Unit1 Career talks Starting out&Understanding ideas 课件- 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“Career talks”主题，聚焦职业相关核心词汇（如window cleaning、a sense of achievement）、描述职业感受的句型及平凡职业的价值。课堂导入通过职业匹配连线题、“Career Day”视频引发讨论，从已知职业自然过渡到窗口清洁工，搭建从熟悉到陌生的学习支架。 其特色在于任务链设计（读前预测、读中分析演讲结构与情感、读后讨论职业意义）结合视频和图片资源，通过Robert的演讲故事（如获赠西瓜、孩子送画）培养语言能力（词汇句型运用）和文化意识（尊重平凡劳动者），读前预测与读后思考提升思维品质。学生能提升口语输出和价值观，教师可借助多样活动高效开展教学。

Career day. It's career day. My class is learning about different jobs. Miss Wilson is a chef. He cooks delicious meals. SHE works at a restaurant. mr. Smith is a photographer. He takes pictures of babies. He works at a studio. mr. Lewis is a car designer. He designs cars. He works at a car company. Doctor White is a dentist. SHE checks people's teeth. He works at a dentist office. mrs. Jones is a vet. SHE takes care of sick animals. He works at an animal hospital. Professor Allen is a scientist. He studies science. He works at a university. Career day is fine. There are lots of fun jobs. What do you want to be when you grow up? Unit 1 Career talks Starting out&Understanding ideas Hi, everyone. Still remember me? Good morning, class. The class today is very important to us. Are you ready for it? Just relax. And I am always here to help you. 掌握语篇中核心词汇 / 短语：window cleaning, a sense of achievement, remind等； 2. 能运用 “描述职业感受” 的句型（如I think... makes the job enjoyable）进行口语输出； 理解 “平凡职业也能创造价值、传递温暖” 的职业观，尊重不同职业的劳动者。 Lead in police officers dentist workers singer What jobs are these? He/She is a/an... / They are... ____________. 气泡图要补充触发器 It is the knowledge we see warns us of the natural disasters Starting out Activity 1 Match these people to their jobs. Police officer Worker singer dentist 歌手 工人 牙医 警察 So let’s match the names with the pictures. (邀请学生全部连线完，问全体学生Agree？) 连线学生：Please read them one by one loudly. 全体学生：Read after him/ her, OK? wildfire （板书 思维导图） tsunami （手指/板书 you can ask your classmate to read it） earthquake(板书 思维导图) flood（板书 邀请学生写一写）关注oo的读音 （可以追问学生知道其他哪些灾害） What do you think of them? These natural disasters are terrible/ dangerous full of danger. So what can warn us of them? (还没打印：三角形warning图标贴在黑板上) Presentation Enjoy the video: Do you know any other jobs around you? 气泡图要补充触发器 It is the knowledge we see warns us of the natural disasters People with different jobs keep our world running every day. Starting out Acitivity 1 WHO What do you think of these jobs? They’re all important and necessary. Every job deserves respect—they make our lives better. A girl also has much knowledge. She is Tilly Smith. She even saved 100 lives (people) from a disaster. （板书save lives） What disaster did she warn people of? Look at the picture and answer me with this sentence. ...I guess she warned people of ... （追问） Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use thewords and expressions to help you. Window cleaning can be difficult, dangerous and challenging. What do you think it is like to have this job? Understanding ideas Pre-reading 1 window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use thewords and expressions to help you. Understanding ideas Pre-reading 1 What are the challenges of this job? The worker has to work in high places. The weather can be very hot or very cold. What do you think can make this job enjoyable? Meeting kind people, making new friends and getting a sense of achievement. Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? What do you think he will talk about? Understanding ideas Pre-reading What do you think he will talk about? This is Robert, a window cleaner. He is giving a speech on his last working day. He may talk about his 30 years of work experiences. Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Robert likes Understanding ideas While-reading How does he feel about his job? Robert likes his job and it makes him happy. He'll never regret it. 2 Read Robert’s speech. Background Experience 1 Experience 2 Feelings Say goodbye What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Understanding ideas While-reading How long did Robert work as a "spiderman"? 2 Read Robert’s speech. 30 years. What did these years bring him? Bothchallenges and joys. Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Understanding ideas While-reading 2 Read Robert’s speech. A ¹___________ woman. What happened to him? He was ²__________ all over. Drops of sweat fell in his eyes. The woman smiled ³__________ at him, opened the window and handed him a piece of _____________watermelon. How did he feel? That was the ⁵__________ watermelon of his life. Memory 1: His first summer as a "spiderman" Who did he meet? kind wet brightly juicy sweetest Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Understanding ideas While-reading 2 Read Robert’s speech. Who did he meet? A sweet ⁶___________ baby and her mother. What happened to him? He watched her ⁷________ bit by bit. She was always ⁸_______ to see him. She ⁹________ as her cat tried to "catch" his brush. She even drew ¹⁰__________ of him. How did he feel? He felt ¹¹________ when they moved, but also ¹²________ that they were once friends. Memory 2: Other friends he met through the glass newborn grow excited laughed a picture sad happy Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Understanding ideas While-reading 2 Read Robert’s speech. To whom and why does Robert give the speech? He gives the speech to some new"spidermen". He wants to encourage them to love and enjoy the job because it is meaningful to both the society and themselves. Now let’s check your guessing. So what ... 