Unit 7 Section 1 Reading课件-2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语上册

该初中英语课件围绕“如何改善记忆力”核心主题，系统呈现记忆改善方法，课堂导入通过问题讨论、视频观看（记录记忆技巧并举例）及小组对话，从个人经验过渡到科学文本学习，搭建从已知到未知的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力（Fast reading等阅读策略训练）、思维品质（Debate环节论证观点）和学习能力（词汇拓展、思维导图复习），如Detailed reading问题引导深入理解，分层作业兼顾差异，助力学生提升语言运用与批判性思维，为教师提供系统教学资源与互动活动设计。

Unit 7 The secret of memory 沪教牛津版八年级上册 Key question 主题范畴： 人与自我；人与自然 How can you improve your memory? Reading I 1 Unit objectives After learning this unit, I can: understand different ways to improve memory. talk about different types of memory. explain different memory techniques. use scientific findings about memory to help with my study and daily life. 运用有关记忆的科学发现来帮助我的学习和日常生活。 理解改善记忆力的不同方式。 谈论不同的记忆力类型。 解释不同的记忆技巧。 First thoughts How can you improve your memory? How can you test your memory? What are some effective ways to remember things? What have scientists learnt about memory? Answer these questions and write down the keywords. Do you have a good memory? Have you ever tested your memory? What kinds of things do you find difficult to remember? How can you improve your memory? What have scientist learnt about memory? How can we test memory improvement techniques in a scientific way? Warm up Watch a short video about how to remember things better. Write down two tips from the video. How can you make use of these tips? Give some examples. For example: Tip: Sleep well → Example: Review notes before bed. How to remember things better Memory is important in our life. Have you ever found it difficult to memorize things? If so, how can you help yourself remember things better? Discuss in pairs. Before you read How can you improve your memory? I find it difficult to remember things when I’m sleepy and tired, or not focused. I think we can memorize things better if we ... “find it +形容词 / 名词 + to do sth.” 是一个常见的固定结构，意为“发现做某事是……的”。其中it做形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的to do sth. A: Do you ever find it hard to remember things? B: Yes, I sometimes forget things. A: Can you give an example? B: When I’m tired, I sometimes ... Are there any ways of improving memory? A: Well, you can ... Step 1: Practise the following conversation with a partner. Take turns as A and B. Step 2: Work in groups of three. Discuss the memory tips below. Ways to improve your memory Get enough sleep. Eat healthy food. Exercise regularly. Play brain games. Ways to remember things well Create a rhyme or song and repeat it several times. Put things into groups. Make flash cards or take notes. Use tables or charts to organize information. Make it visual — create interesting images in your mind to help you remember. Memory tips You can use the questions to help you. Have you used any of these tips before? What did you use it for? Was the tip helpful or not? 词汇拓展 get enough sleep exercise regularly play brain games repeat several times put things into groups make flash cards take notes organize information make it visual 有充足的睡眠 定期锻炼 玩益智游戏 重复几次 把事物分组 制作识字卡片 记笔记 整理信息 使之形象化 regularly /'reɡjələli/ repeat /rɪ'piːt/ note /nəʊt/ *visual /'vɪʒuəl/ mentally /'mentəli/ *link /lɪŋk/ list /lɪst/ especially /ɪ'speʃəli/ adv. 有规律地 v. 重复 n. 笔记；记录 adj. 视觉的 adv. 精神上 v. 联系；相联系 n. 清单 adv. 尤其 Pre-reading New words n. 日常饮食 v. 维持；保持 n. 坚果 v. 放松；休息 adj. 心力交瘁的； 焦虑不安的 v. 往往会；常常就 adj. 正常的 n. 丧失；损失 diet /'daɪət/ maintain /meɪn'teɪn/ nut /nʌt/ relax /rɪ'læks/ stressed /strest/ tend /tend/ normal /'nɔːml/ loss /lɒs/ While-reading Ways to improve your memory   Your memory plays an important role in your life. It helps you remember who you are, where you live, what you have learnt and what you plan to do in the future. So, how can you improve your memory? First, it is helpful to live a mentally active life. Make a point of trying new things. For example, you will exercise your brain if you learn to play a new instrument or learn a foreign language. You can also improve your memory with brain games, such as crosswords, word games and maths puzzles. Techniques like memory linking also work your brain and improve your memory. In memory linking, you make mental connections to help you remember things. For example, you can make up a story to link items in a list so that you will remember them. You will be exercising your brain as well as improving your memory! Second, if you live a healthy life, your memory will work better. Healthy eating habits are especially important, and a healthy diet helps maintain