Unit 5 Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies课件 -2025-2026学年仁爱科普版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 5 Amazing Places Exploring the Topic: Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies (Distinguishing facts from opinions & Making inferences) 掌握 “rich、interest” 等词汇，以及 “be famous for、lie in” 等短语的用法； 能在 “区分事实与观点”“代词指代推理” 场景中，快速地标出相关内容； 学会客观区分事实与观点，感受地标文化魅力， 提升文化鉴赏与逻辑思维能力。 Language goal Fujian Tulou Location south-west Fujian Length over 120 km Height 10—20 meters Buildings 46 Shape round/ square Capacity 800 people for one building Do you still remember the knowledge about Fujian Tulou that we learned in the last class? Review Do you still remember where these pictures are? Baiyang Lake the Eiffel Tower Mount Taishan Mount Qomolangma the Palace Museum the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Review Activity 1 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills Facts Opinions A fact is something you can check true or false. An opinion is what someone thinks or feels. Is this place beautiful? Learning Look at the picture and read the text, and then learn to distinguish facts from opinions by using a chart. Activity 1 Baiyang Lake is famous for its beautiful lotus flowers. During the flower season, the lake is like a huge lotus garden. People can take boats to enjoy the flowers. Baiyang Lake is also rich in culture. There are many places of cultural interest for tourists to see. For example, Gazi Village. Thinking Skills Distinguishing facts from opinions Learning Look at the picture and read the text, and then learn to distinguish facts from opinions by using a chart. Activity 1 1. People can take boats to enjoy the flowers. 2. There are many places of cultural interest for tourists to see. 1. Baiyang Lake is famous for its beautiful lotus flowers. 2. During the flower season, the lake is like a huge lotus garden. Thinking Skills Distinguishing facts from opinions Learning be famous for 因…… 而闻名 区分： be famous as 作为…… 而闻名 take boats 乘船；坐船 区分： take + 限定词（a /the 等）+ 交通工具名词 by + 交通工具名词 in /on + 限定词 + 交通工具名词（使用 in 还是 on 主要取决于交 通工具的空间大小和形状等） ride + 限定词 + 交通工具名词（主要用于表示 “骑（自行车、摩 托车等） Language points rich adj. 丰富多彩的；富有的；油腻的 interest n. 吸引力；兴趣 短语： have an interest in... 对…… 有兴趣 For example 例如 短语： for instance 例如；比如 such as 例如；像……这样 Language points Baiyang Lake is also rich in culture. 白洋淀文化底蕴深厚。 be rich in ... 意为 “富含……；含有丰富的……”。 例如： Oranges are rich in vitamin C. 橘子含有丰富的维生素 C。 She is poor in money, but rich in knowledge. 她贫于金钱，但富于学问。 Language points Read the text and complete the fact-and-opinion chart. Activity 2 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills The West Lake lies in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is 3.3 kilometers long, 2.8 kilometers wide and 2.5 meters deep on average. As a Chinese saying goes, “Heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. lie in 位于 on average 平均 Learning Read the text and complete the fact-and-opinion chart. Activity 2 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills There is always something to see and it is beautiful all year round. As for the beautiful landscapes, the Broken Bridge is a must-see. To explore the lake, travelers can take boats, ride bicycles or just walk around it. Learning Activity 2 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills 1. The West Lake lies in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. 2. It is 3.3 kilometers long, 2.8 kilometers wide and 2.5 meters deep on average. 3. To explore the lake, travelers can take boats, ride bicycles or just walk around it. Read the text and complete the fact-and-opinion chart. Learning Activity 2 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills 1. As a Chinese saying goes, “Heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. 2. There is always something to see and it is beautiful all year round. 3. As for the beautiful landscapes, the Broken Bridge is a must-see. Learning As a Chinese saying goes, “Heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. 中国有句谚语：上有天堂，下有苏杭。 as a Chinese saying goes ... 意为 “中国有句谚语······”。as a saying goes ... 常用来引出谚语、格言等，意为 “俗话说······；正如谚语所说······”。 例如：As a Chinese saying goes, “Seeing is believing.” 中国有句老话：眼见为实。 As an old Chinese saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” 中国有句老话：千里之行，始于足下。 Language points Discuss the West Lake based on Activity 2. Activity 3 Distinguishing facts from opinions Thinking Skills 结合 Activity 2 中关于西湖的事实（Facts）和观点（Opinions），从“西湖的基本情况”、“西湖的美”、“游览西湖的方式”等角度讨论。 Group work Read the text and learn how to make inferences about pronouns. Activity 1 Making inferences Reading Strategies In a sentence, pronouns replace nouns. To fully understand the sentence, you need to make inferences about what the pronouns refer to. Beijing National Stadium is a landmark of Beijing. People also call it Bird’s Nest, because its shape is just like a nest. Pronoun What it refers to it Beijing National Stadium its the stadium’s Learning Read the next part of the text and make inferences about the underlined pronouns. Activity 2 Making inferences Reading Strategies The stadium is 333 meters long from the north to the south and 296 meters wide from the east to the west. A large stadium like this is very difficult to build. To make it strong and light as well, we built the whole stadium with a strong new material. No other structure in the world was built with so much of this new material before. material n.材料 whole adj. 全部的；整体的 Learning Read the next part of the text and make inferences about the underlined pronouns. Activity 2 Making inferences Reading Strategies Pronoun What it refers to this it the stadium the stadium Learning Activity 3 Making inferences Reading Strategies Do you know this building? What do you know about it? Okay, class. Now let’s learn about it together! Learning Read the text. Underline the pronouns first, and then make inferences about them. Activity 3 Making inferences Reading Strategies The Sydney Opera House is surely the best place to see the performing arts. It is also known for the beautiful design of its buildings. The buildings look like boats sailing on the sea. People can enjoy wonderful music in the Concert Hall and the Opera Theater. They can also have an unforgettable experience after dining in Bennelong Restaurant. Learning Read the text. Underline the pronouns first, and then make inferences about them. Activity 3 Making inferences Reading Strategies Pronoun What it refers to It its They The Sydney Opera House the Sydney Opera House’s People Learning 1.The visitors were ______ (amaze) by the beautiful scenery of Guilin. 2.The _________ (beauty) view of West Lake attracts millions of people every year. 3.We held a _________ (culture) festival to show local traditions last week. 4.October 1st is our _______ (nation) Day in China. 用所给单词的适当形式填空 amazed beautiful cultural National Exercise 重点单词 rich adj. 丰富多彩的；富有的；油腻的 interest n. 吸引力；兴趣 material n.材料 whole adj. 全部的；整体的 重点短语 be famous for 因……而闻名 take boats 乘船；坐船 For example 例如 be rich in ... 富含…… lie in 位于 on average 平均 Summary 1.Make a poster of West lake by distinguishing facts from opinions. 2. Finish the exercises. Homework $