Unit 1 Reading (I) 课件-2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“Friendship”主题，聚焦描述朋友的外貌与性格，涵盖词汇（如tall、humorous）、句型（He is.../He has...）及通过实例理解品质。课堂导入通过预测活动搭建支架，结合标题推测内容、图片（马尾辫女孩让座、男孩讲笑话）关联外貌与性格，衔接阅读前后知识。 其特色在于融合语言能力与思维品质，词汇库与句型夯实基础，上下文猜词（如energetic）培养语言能力；预测与对比活动（Betty和Max共同点）提升分析思维。讨论环节促进表达，助力学生掌握描述方法，教师可高效开展读写结合教学。

Reading Unit 1 Friendship Home www.21cnjy.com What does your friend look like? What's the personality of your friend? Look and match Let’s think and answer! Q1: Who is your best friend? What does he/she look like? Q2: What qualities does your best friend have? My best friend is John. He is tall and slim. He wears a pair of glasses. He is humorous and always makes us laugh. He is also helpful. He always helps me with my homework. Let’s predict from the title and rubrics! Who wrote the two articles? What are the two articles about? What do you expect to read about in the articles? The names, looks and qualities of the writers' best friends. Two students. The writers' best friends. Reading Tip 1： Pay attention to the title and rubrics. www.21cnjy.com How many best friends are mentioned(提到)? Who are they ? Who is Max? Skimming Let’s predict from the pictures! Look at the picture on Page 8. What is the girl doing? The girl with a ponytail is ____________ her seat on the bus to an old woman. 马尾辫 /'pəʊnɪteɪl/ What qualities do you think the girl has? Helpful and kind. Let’s predict from the pictures! The boy with glasses is ____________ or doing something funny, and the other boy is ___________ and __________ his hands. telling jokes laughing clapping What qualities do you think the boy with glasses has? Interesting and humorous. Reading Tip 2： Pay attention to the pictures. www.21cnjy.com Listen and find the main idea. Betty looks Conclusion looks Conclusion qualities and examples qualities and examples Betty, my best friend, is a slim girl with big bright eyes. Her hair is longer than mine, and she usually wears it in a ponytail. Kind and helpful, Betty is ready to help anyone any time. She always gives up her seat on the bus to someone in need, and she often helps us with our schoolwork. Betty is also trustworthy. When something worries me. I always go to her. She listens to me carefully and understands me quite well. She knows how to cheer me up when I am feeling down. Betty is the most wonderful friend in my life. Read the article and answer questions. qualities and examples name and looks opinion 23021 Looks: ·A (1) ________ girl with big bright eyes ·Wears her hair in a (2) ________ Qualities: ·(3) ________ and helpful ·(4) _____________________________ Complete the profile of Betty with the information in the article. slim ponytail Kind Trustworthy Fill in the chart. www.21cnjy.com Answer the questions. 1 In what ways is Betty kind and helpful? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 2 What does Betty do if her friend is feeling down? _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Betty is kind and helpful in two main ways.   First, she always gives up her seat on the bus to someone in need. Second, she often helps her classmates with their schoolwork. When her friend is feeling down, Betty is patient enough to listen to her friend and knows how to cheer her friend up. My best friend is Max. He is the tallest boy in our class — almost 1.8 metres tall. He wears small round glasses. They make him look a little bit funny. Max has a great sense of humour. He often tells jokes and makes us laugh. You will never feel bored with him around. Max is very energetic. He stays active by doing sport and other club activities and never seems to get tired. Max is also a cheerful person. Sometimes I feel like giving up on difficult tasks, but he always encourages me to keep trying. That means a lot to me. I believe we will be best friends for life. qualities and examples name and looks conclusion Read the article and answer questions. Let’s read the tip! How do you understand “has a great sense of humour"? A.Making others laugh B.Being very serious (严肃的） C.Detecting（识别）smells or sounds very well Let’s read the tip! What does the word "energetic" mean? A. Having a lot of energy B. Getting tired easily C. Being ready to help others Let’s read the tip! What does the word "encourage" mean? A. Make someone feel worried B. Giving support or hope C. Stopping sb doing sth Reading Tip 3： Guess the meaning of new words or phrases from the context. 23021 Looks: ·The (5) __________ boy in class ·Wears (6) ____________ glasses Qualities: ·Has a great (7) _________________ ·(8) _____________________________ ·(9) _____________________________ small round sense of humour Energetic Cheerful Complete the profile of Betty with the information in the article. Fill in the chart. www.21cnjy.com Answer the questions. 1 In what ways is Betty helpful? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 2 What does Betty do if her friend is feeling down? _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Why do Max’s friends never feel bored with him around? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 4 How do you know Max is energetic? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 5 What quality do Betty and Max have in common? ___________________________________ He stays active by doing sports and other club activities and never seems to get tired. They are both caring and positive.  www.21cnjy.com How to talk about looks? round/square/small/long/tall/short/fat /thin/bright/ He is__________. He has__________. He is tall and strong. He has big and smiling eyes. He has short hair. Sentence Structure: Word bank: www.21cnjy.com kind（善良的 ） helpful（乐于助人的 ） energetic（精力充沛的 ） cheerful（开朗的） humorous（幽默的 ） trustworthy（值得信赖的 ） patient（有耐心的 ）friendly（友好的 ） brave（勇敢的 ） generous（慷慨的 ） optimistic（乐观的 ） Sentence Structure: Word bank: 直接描述型: 主语 + be 动词 + 性格形容词 主语 + have/has + a + 与性格相关的名词短语 通过行为体现型: 主语 + 行为动作 (体现性格) How to talk about personality? Betty Qualities Examples support ·She is ready to help anyone any time. ·She always gives up her seat on the bus to someone in need. ·She helps us with our homework. trustworthy ·When something worries me, I always go to her. ·Listen to me carefully and understand me quite well. ·She knows how to cheer me up when I am feeling down. How do they describe their qualities? kind and helpful Max tell funny jokes make us laugh never feel bored with him around stay active by doing sport and other club activities never seem to get tired a great sense of humor energetic cheerful encourage me to keep trying . Qualities Examples Think about the questions below. Share your answers with your classmates. 1. Who would you like to make friends with, Betty or Max? Why? 2. What qualities of your friends attract you most? Why? 3. Why is it important to have a best friend? Discussion Thank you for listening! null 627044.4 $