Unit 4 time to celebrate Listening and speaking 课件2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级上册

Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ waste /weɪst/ throw away pollution /pəˈluːʃən/ plastic /ˈplæstɪk/ celebrate /ˈselɪbreɪt/ meal /miːl/ n. 圣诞节(期间) n. 废料，废弃物 扔掉，丢弃 n. 污染 adj. 塑料制的 v. 庆祝 n. 一餐；饭 at Christmas 在圣诞节(期间) Merry Christmas. 圣诞节快乐 a waste of ... 浪费…… v.污染 pollute celebration n.庆祝 a big meal 一顿大餐 Unit4 Time to celebrate Listening and speaking What do you usually do at Christmas? I usually... eat an apple write postcards go shopping happy/ warm/ excited/ interesting. Free talk Free talk Free talk How do you feel about it? I feel... What do you know about Christmas? 1. It falls on the 25th of December. 2. It’s one of the most important festivals in the west. 3. Santa Claus is a popular character in Christmas. 4. The day before Christmas is called Christmas Eve. 5. Christmas is a festival marking the birth of Jesus Christ. Let’s watch a video to know more about Christmas. What festival are they celebrating? How do you know? a family reunion and a big meal a roast turkey a Christmas tree In the West, people usually celebrate Christmas with their families. They put up a Christmas tree at home, share a large meal together, and give each other gifts. Nowadays, there are also some creative ways to celebrate Christmas. Listen to the news. What problems does Christmas bring? 1 P69 Busy traffic Paper waste Throw away Christmas trees Throw away turkeys Cut down trees Cooking smoke 1. What problems do Christmas bring? A. Paper and food waste B. Wood waste and pollution C. A&B 2. In the UK, how many kilometres of paper are used for gifts? A. 365,000 B. 3,650 C. 36,400 3. What food do people throw away? A. Tomatoes B. Potatoes C. Turkeys 4. How many trees do they use as Christmas trees? A. 1200 million B. 110 million C. 120 million 5. What kind of Christmas should we have this year? A. A traditional Christmas B. A green Christmas C. A special Christmas Listen again and choose. millions 120 buying think green F F F F O O Listen again and complete the poster. 2 P70 Then write F (fact) or O (opinion) in the boxes. Listening for facts and opinions A fact is true for everyone. An opinion is an idea about something. When giving opinions, people often use facts to support them. Learning to learn 365,000 Presenter: Welcome to News Today. Christmas is coming. It brings joy, but also waste and pollution. Each year, for example, people in the UK use about 365,000 kilometres of paper for gifts. Around the world, people throw away millions of turkeys. What's more, people cut down nearly 120 million trees to use as Christmas trees. But after Christmas, they often throw the trees away. Some families are buying plastic Christmas trees, but they can cause pollution, too. We should think about new ways of celebrating. Let’s have a “green Christmas” this year. Tapescript Christmas could bring so much waste and pollution. Can you think of any better ways to celebrate? Mark and his parents are talking about better ways to celebrate Christmas. Let's listen to their ideas! boxes big draw plant old Then match the ideas to the people. Listen to the conversation and complete the ideas. 3 P71 Do you agree with their ideas? Do Mark’s family agree with each other? Mark, come here please. Did you hear the news? Let's celebrate Christmas in a new way this year. What are we going to do? Well, let's not have a big meal. We don't want to waste food. ______. But can we still have a Christmas cake? ____________. I know you love it! And this year, we won't have a Christmas tree. ___________. A tree is really important at Christmas! ________. Let's make a tree from old boxes. Maybe we can paint a tree on the wall. _____________. How about using the big plant in the living roоm? There won't be any waste or pollution. _____________! By the way, will I still have gifts? __________! But we'll wrap the gifts in old newspapers. ___________. But please use beautiful newspapers! Dad: Mark: Mum: Mark: Mum: Dad: Mark: Mum: Dad: Mark: Dad: Mark: Mum: Mark: A. I don’t agree. B. No problem. C. I’m not sure about that. D.OK！ E.All right . F.Yes,of course G.That’s Ok. H.Great idea. D B A E H C F G Learning to learn Agreeing and disagreeing We can agree using sentences like No problem and Great idea. When we disagree with others, be polite and say I'm not sure about that or I don't agree. Mark, come here please. Did you hear the news? Let's celebrate Christmas in a new way this year. What are we going to do? Well, let's not have a big meal. We don't want to waste food. OK. But can we still have a Christmas cake? No problem. I know you love it! And this year, we won't have a Christmas tree. I don't agree. A tree is really important at Christmas! All right. Let's make a tree from old boxes. Maybe we can draw a tree on the wall. I'm not sure about that. How about using the big plant in the living roоm? There won't be any waste or pollution. Great idea! By the way, will I still have gifts? Yes, of course! But we'll wrap the gifts in old newspapers. That's OK. But please use beautiful newspapers! Dad: Mark: Mum: Mark: Mum: Dad: Mark: Mum: Dad: Mark: Dad: Mark: Mum: Mark: Tapescript How do the speakers agree? How do the speakers disagree? agree disagree • OK. • No problem. • All right. • Good idea! • Yes, of course! • That’s OK. I don't agree. I'm not sure about that. I’m afraid I don’t agree. ... Other green festivals Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 /ˈdryɡən/ Spring Festival 春节 /sprɪŋ/ Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 /ˈɔːtəm/ Think about new ways to celebrate other festival or holiday. How about other festivals? Name of the festival/holiday: ________________________ How I usually celebrate it: ________________________ A different way to celebrate it: ________________________ Why: ________________________ A B I usually ... to celebrate... A How do you usually celebrate...? Me too. But this year, let’s ... B What...? Why? Language Points 1.Christmas could cause waste and pollution. 圣诞节会造成浪费和污染。 ①[及物动词] 造成；导致；引起 后面可以直接跟造成的结果或引发的事情作宾语。 cause (sb.) sth. （给某人）造成某事 cause...to do sth. 导致……做某事 酒后驾车造成了很多事故。 Driving after drinking many accidents. 寒冷的天气导致了植物死亡。 The cold weather the plants . ②[名词] 原因；起因 我们正在努力找到这起事故的原因。 We are trying to find the of the accident. caused caused to die cause 2.Christmas could cause waste and pollution. 圣诞节会造成浪费和污染。 waste ①[名词] 浪费；滥用 a waste of... 浪费…… It's a waste of time to watch TV all day. 整天看电视是浪费时间。 ②[及物动词] 浪费；滥用 waste time/money on sth. 在……上浪费时间/金钱 waste time (in) doing sth. 浪费时间做某事 我们不应该浪费水。 We shouldn't water. 太多学生把时间浪费在电视上。 Too many students TV. 别浪费你的时间玩电脑游戏。 Don't computer games. waste waste time on waste your time playing 3.Christmas could cause waste and pollution. 圣诞节会造成浪费和污染。 pollution [不可数名词] 污染 environmental pollution 环境污染 noise pollution 噪声污染 世界上的每个人都应该关注空气污染。 Everyone in the world should pay attention to . 拓展：pollute[动词] 污染 这家工厂污染了这条河。 The factory the river. air pollution pollutes 4.All festivals create environmental problems. 所有节日都引起了环境问题。 (1)create ①[动词] 造成；引起 他的行为引起了很多麻烦。 His behaviour a lot of problems. ②创造；创作；创建 他们开始创造一个新的世界。 They began to a new world. (2)environmental[形容词] ①自然环境的，生态环境的 environmental protection 环境保护 creates create 5.In the UK, people use about 365000 kilometres of paper for presents. use [及物动词] 使用 use...to do sth. 用……做某事 use...as... 把……用作…… Can you use a computer? 你会使用电脑吗？ I computers many things. 我用电脑做许多事情。 We can the big room a meeting hall. 我们可以把这个大房间用作会议厅。 use to do as 注意：use作动词时读作/ju:z/，作名词时读作/ju:s/。 use 6.People throw away millions of turkeys each year. million[数词] 百万 ①million与基数词连用时表示确切的数目，million后不加-s，且不与of连用。 我们的城市大约有140万人。 Our city has a population of about 1.4 . ②millions of 数百万的 表示不确切的数目，前面不能再加基数词。 Basketball is so exciting that people play it for fun. A. million B. two millions C. million of D. millions of million 7.People cut down nearly 120 million trees to use as Christmas trees. 人们砍倒近120百万棵树来用作圣诞树。 cut down 是“动词+副词”结构，宾语如果是名词，可以放在cut和down中间，也可以放在down后面；宾语如果是代词，则必须放在cut和down中间。 ①砍倒 1.每天人们都砍伐许多树。 People lots of trees every day. 2.树木能保护环境，因此我们不能砍伐它们。 Trees can protect the environment, so we can't . ②减少 3.我们必须尽我们最大努力减少污染。 We must try our best to pollution. cut down cut down cut them down 8.People cut down nearly 120 million trees to use as Christmas trees. nearly[副词] 几乎；差不多；将近 可以和not连用，not nearly意为“远非，绝不是”。 这瓶子差不多空了。 The bottle is empty. 我们存了一些钱，但还远远不够。 We save some money, but it's not enough. nearly nearly 9.Let's have a " green Christmas" this year. let's 让我们，咱们 是let us的缩写，后面跟动词原形。 Let's do sth. 是提建议的常见句型，意为“（让）我们做某事吧”，常用“Good idea./That's a good idea./Sounds great.”等回答。 Let's do sth.的否定形式为Let's not do sth.意为“咱们不做某事吧”。 ①咱们看那部新电影吧。 —— see the new film. ——好主意。 ——Good idea. ②咱们不去那里吧。 not go there. Let's Let's Phrases 1.在西方 2.搭起一棵圣诞树 3. 在圣诞节 4.一起共进大餐 5. 造成浪费和污染 6.环境问题 7.用…做某事 8. 数百万的 9.砍树 10.做某事的方法 11.包装礼物 12.同意/不同意其他人 13. 对某事确信 in the West put up a Christmas tree on Christmas Day share a large meal together cause waste and pollution environment problems use … for sth. ＝use ... to do sth millions of cut down trees ways of doing /to do sth. wrap the presents agree/disagree with sb. be sure about sth. 1. People usually _____ a Christmas tree at home. A. put down B. put up C. put in D. put into 2. There might (可能)be paper ____ because people in the UK use paper for presents. A. waste B. wastes C. wasted D. wasting 3. _____ turkeys are eaten (被吃) each year. A. A million of B. Millions of C. A million of D. Million of 4. Plastic things can cause _____. A. pollution B. pollute C. pollutes D. polluting 5．My friend doesn’t like music and he ________ goes to the concert. A．always B．usually C．never D. often Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $