daily life Listening & Speaking Learning objectives 1. Talk about the use of numbers when planning a journey with give sentence patterns. 用所给句型描述旅行场景下数字的用途。 2. List the most populous regions and write down relevant population information after listening exercise. 在完成听力练习后可以列举出人口最多的地区并写出相关人口信息 3. Do a survey in a group and record and present information with a table and a graph 在小组内做调查，用表格和图表记录和展示信息 Contact Us Lead-in After the reading class, Ellie and Ann still talk about the story. Ellie, the old man’s wisdom made me surprised. Yes. Do you know ancient people’s wisdom of using numbers? tying knots calendar abacus bank notes How do we use numbers in our daily lives? Ellie Ann Contact Us Language Input Read after the recording and learn new words and key expressions. Ann: How do people use numbers in daily life? Ellie: People use numbers to do a lot of things. Take planning a journey for example. We need to decide the dates. And then we need to check the train or flight schedule. Also, we need to make a budget. Ann: That’s true. People also use numbers to ... Contact Us Topic activation Take planning a family journey for example. We need to decide the dates. Yes, we use numbers to express dates. 1) (9th September, 2025) Day/Month/Year --the ninth of September, twenty twenty-five 2) (September 9th, 2025) Month/Day/Year --September the ninth, twenty twenty-five So you plan to set off on the first of October, twenty twenty-five. Contact Us Topic activation And then we need to check the train or flight schedule. Yes, we use numbers to identify flight and express time. 1) 9:00--nine O’clock 2) 9:05--five past nine; 9:35--twenty-five to ten 3) 9:15--a quarter past nine; 9:35-- a quarter to ten 4) 9:30--half past nine So you plan to take CA1866 at five to twenty-one to Shanghai. Contact Us Topic activation Also, we need to make a budget. Yes, we use numbers to express price. 1) 3523: three thousand, five hundred and twenty-three 2) 1042: one thousand and forty-two 3) 1639: one thousand, six hundred and thirty-nine 4) 684: six hundred and eighty-four So you may spend six thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan in total. journey budget flights 3523 yuan hotel 1042 yuan food 1639 yuan tickets 684 yuan total 6888 yuan Topic activation And sometimes, we need to make a monthly budget. You mean making a budget once a month. Numbers help us manage money. We should also make a budget of our pocket money. Contact Us Speaking A. express dates B. express time C. express price D. identify something 1. We need to book the tickets for October 3rd in advance. 2. Our hotel room number is 1607. 3. The price of an adult ticket is 60 yuan. 4. The Palace Museum closes at 17:00 every day. 5. The license plate number of our ride-hailing car is Jing A123456. 6. We spent 300 yuan on roast duck. 7. We need to get up at 4 o'clock to watch the Tiananmen Flag-Raising Ceremony. 8. We plan to return to Shenzhen on October 6th. Can you choose the correct use for each sentences? Contact Us Speaking Work in pairs and talk about the use of numbers. S1:How do people use numbers in daily life? S2: Take planning a journey for example. We need to ... And then we need... Also we need to... Numbers are ________________________________. useful, helpful and important Contact Us Topic activation Besides, we also use numbers in different fields. Yes, we use numbers to ... design buildings grow crops develop medicine Can you think of more uses of numbers? Ellie and Ann talk about numbers in their class. Pay attention to blue words. Pronunciation One more time and you will be better! Ellie: Just look at our class. Do you know the number of students in your class? Ann: Yes, I do. There are 35 students in my class— 18 boys and 17 girls. I can remember all their birthdays! Lead-in We can also use numbers to record and present the population in the world, that’s the number of people. We’d better find a world map to record the numbers. （人口） Here it is! But the names of continents are missing. Do you know them? Lead-in Lead-in Let’s search for some information online and discuss later. Asia Europe North America South America Africa Australia Antarctica Got it. But which continent has the largest population? Before listening, read the choices and circle the key words . Prediction Questions and choices can give us hint(提示)! 1 billion= 1,000,000,000 1 million= 1,000,000 The world’s countries and population Listen and check the answers. Listening Almost two-thirds of the world’s population live in Asia. two-thirds = ≈ 66.67% (sixty-six point six seven per cent) Examples of other fractions(分数): one-fifth= a quarter= a half= four-fifths= Listen again and answer the questions below. Further Undersatnding Audio script Ann: Hi Ellie, have you thought about our project on different countries and people around the world? Any ideas so far? Ellie: Of course. I’ve already written down some questions for the project. Let’s look up the answers online! Ann: Sounds good. I’m free to do it now. What questions do you have? Ellie: OK, here’s my first question. How many countries are there in the world? Ann: Almost 200 countries. Ellie: How many people are there in the world? Ann: The number keeps changing. A report from 2022 shows that there are around 8 billion. Ellie: Got it. It’s obvious that the world population is still growing. 