a good memory. Research shows that eating green vegetables, nuts, berries, and oily fish can improve your ability to remember things. What’s more, regular physical exercise and getting enough sleep also help improve your memory. Last but not least, it is important to get plenty of rest. Unless you take time to relax, your brain will find it hard to remember things. Besides, if you get too stressed or worried, your memory will become less sharp. Everyone has moments of forgetfulness and memory tends to decline with age. Therefore, it is quite normal for people to experience memory loss as they get older. However, you can maintain and even improve your memory if you exercise your brain, live a healthy life and make time to relax! 1. What type of text is it? A. A narrative text. B. An argumentative text. C. An expository text. 2. What is the main purpose of an expository text? A. Giving opinions. B. Presenting facts. C. Telling a story. √ √ Fast reading Skim the article 1. How many parts could we divide this article into? We could divide it into three parts: introduction, body, conclusion. 2. Match the paragraphs with their main ideas. Para. 1 Para. 2-5 Para. 6 Methods for improving memory Summary Why memory is important Body Complete the notes on page 102. Tips: You can use imperatives to give advice: Try to ... / Make sure you ... / Don’t forget to ... Linking words / transitional words like first, second and finally help you show the transition between different ideas. Complete the notes on page 102. Ways to improve your memory First, (1) ______________________________ : a Try new things; b (2) ___________________; c (3) _____________________________________. Second, (4) ____________________: a Keep (5) _______________; b (6) ___________________________; c (7) ___________________. Third, (8) _________________. Fourth, (9) ________________________________. live a mentally active life Play brain games Use techniques like memory linking live a healthy life a healthy diet Do regular physical exercise Get enough sleep get plenty of rest Don’t get too stressed or worried Identifying transition of ideas through transitional words In expository writing, writers often use transitional words to mark the transition of ideas. Words like first, second, last but not least, etc. are used to list separate ideas of equal importance. Detailed reading Read the article again and answer the questions below. (1) What role does your memory play in your life? (2) What can you do to exercise your brain? (3) What are the brain games listed? (4) How can we practise memory linking? (5) What kinds of food can make our memory work better? (6) What will happen to your memory if you get too stressed or worried? (7) Why does the author believe it is quite normal for people to experience memory loss when they get older? (8) Which sentence in the article summarizes the main idea? Read the article again and answer the questions below. (1) What role does your memory play in your life? (2) What can you do to exercise your brain? (3) What are the brain games listed? It helps you remember who you are, where you live, what you have learnt and what you plan to do in the future. Learn to play a new instrument or learn a foreign language. Crosswords, word games and maths puzzles. Detailed reading (4) How can we practise memory linking? (5) What kinds of food can make our memory work better? (6) What will happen to your memory if you get too stressed or worried? By making mental connections between different things. Green vegetables, nuts, berries and oily fish. Your memory will become less sharp. (7) Why does the author believe it is quite normal for people to experience memory loss when they get older? (8) Which sentence in the article summarizes the main idea? Because he/she thinks memory tends to decline with age. The last sentence: However, you can maintain and even improve your memory if ... Read the article again and complete the table below. Ways to improve your memory Examples Live a mentally active life Learn to play a new instrument or learn a foreign language; play brain games Live a healthy life Have a healthy diet; do regular physical exercise; get enough sleep Get plenty of rest — Detailed reading Post-reading What can you do to improve your memory? Tips: Use imperative sentences to give advice. Linking words / transitional words like first, second and finally help you show the transition between different ideas. Demonstrate with examples. The writer says, “Everyone has moments of forgetfulness and memory tends to decline with age.” Do you think this is true? Why or why not? Provide examples to support your view. Pick your side & get ready for the debate! Debate Topic: Does memory get worse as people age? My arguments （论点）: Argument 1: ____________________________. Argument 2: ____________________________. If the others say ________, I will say ___________. Vocabulary 1 The words in italics explain the meanings of some words from the article on page 101. Find them and complete the sentences. Change the form if necessary. (1) My grandmother is 93, but she still tries to stay (related to the mind) (line 5) active: she really likes doing crosswords! (2) It’s important to (to keep) (line 16) a healthy work-life balance. (3) Going for a walk in the park is my way to (to rest) (line 22). (4) It ______ (is likely) (line 24) to be harder to remember things when we are hungry or tired. (5) It is (not strange or unusual) (line 25) to forget things sometimes. mentally maintain relax tends normal Nathan: Where did I put my keys? I keep forgetting things these days! Ellie: No wonder you forget things, you look really tired. Nathan: Yes, I (1) to get tired in the afternoon, so I usually have a coffee. Ellie: But if you drink coffee this late in the afternoon, you won’t be able to sleep at night. And you may feel tired and (2) the next day. That’s not good for your memory. Nathan: Really? Can you give me some advice? Ellie: Sure. Your lifestyle affects how your brain works. For example, you need to get enough sleep to stay (3) healthy. Your diet is also important, If you eat healthy food, get enough sleep and exercise regularly, it will be easier to remember things. If you take time to (4) , you will feel less worried, and your brain will stay sharp. Nathan: That sounds easy, but you know how hard it is to (5)_________ good habits! maintain mentally relax stressed tend tend stressed mentally maintain relax 3. Write about tips about how to improve memory. Use the words and expressions below. maintain regular tend live a mentally active life play an important role in It is helpful to ... Research shows that ... You may start like this: We all forget things. Luckily, there are ways of improving your memory. First, it is important to ... Word building Verb suffix: -ise / -ize We can add -ise / -ize to the end of some nouns to make verbs. These verbs describe processes by which people or things are changed into a new state. memory (n.) — memorize (v.) 记住；背熟 hospital (n.) — hospitalize (v.) 送……住院 Can you give more examples? computer (n.) — computerize (v.) 使计算机化 modern (n.) — modernize (v.) 使现代化 Homework 听并跟读Reading部分，复述课文; 35 Unit 7 The secret of memory 沪教牛津版八年级上册 Key question 主题范畴： 人与自我；人与自然 How can you improve your memory? Reading II 36 目录 Revision 1 Phrases 2 Language points 3 Practice 4 37 Revision Read the article again and finish the mind map. Living a mentally active life Living a healthy life Getting ____________ rest Ways to improve your memory plenty of Revision Read the article again and finish the mind map. (1) ______ _____ _____ _____ _______ new things. Play (2) ______ ______ such as crosswords, word games and maths puzzles. Use techniques like (3) ________ _______. For example, you can (4) _______ _______ a story to link items in a list to remember them. Living a mentally active life Make a point of trying brain games memory linking make up Have (5) _______ _______ _______. Eating green vegetables, nuts, berries, and (6) ______ ______ can improve your ability to remember things. Regular physical exercise and (7) _______ ______ ______ also help improve your memory. Living a healthy life healthy eating habits fish Getting plenty of rest (9) ________ you take time to relax, your brain will find it hard to remember things. If you get too stressed or worried, your memory will become (10) ______ ______. oily getting enough sleep Unless less sharp 1. 识字卡片 ___________________ (100) 2. 记笔记 ___________________ (100) 3. 整理信息 ___________________ (100) 4. 使之形象化 ___________________ (100) 5. (因重要或必要)保证做 _________________ (101) 6. 演奏一种新的乐器 ___________________ (101) Find the phrases flash card take notes organize information make it visual make a point of doing something play a new instrument 7. 编一个故事 ___________________ (101) 8. 和；以及；还有 ___________________ (101) 9. 另外；更重要的是 ___________________ (101) 10. 最后但同样重要的 ___________________ (101) 11. 