设问和选项（引导学生读，选项直接cue底下学生读） Now listen and choose. 评价good listeners 然后再是But how...（引导学生读） Before listening, guess the key words we may hear. For A, ...For B, ...For C, ... Good. You are truly great picture readers. Now listen and choose how. 评价You can catch the key words well. _______________ can warn us of natural disasters. What do you think of knowledge? Understanding ideas While-reading Choose the best summary of the speech. 3 a The speaker feels thankful for both the challenging and the nice moments of the job. b The speaker thinks that more people should consider being window cleaners. c The speaker wishes to go back in time and change something about his job. 对…… 心怀感激 美好的时刻 Now choose one disaster and talk with your friends about the disaster warninh. Here are some sentences to help you. You’ve learnt a lot from Tilly Smith. Robert’s Career Speech _______ did the story tell? _______ What’s the meaning of these stories? _______ did he express his feelings? What Why How Got a watermelon from a kind woman on a scorching summer workday. Watched a customer’s baby grow up, and received a drawing from the child. __________________________________________________. __________________________________________________. Drops of sweat fell in my eyes Got a sense of achievement, and felt warmth & happiness. Understanding ideas Post-reading Made him love his job and never regret choosing it. a kind woman was smiling brightly Complete the post with the correct form of the words and expressions from the speech. Understanding ideas Post-reading 4 encouraged受到鼓舞的 bit by bit 逐渐地；一点一点地 moved感动的 consider 认为；把…… 看作 What type of text is it? Who posted it? An online post. Jake. Who left comments? Julie and Eric. Look, two boys are talking about a useful app. What can warn us of natural disasters? What’s its name? Listen and choose the name for the app. Good listener. How do you know it? What key sentence you hear? ... No worries. Here comes our secrets. Take out the red paper. Read and find the key sentence to the question. Wonderful, you catch “For example”. They are the key words to tell us get ready for the key information. Complete the post with the correct form of the words and expressions from the speech. Understanding ideas Post-reading 4 1. challenges 2. joys 3. grow 4. friends 5. warm stories 6. window cleaning 7. shines 8. achievement Look, two boys are talking about a useful app. What can warn us of natural disasters? What’s its name? Listen and choose the name for the app. Good listener. How do you know it? What key sentence you hear? ... No worries. Here comes our secrets. Take out the red paper. Read and find the key sentence to the question. Wonderful, you catch “For example”. They are the key words to tell us get ready for the key information. Think and share 1. What are the joys and challengesof being a "spiderman"? 2. Why does Robert say "That was the sweetest watermelon of my life."? 3 What does the last paragraph ofthe passage mean? The joys may include: meeting kind people, making new friends, being part of many warm stories and finding a sense of achievement. The challenges may include: working high above the ground, working in bad weather, feeling sad when friends move away, staying safe and not droppinganything. Because the watermelon wasn't just food — it showed someone cared about him. The woman's kindness made him feel loved and happy. Robert wants new window cleaners to know: Their job makes the city cleaner and brighter. By working hard, they will feel proud and find meaning in their job. Look, two boys are talking about a useful app. What can warn us of natural disasters? What’s its name? Listen and choose the name for the app. Good listener. How do you know it? What key sentence you hear? ... No worries. Here comes our secrets. Take out the red paper. Read and find the key sentence to the question. Wonderful, you catch “For example”. They are the key words to tell us get ready for the key information. Howework Must do: 背诵语篇中 2 个温暖故事的段落； 用 3-5 句话写一写：“你身边的‘平凡职业’劳动者（如清洁工）的故事”。 Choose to do: （For more information） 制作一张 “致敬平凡劳动者” 的卡片（用英文写 1句祝福）； 2. 和家人分享 Robert 的演讲，记录家人对 “职业价值” 的看法。 Your dedication lights up this world! $