1. What does Ann mean when she says “the number keeps changing”? It means world’s population is still growing so the numbers in the report must be out of date. Listen again and answer the questions below. Further Undersatnding Ann: Yes, indeed. The United Nations believes the world population will be larger than 10 billion by 2100. Ellie: Wow. That’s huge. Where do most people live, then? Ann: Asia is the most populous continent. Almost two-thirds of the world’s population live in Asia. Currently, the world’s three most populous countries are China, India and the USA. Ellie: Good. Just curious: which are the most populous cities in the world? Ann: Well, according to the latest data, the three most populous cities are Tokyo in Japan, Delhi in India, and Shanghai in China. Ellie: Noted. Let’s make sure to include the correct information in our project. 2. What’s the meaning of “the most populous” ? “The most populous” means a place with the largest number of people. Imagine that you are working on the project with Ann and Ellie. What methods will you use to collect more information? Why? Further Thinking the Internet encyclopaedia AI news fast and convenient accurate and clear interactive and thoughtful the latest data Which method do you prefer? I prefer _____because it is ________________________________. AI interactive and thoughtful Ask your group members and tick their preferences. Do a survey Internet encyclopaedia AI news Name Method Which method do you prefer? If you prefer the Internet, put your hands up. If you prefer ... How will you record and present the information you collect? How many kinds of graphs do you know? Do you know their features? Do a survey Write a report, make a poster, draw a graph(图表)... pie graph (percentage) bar graph (comparison) line graph (change) Can you turn your table into a graph? Which one will you choose? Why? Do a survey I will choose the bar graph, because it can compare the numbers of each methods’ supporters. I will choose the pie graph, because it can present clear percentage. Line graph is not appropriate, because numbers don’t change. √ √ × Turn your table into a graph and make a report to present the results. The following expressions may help you: Group work We did a survey on methods of collecting information in our group. The graph shows that there are 2 students who prefer to do... Nearly 20% of our group members think... is the best way to... According to the graph, almost of group members tend to do... It’s obvious that ... is the most popular way to... As a result, we will collect information through... Ann and Ellie plan to draw a graph to show the growth of world population from 1750 to 2015, which kind of graph do you recommend? why? Further Thinking Line graph maybe the best choice. Because the number of world’s population keeps changing as time pass by. Line graph is the best choice to clearly show how numbers grow. Self-assessment Criteria Rate yourself Evidence (课堂实例) I can read different numbers correctly. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I know how to use words’ strong and weak forms to make my speech clearer. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can make sentences about the use of numbers when planning a journey ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can get the key facts about population while listening. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can do a survey in a group and record and present information with a table and a graph ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exit ticket 1. Complete the sentences. When planning a journey, I need to use numbers to_________________________________________________________; I also need to use numbers to_____________________________________________________; 2.Write down the numbers in English. There are around (8,000,000,000) _______________________ people in the world. Almost ( ) ________________ of the world’s population live in Asia. Almost (66.67%) _______________________ of the world’s population live in Asia. 3.Choose appropriate graph for each situation. To show 1950-2024 global population growth, we should use___________________; To show continents’ percentage of global population,we should use___________________; To compare 2024 population of China vs. India vs. the US.,we should use___________________. A. Bar graph B. Pie graph C.Line graph Must-do task Repeat after the tape and imitate (模仿) words’ strong and weak forms. Finish the Listening exercise on practice sheet. Optional task Search for the information of world’s population from 1750 to 2025 and draw a line graph. Homework Thanks Blues 27794.453 Blues 80587.805 Blues 20950.215 Lavf57.71.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 Blues 118512.0 $