倾向于做某事 ___________________ (101) 12. 安排时间做某事 ___________________ (101) make up a story as well as what’s more last but not least tend to do sth. make time to do sth. Language points 1. 水对我们的健康很重要。 Water _____ ____ ________ ____ ____ our health. 2. 他在学校话剧里只扮演了一个小角色。 He only _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ the school play. 1. Your memory plays an important role in your life. 句意：你的记忆在生活中扮演着重要的角色。 play a(n) ... role in ... 表示“在……中扮演着……的角色”。 即学即练 plays an important role in played a small role in 1. It is not easy ____ a good job without experience. A. find B. to find C. finding D. found 2. The instructions seem ____ clear to me. Do you understand them? A. perfect B. perfectly C. perfection D. perfective 2. First, it is helpful to live a mentally active life. 句型it is + adj. + to do sth. 表示“做某事是……的”，it 为形式主语，真正的主语是 to do sth.。 句子副词 mentally 修饰形容词 active。 即学即练 B 句意：首先，过一种精神活跃的生活是有益的。 B 3. Make a point of trying new things. make a point of doing sth. 表示“保证做某事”。表示你有意识、有目的地把某件事当作一个重点来完成，而不是随便做做。 句意：一定要尝试新事物。 即学即练 1. 她特意去记所有朋友的生日。 _____________________________________ 2. 你应该重视获得足够的睡眠。 _____________________________________ She makes a point of remembering all her friends’ birthdays. You should make a point of getting enough sleep. 1. The children ____ a wonderful story about dragons and castles. A. made out B. made up C. made for D. made from 2. I turned off the lights ____ I could sleep better. A. so that B. but C. because D. even though 4. For example, you can make up a story to link items in a list so that you will remember them. make up 意为“编造（故事、谎言等）”；还能意为“组成、和好、化妆、决定(make up one’s mind)”。 so that 表示“以便；为了”，引导目的状语从句，从句中常用will / can等情态动词。 即学即练 B A 句意：例如，你可以编一个故事来连接清单中的事物，以便记住它们。 5. Unless you take time to relax, your brain will find it hard to remember things. unless意为“除非；如果不”，引导条件状语从句，相当于 if ... not。 find it + adj. + to do sth. 表示“发现做某事是……的”，it为形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式短语to do sth.。 句意：除非你花时间放松，否则你的大脑会发现很难记住事情。 即学即练 1. She never speaks in class ____ the teacher asks her a question. A. if B. because C. unless D. when 2. Many students ____ to learn English grammar. A. find it difficult B. find difficult it C. find it difficulty C A 6. Therefore, it is quite normal for people to experience memory loss as they get older. it is + adj. + for sb. + to do sth. 表示“对某人来说，做某事是……的”。 as表示“随着”引导时间状语从句。 1. ____ I grew older, I became more interested in history. A. If B. Because C. As D. Though 2. It’s dangerous ____ on the thin ice. A. for children to skate B. of children to skate C. for children skating 即学即练 句意：因此，人们随着年龄增长经历记忆力衰退是很正常的。 C A Practice 50 一、根据句意和所给的首字母填空。 1. The bus comes r________ every 15 minutes. 2. This room was e_________ designed for children. 3. A n_______ body temperature is around 37°C. 4. Squirrels love to collect n_____ for the winter. 5. I have a long to-do l______ for the weekend. 6. To m_______ good health, you should exercise and eat well. 7. People t______ to forget things as they get older. egularly specially ormal uts ist aintain end 二、完成句子。 1. 使用识字卡片来记忆新词汇是很有帮助的。 It’s helpful _____ _____ _____ _____ to remember new vocabulary. 2. 以机器人为例，它们能帮人们做很多事情。 _____ robots _____ ________—they can help people do many tasks. 3. 在读了这么多书之后，她觉得自己编一个故事是很简单的事。 After reading so many books, she finds _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ a story of her own. to use flash card Take for example it easy to make up 4. 我们坚持每周末都去看望祖父母。 We _____ ___ _____ ___ ________ our grandparents every weekend. 5. 我们需要关注三件事：努力学习、互相帮助，以及最后但同样重要的，玩得开心！ We need to focus on three things: studying hard, helping each other, and _____ _____ _____ _____, having fun! 6. 英语在国际交流中扮演着重要的角色。 English _____ _____ __________ _____ in international communication. make a point of visiting last but not least plays an important role In this class, we have learned new words and expressions in this unit. the detailed information and the structure of the text. different ways to improve memory. some important language points in the text. Summary Self-assessment How well do you know about this lesson? Tick the boxes. I understand the new expressions in the text. 口 口 口 I understand the detailed information about the text. 口 口 口 I know how to retell the passage with key words. 口 口 口 I think I can use all language points correctly. 口 口 口 “双减”背景下，作业如何合理分层 单击“同步练习题”字样，即可打开本课时同步练习题的Word文档。 56 EV录屏5.3.7软件录制 Lavf58.33.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制, www.ieway.cn Blues 150707.3 $